Best of 2012 IRP List

1. Alphabet Botanical – A New Feeling
2. Fun. – All Alone
3. Kodaline – All I Want
4. Regina Spektor – All The Rowboats
6. Princeton – Andre
10. Miike Snow – Archipelago
11. The Little Ones – Argonauts
12. San Cisco – Awkward
13. We Were Evergreen – Baby Blue
14. The Burning Of Rome – Ballad Of An Onion Sprout
16. Lakes Of Canada – Bated Breath - I really like this song but I wasn't going to add it because the lead singer sounds too much like one of the Indigo Girls or Melissa Ethridge, turns out it's actually a guy who looks a lot like Zach Galifianakis!
17. Boy Girl Party – Be A Jerk
18. The Family Crest – Before Your Father Hears Us
19. Ra Ra Riot – Beta Love
20. Alphabet Backwards – Big Top
21. Benjamin Gibbard feat. Aimee Mann – Bigger Than Love
22. Mother Mother – Bit By Bit
26. Miniature Tigers – Boomerang
28. Sondre Lerche – Boxing Day
32. Local Natives – Breakers
33. alt-J – Breezeblocks
34. Matt Corby – Brother
37. The Sweet Serenades – Can’t Get Enough
38. Hey Geronimo – Carbon Affair
39. All We Are – Cardhouse
43. Tessa Rose Jackson – Change Time
46. Cat Power – Cherokee
48. Loon Lake – Cherry Lips
49. Spector – Chevy Thunder
50. Oriel Joans – Chin Up
52. Lucy & The Cloud Parade – Cloud 9
54. Sleigh Bells – Comeback Kid
57. It’s A Bird! It’s A Plane! – Crow Hill
65. Frightened Rabbit – Dead Now
69. Atoms For Peace – Default
70. Django Django – Default
73. Family Cave – Direction
74. Of Monsters And Men – Dirty Paws
80. Meursault – Dull Spark - They need to mature.  I'm leaving them on the list so I remember to check in on them later.  With some real studio time (not Garage Band in their basement) and a good producer, they could put out a really good album.
82. Blaudzun – Elephants
84. A.C. Newman – Encyclopedia Of Classic Takedowns - I was going to write "this sounds like a rip off of the New Pornographers", then I saw that the artist is AC Newman of the New Pornographers, so nevermind.
86. Andrew Bird – Eyeoneye
94. Pacific Air – Float
96. Haim - Forever
98. Dan Croll – From Nowhere
99. Half Moon Run – Full Circle
100. The Mynabirds – Generals
103. Skip The Use – Ghost
105. The Royal Concept – Gimme Twice
107. Dog Is Dead – Glockenspiel Song
112. Admiral Fallow – Guest Of The Government
113. Islands – Hallways
116. Kopecky Family Band – Heartbeat
119. Acre Yawn – Hesitation Win - I don't know that this is actually a band anymore but I did like them.  The girl, Haley Barnes, has a very different voice.
120. Miner – Hey Love
121. The Mowgli’s – Hi Hey There Hello
123. Husky – History’s Door
124. The Lumineers – Ho Hey
127. Phillip Phillips – Home
134. Ms Mr – Hurricane
135. Air Traffic Controller – Hurry Hurry
136. Lauren Mann and the Fairly Odd Folks - I Lost Myself
140. Mikhael Paskalev – I Spy - I love this guy! write more later
142. Mumford & Sons – I Will Wait
143. Peter Bjorn & John – I Wish I Was A Spy
145. Swiss Lips – In The Water
147. Kishi Bashi – It All Began With A Burst
149. Farah Loux – K.I.D.S.
152. Bat For Lashes – Laura
153. A Yawn Worth Yelling – Leave Us Be! Let Us Go!
156. Matt & Kim – Let’s Go
160. Tiger Town – Lions & Witches
161. Boy – Little Numbers
162. Alex Winston – Locomotive - I like her live but I don't care for her recorded stuff
163. Murder By Death – Lost River
166. thenewno2 – Make It Home - Reminds me of War of the Worlds
169. Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros – Man On Fire
180. Miss Li – My Heart Goes Boom
182. New Beard – My People Are Around
186. Grace Potter & The Nocturnals – Never Go Back
187. Zerbin – New Earth
188. Two Door Cinema Club – Next Year
189. Fidlar – No Waves
190. Edward Appleby – No, We Really Couldn’t Have
193. Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World
194. Max And The Moon – Out Of My Head
199. The Lighthouse And The Whaler – Pioneers
201. Sea Wolf – Priscilla
202. Saint Hotel – Puzzle Pieces
204. Arctic Monkeys – R U Mine
205. The Temper Trap – Rabbit Hole
207. Modern Rivals – Riku
209. Hacienda – Savage
211. Bombay Show Pig – Shackles And Chains
212. The Jungle Giants – She’s A Riot
215. Stealing Sheep – Shut Eye
216. The Shins – Simple Song
217. Gaz Coombes – Simulator
218. Eye Emma Jedi – Sin
219. Moulettes – Sing Unto Me
225. Jukebox the Ghost – Somebody
226. Mystery Jets – Someone Purer
229. Thumpers – Sound Of Screams - I like the drums in this song but not totally sold on the whole song.
230. Grizzly Bear – Speak In Rounds
231. The Deadly Syndrome – Spirit Of The Stairs
232. Freelance Whales – Spitting Image
233. Rin Tin Tiger – Spooky Spider
235. Youngblood Hawke – Stars (Hold On)
238. The Elwins – Stuck In The Middle
239. Avalanche City – Sunset
240. Ball Park Music – Surrender
241. The Neighbourhood – Sweater Weather
243. MVSCLES – Sweet n’ Sour
244. M. Ward – Sweetheart
245. Passion Pit – Take A Walk
246. Other Lives – Take Us Alive
247. Jim Noir – Tea
250. Paul Banks – The Base
251. Dry The River – The Chambers & The Valves
253. Pear Shape – The Coca Cola Kid
256. Little Green Cars – The John Wayne 
257. Clare & The Reasons – The Lake
259. Family Of The Year – The Stairs
264. The Musgraves – The Way You Make Me Want You
265. Ben Howard – The Wolves
270. The Milk – Time For Heroes
271. Lord Huron – Time To Run
274. Jake Bugg – Two Fingers
287. Roll Acosta – White As Gold
288. Wake! Owl – Wild Country
290. First Aid Kit – Wolf


Now on to the Best of 2013, wish me luck.

September Indie Rock Playlist

September Indie Rock Playlist

These are my favorite 35 songs right now.  So good!  I'm putting all of my playlists on my Spotify account so all you have to do is follow me and you can listen to all of my lists.  I think my Spotify account is under my name.

2. Amanda Merdzan - Afraid

3. Autoheart - Agoraphobia - Love, love, love this song!  Their album Punch is good also.

4. Amason - Algen
11. Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals
13. Little May - Boardwalks
14. Fur Trade - Can You Dig It? (Yes I Can) - Different in the good way.  Reminds me a little of the Strokes in parts.
15. Frightened Rabbits - Candlelit- I'm a big fan of the Hutchinson boys and crew!
17. Two Door Cinema Club - Changing of the Seasons
18. Cage the Elephant - Come a Little Closer
20. Wild Child - Crazy Bird - Just downloaded this album.  The whole thing is very good
22.  Typhoon - Dreams Of Cannibalism - Just downloaded this album too.  I love these guys!  Their numbers keep growing and so does their sound.
26. Franz Ferdinand - Evil Eye
30. The Love Language - For Izzy
33. Folly and the Hunter - Ghost
37. American Authors - Hit It - They remind me of Imagine Dragons
43. Asgeir - King & Cross - I'm looking forward to his new album
45. Hey Geronimo - Lazer Gun Show
53. Bronze Radio Return - Mister, Mister - I need to check out their library closer.
55. Me Like Bees - Naked Trees
58. The Royal Concept - On Our Way - They have a heavy Phoenix sound.
59. Dead Owls - Only Child - Good drum beat, lyrics could use some work.
63. Andrew Belle - Pieces - Love him!  He sounds like Chris Martin from Coldplay but a lot of his songs remind me of Brett Dennen.
65. Rue Royale - Pull Me Like a String
67. Man Man - Pyramids
69. Lorde - Royals
71. Raglans - Sand in My Pocket
73. The Fratellis - Seven Nights Seven Days
75. The Jungle Giants - Skin to Bone - So much fun!
76. Broken Fences - Song for You
77. San Fermin - Sonsick
78. Boy & Bear - Southern Sun
81. Arctic Monkeys - Stop the World I Wanna Get Off With You
83. The Coopers - Summer's Child
88. Agnes Obel - The Curse
93. Kyle Andrews - The Way to Wonder

October Blalock List

October Blalock List

28. Retrograde - Going up - It doesn't bode well for this list that I didn't find a song I liked until number 28.
34. Kent Odessa - Honeymoon
36. Best Coast -  I Don't Know How - They repeat the song title too much but it's ok.
40.  Temples - Keep in the Dark
43.  Lost in the Trees - Lady in White - Not their best song but I love anything Ari Picker does.
57.  Buried Beds - Oh Lonely Fortress - It's just ok.  Wait....the more I listen, the more I don't like it.  Nevermind.  I listened to it all the way through and don't like it at all.
71. Arcade Fire  - Reflektor
76. The Jungle Giants - Skin To Bone
79. Arctic Monkeys - Snap Out of It
81. Allman Brown w/Liz Lawrence - Sons & Daughters. Gorgeous song! I looked up both artist.  This is Allman Brown's best song by far.  The real find here is Liz Lawrence!  Her album Bedroom Hero is amazing! 
84. Joy Kills Sorrow - Such Great Heights - Nice cover, the mandolin solo is a bit much.
88. The Kite String Tangle - Tennis Court (Lordes cover).  I like this better than the original.

Blalock Best of 2012

Blalock's Best of 2012

3.  The Airplanes - A Summer Daydream Part I - Short and fun.
8. Ra Ra Riot - Beta Love
20. Dana Buoy - Call To Be
31. Yellow Ostrich - Daughter* - I love them!
35. The Colurs - Easy to Love
36. Diamond Doves - Eat Your Heart Out
45. Tame Impala - Feels Like I Only go Backwards*
52. Paul Stewart - Glass Skull*
58. Miner - Hey Love* - They remind of the Lumineers and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
61. Bryan John Appleby - Honey Jars*
66. Bahamas - I Got You Babe
74. Chairs - Indestructible Machine
75. Ink - Ink Goes On*
76. Alcoholic Faith Mission - Into Pieces - I don't recommend this one but I liked it.  Reminds me of tUnE-yArDs.
77. Kishi Bashi - It all Began With a Burst*
83. Beach House - Lazuli
86. So Many Wizards - Lose Your Mind*
104. Fanfarlo - Shiny Things
118. Santah - Teeth
121. Geographer - The Myth of Youth
130.  Electric Guest - Waves

*Out of 134 songs there were only 21 that I would listen to again and out of those 21 there are only 8 that I would recommend checking out.

September Blalock List

Blalock Indie Rock Playlist - September 2013

2.  Laura Veirs - America
6. American Authors - Believer - DO NOT LISTEN TO THE BLALOCK REMIX - Their sound is very similar to Imagine Dragons.
7.  RY X - Berlin - Short and sweet
11. Satellite Stories - Campfire - Just ok.  Nope, I take that back, they lost me at the end of the song.  Kind of a Phoenix sound up until 2min 30secs.
13. Two Door Cinema Club - Changing of the Seasons - Electro-pop
14. Caravan Palace - Clash - Definitely a club song but a jazzy, Great Gatsbyish feel.  Just a little too long.
17. The Jungle Giants - Come and be Alone with Me - Pretty simple beat line, but there's something to be said for a well placed hand clap.
20. Wild Child - Crazy Bird - I really like this song.  Male and female harmony, good.  String instruments, good.  A well placed whistle section, really good!  Coming to the Frequency on Halloween. New album drops in October.
21. Vaults - Cry No More - Just ok.  Reminds me of Florence and the Machine

***** Public Service Announcement *****
You must watch Billy on the Street.  It's a half hour "game show" (not really) on Funny or Die.  The "host" Billy Eichner is hilarious!  Watch it!

51.  London Grammer - Interlude
52.  The Dismemberment Plan - Invisible - Different but I like it.  Kind of catchy.  I looked up the band bio and they are an old band that's making a come back  We'll see.

***** Another Public Service Announcement *****
Check out the band a A Great Big World.  Their video for This is the New Year is a lot of fun and they sound like Fun.  They're touring with 2Cellos and will be in Milwaukee at the Pabst on Oct. 22.

53. We are Twin - Keep on Lovin you - very Fitz and the Tantrums-y
77. Kishi Bashi - I love Kishi Bashi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
78. Me Like Bees - Pneumonia - This song is over 8 minutes long which is way too long and usually means that they're a jam band it's going to be awful.  However this was something else, I liked it, all 8 minutes of it.
80. Rue Royale - Pull me Like a String - OK, maybe not!  I liked it until 1:50 and the female vocal starts doing something really really annoying.  I might skip this one if I were you.
85. Gap Dream - Shine Your Love - I like this song but I listened to their other stuff and it's no good.
88. The Paper Kites - St. Clarity - I'm a sucker for a banjo!
94. Dustin Tebbutt - The Breach - Sounds a lot like Bon Iver.
97. Geographer - This is How We Walk on the Moon
99. Atlas Genius - Trojans


Not the best month's list but I was happy to see Kishi Bashi on their and really happy to have been introduced to Wild Child.