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Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R [Interscope, 2000]
Genre: rock
Best track: The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret




Bjork - Vespertine [One Little Indian, 2001]
Genre: bjork
Best track: Pagan Poetry




Clinic - Internal Wrangler [Domino, 2000]
Genre: rock, experimental
Best track: Distortions




D'Angelo - Voodoo [Virgin, 2000]
Genre: soul, funk, hip hop
Best track: Spanish Joint




Cat Power - You Are Free [Matador, 2003]
Genre: indie rock
Best track: Werewolf




Basement Jaxx - Rooty [XL, 2001]
Genre: electronic
Best track: Romeo




Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit [Rough Trade, 2006]
Genre: indie rock
Best track: The Blues Are Still Blue




MU - Afro Finger And Gel [Output, 2003]
Genre: electronic
Best track: Destroying Human Nature




Erykah Badu - New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War) [Universal Motown, 2008]
Genre: funk, soul, hip hop
Best track: Soldier




Autechre - Quaristice [Warp, 2008]
Genre: electronic, ambient
Best track: Altibzz




The Streets - Original Pirate Material [679, 2002]
Genre: hip hop, garage
Best track: Weak Become Heroes




Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner [XL, 2003]
Genre: grime, hip hop
Best track: Fix Up, Look Sharp




Sunn O))) - Black One [Southern Lord, 2005]
Genre: drone, black metal, experimental
Best track: It Took the Night To Believe




Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury [Zomba, 2006]
Genre: hip hop
Best track: Momma I'm So Sorry




The Avalanches - Since I Left You [Modular, 2000]
Genre: electronic
Best track: Since I Left You




Portishead - Third [Universal Island, 2008]
Genre: trip hop, industrial
Best track: Machine Gun




Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull [Southern Lord, 2008]
Genre: rock, avantgarde
Best track: Engine of Ruin




Stars of the Lid - ...And Their Refinement Of The Decline [Kranky, 2007]
Genre: ambient
Best track: Dungtitled (In A Major)




Daft Punk - Discovery [Virgin, 2001]
Genre: electronic, house
Best track: Voyager




Radiohead - Kid A [Parlophone, 2000]
Genre: alternative rock
Best track: Everything In Its Right Place

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Ayo
Ben Westbeech
Choklate
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Erykah Badu
D'Angelo
Dwele
Fertile Ground
Julie Dexter
Kaidi Tatham
Hugh Masekela
Roberto Fonseca
Nas
Jodeci
R Kelly
Whitney Houston
Mary J Blige
Joe
Jose James
Lenny Kravitz
Little Dragon
Q-Tip
Lynden David Hall
Terri Walker
Marcus Miller
Mark de Clive-Lowe
Kaidi Tatham
Me One
Omar
Robin Thicke
Simphiwe Dana
Tawiah
Usher

50 preguntas sobre tu Top 50

1. Cómo descubriste al no.29? Celia Cruz
Uff...hace muchisimo tiempo, la escuché en la radio y era muy pequeña, parece que tenía como 6 o 7 años.

2. Cuál fue la primera canción que escuchaste del no.22? Kinder Porno
La primera canción que escuché de estas chicas fue "Barbie", su primer single ;).

3. Tu letra favoritra del no.33? Pitbull
Jajjaja...la única canción que escucho de Pitbull es "Culo" xD. Me da mucha risa esa canción.

4. Cómo descubriste al no.49? Dj Mendez
Cuando lanzó sus primeras canciones llamadas "Fiesta" y "Adrenalina".

5. Cuántos discos del no.13 tienes? Juanes
Solo tengo un disco "Un Día Normal" que me fascina ese discooo *-*. Tiene muchas canciones bellas allí y con mucho contenido.

6. Cuál es tu canción favorita del no.50? Franco "El Gorila"
Obviamente que "Sexo Seguro", aunque sea una canción demasiado explícita xD, igual me encanta...además que a Franco lo he visto en vivo.

7. Hay alguna canción del no.39 que te ponga triste? Amaral
Si, por ejemplo "Sin Ti No Soy Nada".

8. Cuál es tu canción favorita del no.15? Reik
Una canción de ellos que se llama "Niña", que no es conocida.

9. Cuál es tu canción favorita del no.5? Ella Baila Sola
Pucha...no sé, me gustan muchas canciones de ellas, pero últimamente he estado escuchando demasiado xD "Victoria".

10. Hay alguna canción del no.6 que te ponga de buen humor? Francisca Valenzuela
Mmm...en realidad no tanto, pero creo que es Afortunada.

11. Cuál es la peor canción del no.40? Arcangel
Yo creo que "Te Presento a Kastrofobia" es algo aburrida...además el nombre de la canción es extraño.

12. Cuál es tu canción favorita del no.10? Rock Hudson
Rock Hudson! Me fascinan...los conozco en vivo, tienen canciones muy buenas, pero creo que la mejor de todas es "SAMBACANUTA".

13. Un buen recuerdo relacionado con el no.30? Miranda!
Mmm...yo creo que la canción "Bailarina", porque me acuerdo de un reclame de la Radio X x), que suena demasiado chistoso.

14. Cuál es tu canción favorita del no.38? Franco de Vita
Obviamente que tiene muy bellas canciones, por su alta trayectoria, pero creo que la mejor es "Si la ves", me gusta la canción que canta él solo y la que tiene junto a Sin Bandera.

15. Hay alguna canción del no.19 que te ponga de buen humor? Maná
Sí, la canción llamada "Perdido en un barco".

16. Hay alguna canción del no.25 que te ponga triste? The Sims 2
Mmm...puede ser algunas de las canciones que tocan en la estación de Jazz en el videojuego, que no recuerdo ahora sus nombres.

17. Cuál fue la primera canción que escuchaste del no.23? Fulanito
Mmm... parece que fue "Guallando" o "La Novela" :S

18. Cuál es tu letra favorita del no.11? muza
Mi letra favorita es Luna Azul.

19. Quién es tu miembro favorito del no.1? Miguel Bosé
Jajja es un solista asi que no puedo responder esa pregunta .

20. Hay alguna canción del no.14 que te ponga de buen humor? Britney Spears
Sí, yo creo que puede ser "Soda Pop".

21. Un buen recuerdo asociado al no.27? Shakira
Puede ser cuando nos poniamos a bailar la canción "Ojos Asi" xD

22. Cuál es tu canción favorita del no.16? La Oreja de Van Gogh
Obviamente que "Un mundo mejor". Me gustaba la Oreja cuando estaba Amaia...¬¬

23. Cuál fue la primera canción que escuchaste del no.47? Juan Antonio Labra
Mmm...obvio que Mueve Mueve.

24. Cuál es tu álbum favorito del no.18? Enanitos Verdes
Antología :P es un buen disco.

25. Cuál es tu canción favorita del no.21? Enrique Iglesias
"Marta", sin dudas. Amo esa canción, especialmente el coro que dice: Sabes Marta yo daría media vida y algo más,
solamente por estar contigo...oye Marta no te salgas de mi vida por favor (8) <3.

26. Cuál fue la primera canción que escuchaste del no.26? Soraya
Mmm...parece que fue De Repente :S, no recuerdo.

27. Cuál es tu álbum favorito del no.3? Poets of the Fall
Yo creo que "Carnival of Rust", aunque la canción que lleva el mismo nombre del disco no me gusta >_<

28. Cuál es tu canción favorita del no.2? Ricardo Arjona
Difícil pregunta, me gustan muchas como "Ella Y Él", "De Vez En Mes", "Duele Verte", "Historia De Taxi", por eso me cuesta responder esta pregunta...

29. La primera canción que escuchaste del no.32? Gerardo
Su "One Hit Wonder" llamado "Rico Suave". xD

30. Cuál es tu canción favorita del no.8? Jason Castro
Muy difícil la pregunta...es que me encantan casi todas las canciones de él (y él también) *__*, pero creo que la mejor es "Let's Just Fall In Love Again", escúchenla se las recomiendo <3

31. Cuántas veces has visto en directo al no.17? Don Omar
Nunca...igual me gustaría ir a un concierto de él.

32. Hay alguna canción del no.44 que te ponga de buen humor? Fergie
"Fergalicious", su canción más famosa...

33. Cómo descubriste al no.12? Dj Bitman
Estaba buscando información de Usted No! y en esa misma página hablaban de Dj Bitman, me llamó la atención y me puse a bajar música de él...es de lo mejorcito en Chile *O*.

34. Cuál es la peor canción del no.45? Alberto Plaza
Yo creo que "Ahora Es Miguel", no la paso mucho.

35. Cuál fue la primera canción que escuchaste del no.34? Panda
La primera que escuché y que me gustó (y es mi placer culpable) es "Los Malaventurados No Lloran".

36. Cuál fue la primera canción que escuchaste del no.48? Bebe
La canción "Siempre Me Quedará".

37. Cuántas veces has visto al no.42 en directo? D'Angelo
Ninguna...

38. Tu canción favorita del no.36? Pimpinela & Miranda!
Obviamente que la canción "Cena Para Cuatro" que la bajé por curiosidad.. .y la amé =).

39. La primera canción que escuchaste del no.28? Belinda
La canción "Lo Siento"'.

40. Cuál es tu álbum favorito del no.7? Daddy Yankee
Está entre "Barrio Fino" y "Talento De Barrio"...

41. Hay alguna canción del no.31 que te ponga de buen humor? La hora loca
Jjaja obvio que "Dale Maraca Dale" xDDDDDDD lmao.

42. Cuál es tu álbum favorito del no.41? Arcangel
No conozco mucho sus albumes, pero me quedo con "El Fenomeno"

43. Tu canción favorita del no.24? Ygal
Yo creo que puede ser "Cobarde", aunque me de un poco de pena esa canción...

44. Un buen recuerdo relacionado con el no.46? Zion
Nop, ninguno.

45. Tu canción favorita del no.35? Fito Páez
Mmm...está entre "11 Y 6" y "Se Fue, Se Fue".

46. Hay alguna canción del no.9 que te ponga de buen humor? Bacilos
Sii la canción "Buena".

47. Cuál es tu disco favorito del no.4? Backstreet Boys
TODOS. Los amo <3. Tienen lindas canciones, casi nunca hacen canciones "lata" o "de relleno".

48. Cuál es tu miembro favorito del no.37? Luis Miguel
No es un grupo, asi que no puedo responder...

49. Cuál fue la primera canción que escuchaste del no.43? Vico C
"La Vecinita" xD

50. Tu canción favorita del no.20? Justin Timberlake
SexyBack, obvio...me encanta, es una canción demasiado porno x'D.

2009; (Still in progress)

1 Alela Diane - To Be Still
2 Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
3 Fever Ray - Fever Ray
4 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
5 Dez Mona - Hilfe Kommt
6 Lee Fields & The Expressions - My World
7 The Veils - Sun Gangs
8 Fat Freddy's Drop - Dr. Boondigga & The Big BW
9 Soulsavers - Broken
10 A Place to Bury Strangers - Exploding Head
11 Akron/Family - Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free
12 Archive - Controlling Crowds
13 Madeleine Peyroux - Bare Bones
14 The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules
15 Broken Records - Until The Earth Begins To Part

2008;

1 Grace Jones - Hurricane
2 Tindersticks - The Hungry Saw
3 Portishead - Third
4 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Lie Down In The Light
5 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
6 Kings of Leon - Only by the Night
7 TV on the Radio - Dear Science
8 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig!!!
9 Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane
10 Barry Adamson - Back To The Cat
11 Lulu Rouge - Bless you
12 Shearwater - Rook
13 Calexico - Carried To Dust
14 Herman Düne - Next Year in Zion
15 The Black Angels - Directions To See A Ghost

2007;

1 LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
2 The Cave Singers - Invitation Songs
3 Radiohead - In Rainbows
4 Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
5 Bruce Springsteen - Magic
6 Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
7 The Angels of Light - We Are Him
8 Adrian Orange & Her Band - Adrian Orange & Her Band
9 The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
10 Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
11 Tinariwen - Aman Iman; Water Is Life
12 Okkervil River - The Stage Names
13 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
14 Editors - An End Has An Start
15 Mary Gauthier - Between Daylight And Dark

2006;

1 Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
2 Tom Waits - Orphans
3 Ray LaMontagne - 'Till The Sun Turns Black
4 Alela Diane - The Pirate's Gospel
5 !!! - Myth Takes
6 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
7 Burial - Burial
8 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Letting Go
9 Cold War Kids - Robbers & Cowards
10 Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra - Boulevard De L'independance
11 Oneida - Happy New Year
12 Midlake - The Trials Of Van Occupanther
13 Guillemots - Through The Windowpane
14 The Black Angels - Passover
15 Snow Patrol - Eyes Open

2005;

1 Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
2 Amadou & Mariam - Dimanche a Bamako
3 Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow
4 Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs
5 The Kills - No Wow
6 Black Mountain - Black Mountain
7 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
8 LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
9 Ali Farka Touré - In the Heart of the Moon
10 Gorillaz - Demon Days
11 El Michels Affair - Sounding Out the City
12 Tosca - J.A.C.
13 Alice Russell - My Favourite Letters
14 Fat Freddy's Drop - Based on a True Story
15 Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

2004;

1 Arcade Fire - Funeral
2 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
3 Björk - Medúlla
4 Los Lobos - The Ride
5 Madvillain - Madvillainy
6 Zita Swoon - A Song About a Girls
7 The Roots - The Tipping Point
8 Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
9 Electrelane - The Power Out
10 J.J. Cale - To Tulsa and Back
11 Kings of Convenience - Riot On Empty Street
12 Ozomatli - Street Signs
13 Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
14 Mory Kante - Sabou
15 Razorlight - Up All Night

2003;

1 OutKast - Speakerboxxx/ The Love Below
2 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Master and Everyone
3 The White Stripes - Elephant
4 Lhasa - The Living Road
5 Hieroglyphics - Full Circle
6 Calexico - Feast of Wire
7 A. Skillz & Krafty Kuts - Tricka Technology
8 The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
9 Amy Winehouse - Frank
10 Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway
11 Tindersticks - Waiting for the Moon
12 Vetiver - Vetiver
13 Kelis - Tasty
14 Ibrahim Ferrer - Buenos Hermanos
15 Rufus Wainwright - Want One

2002;

1 N.E.R.D. - In Search Of...
2 Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around
3 Missy Elliott - Under Construction
4 Peter Gabriel - Up
5 Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
6 Orchestra Baobab - Specialist In All Styles
7 Moloko - Statues
8 Clinic - Walking With Thee
9 Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
10 Spinvis - Spinvis
11 Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
12 Archive - You All Look The Same To Me
13 Sigur Rós - ( )
14 Songs: Ohia - Didn't It Rain
15 Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf

2001;

1 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part
2 Manu Chao - Proxima Estacion; Esperanza
3 Tinariwen - The Radio Tisdas Sessions
4 Angie Stone - Mahogany Soul
5 Gorillaz - Gorillaz
6 Rufus Wainwright - Poses
7 The Strokes - Is This It
8 Noir Désir - Des visages des figures
9 Björk - Vespertine
10 Yann Tiersen - Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain
11 Bilal - 1st Born Second
12 Gomez - Liquid Skin
13 Ian Brown - Music of the Spheres
14 Angels Of Light - How I Loved You
15 Fanfare Ciocarlia - Iag Bari

2000;

1 Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man
2 U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
3 Jill Scott - Who Is Jill Scott?
4 Antony and the Johnsons - Antony and the Johnsons
5 Radiohead - Kid A
6 Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun
7 Amon Tobin - Supermodified
8 A Silver Mt. Zion - He has left us alone, but shafts of light sometimes grace the corner of our rooms
9 16 Horsepower - Secret South
10 Jurrasic 5 - quality control
11 Rubén González - Chanchullo
12 D'Angelo - Voodoo
13 Elevator Suite - Barefoot & Shitfaced
14 Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
15 The Avalanches - Since I Left You

See also;
Best Albums of The Late Fifties
http://www.last.fm/user/thomas10/journal/2009/08/17/2y26bt_best_albums_of_the_late_fifties_%281956-1959%29

Best Albums of The Sixties;
http://www.last.fm/user/thomas10/journal/2009/08/17/2y23k7_best_albums_of_the_sixties_%281960-1969%29

Best albums of The Seventies;
http://www.last.fm/user/thomas10/journal/2009/08/17/2y22fg_best_albums_of_the_seventies_%281970-1979%29

Best Albums of the Eighties;
http://www.last.fm/user/thomas10/journal/2009/08/17/2y24lq_best_albums_of_the_eighties_%281980-1989%29

Best Albums of The Nineties;
http://www.last.fm/user/thomas10/journal/2009/08/17/2y25kn_best_albums_of_the_nineties_%281990-1999%29

June 2009

50 Cent "Before I Self Destruct"
Mario "And Then There Was Me"

6-9

D-Block "No Security"
Pleasure P "The Introduction of Marcus Cooper"
Black Eyed Peas "The E.N.D"

6-16

Laura Izibor "Let The Truth Be Told"

6-23

Charles Hamilton "This Perfect Life"
Ginuwine "A Man's Thoughts"

6-29

Ron Browz "Ether Boy"
Fabolous "Loso's Way"

July 2009

Teairra Mari "At That Point"

7-7

Maxwell “BLACKsummers’night”
Slaughterhouse "TBA"

7-21

Lil' Wayne "Rebirth"


August 2009

Amerie "In Love & War"
Teedra Moses "The Young Lioness"

8-4

Trey Songz "Ready"

8-11

Raekwon "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II"

8-18

Sean Paul "Imperial Blaze"

8-25

LeToya Luckett "Lady Love"
Kid Cudi "Man on the Moon: The End of Day"

September 2009

R.Kelly "Untitled"
Jay-Z "The Blueprint³"

9-22

Sean "Diddy" Combs "Last Train To Paris"


Q4 2009

Eminem "Relapse 2"
Mariah Carey "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel"
Usher "Monster"
Drake"Thank Me Later"
Christina Milian "Elope"
Röyksopp "Senior"
Mary J.Blige "Technical Difficulty"
Robin Thicke "TBA"
Santigold "TBA"
Erykah Badu "New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)"
Tyrese "TBA"

Sometime in 2009

Tatyana Ali "The Light"
Wale "Attention: Deficit"
Wiz Khalifa "First Flight"
Cassie "TBA"
D'Angelo "TBA"
Kid Sister "Dream Date"
Nina Sky"The Musical"
Melanie Fiona "The Bridge"

I bothered many of my friends with the question for the sexiest songs ever during the last days. I thank you all for the lots of recommendations I got. The result is an awesome, very eclectic mix of sexy tunes. Starting with the 1969 song of Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg (that was a scandalous piece music at that time in Europe and deeply impressed this guy at age of 15) the tunes are ordered generally by the release year of my albums, no ranking. Enjoy!



Ooh La La :: Sounds of Sexy

1. Je t'aime...moi non plus - Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg
   
2. Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine - James Brown
   
3. Love To Love You Baby - Donna Summer
   
4. I Want You - Marvin Gaye
   
5. Fever - Peggy Lee
   
6. Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
   
7. I'm on Fire - Bruce Springsteen
   
8. I Touch Myself - Divinyls
   
9. Wicked Game - Chris Isaak
   
10. Justify My Love - Madonna
    
11. Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover - Sophie B. Hawkins
    
12. Constant Craving - k.d. lang
    
13. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
    
14. Erotica - Madonna
    
15. Cream - Prince
    
16. No Ordinary Love - Sade
    
17. Fade Into You - Mazzy Star
    
18. Closer - Nine Inch Nails
    
19. Glory Box - Portishead
    
20. Your Love Is King - Sade
    
21. Say Goodbye - Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
    
22. Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder) - Maxwell
    
23. Feelin' Love - Paula Cole
    
24. Stay With Me - Vaya Con Dios
    
25. Caramel - Suzanne Vega
    
26. Crash Into Me - Dave Matthews Band
    
27. Kiss Me - Sixpence None the Richer
    
28. This Is Hardcore - Pulp
    
29. Crush - Dave Matthews Band
    
30. ...Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
    
31. Love of My Life (Feat. Dave Matthews) - Santana
    
32. Summer Son - Texas
    
33. Here With Me - Dido
    
34. Untitled (How Does It Feel) - D'Angelo
    
35. Mad About You - Hooverphonic
    
36. Drive - Melissa Ferrick
    
37. Touch Me - DJ Tiësto
    
38. Are You In - Incubus
    
39. Book of the Month - Lovage
    
40. Pour Some Sugar on Me - Emm Gryner
    
41. Kissing (feat. Xenia Lach-Nielsen) - Bliss
    
42. The Only Ones - Moloko
    
43. Dirrty - Christina Aguilera
    
44. Europa - Carlos Santana
    
45. Slow - Kylie Minogue
    
46. Get Busy - Sean Paul
    
47. Toxic - Britney Spears
    
48. Ooh La La - Goldfrapp
    
49. This Body - Heather Nova
    
50. SexyBack - Justin Timberlake
    
51. 2 Hearts - Kylie Minogue
    
52. Movie Girl - Novika
    
53. Just A Little Lovin' - Shelby Lynne
    
54. Elle - Sébastien Tellier
    
55. Principles Of Lust - Enigma
    

I didn't watch it =(

Seeing that putting up Bullet for my Valentine's playlist on the Australian music video program attracted some interest, I think I'll make it a habit of mine. It's definitely cool seeing what musicians pick to broadcast, and that warrants me expending some energy to share the playlist with random last.fmers. Since these things take a while to format, I might reserve it to popular artists or artists that personally interest me.

For the unfamiliar, rage shows new music videos on Friday night, then gets a guest host to pick videos of his/her/their choice on Saturday night. This week, Justin Vernon of Bon Iver is on the hot seat. As the program has yet to air (playlists for the Saturday night show are released Friday noon), I'll most likely edit any comments from Vernon in afterward, as well as my own thoughts.

The playlist is as follows:
Gillian Welch - Revelator
Fiona Apple - Shadowboxer
Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
Tom Waits - Hold On
Tom Waits - Downtown Train
Tom Waits - Lie To Me
Bob Log III - Boob Scotch
Björk - Pagan Poetry
Björk - Human Behaviour
Jay-Z - 99 Problems
Spoon - The Underdog
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get
Feist - 1234
Pavement - Shady Lane
Pavement - Father to a Sister of Thought
Pavement - Gold Soundz
blink-182 - Adam's Song
Lambchop - Is a Woman
Josh Rouse - Quiet Town
Radiohead - Creep
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Radiohead - My Iron Lung
Patty Griffin - Rain
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Bring It On
Phantom Planet - Lonely Day
Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You
Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
D'Angelo - Untitled (How Does It Feel)
Kanye West - Love Lockdown
Pharoahe Monch - Simon Says
Busta Rhymes - Turn It Up, Fire It Up
Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville - Don't Know Much
Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
Tool - Sober
Tool - Prison Sex
Rage Against the Machine - Bulls on Parade
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name
Eminem - When I'm Gone
Eminem - The Way I Am
Bon Iver - The Wolves (Act I and II)
Bon Iver - For Emma
Bon Iver - Creature Fear (live on Triple J tv)
Bon Iver - The Park (Feist cover, live on Triple J tv, 'Like a Version' segment)

To see the music videos that show after Vernon's stint, see here .

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Note: I've no idea how those outside Australia can watch this show. A quick google search brought up nothing. You'll sometimes see the guest host's song introductions on youtube, but only for select artists.

MUSIC JOURNALISM - last updated 19 June 09

He was warm and fun, as were his bandmates and it made for quite the hour. His hair seemed to be in the same state of greasiness as our own heads of hair so we felt immediate kinship, but then felt nothing at all like him because there’s more scary good pop genius in that young man than is legal. He’s nothing like anyone.
— Daytrotter on Sondre Lerche

Toronto’s Alice Glass and Ethan Fawn made a debut that sounded like an army of Space Invaders running amok on crack. It was as violent as music gets.
— Times Online UK on Crystal Castles' debut

He's one giant step ahead of his audience, just like always, and though his talent and character were there for all to see, who knew he'd turn out this heady or beatwise? Maybe his mom, or his manager - a woman and an African American, respectively. There's plenty of Neptunes records, but none as nice; plenty of Timbaland records, but none as sexy. Tagging the lead track, he sums up his growth curve in six simple words that, somehow, no one ever thought of before: "Gentlemen, good night. Ladies, good mornin'." Then, as if he wasn't already in the door, he gooses the play with a relieved, knowing, friendly chuckle. [...] He can still make *NSYNC records if he wants - the Brian McKnight mawk proves it. But if he does, it'll be out of the goodness of his heart.
— Robert Christgau's A- review of Justified

Totally committed, D'Angelo betrayed neither weakness nor ego - and gave so much Thursday that Friday he canceled with a sore throat I absolutely believe was the truth. He was R&B Jesus, and I'm a believer. Travel to another city to see him now.
— Robert Christgau in Village Voice

Elbow (extra o's omitted only so I can link the artist name):

Decamping to a nearby pub, Elbow sit drinking pints and swapping stories, sounding more like excited teenagers dissecting a life-changing night out than near-middle-aged men. They talk of mates who have won thousands from the bookies after backing them to win, and of impromptu standing ovations in last night's drinking holes. They compare the hundreds of congratulatory text messages they've received - from the one sent by a friend who broke his sofa jumping on it when Jools Holland announced live on BBC2 that Elbow had won, to the one from former Smiths bassist Andy Rourke that simply read: "Manchester is proud of you."
- The Guardian on the 2008 Mercury Prize

There's nothing wrong with honest to goodness, bubblegum pop music. I'll tell you what I can't stand - insincerity, like someone mournfully singing about love without understanding anything about it. Its just horseshit for the masses; it makes me want to strangle them to death. I heard this woman on Radio 4 today called Amanda Ghost; she co-wrote "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt. I heard her interviewed on Woman's Hour, and she got asked, "Why do people hate that song?", and her answer was that English people hate success - go to New York, she said, they love it. Now that's just nonsense - I don't hate that song because it's successful, I hate that song because it's the devil's shit. It's taking up space in my brain that better songs could be using instead.
— Guy Garvey in musicOMH

It’s amazing what you can make yourself into to avoid truths and it's amazing how transparent it usually is.
— on The Bones of You

It's easy, if you're a poet, to write complex verses like, "I'm coming after you like VWXYZ." Just think about that. It's like, "Yo, V does come after U! That's fucking crazy!" My mind thinks like that all the time, coming up with crazy clever metaphors and rhymery thingies.
— will.i.am on his creative process

Q: If you could tour with any band/artist and open for them who would it be?
A: I'd always wanted to open for Nickel Creek, and came close a few times, but they've retired and moved on to solo projects, alas.
— Vienna Teng. DO I NEED TO TELL YOU HOW THIS MADE ME FEEL. NO I DO NOT.

LAist: Maybe someday you can release an album with reimaginations of your early work.

VT: I was just thinking that might be fun. Some of it would be really embarrassing, because I did go through really long period where I was very melodramatic. Even if they were just piano compositions, all the song titles were really emo, such as "Sorrow's Melody" or "The Mists of Time."
— honestly. how are you still my favorite.

The joy and wonder of Chris Thile in various interviews:

I travel a lot and I see all these little kids with Hannah Montana suitcases and shirts that say I’m a Rock Star. Hannah Montana is not a rock star. Hannah Montana is a figment of some executive’s imagination - a person who knows nothing about music. They know everything about money and more power to them, that’s an art in and of itself...but it’s shocking to me. [This] is my area and I am particularly susceptible to getting all riled up. Every now and then I do succumb to the temptation to read things about me and I sometimes come off as pretentious. I really don’t mean to be pretentious, it’s just something that is on my mind and it starts with how music is presented to kids and the Disney Channel’s version just leads nowhere.
— in the audio-transcribed one with four billion typos

I can't even talk about [Bach] because I'll just cry. I put it on and will sit reverently in front of it for however long I can before the world drags me back. I'll play it, and I'll even naïvely attempt to imitate him compositionally or at least try to pick up some of the intent. He was such an intentful composer. A greater artist cannot be found in the history of the world.
— with Jambase

I want music to explode out of me; I don't want it to trickle. My favorite kind of music in the world is the kind of music I feel like might have killed the person who wrote it if they hadn't got it out. I don't want to make music that doesn't demand me to make it.
— with Barnes & Noble

CT: This is the second track off Of Montreal's EP...called Icons, Abstract Thee, "Voltaic Crusher," in which he says, "Please, please, please, God, don't be a bastard. She could use someone nice for a change," and I guess he's referring to his lost love, and he hopes next time, she gets someone a little more together than he is.

The A.V. Club: You seem to find that humorous. (HAHAHAHAHA.)

CT: I just love the guy's song titles, and that he'll say things like that. I've tried playing it in the van, to little or no avail. Nobody else really enjoys it. I actually eat a lot of shit for my Of Montreal fanship.
— discussing what's on his iPod

I think [Radiohead] is the best band in the world, and I'm amazed at their ability to push and pull at convention and be relevant for a huge number of people. They're not throwing fastballs right down the middle of the plate. Those are some nasty cutters and things. And people are going for it. It helps me fight my natural cynicism as regards to pop culture, which I get very depressed about at times—a gigantic portion of this country feels like Fall Out Boy is an acceptable thing to listen to.
— with Village Voice

I guess I have to be really honest, right? I heard about him a few years ago and got into this album, but I've never been an active M. Ward listener. My opinion of him is, it's kind of like just eating a random sandwich. It's just there.
— Ed Droste of Grizzly Bear on "Transfiguration, No. 2"

AVC: Wilco sold out. Why can't you?

ED: Yeah, but for Volkswagen. It's different. It's so weird, because it comes down to, "Do I personally support the company?" But then it's also bullshit, because like, let's say we do a Nike commercial, which is fine, but they probably use sweatshops somewhere. It's all equally fucked-up. But some have a more visible reputation for being a bad company, like Wal-Mart or McDonald's. And Hummers. Like, "You will be chastised on blogs for life if you give them your song." I wouldn't give it to them anyway, because Hummers are dumb. But I wish, like, a banana company would ask us to do something. Something innocent, like a nice fruit commercial, or Yoplait. Like Animal Collective and their crayons commercial. That would be nice.
— THE AMAZINGNESS OF THIS INTERVIEW, IT NEVER ENDS