Best Of 2009: Top 50 Songs (#41-50)

This is it.  These are the last tracks of my top 50!  My top 20 albums of the year should be out tomorrow (hopefully).

As stated before, I don’t have my server up.  I’ve uploaded these 10 songs as a .zip file here.  You can probably find 95-100% of these songs on the internet at places like The Hype Machine or on Blip.  Or you can ask me for them.

Songs appear in no particular order.

41.
“Lisztomania”
by Phoenix

Surprised?

42.
“Failure”
by A Sunny Day In Glasgow

Gives a “My Girls v.2″ feeling.

43.
“The More That I Do”
by The Field

From here we go sublime.  Or dancing.

44.
“I And Love And You”
by The Avett Brothers

Perfect example of a personified city.

45.
“Traveling Salesman’s Young Wife Home Alone On Christmas In Montpelier, VT”
by Casiotone For The Painfully Alone

Reminds of Dolores Price, due to location.

46.
“Anonanimal”
by Andrew Bird

Word-play taken to the extreme.

47.
“Serious Bedtime”
by The Balconies

Whoah, girl can sing.  Boy takes the hooks though.

48.
“Smile Upon Me”
by Passion Pit

A diabetic sugar overload.

49.
“Snookered”
by Dan Deacon

Builder in the best possible way.  Elements recur.

50.
“In The Autumn”
by Royal City

Forget the screaming at the end: SEE EYE TEE WHY!