Songs of the now

In 2010 and 2009, I spent time highlighting my favourite song of the times. I’ve always been a very musical person, and I enjoy recommending music a lot.

However, I don’t have much time to do it these days. Maybe I’ll return to it in some way or another one day. Until then, there’s always Last.fm and This Is My Jam.

2010

• Marina & the Diamonds – Oh No! — September 14th — “TV taught me how to feel, Now real life has no appeal”
• Breakbot – Baby I’m Yours — August 29th — “I was led astray the day you walked away”
• The William Blakes – Caves and Light — June 27th — “There’s a rope of light in the sky”
• Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work — May 31st — “It’s only going up!”
• Hurts – Better Than Love — May 24th — “Every minute more brings you closer to God”
• Vinnie Who – What You Got is Mine — April 30th — “I never saw you on the other side”
• Keane ft. K’naan – Stop for a Minute — April 13th — “Without you I’m a liner stranded in an ice floe”
• Delphic – Halcyon — March 27th — “I’ll fade to black and disappear”
• Apparatjik – Snow Crystals — February 24th — “One of them is the world collapsing on the finishing line”
• Hot Chip – Take It In — February 1st — “An hourglass may grab my attention, but I am in the need of affection”
• Simian Mobile Disco – Cruel Intentions — January 13th — “Let’s not let our hearts get in the way”

2009

• Hot Chip – Ready for the Floor — December 30th — “Why don’t you open up we talk?”
• Kent – Töntarna — December 3rd — “Bara lägg dig ner och bida din tid nu”
• Snow Patrol – Just Say Yes — November 9th — “We can’t be to and fro like this all our lives”
• Annie – I Don’t Like Your Band — October 26th — “It’s not you, it’s your tunes”
• Nabiha – Deep Sleep — October 19th — “I ain’t leavin’ my bed!”
• Julian Casablancas – 11th Dimension — October 12th — “I live on the frozen surface of a fireball”
• The Company – Tonight — October 10th — “Don’t you like the way we drink?”
• Muse – Undisclosed Desires — September 22nd — “I want to recognize your beauty is not just a mask”
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll — September 13th — “The glitter’s all wet, you’re all chrome”
• The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition — August 18th — “While our blood’s still young—so young, it runs”
• Animal Collective – My Girls — August 14th — “I don’t mean to seem like I care about material things, like our social stats. I just want four walls and adobe slats for my girls”
• Ginger Ninja – Sunshine — August 10th — “There’s no point in holding back ‘cause it’s outta control”
• Kiss Kiss Kiss – Broken Hearts — July 29th — “They’ll be waiting in the harbour…”
• Dúné – Victim of the City — June 6th — “Life is not a party”
• WhoMadeWho – I Lost My Voice — May 27th — “Wake up at mid­night and it feels like noon”
• Jack Peñate – Tonight’s Today — April 25th — “The thought has just started dawning that there’s still so much more that I can do”
• Franz Ferdinand – No You Girls — April 22nd — “Sometimes I say the stupidest things…”
• When Saints Go Machine – Fail Forever — April 19th — “Will we ever ever know where to stop?”
• U2 – Magnificent — April 12th — “You and I will magnify the magnificent”
• The Broken Beats – Easily — April 5th — “Fly away in the moment and come back soon”
• Katy Perry – Thinking of You — March 31st — “I guess second best is all I will know…”
• The William Blakes – Secretly — March 22nd — “Well, you have to stop and turn around”
• Pet Shop Boys – Love etc. — March 8th — “You need more than a big blank check to be a lover”
• Pet Shop Boys – Home and Dry — February 26th — “There’s a plane at JFK to fly you back from far away”
• The Killers – Losing Touch — February 6th — “But you made your way back home…”
• La Roux – Quicksand — January 27th — “Oh when you turn to me, I’m in the quicksand”
• Trolle//Siebenhaar – Clear Road — January 24th — “She had a thing about using, and I had a thing about helping her out”
• Birk Storm – I Don’t Care — January 18th — “If you just wanna hang with me, you can go hang in a tree”