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Happy Holidays to all!

Hope you enjoy this throwback Lupe Fiasco freestyle. Shits dope.

Track of the Week Vol. 11

This will be the final track of the week for the semester!! The song is "False Alarm" by the band Wooden Birds off of their only LP, titled Magnolia. Wooden Birds is signed to Barsuk Records of Seattle, and the band is led by Andrew Kenny who has worked with Album Leaf, Her Space Holiday, and Arthur & Yu. Enjoy (download HERE!)

Track of the Week Vol. 10!

This weeks's track of the week is a pair of Harvard grad indie rockers that go my the name of Chester French. They started creating buzz over the last few years hip-hop superstars Kanye West and Pharrell Williams both heavily pursued signing Chester French to their respective labels. Chester French ended up signing to Pharell's Star Track Records and released their debut album Love The Future this last April. They produced and engineered the entire album themselves in their college dorm at Harvard.

Chester French - C'mon (download link)

My Top Albums of 2009

1. Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon: The End of Day

2. Castledoor - Shouting At Mountains

3. Hockey - Mind Chaos

4. Islands - Vapours

5. Sea Wolf - White Water, White Bloom

6. Cunninlynguists – Strange Music Volume One

7. Chester French - Love The Future

8. Matt & Kim - Grand

9. Jamie T. – Kings & Queens

10. Champagne Champagne - Champagne Champagne
(No official album art exists for this one)

Honorable Mention:
Tegan & Sara - Sainthood
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Rubik - Dada Bandits
Jupiter One - Sunshower
Cage - Depart From Me
K'naan - Troubadour

Not released in '09, but still top albums I listened to this year:
Rural Alberta Advantage- Hometowns
Airborne Toxic Event- Airborne Toxic Event
Walter Meego- Voyager
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

The Next "My Girls"?

This song and video remind me of Animal Collective's "My Girls" song and video, with just a little bit toned down acid trip feel to it. Kudos to Kanye's blog for this find.

Track of the Week Vol. 9 (Double Feature!)

Meet Castledoor. They're legit. They're only full album was released earlier this year, it's called "Shouting At Mountains". And it's legit. This CD consumed nearly all my zune's plays for at least a week in the summer when I found out about them. No YouTube preview this week; just download these songs and enjoy them because they're great. Then go and get their album. And then their EPs.

Castledoor- Skipping Stepping Stones (Download Link)
Castledoor- Fifth Tambourine (Download Link)

Fresh old Jay-Z song, Kanye West produced

This song is over a year old and was originally made with the intent to be on Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 album. Somehow it slipped past me, but I really like this:

Track of The Week Vol. 8 (The Ocho)

Backseat Goodbye is just one person, Chad Sugg, and he started this solo project back in 2004 when he was only a freshman in college. He's released several EPs but only one full album (in 2008) so far. If you enjoy this song, you can download it here:

Backseat Goodbye- Technicolor Eyes (Download Link)

Track of the Week Vol. 7 (don't miss this one...)

Islands- Switched On (Download Link)

Islands is another collaboration from two of the guys that were in the band Unicorns. I've only heard their most recent album "Vapours" so far (came out in September '09) but the entire album is really solid. Definitely check it out if you enjoy this song.

Track of the Week Vol. 6

The Wombats- Let's Dance to Joy Division (Download Link)
This track comes from my guest on the show this week, Spencer. The song has a bit more elements of punk to hit than what I normally play, but not too much so it makes for a good, upbeat indie rock track.