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Side One “1901,” Phoenix “Giving Up the Gun,” Vampire Weekend “XXXO,” M.I.A. “Life on TV,” Kid Sister “So Happy I Could Die,” Lady Gaga “Drumming Song,” Florence + the Machine “Arrow,” Tegan and Sara “Tell ‘Em,” Sleigh Bells “All the Lovers,” Kylie Minogue “Photographs,” Rihanna “I Just Love You More,” Kate Nash “Binary Love,” Blake
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Miike Snow, Miike Snow“Song for No One,” “Animal” Rihanna, Rated R“Hard,” “Rude Boy” Paramore, Brand New Eyes“Careful,” “Playing God”
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ALBUM OF THE YEAR Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It’s BlitzMusic Math: New Order + Garbage / Smashing Pumpkins + Scissor SistersBest Tracks: “Zero,” “Heads Will Roll,” “Shame and Fortune,” “Hysteric”Representative Lyrics: “Shake it like a ladder to the sun / Makes me feel like a madman on the run / Find it never, never far gone
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ALBUM OF THE YEARSara Bareilles, Little VoiceSounds like: Linda Rondstadt singing the writings of Gloria SteinemBest Tracks: “Love Song,” “Bottle It Up,” “Come Round Soon,” “One Sweet Love”Representative Lyrics: “There’ll be girls across the nation that’ll eat this up / babe, I know that it’s your soul but could you bottle it up”Notes: Blending traditional
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Having loved myself a little Jill Sobule back in the 90s, after homosexuality was titillating but before it was decriminalized in several states, I was a little miffed when Katy Perry (née Katy Hudson, former-next-superstar-of-Contemporary-Christian-Rock) appeared on the scene with her thumping, Benataresque tribute to lesbian tourism “I Kissed a Girl.” I found the video
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Last week I downloaded OMFGG: Original Music from Gossip Girl. This is because during every episode I end up feeling like the music on the show feels exactly right for it, even when the choice is something unexpected. I think of a scene from an episode earlier this year when Blair, during an impromptu garden
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