ONE
Song: "Trashcan"
Band: Delta Spirit
Album: Ode to Sunshine
In a sentence: An uplifting and well-written song that stands apart from your predictably drab indie music.
TWO
Song: "Heart is Strange"
Artist: School of Seven Bells
Album: Disconnect from Desire
In a sentence: Imagine New Order having a baby with the Cocteau Twins.
THREE
Song: "A Roof Somewhere"
Artist: Lonely Drifter Karen
Album: Fall of Spring
In a sentence: Songs in 5/4 time hold a particular power over me, especially when the person singing it sounds like this band's lead singer Tanja Frinta.
FOUR
Song: "Why does the wind?"
Artist: Tracey Thorn
Album: Love and its Opposite
In a sentence: Former Everything but the Girl lead singer does modern Pop music some good.
FIVE
Song: "Time of the Season"
Artist(s): Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan
Album: Hawk
In a sentence: Belle and Sebastian's Isobel Cambell and Mark Lanegan formerly of Screaming Trees = magic.
SIX
Song: "Let Spirits Ride"
Artist: Black Mountain
Album: Wilderness Heart
In a sentence: Rock is not dead.
SEVEN
Song: "Firecracker"
Artist: Frazey Ford
Album: Firecracker.
In a sentence: Be Good Tanyas singer Frazey goes out on her own and kills it bluegrass style.
EIGHT
Song: "Kon Tiki"
Artist: Plants and Animals
Album: La La Land
In a sentence: This Montreal band has always put me in sweet little trance and this song is no exception.
NINE
Song: "When I'm Small"
Artist: Phantogram
Album: Eyelid Movies
In a sentence: What it about a woman singing "Oh Oh Oh" with a trip-hop sensibility that seems perfectly right on?
TEN
Song: "Babel"
Artist: Massive Attack
Album: Heligoland
In a sentence: Massive Attack, still sexy after all these years.
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