You Burn First - Alexisonfire

I said.....

It's Getting Boring by the Sea - Blood Red Shoes

I love the 2 person line up when it works, and for Blood Red Shoes it does. With that White Stripes feel with reversed roles, they have a really full sound for only two people. A lot of this is accomplished by drummer Steven Ansell who is able to take a fairly simple riff and really flesh it out. Fronted by Laura-Mary Carter, I think she keeps the guitar simple and her voice smart which just adds to the effect the song has. A great band from across the pond, certainly worth checking out.

Speaker's Block - Psychic Stunts

Feel good song of the year - Speaker's Block by Psychic Stunts. I can't explain fully just how carefree and amazing this song is, it's got such a happy feel too it. Hailing from Sweeden, this pop duo is still relatively unknown with only one cd to their credit. I especially love the end when they have a bunch of people singing the chorus, which is really just a clever little group of words. This song is just so happy it's intoxicating, and it's a shame it isn't played in more bars.

Birthday - The Beatles

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Satan, Lend me a Dollar - Hill of Beans

It is impossible to reason why I love this song so much, but it just makes me laugh so hard. Written by Hill of Beans, an acoustic duo, they feature just an acoustic guitar and accordion. The lyrics are nonsense and their verses seem to be rushed and off timing but for some reason I find it to be extremely enjoyable. It even had an effect on some mainstream artists, inspiring Beck to write Satan gave me a Taco. Just a fun little song by some musicians clearly enjoying writing music.

Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band

Even at it's prime, this song never reached the prime it should have. The drumming especially is fantastic, but the song really come together as a whole. Seger lays down a story that is memorable as well as relate able. This song just really gets moving, with the simple guitar and pounding piano, and is a really underrated song in my opinion; one of Segers' best. It was out shined on the album by Still the Same, but as a opener it is far better in my opinion. Definitely worth a listen and still a song that should be heard more often.

Having An Average Weekend - Shadowy Men on A Shadowy Planet

I'm pretty obsessed with watching KITH again, and whenever I do this instrumental gets stuck in my head. Another Canadian band, this Juno award winning grouping is best known fo this song as it was used as the theme song for KITH. It's hard to find instrumental bands now a days ( although there was an amazing one in Guelph called Topple These Towers) and it is a difficult thing to accomplish. The guitar and bass work really well in the song together though and the drums adds just enough to keep it moving. Just another cool little early 90's Canadian tune.