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Jai Paul — “Jasmine”

Make my dreams come true

[from upcoming debut full-length, available soon on XL Recordings]

30 March 2012
    jai paul   jasmine   xl
Howdy, gonna break my rules just a bit here so I can get more of this list out to all you fine music-loving folks.  Here’s the next twenty, numbers 60 to 41, from my 100 favorite tracks of 2010.  I know, I know, I know… you must be tearing your eyes out over how many year-end lists the music blogosphere has produced.  So what sets mine apart from the rest?  Listen to find out… 60. GAUNTLET HAIR: “I Was Thinking…” 59. SLEIGH BELLS: “Tell ‘Em” 58. TV GIRL: “If You Want It” 57. SMITH WESTERNS: “Weekend” 56. EMERALDS: “Candy Shoppe” 55. WALSH: “Untitled (feat. Mat Cothran)” 54. HYETAL: “Phoenix” 53. ERYKAH BADU: “Window Seat” 52. VAMPIRE WEEKEND: “Giving Up The Gun” 51. TEEN INC.: “Fountains” 50. PRIZES: “Canada” 49. YEASAYER: “O.N.E.” 48. ARCADE FIRE: “Ready To Start” 47. FREDDIE GIBBS: “National Anthem (Fuck The World)” 46. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM: “You Wanted A Hit” 45. ALICIA KEYS: “Unthinkable (Physical Therapy Real Heavy Vibe)” 44. JAI PAUL: “BTSTU” 43. FANG ISLAND: “Sideswiper” 42. BATHS: “You’re My Excuse To Travel” 41. JOKER: “Tron”

Howdy, gonna break my rules just a bit here so I can get more of this list out to all you fine music-loving folks.  Here’s the next twenty, numbers 60 to 41, from my 100 favorite tracks of 2010.  I know, I know, I know… you must be tearing your eyes out over how many year-end lists the music blogosphere has produced.  So what sets mine apart from the rest?  Listen to find out…

60. GAUNTLET HAIR: “I Was Thinking…”

59. SLEIGH BELLS: “Tell ‘Em”

58. TV GIRL: “If You Want It”

57. SMITH WESTERNS: “Weekend”

56. EMERALDS: “Candy Shoppe”

55. WALSH: “Untitled (feat. Mat Cothran)”

54. HYETAL: “Phoenix”

53. ERYKAH BADU: “Window Seat”

52. VAMPIRE WEEKEND: “Giving Up The Gun”

51. TEEN INC.: “Fountains”

50. PRIZES: “Canada”

49. YEASAYER: “O.N.E.”

48. ARCADE FIRE: “Ready To Start”

47. FREDDIE GIBBS: “National Anthem (Fuck The World)”

46. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM: “You Wanted A Hit”

45. ALICIA KEYS: “Unthinkable (Physical Therapy Real Heavy Vibe)”

44. JAI PAUL: “BTSTU”

43. FANG ISLAND: “Sideswiper”

42. BATHS: “You’re My Excuse To Travel”

41. JOKER: “Tron”

22 December 2010
    2010 in review   music   arcade fire   baths   emeralds   erykah badu   fang island   freddie gibbs   gauntlet hair   hyetal   jai paul   joker   lcd soundsystem   physical therapy   alicia keys   prizes   sleigh bells   smith westerns   teen inc   tv girl   vampire weekend   walsh   yeasayer
COOL THINGS I FIND presents… THE SUPER BEST OF 2010 point 5 In honor of today’s domain change… I give you my favorite stuff from the first half of this year… booyah! ALBUMS LOCAL NATIVES Gorilla Manor TAME IMPALA Innerspeaker FUTURE ISLANDS In Evening Air DELOREAN Subiza JÓNSI Go LCD SOUNDSYSTEM This Is Happening WAVVES King Of The Beach THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH The Wild Hunt FANG ISLAND Fang Island FREE ENERGY Stuck On Nothing TRACKS DOM “Living In America” THE-DREAM “Yamaha” ONRA “High Hopes (feat. Reggie B)” YEASAYER “O.N.E.” ROBYN “Dancing On My Own” JAPANDROIDS “Younger Us” LCD SOUNDSYSTEM “You Wanted A Hit” ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI “Round And Round” TANLINES “Real Life” LOCAL NATIVES “Wide Eyes” FREE ENERGY “Bang Pop” BEST COAST “Boyfriend” ACTIVE CHILD “When Your Love Is Safe” WOLF PARADE “Little Golden Age” BATHS “Plea” JAI PAUL “BTSTU” GAUNTLET HAIR “I Was Thinking…” ELITE GYMNASTICS “Is This On Me?” HOW TO DRESS WELL “Ready For The World (feat. Cokc Dokc)” TWIN SISTER “All Around And Away We Go”

COOL THINGS I FIND presents… THE SUPER BEST OF 2010 point 5

In honor of today’s domain change… I give you my favorite stuff from the first half of this year… booyah!

ALBUMS

  1. LOCAL NATIVES Gorilla Manor
  2. TAME IMPALA Innerspeaker
  3. FUTURE ISLANDS In Evening Air
  4. DELOREAN Subiza
  5. JÓNSI Go
  6. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM This Is Happening
  7. WAVVES King Of The Beach
  8. THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH The Wild Hunt
  9. FANG ISLAND Fang Island
  10. FREE ENERGY Stuck On Nothing

TRACKS

  1. DOM “Living In America”
  2. THE-DREAM “Yamaha”
  3. ONRA “High Hopes (feat. Reggie B)”
  4. YEASAYER “O.N.E.”
  5. ROBYN “Dancing On My Own”
  6. JAPANDROIDS “Younger Us”
  7. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM “You Wanted A Hit”
  8. ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI “Round And Round”
  9. TANLINES “Real Life”
  10. LOCAL NATIVES “Wide Eyes”
  11. FREE ENERGY “Bang Pop”
  12. BEST COAST “Boyfriend”
  13. ACTIVE CHILD “When Your Love Is Safe”
  14. WOLF PARADE “Little Golden Age”
  15. BATHS “Plea”
  16. JAI PAUL “BTSTU”
  17. GAUNTLET HAIR “I Was Thinking…”
  18. ELITE GYMNASTICS “Is This On Me?”
  19. HOW TO DRESS WELL “Ready For The World (feat. Cokc Dokc)”
  20. TWIN SISTER “All Around And Away We Go”
09 July 2010
    ariel pink   baths   best coast   delorean   dom   fang island   free energy   future islands   gauntlet hair   how to dress well   jai paul   japandroids   jonsi   lcd soundsystem   list   local natives   onra   robyn   tallest man on earth   tame impala   tanlines   the-dream   twin sister   wavves   wolf parade   yeasayer   coolest
THINGS THAT ARE HOT DOM: “Living In America” ONRA: “High Hopes (feat. Reggie B)” DELOREAN | Subiza - “Stay Close” JAI PAUL: “BTSTU” FUTURE ISLANDS | In Evening Air - “Tin Man” THINGS THAT ARE NOT CULTS: “Go Outside” T.I.: “I’m Back” BEACH HOUSE (minus “Norway”) GORILLAZ | Plastic Beach THE MORNING BENDERS (minus “Excuses”) Presenting a new feature of the top 5 (musically related) things that are the hotness and the notness… jusayin’. #opinions

THINGS THAT ARE HOT

THINGS THAT ARE NOT

Presenting a new feature of the top 5 (musically related) things that are the hotness and the notness… jusayin’. #opinions

23 April 2010
    beach house   cults   delorean   dom   future islands   gorillaz   jai paul   onra   t.i.   the morning benders   hot or not