Melancholy Monday — Late Edition

Another weekend fades into the mist; another work week looms on the horizon. Yes, it's another melancholy Monday. And today's featured song is the one that turned me onto the band Real Estate — "It's Real." This masterful tune creates an almost ineffable sense of wistfulness, melancholy, romanticism, and nostalgia. Its ethereal tone and unfaltering melodicism make it the perfect tune to get you through what's left of this Monday.

Real Estate — "It's Real"

 

 

New Music Tuesday Part 2...sort of

Tennis

Ok, I felt like my last review was a little negative and probably made out to sound like I didn't even like the songs I was posting.  I thought I'd post a song that I have been digging on lately.  Tennis put out an EP a few months ago, so this technically isn't new, but its recent.  They can do no wrong in my eyes at this point.  I can't wait for their next full length to come out.  This piano and bass driven song with a splash of guitar and keyboard is fun to listen to.  Its a pretty slow paced song but you'll find yourself swaying to it after the first few seconds.

Robbie's Top 40 Singles of 2013

So I've come to realization with this blog since my last post. I'm not the big wordy writer guy that most successful music blogs/music magazines have a million of. I have to really really work hard to come up with a paragraph review of an album or a song so that it kind of sounds like I know what I'm talking about. Frankly, I've read a lot of reviews and I get lost sometimes in their extremely wordy description. I think there can be a healthy medium. That's where my brother Matt comes in. He is the ultimate writer and can give the perfect description of what he's listening to and what they were influenced by without being overbearing. I, however, can simply say, "You should listen to this song because I think you'd like it". I think this gives the blog a much more rounded feel.

Anyway, now back to the purpose of the post....my favorite songs of 2013. Singles are interesting because when you hear one from a band you've never heard of and its reeeeeaaallly good, your expectations are incredibly high. So when you hear the rest of the album sometimes you are a bit disappointed and let down because you started with a '10' and even if the rest of the album is a '7', you find yourself going back to the best song.  One of the ways I rate the songs is by how long it stays on my ipod. The higher up on the list, the longer its stayed in the rotation.

I apologize that there are no links to the songs. I'm trying to figure out how to listen to songs without linking them to YouTube. If you know of a way to listen to a song in a small music player I'm all ears.

40.  When you Lie -- Flowers

39.  Fresh -- Summer Camp

38.  Burn You Down -- Beach Fossils

37.  Hold On To The Metal -- Royal Canoes

36.  Worlds Gone Weird -- Crystal Stilts

35. I Can Hardly Make You Mine -- Cults

34.  While I'm Alive -- STRFKR

33.  Milan -- High Highs

32.  In A Feeling Like This -- Blouse

31.  Swish -- Millionyoung

30.  Bigfoot -- Cayucas

29.  3 Days -- Rhye

28.  Calling Back -- Hockey

27.  Dance a Little Closer -- Holy Ghost!

26.  Teardrop Guitar -- Crocodiles

25.  Toe Cutter - Thumb Buster -- Thee Oh Sees

24.  Sugar -- Shout Out Louds

23.  All I Ever Wanted -- Computer Magic

22.  More Than -- Au Revoir Simone

21.  War is Gone -- On an On

20.  Sorry -- The Moth & The Flame

19.  Dancing Shell -- Wild Nothing

18.  No Stranger -- Small Black

17.  All in the Wrist -- Darwin Deez

16.  Gasoline -- Alpine

15.  So Strange -- Superhumanoids

14.  Sorrow -- Frankie Rose

13.  House of Lords -- Haunted Hearts

12.  Feels -- SWIMM

11.  She Smokes in Bed -- TV Girl

10.  It Takes a Long Time -- Dent May

9.  Ivy Covered House -- Ducktails

8.  Cheap Beer -- FIDLAR

7.  Ceilings -- Local Natives

6.  Heave -- Gauntlet Hair

5.  Afterlife -- Arcade Fire

4.  Don’t Play With Guns -- The Black Angels

3.  Just To Be Like You -- Ski Lodge

2.  Can’t Stop the Aching -- The Mary Onettes

1.  Save Charlie -- Rubblebucket