Here are my favorite and least favorite songs of each Tegan & Sara studio album (starting with the first that I'm comfortably familiar with:

If It Was You (2002)

Favorite: "I Hear Noises"
Least Favorite: "Terrible Storm"

So Jealous (2004)

Favorite: "Where Does the Good Go"
Least Favorite: "We Didn't Do It"

The Con (2007)

Favorite: "Knife Going In"
Least Favorite: "Are You Ten Years Ago"

Sainthood (2009)

Favorite: "On Directing"
Least Favorite: "Night Watch"

Heartthrob (2013)

Favorite: "How Come You Don't Want…

Three more of my favorite artists, and what I consider to be their best work. 

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The con - Tegan and Sara

Difficulty of choice:

Tegan and Sara have some kind of a secret formula for making songs that I like, because it's a virtual guarantee that I'm going to enjoy at least 90% of the material on any album they release. But, The Con stands above the others. It's catchy, dark, slightly weird, and has two or three of my favorite songs, ever. 

Favorite Songs
"Like O, Like H"
"Knife Going In"
"Back in Your Head"
"Call it Off"…

This is the first entry in a (hopefully) ongoing list featuring my favorite albums by my favorite artists. I'll pick whomever I feel like from my Top 75 or so artists, select the album (or EP) of theirs that I like most, give a few (or maybe more than a few) reasons why, and list a couple of my favorite songs from that album. 

Some discographies will be harder to narrow down to a favorite than others, but I actually look forward to that part of the decision (and I'll even rate the difficulty of choosing the best album for…

I thought that I would write a short journal about some of the albums that I'm looking forward to in 2009. The anticipated release dates are all from Metacritic or Wikipedia.

February 10th
It's Not Me, It's You - Lily Allen
I've been avoiding listening to the album preview because I want the experience to be completely fresh when I buy it. I'm pretty excited about this one.

Everything Comes and Goes - Michelle Branch
I loved pre-Wreckers Michelle, but will she still be as good? We'll see.

February 24th
Padded Room - Joe Budden
Mixtapes are nice, but putting…

Anyone with $3 to spare should buy a month's subscription and mosey on over to the beta site so that they can test out the new and improved Last.fm! I'm already hopelessly in love with the instant chart updates (!!!!!instant!!!!!) and the new Library. The overall look may take a while to adjust to, but it is still in the beta stage. Our feedback will help to shape the site that we all love, so everyone get in there and make your comments known to the admins! Who knows what the final build will be! As an added bonus, all…

It's been quite a while since I did my first Top 11 list, so I felt that it was time to write another one. This time I'm tackling Rilo Kiley, and while their songs weren't quite as hard to sort through and choose from as the Yeah Yeah Yeahs were, I still feel like I'm having to leave several songs that I absolutely love on the cutting room floor. So, without further ado, I present my 11 all-time favorite Rilo Kiley songs.

11. More Adventurous
A great song from the very beginning. How can you resist that harmonica and…

Newly (or not so newly) discovered songs that I love so much, I simply have to share!

Pop In, Pop Out - Plastiscines

Please, please find this song and listen to it. After you have, the following statement will make perfect sense. This song is EXACTLY like being in an Austin Powers movie.

Love is a Losing Game - Amy Winehouse

Oozes the raw emotion that so many modern songs lack. Maybe the best track on Back to Black.

Big Brother - Kanye West

My favorite Kanye songs are always his most personal and revealing ones. This one reminds me…

The 50th Annual Grammy Awards are only a few weeks away, so I thought I would jot down a few predictions about the categories I actually care about to see how many (if any) I get right.

Album of the Year

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters
These Days - Vince Gill
River: The Joni Letters - Herbie Hancock
Graduation - Kanye West
Back to Black - Amy Winehouse

My Pick: Back to Black
Glaring Omissions: Arular - M.I.A., Icky Thump - The White Stripes, Neon Bible - Arcade Fire

Ummm…who is Herbie Hancock? At least I've HEARD…

I just saw a journal a moment ago in which someone listed at least one negative thing about his Top 20, and I happen to think this is a refreshing idea. It'll be nice to write something that's not gushing-fan-speak for a change, and a little constructive criticism is usually a good thing, no?

1. Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Ummmm….damn, this is going to be tough. Well….let's skip this one.

2. Jay-Z

He has terrible judgment when it comes to signing other artists. He should let others judge talent, while he focus on doing what he does best. Oh, and please,…

First one of 2008, so yahoo! Anyway, here are the songs that I'm currently obsessed with.

Bridges and Balloons - Joanna Newsom

A great opening song for a very good album, I can only imagine how amazing it would sound live.

Mariella - Kate Nash

A very charming song, in a Regina Spektor kind of way (which is the best way). I'm so glad that I decided to give Kate a chance, she's so much more than a Lily Allen knock-off.

I Need You - Alicia Keys

I really hope this one gets released as a single. As good as…