The National - Secret Meeting

The National is the best band in the world right now! They make my life so d*mn good! These songs make me high right now: Start a war, Guest house, Looking for astonauts, Daughters of the soho riot and All the wine. Amazing!

Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days

Don't know how many times I've listened to this record the past few years, but it must been days altogether! Can't wait until their new album is released! Sam Beam's voice is amazing, but you already knew that.

PS. The first single Walking Far From Home is already out on Spotify.

My music year 2010

I’m gonna try to summarize my music year 2010. Two things definitely changed my music life: 1. I bought an iPod and 2. I got an Spotify invite! If you don’t have these two things, get them! Love the music wherever you go!

The 8th of November I had my own" Cati Music Awards" and you can check out the best new act, pop, rock, male artist, female artist, albums and songs of 2010. Two months later I have hard to decide if Eminem or Arcade Fire made the best album. And Robyn definitely should have been nominated for best female instead of Lady Gaga. And maybe Junip should have got the nomination that I gave to Björn Kleinhenz, I’m still not sure. What I am 100 % sure of is that Not Afraid by Eminem was the best song of 2010! Florence + The Machine with Dog Days Are Over got a nice second place and Arcade Fire could have made third place with a bunch of songs, but Empty Room is currently my favourite!

Here comes a chronology of music that is worth remembering from 2010 and music that will make me remember 2010 (of course it’s just a tiny bit of the music I’ve enjoyed this year):

Artists of my 2010:
Snow Patrol
Julian Plenti
The National
Owen Pallett
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Mumford & Sons
Regina Spektor
Hello Saferide
Säkert!
Eminem
The Fine Arts Showcase
Marina and The Diamond
Billie the Vision and the Dancers
Björn Kleinhenz
The Tallest Man On Earth
Antony and the Johnsons
Songs of Soil
Laakso
Kaiser Chiefs
Moneybrother
Kings of Leon
Vampire Weekend
The Fratellis
Eels
Teitur
The xx
Florence + The Machine
Neutral Milk Hotel
Yeasayer
The Maccabees
Fiction Plane
Jónsi
Arcade Fire
Isaac Thompson
JJ
International Zombies of Love
The Mary Onettes
Summer Fiction
Beach House
The Script
The Prodigy
Infected Mushroom
Fluke
Ladytron
Brandi Carlile
The Radio Dept.
Like Pioneers
Perfume Genius
First Aid Kit

Songs of my 2010:
Julian Plenti - Games For Days
Mumford and Sons - Little Lion Man
Owen Pallett - Lewis’ Dream
A-ha - Foot Of The Mountain
Tiny Vipers - Dreamer
Cancel the Astronauts - I Am The President Of Your Fanclub (And Last Night I Followed You Home)
Taxi Taxi! - More Childish Than In A Long Time
Whitley - More Than Life
Brandi Carlile - Dreams
Nouvelle Vague - Master & Servant
DJ Champion - Keep On
Gus Black - Paranoid
Harvey Danger - Little Round Mirrors
The National – Slow Song
Eminem – Not Afraid
Eminem – Love The Way You Lie (feat. Rihanna)
Lady Gaga – Paparazzi
Stromae - Alors On Danse
Foo Fighters - The Pretender
Pink - Glitter In The Air
Timo Räisänen – Sweet Marie
Radiohead – Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Nelly Furtado – I’m Like A Bird
Fine Arts Showcase - Modern Love
Billie the Vision and the Dancers – Summercat
Hello Saferide – The Quiz
The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
Sash – Ecuador
Kaiser Chiefs – Everyday I Love You Less and Less
Spoon – The Underdog
Laakso – High Drama
Jens Lekman – Your Arms Around Me
The Maccabees – Toothpaste Kisses
Teitur – I Was Just Thinking
The Vicious - Walking Dead
Songs of Soil – Heather Bend
Vampire Weekend – Oxford Comma
Moneybrother – Feeling Getting Stronger In The Dark
Chingy – U A Freak (Nasty Girl)
Säkert! – Du kanske var på Holmön
Säkert! – Får jag
Manic Street Preachers - (It’s Not War) Just The End Of Love
The xx – Crystalised
Florence + The Machine – Dog Days Are Over
Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Trym – Ghost Song
Yeasayer – 2080
Jónsi - Animal Arithmetic
You & Yourn - Double Knots
Fine Arts Showcase – Friday on my Knees
Fine Arts Showcase – Chemical Girl
Jorge Calder - Keep Me In Your Heart
Ab4 - Cold
Isaac Thompson – I Changed My Life
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
Kings Of Leon – Use Somebody
Teitur – Catherine The Waitress
The Prodigy – No Good (Start the Dance)
Vampire Weekend – A-Punk
The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger
The Mary Onettes – Explosions
Summer Fiction – She's Bound to Get Hurt
The Early November - Never Coming Back
Lostprophets - Last Summer
30 seconds to mars – Hurricane
Jay Smith - Like A Prayer
Brandi Carlile – Looking Out
Like Pioneers – Gift From a Holiday
Morphine - In Spite Of Me
Snow Patrol - Give Me Strength
Shout Out Louds - Never Ever
She & Him - Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want (The Smiths cover)
I Was Totally Destroying It - Come Out Come Out
Arcade Fire – Empty Room
Infected Mushroom – Tasty Mushroom

As you can see it’s been an indie year! Of course I’ve listened to some metal, visa (Stefan Sundström and Volodja!) and maybe some emo, R & B and commercial pop, but 2010 was definitely the year of indie pop/rock! When it comes to live experiences there is a bit more variation.

LIVE:
Volodja @ Kulturnatten, Växjö
Jaqee & the Kokoonuts @ Café DeLuxe, Växjö
Andreas Grega @ Café DeLuxe, Växjö
Maria Andersson @ Palladium/Vårstad, Växjö
Tomas Andersson Wij @ Växjö teater, Växjö
Timo Räisänen, Markus Krunegård, Hoffmaestro & Chraa, The Fine Arts Showcase, Erik Grönwall, Calle Kristiansson, Joel Alme, Nisse Hellberg, M.A. Numminen och Alphaville m.fl. @ Rock The Lake, Växjö
Stefan Sundström @ Vårstad, Växjö
The Ark @ KarlOskardagarna, Växjö
The Frankie Lee’s @ KarlOskardagarna, Växjö

Top 20 songs of my 2010:

1. Eminem – Not Afraid
2. Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars
3. The National – Slow Song
4. Fine Arts Showcase - Modern Love
5. Florence + The Machine – Dog Days Are Over
6. Julian Plenti - Games For Days
   
7. Arcade Fire – Empty Room
8. Brandi Carlile - Dreams
9. Mumford and Sons - Little Lion Man
10. Vampire Weekend – Oxford Comma
11. Billie the Vision and the Dancers – Summercat
12. Kings Of Leon – Use Somebody
13. Laakso – High Drama
14. Infected Mushroom – Tasty Mushroom
15. Timo Räisänen – Sweet Marie (LIVE)
16. Trym – Ghost Song
17. Isaac Thompson – I Changed My Life
18. Manic Street Preachers - (It’s Not War) Just The End Of Love
19. The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger
20. Like Pioneers – Gift From a Holiday

Good commercial songs of 2010 that even I didn’t miss:

• Eminem feat. Rihanna – Love The Way You Lie
• Robyn – Hang With Me
• Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind
• Rihanna – Only Girl (In The World)
• Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are (I can’t stand this song, but sometimes I can, because “…you are amazing…”)
• Far East Movement feat. the Cataracs and Dev - Like a G6
• Kanye West feat. Pusha T – Runaway
• Flo Rida feat. David Guetta – Club Can't Handle Me
• Shakira - Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)

I hope you enjoyed the music year 2010 as much as I did! Don’t stop the music 2011!

Top-3-songs-about-moving-around

Top-3-songs-about-moving-around

1. Travis - Driftwood
2. Thåström - SöndagMåndagsång
3. Modest Mouse - The World at Large

For the third year in a row I’m beginning a new life in a new place. And for the second (!) time in the last six years, I know that I’m gonna stay in the same town for over nine months! It’s always exciting and fun to start over, but my New Year’s resolution for 2011 is to not move. Rules: I’m allowed to change apartment, but not the town. Can I make it?