The Smiths - The Queen is Dead - Vicar in a Tutu

I can't believe it took me this long to find the theme song for my current year.

IAMX - The Alternative

Like a new-skool Depeche Mode.  The song "Bring Me Back a Dog" is really pretty great.

Oxford Collapse - Remember the Night Parties

If you don't pay attention, you'll think you're listening to Wolf Parade.

Reverend and the Makers - The State of Things - The Machine

Kind of electro-funk.  This song is pretty great for doing mindless data entry.

The 1900s - Cold & Kind

Pretty and kinda folky.

One of most just-plain-beautiful albums I've listened to in a long, long time.

Taizé - Venite Exultemus - Gott Ist Nur Liebe (Bog Jest Miloscia)

This is probably my favorite Taizé song ever. Among the amazingness is the application of the typical Taizé technique of altering lyrics across languages to make them meaningful and musically appropriate even if the words change. Compare, for instance, the

Lizzie West - Holy Road

I have a standing theory about the progression of how music sounds the more you listen to a given artist or album.  I've listened to Lizzie West a lot (comparatively), and the music still keeps getting better.

The Go! Team - The Wrath Of Marcie

Wake up!

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Neko Case - Furnace Room Lullaby and Fox Confessor Brings the Flood

This is an obvious / old one for me, but if you choose not to listen to Neko Case, I would be forced to conclude that you lack a soul. And she's magical (and funny) live.

Patsy Cline

I freakin' love Patsy Cline. Crazy, I Fall To Pieces, Walking After Midnight, She's Got You... I'm starting with the classics and moving on from there.