Marquee Mark’s 2012 Halftime Report

I guess I slept through halftime this year, but here are my favorite songs that came out this year so far. (Who knew my list would be topped by the 20-years-later comeback single from a band that no one Stateside outside of John Peel Show fanatics had ever heard of – or that the guy from Erasure and the guy from Depeche Mode would even put a dent in my chart? Ahhhh, pop music.)

Name Artist Album Plays
1 Ivy Avenue The Would Be’s Ivy Avenue 21
2 Had We Had It Frankie Rose Interstellar 19
3 Interstellar Frankie Rose Interstellar 16
4 Gospel/Grace Frankie Rose Interstellar 16
5 I Can’t Keep You In My Mind La Sera Sees The Light 16
6 Break My Heart La Sera Sees The Light 15
7 It All Feels The Same Tennis Young & Old 15
8 Who Am I Now? (featuring Au Revoir Simone) Air Le Voyage Dans La Lune 14
9 Fall In Cloud Nothings Attack On Memory 14
10 Pair Of Wings Frankie Rose Interstellar 13
11 Please Be My Third Eye La Sera Sees The Light 13
12 Neil Armstrong Allo Darlin’ Europe 12
13 My Heart Beats Veronica Falls My Heart Beats 12
14 You’re Early 2:54 You’re Early 12
15 Capricornia Allo Darlin’ Europe 11
16 Infinite Love Without Fulfilment Grimes Visions 11
17 In The Same Room Julia Holter Ekstasis 11
18 Guilty As Charged Chairlift Something 10
19 Warsaw Sharon Van Etten Tramp 10
20 Genesis Grimes Visions 9
21 Answer Song (White Horses Remix) Saint Etienne Words and Music (Deluxe Edition) 9
22 Third Dim Freak To Fourth Dim Freq Trailer Trash Tracys Ester 9
23 Spock VCMG Ssss 9
24 Destination Barry Adamson I Will Set You Free 8
25 Hollywood Forever Cemetary Sings Father John Misty Fear Fun 8

There’s a fairly complete playlist on Spotify. Start listening!

This Is Our Music. This Is Our Youth. This Is My Jam.

More Poddishness to come, but in the meantime, you can amuse yourself with this new dealio called This Is My Jam. Here’s my current jam of the day.

Marquee Mark’s Best of 2011 playlist

And here’s my favorite songs from 2011. (Technically, it’s the most played songs with a release date of 2011, but I played them a lot because they were good.) My commentary on the year that was is on my From The Decks blog.)

Name Artist Album Plays
1 You See Everything Low C’mon 27
2 Ice Cream (featuring Matias Aguayo) Battles Gloss Drop 26
3 Penny Loafers (featuring Inara George) Daedelus Bespoke 26
4 Gangsta Tune-Yards W H O K I L L 26
5 Tangled Brave Irene Brave Irene 25
6 Wrong Feels Right Dum Dum Girls He Gets Me High 25
7 Tightrope Jah Wobble & Julie Campbell Psychic Life 25
8 Come to the Bar Pete & The Pirates Come to the Bar – Single 25
9 I Bet You (featuring Mick Collins and Rachel Nagy) Dennis Coffey Dennis Coffey 24
10 The Wall Yuck Yuck 23
11 Operation Yuck Yuck 22
12 Grass Running Brave Irene Brave Irene 21
13 Don’t Knock My Love (featuring Fanny Franklin) Dennis Coffey Dennis Coffey 21
14 Es-So Tune-Yards W H O K I L L 21
15 Good Ideas Brave Irene Brave Irene 20
16 The Best Person I Know Cat’s Eyes Cat’s Eyes 20
17 Anteroom EMA Past Life Martyred Saints 20
18 Song for the Sea Hannah Peel The Broken Wave 20
19 Today Is Not So Far Away Hannah Peel The Broken Wave 20
20 Bad Feeling Veronica Falls Veronica Falls 20
21 Sycamore Tree Crystal Stilts In Love With Oblivion 18
22 Suicide Policeman Yuck Yuck 18
23 Silver Sun Crystal Stilts In Love With Oblivion 17
24 Rolling Blackouts The Go! Team Rolling Blackouts 17
25 Never Come Around La Sera La Sera 17

There’s a playlist on Spotify and everything, so dig it!

 

Marquee Mark’s Top 25 Most Played playlist

I, Mark Butler, do solemnly swear that these are my most listened-to songs on iTunes, although certain members of my household may have overdone it a little bit on the Eames Era thing. Looking back at my 2003 version of this list, there’s clearly been a lot of turnover – and not just from old songs reclaiming territory from the novelty of something brand new in the early days of iTunes. And what other Top 25 list is going to feature Annette Funicello?

Name Artist Album Plays
1 Fake Do-Gooders The Eames Era Heroes And Sheroes 83
2 Come On Let’s Go Broadcast The Noise Made By People 73
3 Lilting Oh-OK The Complete Recordings 70
4 leotard tacocat Shame Spiral 70
5 We’ve Got Time Broadcast Work And Non Work 68
6 Her Jazz Huggy Bear Trash Companion 1 67
7 What’s Your New Thing Walking Concert Run To Be Born 67
8 Tighten Up Archie Bell & The Drells In Yo’ Face: The Roots Of Funk – Vol. 1 1/2 66
9 Clap (See the Stars) The Myrmidons Clap EP 66
10 Audrey Walking Concert Run To Be Born 66
11 Those Dancing Days Those Dancing Days Those Dancing Days – Single 65
12 Derailing The Casual Dots The Casual Dots 63
13 Sugarcube Yo La Tengo I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One 63
14 Vegetarian Restaurant Aberfeldy The Rough Trade Field Guide To Music 62
15 Go Karts The Bees Free the Bees 61
16 One Glass of Water The Bees Free the Bees 61
17 I Believe In Miracles The Jackson Sisters Bar Culture 61
18 Soft Picasso Kelly Hogan The Whistle Only Dogs Can Hear 61
19 Safety Net Shop Assistants 53rd & 3rd – Fun While It Lasted… 61
20 I Was Born (A Unicorn) The Unicorns Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone? 61
21 Bang Bang Rock & Roll Art Brut Bang Bang Rock & Roll 60
22 Badger Let’s Active Big Plans For Everybody 60
23 When It All Comes Do Miaow When It All Comes Down 60
24 In The Future Sparks Indiscreet 60
25 The Monkey’s Uncle Annette Funicello Annette: A Musical Reunion with America’s Girl Next Door 59

A bunch of this stuff is on my Spotify Playlist, although a few things are sadly missing. (Really, Spotify? No Huggy Bear or Shop Assistants or Jackson Sisters. C’mon!)

 

Day One. Square One. List One.

Here’s my inaugural Top 25 Most Played playlist from December 31, 2003. Still waiting on Mandy Moore to put out another good record.

1 Lilting Oh-OK The Complete Recordings 46
2 Is It? Oh-OK The Complete Recordings 36
3 Tighten Up Archie Bell & The Drells Roots Of Funk-Vol.1/2 31
4 Dear Catastrophe Waitres Belle & Sebastian Dear Catastrophe Waitress 30
5 I Believe In Miracles The Jackson Sisters Bar Culture 28
6 Out Of Step The Soft Pink Truth Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Soft Pink Truth 27
7 Rapbot Liam Lynch Fake Songs 26
8 That’s Where I Went Wrong The Poppy Family A Good Thing Lost: 1968-1973 26
9 Everything Thermals The Thermals The Thermals 26
10 Clara Bow 50 Foot Wave 50 Foot Wave 25
11 Derailing The Casual Dots The Casual Dots 25
12 I Was Born (A Unicorn) The Unicorns Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone 25
13 Vegetarian Restaurant Aberfeldy The Rough Trade Field Guide To Music 24
14 Dark Is Light Enough The Duke Spirit Dark Is Light Enough 24
15 Almost Sarah Harmer All of Our Names 24
16 Brace and Break The Thermals More Parts Per Million 24
17 I’m Gonna Run The Fiery Furnaces Gallowsbird Bark 23
18 Senses Working Overtime Mandy Moore Coverage 23
19 Clones (We’re All) Alice Cooper latest: greatest 22
20 Soul Finger Bar-Kays The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 22
21 Laughing At You The Detroit Cobras Love, Life And Leaving 22
22 Other Animals (Matmos remix) Erase Errata Dancing Machine 22
23 Pat’s Trick Helium The Dirt Of Luck 22
24 The Weakest Shade Of Blue The Pernice Brothers Yours, Mine & Ours 22
25 Who’s To Say Blanche If We Can’t Trust the Doctors… 21