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My favorite songs of 2011

On my blog via The Daily Advertiser, I discuss my favorite songs of the year. 

How about a round of quickies?

First up, Since when did Weezer think it was OK to sound like Linkin Park? 
Sure, it’s catchy, but when did Weezer not make a catchy song or two? 
Questions, questions, questions, that’s all Raditude will give you if you’re a true fan of Weezer at the band’s prime.
And yes, Pinkerton and The Blue Album hold up quite, quite well.

Meanwhile, Alec Ounsworth and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are on hiatus. I’m not sure when they’ll return. Some Loud Thunder was under-appreciated, but that last single and Jimmy Fallon appearance was underwhelming.
Ounsworth, luckily, is still making some tunes. His solo debut, Mo’ Beauty, features one of the best New Orleans tributes I’ve heard in awhile—”Holy Moses (Song for New Orleans).”
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah might be done, but this is a disc worth listening to, keeping me interested to see what Ounsworth might release next.
Even if he’s creepily following the career path of David Byrne exactly to the tee.

Fuck Buttons, I want to like you, but my brain doesn’t have room for obnoxious and long anymore. To the trash goes Tarot Sport.

Richard Hawley has always peaked my interest. He has cool album covers—any guy that can pull off lounging a plush suit and king’s chair and call it an album cover is all right with me—but I’ve never actually listened to him until now which I snagged a copy of Truelove’s Gutter.
I could drown in the song “For Your Lover Give Some Time.”
For this album, I will give some time and more listens.