The 11 Best Songs By Royksopp

Fun Fact:  The band's debut album, Melody AM, has sold more copies in just the UK than the rest of their albums have sold worldwide...combined!

Here are the 11 Best Songs By Royksopp:

1. What Else Is There? (The Understanding)
2. Remind Me (Melody A.M.)
3. Circuit Breaker (The Understanding)
4. Poor Leno (Melody A.M.)
5. Eple (Melody A.M.)
6. Only This Moment (The Understanding)
7. Running To The Sea (Single)
8. Royksopp Forever (Junior)
9. Royksopp's Night Out (Melody A.M.)
10. Someone Like Me (The Understanding)
11. Vision One (Junior)

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The 11 Best Songs By Mastodon

Fun Fact:  For the 2012 Record Store Day, Mastodon released two separate vinyls.  The first was a split 7-inch with Feist (with each artists covering one of the other artist's songs).  The second release was a cover of the Flaming Lips' “A Spoonful Weighs a Ton”.

Here are the 11 Best Songs By Mastodon:

1. Blood And Thunder (Leviathan)
2. The Czar (Crack The Skye)
3. Iron Tusk (Leviathan)
4. Crack The Skye (Crack The Skye)
5. Curl Of The Burl (The Hunter)
6. Naked Burn (Leviathan)
7. Oblivion (Crack The Skye)
8. Spectrelight (The Hunter)
9. Colony Of Birchmen (Blood Mountain)
10. Hail To Fire (Call Of The Mastodon)
11. Hearts Alive (Leviathan)

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The 11 Best Songs By Deadmau5

Fun Fact: Jay Gordon, lead singer of the band Orgy, gave Deadmau5 the idea of wearing a giant mouse head during his live stage shows.

Here are the 11 Best Songs By deadmau5:

1. Ghosts N Stuff (For Lack Of a Better Name)
2. Animal Rights (4x4=12)
3. I Remember (Random Album Title)
4. Channel 42 ( > album title goes here < )
5. The Veldt ( > album title goes here < )
6. Some Chords (4x4=12)
7. Aural Psynapse (Aural Psynapse )
8. Raise Your Weapon (4x4=12) 
9. Strobe (For Lack Of a Better Name)
10. Intelstat (Get Scraped)
11. Faxing Berlin (Random Album Title) 

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The 11 Best Songs By The Antlers

 Fun Fact:  The Antlers ground-breaking concept album, Hospice, was inspired by The Flaming Lips' Soft Bulletin and Neutral Milk Hotel's In The Aeroplane Over The Sea.

Here are the 11 Best Songs By The Antlers:

1. No Windows (Burst Apart)
2. I Don't Want Love (Burst Apart)
3. Two (Hospice)
4. Kettering (Hospice)
5. French Exit (Burst Apart)
6. The Universe Is Going To Catch You (In The Attic)
7. Wish You Were Here (A.V. Club - Undercover)
8. Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out (Burst Apart)
9. Zelda (Undersea)
10. Shiva (Hospice)
11. Nashua (Uprooted)

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The 11 Best Songs By Linkin Park

 Fun Fact:  Linkin Park was turned down by Warner Bros. records three times before being signed to the label in 1999.

Here are the 11 Best Songs By Linkin Park:

1. Numb/Encore (Collision Course)
2. In The End (Hybrid Theory)
3. Crawling (Hybrid Theory)
4. Faint (Meteroa)
5. Burn It Down (Living Things)
6. Runaway (Hybrid Theory)
7. Don't Stay (Meteroa)
8. No More Sorrow (Minutes To Midnight)
9. Pushing Me Away (Hybrid Theory)
10. From The Inside (Meteroa)
11. In Pieces (Minutes To Midnight)

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The 11 Best Songs By Lana Del Rey

Fun Fact:  Lana (then Elizabeth Grant) studied metaphysics at Fordham University. Here are the 11 Best Songs By Lana Del Rey:

1. Off To The Races (Born To Die)
2. Diet Mountain Dew (Born To Die)
3. Cola (Paradise)
4. Born To Die (Born To Die)
5. Gods and Monsters (Paradise)
6. Young And Beautiful (Great Gatsby)
7. Burning Desire (Paradise)
8. Blue Jeans (Born To Die)
9. Ride (Paradise)
10. Summertime Sadness (Born To Die)
11. National Anthem (Born To Die)

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The 11 Best Songs By Craft Spells

 Fun Fact: Craft Spells first songs were created in the bedroom of lead singer, Justin Vallesteros.

Here are the 11 Best Songs By Craft Spells:

1. After The Moment (Idle Labor)
2. Still Left With Me (Gallery)
3. Scandinavian Crush (Idle Labor)
4. Given The Time (Idle Labor)
5. Warmth (Gallery)
6. From the Morning Heat (Idle Labor)
7. You Should Close The Door (Idle Labor)
8. Leave My Shadow (Gallery)
9. Party Talk (Idle Labor)
10. Love Well Spent (After The Moment)
11. The Fog Rose High (Idle Labor)

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The 11 Best Songs By First Aid Kit

Fun Fact:  First Aid Kit is comprised of two sisters from Sweden (Johanna and Klara).  Originally, Johanna wanted to pursue a career in German techno but eventually younger sister Klara convinced her folk and alt-country was a better way to go. Here are the 11 Best Songs By First Aid Kit:

1. Emmylou (The Lion's Roar)
2. The Lion's Roar (The Lion's Roar)
3. Winter Is All Over You (The Big Black and the Blue)
4. Sailor Song (The Big Black and the Blue)
5. You're Not Coming Home Tonight (Drunken Trees EP)
6. Wolf (The Lion's Roar Bonus Track)
7. King of the World (The Lion's Roar)
8. I Found A Way (The Lion's Roar)
9. Blue (The Lion's Roar)
10. When I Grow Up (Ghost Town)
11. Our Own Pretty Ways (Drunken Trees EP)

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The 11 Best Solo Songs By Jack White

Fun Fact:  Jack White originally planned to become a priest and even went so far as to be accepted into a seminary school as a young teen. Here are the 11 Best Solo Songs By Jack White:

1. Sixteen Saltines (Blunderbuss)
2. Love Is Blindness (AHK-Toong BAY-Bi Covered)
3. Weep Themselves To Sleep (Blunderbuss)
4. Freedom At 21 (Blunderbuss)
5. Missing Pieces (Blunderbuss)
6. Machine Gun Silhouette (Love Interruption)
7. Wayfaring Stranger (Cold Mountain)
8. Take Me With You When You Go (Blunderbuss)
9. Love Interruption (Blunderbuss)
10. Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy (Blunderbuss)
11. Inaccessible Mystery (Forever At 21)

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The 11 Best Songs By Fucked Up

 Fun Fact:  To celebrate the release of the album, The Chemistry of Common Life, the band played a free 12-hour concert in NYC.

Here are the 11 Best Songs By Fucked Up:

1. David Comes To Life (Hidden World)
2. Police (Epic in Minutes)
3. The Chemistry of Common Life (The Chemistry of Common Life)
4. Turn The Season (David Comes To Life)
5. Queen of Heats (David Comes To Life)
6. Invisible Leader (Hidden World)
7. Year of the Rat (Year of the Rat)
8. Black Albino Bones (The Chemistry of Common Life)
9. The Other Shoe (David Comes To Life)
10. Teenage Problems (Couple Tracks)
11. Black Hats (Year of the Pig)

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The 11 Best Songs By Matisyahu

Fun Fact:  Matisyahu dropped out of high school so he could start taking drugs and follow the rock band Phish on tour.

Here are the 11 Best Songs By Matisyahu:

1. Youth (Youth)
2. Chop Em Down (Shake Off The Dust...Arise)
3. King Without a Crown (Live At Stubbs)
4. Jerusalem (Youth)
5. So Hi So Lo (Louisville Light Sessions)
6. Tel Aviv'n (Spark Seeker)
7. Got No Water (Shake Off The Dust...Arise)
8. Sunshine (Spark Seeker)
9. Exaltation (Shake Off The Dust...Arise)
10. Message In A Bottle (No Place To Be)
11. Time of Your Song (Youth)

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The 11 Best Non-Album Tracks By Soundgarden

When albums are given the ever-to-often "remastered" treatment, it's not the remastering that we get excited about.  I have yet to hear a remaster that has improved on the original.  Sometimes the mix is just different...and that's fine...but when they take out all the background noise and heighten all the levels, it makes it sound less human and less warm.  The only thing we truly care about when remasters come out are the bonus tracks and unreleased material.  Soundgarden's 4-disc set promises just that.  This is the only reason to get "remastered" sets.  These sets are a behind-the-scenes look into the making of pivotal albums.  And if you don't have this in your set...then your set is basically a remix album.  Nothing more.

Here are the 11 Best Non-Album Tracks By Soundgarden:

1. Birth Ritual (Singles Soundtrack)
2. Cold Bitch (Outshined/Spoonman)
3. She Likes Surprises (Superunknown Japanese Bonus Track)
4. Bleed Together (Burden in My Hand)
5. Karaoke (Burden in My Hand)
6. Kyle Petty, Son of Richard (Fell On Black Days)
7. Sub Pop Rock City (Sub Pop 200)
8. Big Bottom (Hands All Over)
9. Toy Box (Flower)
10. Heretic (Deep Six)
11. Blind Dogs (The Basketball Diaries Soundtrack)

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The 11 Best Songs By Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

 Fun Fact:  CYHSY's debut album was self-released and sold over 125,000 copies.

Here are The 11 Best Songs By Clap Your Hands Say Yeah:

1. Hysterical (Hysterical) 
2. The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah)
3. Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah)
4. Is This Love? (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah)
5. Same Mistake (Hysterical)
6. Ketamine and Ecstasy (Hysterical)
7. Over and Over (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah)
8. Graceful Retreat (KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic)
9. The Sword Song (Some Loud Thunder)
10. Yesterday, Never (Hysterical)
11. In This Home On Ice (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah)

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The 11 Best Songs By Led Zeppelin

 It's summer time and there's nothing I want to do more than be outside than be inside writing blog posts.  But with a lot of great music rolling out over the next few months, not to mention some hidden gems I've overlooked...I'm going to keep up the lists but with a lot less fanfare.  Instead of a long intro, you'll likely get a more condensed fun facts...which were well-received in my book.  More lists, less talk!

Led Zeppelin Fun Fact: Led Zeppelin I took 35 hours to record, produce and mix.

Have a great summer.

Here are the 11 Best Led Zeppelin Songs:

1. Over The Hills And Far Away (Houses of the Holy)
2. Stairway To Heaven (IV)
3. Tangerine (III)
4. All Of My Love (In Through The Out Door)
5. Rock & Roll (IV)
6. The Rover (Physical Graffitti)
7. Fool In The Rain (In Through The Out Door)
8. Communication Breakdown (I)
9. Immigrant Song (III)
10. Ramble On (II)
11. Dazed And Confused (I)

BTW...it's Zeppelin...so really, every song is fucking amazing.

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