the walkmen - the rat
muse - stockholm syndrome/sing for absolution/butterflies and hurricanes
interpol - public pervert/take you on a cruise
snow patrol - run
kasabian - club foot
franz ferdinand - take me out
Here's a couple completely inarguably awesome songs that came out last year. lip-lickingly awesome they are
John vanderslice - coming and going on easy terms
Modest mouse - float on
Ted Leo/Pharmacists - Me and Mia
Annie - Heartbeat
Feist - Mushaboom
Adem - Long Drive Home
The Go! Team - Junior Kickstart
The Dresden Dolls - Half Jack
U2 - Original of the Species
Junior Boys - Bellona/Last Exit
Espers - Voices
The Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #3
Franz Ferdinand - The Dark of the Matinee
The Von Bondies - Cmon Cmon
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Babe, You Turn Me On/Abattior Blues
Iron & Wine - Naked as we Came
General Electrics - Facing that Void
Stars - Ageless Beauty
Josh Ritter - California
American Music Club - Love Is
The One AM Radio - Shivers
The Go! Team - Panther Dash
The Mountain Goats - Home Again Garden Grove
Ratatat - 17 Years
Dungen - Panda
now songs of albums I listed:
The Libertines - Last Post On The Bugle
Architecture In Helsinki - Souvenirs
The Futureheads - Decent Days And Nights
The Walkmen - The Rat
TV On The Radio - Staring At The Sun
A. C. Newman - The Battle For Straight Time
The Hives - Love In Plaster
Kasabian - Club Foot
The Beta Band - Out-Side
Secret Machines - Nowhere Again
The Fiery Furnaces - Birdie Brain
Sondre Lerche - It's Too Late
Rogue Wave - Kicking The Heart Out
Elliott Smith - King's Crossing
Tom Waits - Hoist That Rag
Xiu Xiu - Crank Heart
The Von Bondies - C'mon C'mon
Air - Alone In Kyoto
Joanna Newsom - The Book Of Right-On
Sufjan Stevens - The Transfiguration
Modest Mouse - Black Cadillacs
Bjork - Desired Constellation
Castanets - No Light To Be Found
Comets On Fire - Wild Whiskey
Stars - Ageless Beauty
Franz Ferdinand - Dark Of The Matinee
Interpol - A Time To Be So Small
U2 - Sometimes blah blah blah
Iron & Wine - Cinder And Smoke
Death From Above 1979 - Turn It Out
Kings Of Convenience - Misread
Mirah - Don't Die In Me
Sonic Youth - Unmade Bed
Wilco - At Least That's What You Said
The Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
Kings of leon - the bucket (2005?)
The Futureheads - Meantime
The Futureheads - Decent Days and Nights
Bloc Party - Banquet
Kasabian - Processed Beats
Razorlight - Golden Touch
Razorlight - Rip it up
Graham Coxon - Freakin out
Franz Ferdinand - Michael
Snow Patrol - Run
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Fortune faded
surfing on a rocket/mike mills/cherry blossom grl - air
fortress - pinback ; clowne towne - xiuxiu
cause=time - bss ; televators - mars volta;
run into flowers -m83 ; pocketknife -pj harvey
...and a lot of stuff already mentioned