Life Goes Off

Some block-rockers, some tearjerkers, some headbangers - just the stuff that's been, to quote Matt Martin, "ruling our shit" for 2005.

Murph's List:

01. "Wishbone" - Architecture in Helsinki, from the album In Case We Die
02. "John Wayne Gacy" - Sufjan Stevens, from the album Illinois
03. "For Real" - Okkervil River, from the album Black Sheep Boy
04. "Modern Girl" - Sleater-Kinney, from the album The Woods
05. "Your Little Hoodrat Friend" - The Hold Steady, from the album Separation Sunday
06. "Hey Mama"/"Touch the Sky" - Kanye West, from the album Late Registration
07. "Like Eating Glass" - Bloc Party, from the album Silent Alarm
08. "Be" - Common, from the album Be
09. "Punches" - World Leader Pretend, from the album Punches
10. "The Bagman's Gambit" - The Decemberists, from the album Picaresque

Honorable Mentions (really, any of these could be #10):
"Get It Together" - The Go! Team, from the album Thunder Lightning Strike
"Mushaboom" - Feist, from the album Let it Die
"The Bleeding Heart Show" - The New Pornographers, from the album Twin Cinema
"I Turn My Camera On" - Spoon, from the album Gimme Fiction
"The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth" - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, from s/t album
"Pencil Rot" - Stephen Malkmus, from the album Face the Truth
"Blue Orchid" - The White Stripes, from the album Get Behind Me Satan

Sean T's List:

1. “For Real” – Okkervil River, from their album Black Sheep Boy
2. “A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left” –Andrew Bird, from his album The Mysterious Production of Eggs
3. “Off the Record” – My Morning Jacket, from their album Z
4. “Mushaboom” – Feist, from her album Let it Die
5. “Initiate” – Calla, from their album Collisions
6. “Casimir Pulaski Day” – Sufjan Stevens, from his album Illinois
7. “The Engine Driver” – The Decemberists, from their album Picaresque
8. “Slow Night, So Long” – Kings of Leon, from their album Aha Shake Heartbreak
9. “It’s All Gonna Break” – Broken Social Scene, from their album Broken Social Scene
10. “Your Ex-Lover is Dead”, Stars, from their album Set Yourself on Fire

Honorable Mention
"Kicking Television" (live) – Wilco, from their live album Kicking Television: Live in Chicago
"The Beast and Dragon, Adored" – Spoon, from their album Gimme Fiction
"Soon Enough" – Constantines, from their album Tournament of Hearts
“Dilaudid” – The Mountain Goats, from their album The Sunset Tree
"Everyday" - Rogue Wave, from the album Stubbs The Zombie: The Soundtrack