From the soundtrack to really cool movie Whip It! The horn solo at the end makes me melt!

By far my fav xmas song. I love two things: Linda’s mullet and the choir of children who practiced all year long. Also sampled well by De La Soul.

Off of Amy’s newest release. You may know her as one half of the lead vocals of the band Stars or one of the female holy trinity of indie rock. That of course being Feist, Emily Haines of Metric and herself as the female sidekicks of the might Broken Social Scene. She has also released two albums and with her beautiful voice anything she does is worth listening.

Arcade Fire‘s Funeral has topped Maclean’s magazine’s list of the best Canadian albums released between 2000 and 2009.

Funeral bested Broken Social Scene’s You Forgot It In People, which took the #2 spot on the list. Interestingly, Black Mountain’s 2005 self-titled album took #3 instead of the band’s Polaris Music Prize short-listed In The Future. The New Pornographers’ Mass Romantic came in at #4, while Wolf Parade’s Apologies To The Queen Mary rounded out the top five.

The list mostly includes Canadian albums released in the first half of the decade. Feist’s The Reminder is the only album on the list that was released after 2005.

Here is Maclean’s magazine’s list of the decade’s best albums:

1. Arcade Fire — Funeral
2. Broken Social Scene — You Forgot It In People
3. Black Mountain — Black Mountain
4. The New Pornographers — Mass Romantic
5. Wolf Parade — Apologies To The Queen Mary
6. Sarah Harmer — You Were Here
7. Tangiers — Hot New Spirits
8. Sam Roberts — The Inhuman Condition EP
9. Constantines — Shine A Light
10. Feist — The Reminder

CWK is another KOLish band where I believe they are on the cusp of being on top 40 radio. Let’s hope not because I truly enjoy them and their perfect use of the piano. Also, Nathan Willett has the best “blue eyed soul” voice in indie rock and of course they’re one of Delo’s favorites.

Cold War Kids – Audience of One MP3