Forward Media

"In preparation for the 2010 South by Southwest music festival (March 17-20), NPR Music's staff has spent weeks sampling songs by more than 1,000 of the acts in attendance." Listen Link
1. Andrew W.K., "I'm a Vagabond" (from Mother of Mankind)

2. The Antlers, "Kettering" (from Hospice)


3. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, "Around the Bend" (from Fruit)


4. Balmorhea, "Winter Circle" (from Constellations)


5. Band of Horses, "Detlef Schrempf" (from Cease to Begin)


6. Basia Bulat, "Heart of My Own" (from Heart of My Own)


7. The Besnard Lakes, "Albatross" (from The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night)


8. Best Coast, "When I'm With You" (from When I'm With You EP)


9. Big Star, "Kanga-Roo" (from Third/Sister Lovers)


10. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, "Beat the Devil's Tattoo" (from Beat the Devil's Tattoo)


11. Broken Bells, "The High Road" (from Broken Bells)


12. Broken Social Scene, "World Sick" (from Forgiveness Rock Record)

We got a minefield of crippled affection
All full of ? and mural connections
That’s why I’m leaving this spoke invitation
Yeah romance addicts so that I could confess that

I get world sick every time I take a stand
I get world sick, my love is for my man

We got ladies forming to dance
None with the ? looking for evidence

I get world sick every time I take a stand
Yeah I get world sick, my love is for my man

I’m sick of the self-love losing bless me
We exit the roof and ruin what will be
And all the destroyers who never wore dresses
They live for the older while I have confessed this

I get world sick every time I take a stand
Yeah I get world sick, my love is for my man

I get world sick every time I take a stand
Yeah I get world sick, my love is for my man

13. Brooklyn Rider, "Achille's Heel: Shur Landing" (from Dominant Curve)
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14. Choir of Young Believers, "Hollow Talk" (from This Is for the White in Your Eyes)


15. Codeine Velvet Club, "I Am the Resurrection" (from Codeine Velvet Club)


16. Dawes, "Love Is All I Am" (from North Hills)


17. Dead Confederate, "The Rat" (from Wrecking Ball)


18. Death, "Keep on Knocking" (from ...For the World to See)


19. Delta Spirit, "Trashcan" (from Ode to Sunshine)


20. DM Stith, "Pity Dance" (from Heavy Ghost
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21. Dr. Dog, "Shadow People" (from Shame, Shame)


22. The Ettes, "Take It With You" (from Do You Want Power)


23. Explode Into Colors, "Eyes Hands Mouth" (from "Eyes Hands Mouth" 7")


24. Fanfarlo, "I'm a Pilot" (from Reservoir)


25. Flying Lotus, "Quakes" (from Cosmogramma)


26. Fool's Gold, "Nadine" (from Fool's Gold)


27. Freelance Whales, "Generator ^ First Floor" (from Weathervanes)


28. Frightened Rabbit, "Swim Until You Can't See Land" (from The Winter of Mixed Drinks)


29. G-Side, "Speed of Sound" (from Starshipz and Rocketz)

30. Garotas Suecas, "Bugalu" (from Garotas Suecas)


31. The Gates of Slumber, "Death Dealer" (from Hymns of Blood and Thunder)


32. Here We Go Magic, "Fangela" (from Here We Go Magic)


33. Horse Feathers, "Curs in the Weeds" (from House With No Home)


34. It's True!, "Take This One From Me" (from There, There, Now/I Think It's Best [If I Leave])

35. Ivan & Alyosha, "Easy to Love" (from The Verse, The Chorus)


36. Japandroids, "Young Hearts Spark Fire" (from Post-Nothing)


37. JBM, "Cleo's Song" (from Not Even in July)


38. Jenny Owen Youngs, "Voice on Tape" (from Batten the Hatches)



39. jj, "And Now" (from jj no. 3)


40. Joe Pug, "Hymn #101" (from Nation of Heat EP)

Yea I’ve come to know the wish list of my father
I’ve come to know the shipwrecks where he wished
I’ve come to wish aloud among the over dressed crowd
Come to witness now the sinking of the ship
Throwing pennies from the sea top next to it
And I’ve come to roam the forest past the village
With a dozen lazy horses in my cart
I’ve come here to get high,
To do more than just get by.
I’ve come to test the timber of my heart
Oh, I’ve come to test the timber of my heart
And I’ve come to be untroubled in my seeking
And I’ve come to see that nothing is for naught
I’ve come to reach out blind
to reach forward and behind
For the more I seek the more I’m sought
Yea, the more I seek the more I’m sought.

And I’ve come to meet the sheriff and his posse
To offer him the broadside of my jaw
I’ve come here to get broke
Then maybe bum a smoke
We’ll go drinking two towns over after all
Oh, we’ll go drinking two towns over after all.

And I’ve come to meet the legendary takers
I’ve only come to ask them for a lot
Oh they say I come with less
than I should rightfully posses
I say the more I buy the more I’m bought
And the more I’m bought the less I cost
And I’ve come to take their servants and their surplus
And I’ve come to take their raincoats and their speed
I’ve come to get my fill
To ransack and spill
I’ve come to take the harvest for the seed
I’ve come to take the harvest for the seed

And I’ve come to know the manger that you sleep in
I’ve come to be the stranger that you keep
I’ve come from down the road
And my footsteps never slowed
Before we met, I knew we’d meet
Before we met, I knew we’d meet

And I’ve come here to ignore your cries and heartaches
I’ve come to closely listen to you sing
I’ve come here to insist
That I leave here with a kiss
I‘ve come to say exactly what I mean
and I mean so many things.

And you’ve come to know me stubborn as a butcher
and you’ve come to know me thankless as a guest
will you recognize my face when God's awful grace
strips me of my jacket and my vest
and reveals all the treasure in my chest

41. Kings Go Forth, "I Don't Love You No More" (from The Outsiders Are Back)

42. Le Loup, "Planes Like Vultures" (from The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly)

43. Liars, "Scissor" (from Sisterworld)
44. Lissie, "Little Lovin'" (from Why You Runnin' EP)


45. Local Natives, "Airplanes" (from Gorilla Manor)


46. Lou Barlow, "Take Advantage" (from Goodnight Unknown)


47. The Low Anthem, "Charlie Darwin" (from Oh My God, Charlie Darwin)


48. Luke Doucet, "Broken One" (from Broken [And Other Rogue States])


49. Matt Pond PA, "Starting" (from The Dark Leaves)


50. Meiko, "Boys With Girlfriends" (from Meiko)


51. Memory Tapes, "Bicycle" (from Seek Magic)


52. Midlake, "Acts of Man" (from The Courage of Others)



53. Minus the Bear, "I'm Totally Not Down With Rob's Alien" (from They Make Beer Commercials Like This)


54. Neon Indian, "Deadbeat Summer" (from Psychic Chasms)


55. Nicole Atkins, "Maybe Tonight" (from Neptune City)

56. Nneka, "Uncomfortable Truth" (from Concrete Jungle)


57. Ola Podrida, "Donkey" (from Belly of the Lion)


58. Olof Arnalds, "Klara" (from Vio og Vio)


59. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, "Everything With You" (from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart)


60. Peter Wolf Crier, "Crutch & Cane" (from Inter-Be)


61. Phantogram, "When I'm Small" (from Eyelid Movies)


62. Pink Nasty, "Mold the Gold" (from Mold the Gold)


63. Quasi, "Repulsion" (from American Gong)


64. Raphael Saadiq, "100 Yard Dash" (from The Way I See It)


65. Real Estate, "Beach Comber" (from Real Estate)


66. Rogue Wave, "Solitary Gun" (from Permalight)

67. Roky Erickson with Okkervil River, "Goodbye Sweet Dreams" (from True Love Cast Out All Evil)


68. The Rural Alberta Advantage, "Don't Haunt This Place" (from Hometowns)


69. San Saba County, "The Devil and Marie" (from ...Though Cheating Was Never an Option)

70. Sarah Jarosz, "Edge of a Dream" (from Song up in Her Head)


71. Savoir Adore, "Early Bird" (from In the Wooded Forest)


72. Scissor Sisters, "I Don't Feel Like Dancin' " (from Ta-Dah)


73. Seabear, "Lion Face Boy" (from We Built a Fire)


74. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, "I Learned the Hard Way" (from I Learned the Hard Way)


75. Sharon Van Etten, "Much More Than That" (from Because I Was in Love)


76. She & Him, "In the Sun" (from Volume 2)


77. Shearwater, "Castaways" (from The Golden Archipelago)


78. Sleigh Bells, "Crown on the Ground" (from demo)


79. Smith Westerns, "Girl in Love" (from Smith Westerns)


80. Son Lux, "Weapons" (from At War With Walls and Mazes)


81. Spoon, "Written in Reverse" (from Transference)

82. Stardeath and White Dwarfs, "New Heat" (from The Birth)

83. Superchunk, "Misfits & Mistakes" (from Leaves in the Gutter)

84. Surfer Blood, "Floating Vibes" (from Astro Coast)

85. Suzanne Vega, "Gypsy" (from Close-Up, Vol. 1, Love Songs)

86. These United States, "I Want You to Keep Everything" (from Everything Touches Everything)


87. Tim Easton, "Oh People" (from Ammunition)

88. Timber Timbre, "Demon Host" (from Timber Timbre)


89. Toro y Moi, "Talamak" (from Causers of This)


90. True Widow, "Duelist" (from True Widow)


91. Vandaveer, "Turpentine" (from Divide & Conquer)


92. The Very Best, "Warm Heart of Africa" (from Warm Heart of Africa)


93. Visqueen, "Hand Me Down" (from Message to Garcia)


94. Wale, "Nike Boots" (from Mixtape About Nothing)


95. The Walkmen, "Canadian Girl" (from You & Me)


96. Washed Out, "You'll See It" (from Life of Leisure EP)


97. We Were Promised Jetpacks, "Quiet Little Voices" (from These Four Walls)


98. Woods, "To Clean" (from Songs of Shame)


99. Wye Oak, "Take It In" (from The Knot)


100. The xx, "Crystalised" (from xx)