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Singles list to follow.

20. Junior Senior - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
19. Radiohead - In Rainbows
18. The Field - From Here We Go To Sublime
17. DJ Kicks: Bookashade
16. Ellen Allien - Fabric 34
15. Devin The Dude - Waiting To Inhale
14. Kylie Minogue - X
13. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Trip the Light Fantastic
12. Prefuse 73 - Preparations
11. Tobias Thomas - Please Please Please
10. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
09. Ulrich Schnauss - Goodbye
08. The Clientele - God Save The Clientele
07. The Modernist - Collectors Series Pt. 1: Popular Songs
06. Bebel Gilberto - Momento
05. Various Artists - Jay Deelicious: 1995-1998
04. Lindstrom and Prins Thomas - BBC Essential Mix
03. Go Home Productions - This Was Pop
02. Apparat - Walls
01. Caribou - Andorra

Here’s a band that’s discovered how to create a blissful moment, and have the good sense to try recreating it with every song they play.

It goes like this:

Set the beat. Repeat.

Build the volume.

Holler.

It always works, and somehow they’re now hitting the climaxes so strong that it feels like the room is completely filled and nothing could ever be louder.

Sunday night at the 930 Club, they played most of the material off of their new album, Sound of Silver, but my personal favorite remains the electro-stomp “Tribulations.” Have a taste.

Here’s the latest edition in my periodic series of pop music compilations. They’ve been rolling at about a quarterly clip for more than three years now. I haven’t kept an official count, but I’d guess this is somewhere around the tenth or eleventh installment.

Poplife 04.12.07

1. LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum
2. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Down With Love
3. Devin The Dude f. Snoop Dogg and Andre 3000 - What A Job
4. Arcade Fire - No Cars Go
5. The Ark - Absolutely No Decorum
6. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - New York City Lights
7. Go Home Productions - Nightbeatle
8. Madonna - What It Feels Like For A Girl [Stéphane Pompougnac Remix]

If you want a copy, let me know.