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  • Best Songs of 2009

    • 20 Feb 2010
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    Well, I may be a bit late in doing a "year in review" post, but I figure better late than never.

    Here are my favorite songs from the best albums of 2009 (in no particular order):

    • Andrew Bird: Anonanimal (Noble Beast)
    • Animal Collective: Brother Sport (Merriweather Post Pavilion)
    • The Avett Brothers: I and Love and You (I and Love and You)
    • Bat For Lashes: Daniel (Two Suns)
    • Decemberists: The Rake's Song (The Hazards of Love)
    • Matt & Kim: Daylight (Grand)
    • Metric: Help, I'm Alive (Fantasies)
    • The Mountain Goats: Genesis 3: 23 (The Life Of The World To Come)
    • Passion Pit: Sleepyhead (Manners)
    • Phoenix: 1901 (Wolfgang Amadaus Phoenix)
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  • Review: Songbird 0.5 Media Player

    • 27 Mar 2008
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    Songbird is an open-source media jukebox from the Mozilla Foundation (the people who brought you Firefox). The Songbird team recently released version 0.5 of their player, and I got a chance last night to test it out.

    On first glance, you may think that you have just launched a reskinned iTunes that favors a darker color palate. However, there is a great deal more going on under the surface. Songbird does an excellent job of easily importing your existing iTunes library file to make the transition seamless. Once this is completed and you start digging deeper into the application, you begin to discover what truly sets Songbird apart.

    First off, the developers have implemented a plugin system similar to Firefox. You can search for and install a variety of plugins to enable a host of functionality like album art, iPod compatibility, and more. This really opens the floodgates to innovation by providing a flexible music player platform.

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