2010 turned out to be a great year for independent music. This came as a surprise considering how fantastic last year was. Between Animal Collective, The xx, Phoenix and Dirty Projectors, 2009 looked like it would be hard year to beat. But, as this episode points out, 2010 gave us plenty of artistis that pushed musical boundaries and delivered new and exciting songs. In this episode Noise Pop invites our friends and colleagues to choose their favorite song of the year and give some context to their decision. Here is the guest list and their corresponding song choices:

Intro - Tanlines, Real Life

2. Stacy Horne of Noise Pop & Treasure Island Music Festival - Die Antwoord, Enter The Ninja

3. Peter Arko of Ears of the Beholder - Wild Nothing, Golden Haze

4. Caleb Morairity of Yourstru.ly - Delorean, Stay Close

5. Will Abrahamson of Yourstru.ly - Big K.R.I.T., Something

6. Ben Van Houten and Nicole Browner of The Bay Bridged - The Fresh and Only's, Waterfall

7. Mona Dehghan of Domino Records - Beach House, Used to Be

8. Jesse Fox of Foxconsox blog/NP Podcast - Sharon Van Etten, Love More

9. Dawson Ludwig of Noise Pop - Tennis, Marathon

The first installment of the 2011 Noise Pop Festival has been announced and we very excited about all of the artists. On this podcast episode we listen to 9 bands who will be playing Noise Pop this year. There are indie rock behemoths like Yo La Tengo and up-and-coming bands like Dominant Legs. As usual, Jesse Fox returns, this time to discuss his favorite artist of al time, Ted Leo, who is also playing Noise Pop.

Track list is below:
1. Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater, I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One

2. Dominant Legs - Clawing Out at the Walls, Young at Life and Love EP

3. How to Dress Well - Ready for the World, Love Remains

4. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Bottled up in Cork, Brutalist Brick

5. Best Coast - Boyfriend, Crazy For You

6. Wavves - King of the Beach, King of the Beach

7. The Stone Foxes - Black Rolling Thunder, The Stone Foxes

8. Telekinesis - Car Crash, 12 Desperate Straight Lines

9. The Concretes - Good Evening, WYWH

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This month the podcast features an all star lineup of new songs. We at Noise Pop are particularly excited about Oberhofer, a 19 year old wonder kid who makes anyone over drinking age feel inadequate at life. We also invite back Jesse Fox to recap Treasure Island and play a song from Emerald's guitarist Marc Mcguire (no, not the baseball player). 

Here is the full lineup

1. Gold Panda: Snow & Taxis - Lucky Shiner

2. Pepper Rabbit: Older Brother - Beauregard

3. Avey Tare: Lucky 1- Down There

4. Oberhofer: Away FRM U - o0Oo0Oo

5. Warpaint: Undertow - The Fool

6. Marc Mcguire: Brain Storm (For Erin)- Living With Yourself

7. Wye Oak: I Hope You Die - My Neighbor/My Creator

8. Chasing Kings: Dark Sunglasses - The Current State of our Future

9. Andrew Bird: Hot Math - Useless Creatures

The rest of the northern hemisphere only has a few more weeks of summer, but San Francisco is just getting ready to start theirs (September and October). To celebrate SF's strange weather patterns, we've assembled a mix of beach music that is the perfect ode to the heat and sun.  We're also introducing a new segment called Word of Mouth, where we bring in a guest to play a few songs for us. This time Peter Arko, of the blog Ears of the Beholder. brings us 3 awesome new tunes from emerging artists.

Here is the full tracklist

Tennis - Marathon

The Drums - Let’s Go Surfing

Baths - Aminals

Word of Mouth with Ears of the Beholder:

We Are Trees - Sunrise Sunset 

The Bird Day - Gonna Beg You

Com Truise - Sundriped 

Menomena - Five Little Rooms

Best Coast - Boyfriend

Magic Bullets - Lying Around

In this episode we look back at the 2010 Noise Pop Music Festival and play some of our favorite artists who performed. This podcast includes songs by Harlem, Free Energy, Best Coast, Butterfly Bones, Memory Tapes and many more.