Intermission

We are officially halfway through this now seemingly interminable countdown that was supposed to finish in one year (hence the 365 on the countdown chart) but will take longer. And much like the last both, that's okay. Anyway, I'm taking a pause here to mention the honorable mentions on this list and we'll start again next week with the proper countdown, all the way to #1!  Below are the songs that just missed the cut for this list, in alphabetical order by band name.

• "Downtown SF" Acid Ghost
• "Brave as a Noun" AJJ
• "Not a Pretty Girl" Ani DiFranco
• "Taste" Archers of Loaf
• "Down the Line" Beach Fossils
• "Country Mile" Camera Obscura
• "Martin" Car Seat Headrest
• "Death is the Road to Awe" Clint Mansell
• "In Between Days" The Cure
• "July, July!" The Decemberists
• "Bring on the Dancing Horses" Echo & The Bunnymen
• "Catastrophe and The Cure" Explosions in the Sky
• "Monheim" Godspeed You! Black Emperor
• "Rear View Mirror" Grandaddy
• "Awful Bliss" Guided by Voices
• "Everyday is Like Sunday" Morrissey
• "It Ends with a Fall" Okkervil River
• "Contender" The Pains of Being Pure at Hurt
• "Date with IKEA" Pavement 
• "Criticism as Inspiration" Pedro the Lion
• "Coca Cola" Pity Sex
• "The Video Dept." The Radio Dept.
• "Green Aisles" Real Estate
• "Willing to Wait" Sebadoh
• "Stop Me if You Think That You've Heard This One Before" The Smiths
• "Throwing Things" Superchunk
• "Psycho Killer" Talking Heads
• "Everything You Said" Teen Blush
• "BlindBlindBlind" A Silver Mt. Zion
• "Come to the City" The War on Drugs
• "Afraid of Heights" Wavves

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