January- March 2009 in 41 Tracks.

So the other day I looked over the last three months best albums and heaped praise on The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Sky Larkin and Franz Ferdinand in particular. Now is the turn of the single, or as it is better known these days 'track'. The very concept of a single seems slightly redundant now with internet leaks, Myspace streams and Spotify destroying the temporary relief of album anticipation a single once provided. What is now a much bigger trend is the free download, a way of introducing your new music to the fans and hoping they then come back and pay for another ten tracks. This list of tracks includes a few free downloads along with b-sides, remixes, good tracks from bad albums, live performances and a couple taken from the best albums of 2008 still demanding attention in '09.

In my mind these are the best tracks that are a) Not on the albums mentioned in Tuesdays post and b) not on the albums released in April, May and June that may well be doing the rounds (So no Zero, Black Wax, Bonkers, Daniel, Love You Better or The Reeling). They and many more will be included when I do this again in three months time.

Until then enjoy the definitive run-down of the best tracks 2009 has given us so far. To listen/ watch the video's then click here

1. Jamie T- Fire, Fire. (Download)
   
2. Jack Penate- Tonight's Today.
3. Friendly Fires- Skeleton Boy (Air France remix)
4. Radiohead- 15 Step (Live at the Grammy Awards)
5. La Roux- In For The Kill (Skream remix)
6. Hatcham Social- Murder In The Dark.
7. The XX- Stars.
8. Kid Cudi- Day and Night
9. Cocknbullkid- I'm Not Sorry.
10. Everything Everything- Suffragette, Suffragette.
11. PJ Harvey- Black Hearted Love.
12. TV On The Radio- Heroes (David Bowie Cover)
13. The Big Pink- Too Young To Love.
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15. The Soft Pack- Nightlife.
16. Two Door Cinema Club- Something Good Can Work.
17. Phoenix- 1901.
18. Girls- Lust For Life.
19. The Dead Weather- Hang You From The Heavens.
    
20. Casiokids- Fot I Hose.
21. Navvy- Disco.
22. Dead Man's Bones- In The Room Where You Sleep.
23. Three Trapped Tigers- 1.
24. Tweak Bird- Whorses.
25. Chew Lips- Solo.
26. Pulled Apart By Horses- I Punched A Lion In The Throat.
27. Fol Chen- Cable TV
28. Telekenisis!- Coast Of Carolina.
29. The Temper Trap- Sweet Disposition.
30. Eugene McGuinness- Fonz.
31. School Of Seven Bells- Iamundernodisguise.
32. Filthy Dukes- Nonsense In The Dark (Ft. Orlando Weeks)
33. Dum Dum Girls- Jail La La.
34. Bear Hands- What A Drag.
35. Lissy Trullie- Self Taught Learner.
36. MC Rut- Busy Bein' Born.
37. Suckers- Easy Chairs.
38. The Lonely Island- Natalie's Rap.
39. Hockey- Too Fake.
40. Little Comets- One Night In October.
41. Still Flyin'- Good Thing It's A Ghost Town Around Here.
    

January- March 2009 in 41 Tracks.