I can't stop.... reviewing the year (in music) pt. 2

The Alanis Morissette "You Oughta Know Award"  award for for angriest female song of the year: Tie -
Florence and the Machine - Kiss with a Fist
Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Zero

J. Cole award for attempt to put a random city on the map through tight mixtapes: Freddie Gibbs and Gary, Indiana for The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs and Midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik

J. Cole award for artist who mashed on the headline act in a freestyle rap: J. Cole for destroying Wale with the line, "I'm like the '95 Penny, you like Penny '04" - J. Cole - Royal Flush also winner for best remix of a song whose original I thought was too tight to remix

The Joe Lieberman Award for dance anthem for hipsters and music lovers alike that I should've seen coming but somehow didn't: Passion Pit - Little Secrets - For whatever reason, seeing a sea of flannel erupt into spastic movements when this song came on took me by surprise but was a sight to behold.

The Clay Aiken award for dance anthem for hipsters and music lovers alike that I saw coming: Phoenix - Lisztomania - When said sea of flannel erupted when this time, I was not the least bit surprised.

Choicest house remix by hipsters for hipsters who likely have no idea this song exists: Kanye - Flashing Lights (Diplo Remix)

The Jersey Shore award for choicest house beat to beat the beat with that we beat the beat with in Cabo: Fragma -I Need a Miracle

Collab of the year that made sense: Rhymefest and C.L. Smooth - A Deal's a Deal

Collab of the year that didn't make any sense because it was between a hardcore rapper from Queens who may or may not have Sickle Cell according to 2Pac and a Scandinavian who invented his own language for songs but was still tight: Mobb Deep and Sigur Ros - Mobb Deep and Sigur Ros - Emanciaptor/shook ones

Song that inexplicably makes me feel like I'm in a hot-air balloon: Grizzly Bear- Two Weeks

Song that inexplicably puts me in a good mood and always seems to come on shuffle when my train stop is up next Edward and the Magnetic Zeroes - Home

Best song when you're in the mood for a good cry: Peggy Sue - Lover Gone

Worst name for a rap group that can actually bring it: Tanya Morgan - On Our Way

Best Nickname for an artist which should be my rap nickname, who also happened to put out the one of the best rap albums of '09: Raekwon, the Chef.

The Cut Copy award for Worst Concert of the Year: The xx - I guess this is partly because I'm mad I didn't expect it, but listening to them after going on at midnight was the equivalent of sleeping with someone who just doesn't move. No matter how much effort you put in to wanting to enjoy it, that other person's lack of energy ensures it's going to be a terrible experience. That was the xx - a dead starfish in bed.