Wow!
I was meh on the known-to-me songs today, lots of which I like but nothing I loved, and I started my listening party for the new-to-me songs in a similar fashion, with nothing grabbing me as a new favorite. Then I got to the one-two punch POW-POW of Jens Lekman's "A Postcard to Nina" and The Pack a.d.'s "Everyone Looks Like Everyone." Big hearts for each of these, with the former being sweet and clever and (yes, Pip, I thought) funny, and the latter for that vocal...so off-kilter, like it's about to go off the rails at any time, and then she pulls it back in. Rocked hard and would have been my favorite of the day were it not for the one I note in the next paragraph.
Other highlights were the Rannouses "Edmund Fitzgerald" cover and the song by Gotye that I'm apparently supposed to (used to) know. "Little Green Bag" by George Baker Selection went in unexpected directions that kept me very interested. Speaking of unexpected directions, my favorite of the day is The Avalanches's "Because I'm Me." I don't think I've heard anything quite like this, and I loved it. Have re-listened a few times already. "Beware the Dog" by the Griswolds made me want to check out more of their stuff. Other new favorites: "Funny Thing" by The Vines, "Fencewalk" by Mandrill, and, not a "new" favorite but a reminder favorite, "I Beg Your Pardon." If you don't like that last one, you have no joy in your life.