Terrorism, war, recession . . . whatever. This was a terrific decade for music. These were the albums that gripped me and never let go and remain head-and-shoulders above the rest.
Dec 31, 2009 | Categories:music | Tags: album, animal collective, arcade fire, avey tare, blonde redhead, brian weitz, carey mercer, chris taylor, christopher owens, clinic, daft punk, dan bejar, daniel rossen, david portner, deakin, destroyer, end of year list, favorite music, geologist, girls, grizzly bear, interpol, Joshua Dibb, karin dreijer, karin dreijer andersonn, knife, m.i.a., modest mouse, noah lennox, of montreal, olef dreijer, panda bear, radiohead, silent shout, spencer krug, sufjan stevens, swan lake, the dodos, the knife, the strokes, white stripes, wolf parade | 6 Comments »
I don’t feel complete unless I’ve compiled a list ranking my favorite music of the year (too many NYEs spent up late listening to the top 100 countdown on the headphones.) So, here goes: favorite 30 albums top 5 albums favorite 20 songs favorite 10 videos
Dec 31, 2009 | Categories:music, video | Tags: a place to bury strangers, abe vigoda, air, amber coffman, animal collective, atlas sound, avey tare, bat for lashes, bjorn, bjorn yttling, blind man's colour, bradford cox, brian weitz, camera obscura, cass mccombs, chris taylor, christoph hochheim, christopher owens, cymbals eat guitars, dan deacon, daniel rossen, Dave Longstreth, david portner, deakin, deerhunter, dirty projectors, discovery, drums, end of year list, fang island, faris badwan, favorite music, fever ray, fleet foxes, geologist, girls, grizzly bear, jj, jonathan johansson, jorge elbrecht, jorge elbrecth, Joshua Dibb, karin dreijer, karin dreijer andersonn, kip berman, kurt feldman, little dragon, lockett pundt, memory tapes, natasha khan, neon indian, nite jewel, noah lennox, panda bear, peter bjorn + john, phoenix, ramona gonzalez, real estate, rostam batmanglij, royksopp, small black, song, spencer krug, st vincent, sunset rubdown, swan lake, the horrors, the pains of being pure at heart, the very best, tracyanne campbell, video, violens, washed out, wavves, wild beasts | 1 Comment »
swan lake enemy mine genre death folk glam metal sounds like angels riding a thunderstorm. peaceful venom. splatter painting the cosmos. seasick wormholes. wounded soldiers in an alternate history montmartre. a drunken barn-raising. birds of paradise fluttering within a rambling glass conservatory. notes song title warlock psychiatrist most aptly describes the album. verdict just short […]
Apr 01, 2009 | Categories:music | Tags: album, carey mercer, dan bejar, favorite music, from the headphones, spencer krug, swan lake | Comments Off on from the headphones: swan lake "enemy mine"
These are albums I love listening to from beginning to end and have a magical appeal no matter the time, place or mood. These are not necessarily the albums I respect the most. In other words: this is a list of what I consider to be my favorite albums—but not, in all cases, what I […]
Mar 18, 2009 | Categories:music | Tags: abbey road, animal collective, avey tare, b.a.d., b.a.d. ii, bad, bang, beast moans, beatles, belle & sebastian, big audio dynamite, bjork, black francis, bossanova, bowie, brian eno, brian weitz, bryan ferry, buzzcocks, carey mercer, chairs missing, chameleons, clinic, daft punk, dan bejar, david bowie, david portner, deakin, debut, destroyer, discovery, echo & the bunnymen, eno, eureka farm, favorite music, frank black, geologist, green, hall & oates, his 'n' hers, i should coco, iii, Joshua Dibb, kid a, led zeppelin, love bites, loveless, m.i.a., macca, magazine, mbv, mccartney, mia, michael jackson, my bloody valentine, noah lennox, of montreal, omd, panda bear, paul mccartney, pink floyd, pixies, pulp, r.e.m., radiohead, real life, rem, roxy music, sonic youth, supergrass, swan lake, teenager of the year, the cars, the globe, the very best of, the view, thriller, velvet underground, walking with thee, walkmen, what does anything mean? basically, what does anything mean? basicaly, white stripes, wire, wolf parade, world party | 5 Comments »