tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847942266214571812024-03-13T10:58:04.864-07:00Letters Home From CampMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16808208958457597669noreply@blogger.comBlogger193125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484794226621457181.post-87919723084358634202012-11-25T06:56:00.001-08:002012-11-25T07:04:34.609-08:00Top 10 2012!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Howdy Ya'll!</span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Thanksgiving!</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Top 10 too! This year, we are dialing it back a bit... This means change. Change is good! </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Here's what's up:</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for starters, i'm encouraging folks to post their lists right back here at <a href="http://lettershomefromcamp.blogspot.com/">lettershomefromcamp.blogspot.com</a> (no longer <a href="http://www.top10albumsoftheyear.blogspot.com/">http://www.top10albumsoftheyear.blogspot.com/</a> ...so don't go there)</span></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Secondly, no giant e-mail, post, ecard etc with a giant list of rules. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">lo</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">gin is still at <a href="http://blogger.com/">blogger.com</a> and is still </span></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">username: topten</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">password: albumsoftheyear</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">put your albums and descriptions up, discuss, justify, comment, audio/visual aids encouraged.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Third (and most controversially)- i'm retiring the top ten party this year. At least no top ten party in it's the incarnation as in past years. Will there be a gathering where a bunch of music geeks get together & still hash it out? ...i am thinking quite possibly ...however at this point, i got nothin'. keep an eye out here for that info, should it come along.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">looking forward to seeing you put up your list!</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16808208958457597669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484794226621457181.post-2819743045212547032011-01-07T08:50:00.000-08:002011-01-07T09:32:22.403-08:00Eric Top 10 of 2010Now that the year is over, here is my list for the best releases of 2010. Enjoy!<div><br /></div><div>10.</div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><img src="webkit-fake-url://FD8CCBF8-A01C-4136-A87C-14C7AE2A370C/ref=sr_1_1.jpg" alt="ref=sr_1_1.jpg" /> Wolf Parade "Expo 86"</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Great followup to At Mount Zoomer. All of the things that make Wolf Parade great are still there, with a great mix of Dan Boeckner and Spencer Krug songs. On At Mount Zoomer I found myself gravitating toward Dan's songs, while on this album I leaned more towards Krug's awesome Bowie-esque jams.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">9.<img src="webkit-fake-url://ADC6F666-BC4C-47B2-8BE1-2E366672080E/ref=sr_1_2.jpg" alt="ref=sr_1_2.jpg" />Grinderman "Grinderman 2"</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Love me some Grinderman. Nick Cave at his absolute dirtiest. Cave snarls some of his most disturbing lyrics over crashing drums, pulsating bass and some seriously messed up guitar. Saw them at the Riviera and it was one of my personal highlights for the year</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">8.<img src="webkit-fake-url://DEA6B002-D2BA-4C15-B0DD-0CF2538DECA8/ref=sr_1_2.jpg" alt="ref=sr_1_2.jpg" />The Black Keys "Brothers"</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">I have to admit, I came seriously late to the Black Keys party, and anyone who knows me knows that I'm seriously skeptical of two person blues-ish bands. I gave the Keys a chance this year and fell in love, however. Their show at the Aragon at the end of the year really sealed the deal on them for me.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">7<img src="webkit-fake-url://9CF93CE0-48B0-4BB6-A163-8FB2F1B92DE0/ref=sr_1_3.jpg" alt="ref=sr_1_3.jpg" />The National "High Violet"</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">At first this album was a real disappointment for me. Right off the bat, we're hit with the absolute terrible production of "Terrible Love" which really set a sour note for me for the album when I first got it. Fortunately, songs like Bloodbuzz Ohio, Lemonworld and Runaway get back to what makes the National great. </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">6.<img src="webkit-fake-url://A4939DF1-5676-48B7-99B4-759817DF6E81/ref=sr_1_3.jpg" alt="ref=sr_1_3.jpg" />Big Boi "Sir Lucious Left Foot, the son of Chico Dusty"</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">I know it loses more and more of its luster every time someone calls Big Boi Outkast's underappreciated secret weapon, but its really true. Big Boi takes a backseat to no one in terms of rhyming skills, and we see once again that Outkast's groundbreaking sonic inventiveness and production are more that Andre 3000.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">5.<img src="webkit-fake-url://2BD7D4F2-201E-4801-9FEE-DBBC977E75B1/ref=sr_1_4.jpg" alt="ref=sr_1_4.jpg" />Cee Lo Green "The Lady Killer"</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Full disclosure, I'm a huge fan of pretty much everything Cee Lo does, and I think an argument can easily be made he's the most sonically adventurous artist in the hip hop genre. But even that does his overall sound a disservice. Jumping everywhere from 80's electro synth pop to doo wop soul to rock, Cee Lo does it all effortlessly. Everyone knows about the ridiculously catchy "Fuck You," but "Bright Lights Big City" may be just as good.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">4.<img src="webkit-fake-url://1274A560-200E-460D-BC21-4F778FF6D4EF/ref=sr_1_1.jpg" alt="ref=sr_1_1.jpg" />Jim Jones Revue "Burning Your House Down"</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Vocals distorted by old school channel distortion? Check. Frontman with the best chicken walk this side of Mick Jagger? Check. Barroom piano? Check. Amped up blues riffs? Check. All wrapped up in a rockabilly-punk sandwich? Count me in. Jim Jones is a blast of old school rock and roll that makes you want to reach for the pomade and watch the Outsiders. I love it.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">3.<img src="webkit-fake-url://9DF75EFA-23D0-4DA6-B3C6-8F026A77C520/ref=sr_1_1.jpg" alt="ref=sr_1_1.jpg" />The Arcade Fire "The Suburbs"</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">This was another album from one of my favorite bands that initially disappointed me. Slow to start and 18 songs long, its not an album that readily invites you in and it really took me 5 or 6 listens to come around. Once you delve into the deceptively simple arrangements, however, the results are quite rewarding. </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">2. <img src="webkit-fake-url://9626E506-E68B-4DAF-BCD2-69FCD254665E/ref=sr_1_1.jpg" alt="ref=sr_1_1.jpg" />Vampire Weekend "Contra"</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">I totally forgot this album came out this year until I saw it on Matt's list. Not only have I listened to it so much, but its such an effortless album to get into, that it just seems like i've had it forever. Its hard to call any of this terribly original if you've ever listened to Paul Simon, but Vampire Weekend write such great songs it really doesn't matter. </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">1.<img src="webkit-fake-url://2C85944A-BA82-4068-B54B-38A8DCA28773/ref=sr_1_1.jpg" alt="ref=sr_1_1.jpg" />The Walkmen "Lisbon"</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Yet another album that I might not have given enough of a chance if it wasn't anchored by such a great song in the middle that it demanded I come back to it. "Angela Surf City" was my favorite song of the year and it wasn't even close. Its a perfect capsule of what makes the Walkmen so awesome. Slightly off beat drums, an absolute tidal wave of a chorus and Hamilton Leithauser's half drunk croon in the verse turned blood vessel exploding scream in the chorus. What really comes out though is the stylistic differences throughout. Besides the rockers like Angela, Victory and Woe is Me to an extent, there's the playful Juveniles to open, and the almost country beat of Blue Blood. What really stands out, however is the hushed restraint shown throughout. Songs like Follow the Leader, Torch Song and the closer Lisbon show that well the Walkmen can still pull off a great rocking single, there is more depth left for them to mine.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Honorable Mention:</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Gaslight Anthem: American Slang</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Black Angels: Phosphene Dream</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">MIA: Maya</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Gorillaz: Plastic Beach </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484794226621457181.post-61564546915924537052010-12-31T16:37:00.000-08:002010-12-31T16:52:47.850-08:00Jeff Bentoff's Let's Not Do This Too Early Top 10 Albums of 2010 List1. "High Velvet" - The National<div>2. "Together" - The New Pornographers</div><div>3. "The ArchAndroid" - Janelle Monae</div><div>4. "The Suburbs" - Arcade Fire</div><div>5. "Tomorrow Morning" - Eels</div><div>6. "Intriguer" - Crowded House</div><div>7. "Le Noise" - Neil Young</div><div>8. "History From Below" - Delta Spirit</div><div>9. "The Lady Killer" - Cee-Lo Green</div><div>10. "The Outsiders Are Back" - Kings Go Forth</div><div><br /></div><div>Several others that I really liked included:</div><div>* "Sir Lucious Left Foot" - Big Boi</div><div>* "Lived and Moved" - Trapper Schoepp & The Shades</div><div>* "One Nite Only" - Sat Nite. Duets</div><div>* "You Are Not Alone" - Mavis Staples</div><div>* "Brothers" - The Black Keys</div><div>* "Wisco: A Wisconsin Tribute to Wilco"</div><div>* "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" - Bruno Mars</div><div>* "Grace Potter & The Nocturnals"</div><div>* "III/IV" - Ryan Adams & The Cardinals</div><div><br /></div><div> <p class="MsoNormal">Big thanks to Matty for again hosting this annual blog and party. I wish I could've made the soiree this year.</p></div> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484794226621457181.post-4610610679918814392010-12-30T19:36:00.000-08:002010-12-30T20:35:27.479-08:00James Gapinski's Top Ten Albums of 2010<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;">Since I was unaware of this blog last year, I'll just start by saying that there were a lot of good releases this year, but 2010 is still eclipsed by some of last year's amazing albums. In 2009, </span><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;">Au Revoir Simone</i><span style="font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;">'s</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;"> “Still Night, Still Light” provided some of the best electro dream-pop of the decade, </span><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;">Anti-Flag</i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;"> returned to an independent label and old-school punk sound with “The People or the Gun,” </span><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;">Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard</i><span style="font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;">'s</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;"> album “'Em Are I” redefined anti-folk, and </span><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;">Schwervon!</i><span style="font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;">'s</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;"> “Low Blow” blended grunge with a beautiful assortment of other artistic styles. The year 2009 bore witness to true artistic innovation on the aforementioned albums and many others—a tall order for 2010's releases to top.</span><br /><br /><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;">And without further adieu, here is my digressional list:</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"><br /></p><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b>1. <i>Kate N</i></b><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmEgA47-FPk-acczZkrr1qTqXgFPHIFbvnr85XTQgV8HrMDdBpyHtcZ_ttgIuY-jd53SoGhP6UBuXFypApUaq0JV7WQjDdxT6wy-FqQ85RVd9_ZjYUiMq3Bv7G7VJh5fSu-ZZvc9xatmwN/s1600/Kate+Nash.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmEgA47-FPk-acczZkrr1qTqXgFPHIFbvnr85XTQgV8HrMDdBpyHtcZ_ttgIuY-jd53SoGhP6UBuXFypApUaq0JV7WQjDdxT6wy-FqQ85RVd9_ZjYUiMq3Bv7G7VJh5fSu-ZZvc9xatmwN/s200/Kate+Nash.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556686168780106546" border="0" /></a><b><i>ash</i>: “My Best Friend is You”</b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - </span>Even with a long-awaited freshman release from <i>The Bundles</i>, Kate Nash's sophomore album deserves the number one spot on the list. This young artist continually revises her sound, and she never disappoints in every genre attempted. Naturally, she does revisit tried and true stylistic directions on some tracks. Nash's early lo-fi proclivity for acoustic recordings reemerges, as does some of the pop influence from her previous studio album. However, many songs on “My Best Friend is You” are faster, louder, and yet contradictorily more polished and mature than her subtler work. On this new release, fiery spoken-word segments, fuzz-box guitar pedals, more complex drum beats, and increasingly passionate lyrics highlight a musician with immense promise and a willingness to take chances in her work.</p><p face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></p><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </div><p face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b>2. <i>The Bundle</i></b><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5jMhmX1l2HT5EU20VncRv5CvTqfu9cntl9SA5XAUYbkQUb7DTXZHGo_kWzcqzK-7YwgAYXNaCW5XIS4G6tLRF4tjknxigu8mMfbxEIMz9CodWoPL-zR7wqAqshbT3iH243Nnhyphenhyphen9jEB_-/s1600/The+Bundles.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5jMhmX1l2HT5EU20VncRv5CvTqfu9cntl9SA5XAUYbkQUb7DTXZHGo_kWzcqzK-7YwgAYXNaCW5XIS4G6tLRF4tjknxigu8mMfbxEIMz9CodWoPL-zR7wqAqshbT3iH243Nnhyphenhyphen9jEB_-/s200/The+Bundles.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556686498159869922" border="0" /></a><b><i>s</i>: “The Bundles” -</b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><i>The Bundles</i> first began nine years ago as some ad-hoc collaboration between Jeffrey Lewis and Kimya Dawson. In 2010, these impromptu jams finally led to an official album release. The debut self-titled record delivers some of what you'd expect from these anti-folk greats, but it also explores new ground. <i>The Bundles </i>is perhaps better described as “experimental” than anything else. In the album's delightful mix: playful keyboards, unexpected drum interludes, syncopated guitar riffs, and occasional idiosyncratic vocals make for a truly unique listening experience.</p><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </div><p face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></p><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </div><p face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b>3. <i>Adam Green</i>: “Minor</b><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8i9QNpY5F1DU0SbsyZcF903hgmqh6_ADUCjz_5U8Q8zGuSCqH0zSLwL5LqRdiWCrDX7i8Gkh4tXtvDfLGrncbj7dBXRTtsX-3Bhm8oRfmzcsETf7N7ZBIdW1KjQT54uVDPJEL5Gqa9An/s1600/Adam+Green.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8i9QNpY5F1DU0SbsyZcF903hgmqh6_ADUCjz_5U8Q8zGuSCqH0zSLwL5LqRdiWCrDX7i8Gkh4tXtvDfLGrncbj7dBXRTtsX-3Bhm8oRfmzcsETf7N7ZBIdW1KjQT54uVDPJEL5Gqa9An/s200/Adam+Green.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556686499053729154" border="0" /></a><b> Love”</b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - </span>Adam Green's “Minor Love” feels like less of a studio album than his previous “Sixes & Sevens” album. The music returns to the more minimalistic vibe of Green's early solo career and his work with <i>The </i><i>Moldy Peaches</i>, leaving behind some of the pseudo-blues influence and harmonization exhibited on “Sixes & Sevens.” On the other hand, lyrics and vocals continue in the eccentric vein of “Friends of Mine” and “Sixes & Sevens,” with poetic refinement and a subtle melody fully appropriate for the album's subject matter.</p><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </div><p face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></p><p face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3NW1ElDt7MROONUJxgMUSB0JeS_rqpTy9pCLzO9svhh8Th8tC1GWiPequwwcJqeXhQ73CdV8H6fToRBSxK37rYU1XirP7U75V9ikj1FlYE7iiz_-nlJBodG2LG17fc_M7NyHMXc_RNGs/s1600/Emmy+the+Great.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3NW1ElDt7MROONUJxgMUSB0JeS_rqpTy9pCLzO9svhh8Th8tC1GWiPequwwcJqeXhQ73CdV8H6fToRBSxK37rYU1XirP7U75V9ikj1FlYE7iiz_-nlJBodG2LG17fc_M7NyHMXc_RNGs/s200/Emmy+the+Great.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556687049649909346" border="0" /></a><b>4. <i>Emmy the Great</i>: “First Love”</b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - </span>This first album from London singer/songwriter Emma-Lee Moss features lyrically poignant tunes that speak with an authority and prophetic wisdom beyond Moss' young age. The fingerstyle guitar is all that's needed to make the songs pop with an airy delicacy that juxtaposes nicely against heavier themes of love, lust, and loss. It's best to sit down when you listen to “First Love,” because it has the capacity to floor you.<br /></p><p face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrj07kGW703aYbgHMfAhOiZumIbrrHcw1mpny1Kg9uzD6Hhc_e1hnsJqIF4nRzOvU9n0BUfriWC3NEyq-f81SHetd0CHor0MFK6GpRfCqQKil4pgfBq3m_-_frPO6iaEc9wEzq8JMV1Qzo/s1600/The+Hundred+in+the+Hands.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrj07kGW703aYbgHMfAhOiZumIbrrHcw1mpny1Kg9uzD6Hhc_e1hnsJqIF4nRzOvU9n0BUfriWC3NEyq-f81SHetd0CHor0MFK6GpRfCqQKil4pgfBq3m_-_frPO6iaEc9wEzq8JMV1Qzo/s200/The+Hundred+in+the+Hands.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556687257274735490" border="0" /></a><b>5. <i>The Hundred in the Hands</i>: “The Hundred in the Hands”</b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - </span><i>The Hundred in the Hands</i>' self-titled release navigates the breadth of psychedelic-pop's potential, delivering danceable up-tempo house beats on a few tracks, and softer tracks reminiscent of <i>Lykke Li</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> or </span><i>R</i><i>ö</i><i>yksopp</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">on others. In short, it's really good.</span></span></p><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </div><p face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></p><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </div><p face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></p><p face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJJyIv0DsGT7PoeSE4-iEJeMwzDX34lBsHS03-T1Z2d3O93R5tf4vYLNlYK2ZiLsCCJeAPmTwnCjZggFp4Iqe23DDWxMuS9wPsK14zjYTa1PrMYCVPbDs412306N_aafq0CWTXYmdsrh1/s1600/Wild+Nothing.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJJyIv0DsGT7PoeSE4-iEJeMwzDX34lBsHS03-T1Z2d3O93R5tf4vYLNlYK2ZiLsCCJeAPmTwnCjZggFp4Iqe23DDWxMuS9wPsK14zjYTa1PrMYCVPbDs412306N_aafq0CWTXYmdsrh1/s200/Wild+Nothing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556687832406761042" border="0" /></a><b>6. <i>Wild Nothing</i><span style="font-style: normal;">: “Gemini”</span></b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - </span><span style="font-style: normal;">When I started assembling my picks for 2010, this album was not initially in the top ten. Perhaps I was just really hesitant to bump </span><i>Frightened Rabbit</i><span style="font-style: normal;">'s amazing album “The Winter of Mixed Drinks” off the list to make room for “Gemini.” Regardless, once I moved </span><i>Wild Nothing</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> onto the list, I found it continually rose as I weighed it against other contending albums, until finally reaching a respectable sixth place. “Gemini” grows on you symbiotically the more times you listen. This debut album by </span><i>Wild Nothing</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> has such a good ebb and flow; it has memorable staying power even on endless repeat. Each listen-through makes the melodic riffs and soothing vocals more pronounced. “Gemini” provides a modern take on the dwindling shoe-gaze genre, mixing it with overt touches of indie and dream-pop: it's an amalgamation that works on many levels.</span></p><p face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><br /></span></p><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTPgmkX9upHMyyYuM27hj6yCQuDnFKSF8wmecvV-ii7OGc_eGR6eK9mFddihbdM3wE9EGApcAXvRc5JOenKwPc-EMBmA6OKUQQcLQtHq5bfYiak4VJy4ZaCfnFFFw9-EHb8rgx2ANgfE6n/s1600/The+Cribs.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTPgmkX9upHMyyYuM27hj6yCQuDnFKSF8wmecvV-ii7OGc_eGR6eK9mFddihbdM3wE9EGApcAXvRc5JOenKwPc-EMBmA6OKUQQcLQtHq5bfYiak4VJy4ZaCfnFFFw9-EHb8rgx2ANgfE6n/s200/The+Cribs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556687498427951074" border="0" /></a><b>7. <i>The Cribs</i>: “Ignore the Ignorant”</b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - </span>With former <i>The Smiths</i> guitarist Johnny Marr in the band, it's no wonder that this contemporary alt-rock group has released several albums that recapture the very best characteristics of the 1980s post-punk sound encapsulated by <i>The Smiths</i>, <i>The Psychedelic Furs</i>, and <i>The Cure</i>. “Ignore the Ignorant” strips some of the pop and electronica influence from post-punk for a progressive take on the genre.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"><br /></p><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg2OvW9z073WtsIUsd8GpTDzj0oDhALqYxQJecvGZmjW2FKElx7mKROQ9yPWequ8QiJy2W9fLZNJA33Ra1UzI6r7Fqb05IjWYz6al7fTcHa0jzH9uC2jkL1zuk0Rumg02T_p4AUXQU4q55/s1600/Laura+Marling.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg2OvW9z073WtsIUsd8GpTDzj0oDhALqYxQJecvGZmjW2FKElx7mKROQ9yPWequ8QiJy2W9fLZNJA33Ra1UzI6r7Fqb05IjWYz6al7fTcHa0jzH9uC2jkL1zuk0Rumg02T_p4AUXQU4q55/s200/Laura+Marling.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556687498130458738" border="0" /></a><b>8. <i>Laura Marling</i>: “I Speak Because I Can”</b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - </span>Like Laura Marling's “Alas, I Cannot Swim,” “I Speak Because I Can” retains a bare-bones vibe, but still throws in subtle backing sounds that provide a new experience every time you listen to a track. At first glance, her music is redolent of what you'd expect to hear from Marling as a wonderful busker or coffee shop act. But upon closer inspection, occasional embellishments catch your ear for a near-symphonic experience packed within a handful of carefully selected tones, an acoustic guitar, and Marling's beautiful vocals. “I Speak Because I Can” is the perfect merger of lo-fi realism and hi-fidelity complexity.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"><br /></p><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIbvm-CENqyRNMtRUyEkS9FrYelNN3GNwtdMA8w9iindqGCSRtHg7jjc0HmY-65AfAZCbOUGFwkp-ohKuBvN1JMKSUnttapDmxGavK_XX4ARCQCwMBfsoo0HJg5rd3YEvwQP4kOBD6a_fA/s1600/Lightspeed+Champion.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIbvm-CENqyRNMtRUyEkS9FrYelNN3GNwtdMA8w9iindqGCSRtHg7jjc0HmY-65AfAZCbOUGFwkp-ohKuBvN1JMKSUnttapDmxGavK_XX4ARCQCwMBfsoo0HJg5rd3YEvwQP4kOBD6a_fA/s200/Lightspeed+Champion.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556688041090774770" border="0" /></a><b>9. <i>Lightspeed Champion</i>: “Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You”</b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - </span>On his second release as <i>Lightspeed Champion</i>, Devonté Hynes displays the breadth of his compositional abilities. Hynes musical career is mostly one of background contribution—among his many musical accomplishments, Hynes composed songs for <i>Florence and the Machine</i>'s debut album “Lungs,” and he showed his versatility with work on techno and trip-hop songs for <i>The Chemical Brothers</i>. When playing in the forefront, Hynes offers rich baroque-pop piano riffs, funky guitar parts, and soft vocals. “Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You” gives listeners a taste of the true potential of this talented composer.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"><br /></p><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh7Ops67xZRnKcn9zCoCK8YDPb42IsEuDQQg_jamZ5vroOT9jsP4lxuiDHUWHUvTFlp7TMpM4qJPI6z_2gpjSoKMwmIkeyFxOHxR2eHvDcfXz2vixyCMiwf7yK2ysNjzLcRjnYySaS6J24/s1600/Wavves.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh7Ops67xZRnKcn9zCoCK8YDPb42IsEuDQQg_jamZ5vroOT9jsP4lxuiDHUWHUvTFlp7TMpM4qJPI6z_2gpjSoKMwmIkeyFxOHxR2eHvDcfXz2vixyCMiwf7yK2ysNjzLcRjnYySaS6J24/s200/Wavves.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556688041602660178" border="0" /></a><b>10. <i>Wavves</i>: “King of the Beach”</b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - </span>When you're dealing with a garage-band-esque sound, the messy tracks have a choreographed beauty to them—this was definitely the case with the <i>Wavves</i>' 2008 self-titled release. “King of the Beach,” however, is noticeably less sporadic and gritty than the 2008 incarnation. Fortunately, the change doesn't hinder the listening experience for <span style="font-style: normal;">this band</span>. “King of the Beach” manages to deliver what few records can: sidewalk sound with studio cleanliness. The album is noise-pop at its finest, rivaling early 1980s contributions from trailblazers like <i>Jesus & Mary Chain</i><span style="font-style: normal;">.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"> All things considered, 2010 had plenty of its own artistic innovation. I'm still not sure if these releases top last year's, but does it really matter? The assortment of captivating 2010 albums is nothing to sneeze at. And perhaps more relevantly, four of these albums are freshman albums, and another three are sophomore releases—there was a lot of really good music from relatively “new” bands in 2010, and I suspect these artists will continue to impress in years to come.</p><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Some Honorable Mentions (in rank order)</b> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"> - “The Winter of Mixed Drinks” by <i>Frightened Rabbit</i></p><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"> - “White Crosses” by <i>Against Me!</i></p><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"> - “Darwin Deez” by <i>Darwin Deez</i></p><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"> - “Flaws” by <i>Bombay Bicycle Club</i></p><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"> - “Oh Little Fire” by <i>Sarah Harmer</i></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484794226621457181.post-34572624988843618752010-12-30T14:40:00.000-08:002010-12-30T14:54:15.184-08:00Scott M's improbably long top 10 list<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Let's get down to it.<br /><br />10. Sleigh Bells: </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Treats</span></i><div><i></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i><span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span><div> <!--StartFragment--><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sleigh Bells certainly aren’t the first band to marry incredibly abrasive tracks to catchy melodies and a sweet voice (Alexis Krauss is up there with Cosentino and Janelle Monae for my favorite voice discovered this year). But as opposed to most noise pop, which I don’t particularly care for, there’s something ingratiating about the clattering percussion and highly distorted, highly compressed guitars. I also like the fact that, as I’m typing this, the album is causing my cat to flatten her ears against her head like she might have to attack the speakers. It hasn’t prompted her to move from her perch next to me, but she is on her guard. It seems somehow apt.</span></span><!--EndFragment--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">9. The Arcade Fire: </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Suburbs</span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><!--StartFragment--><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Arcade Fire never want for scope or sentiment (n: an attitude or opinion; the feeling or emotion conveyed by words as distinct from the words themselves) on their albums, and so the emptiness of suburban sprawl seems like a logical choice. And as a logical choice, it works. But I have to admit; the album’s placement on the list is as much a nod to the fact that I LOVE the band’s albums after a while as an indication of how much I like it now. That is, I know that it took me about five months to like all of Funeral, and a similar amount of time to like all of Neon Bible, so I’m guessing in a few months and a dozen more spins it’ll click in a way that it doesn’t quite yet. I like it now, but I know I’ll love it sooner rather than later.</span></span><!--EndFragment--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">8. Girl Talk: </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">All Day</span></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Cambria;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">There’s a legitimate argument to be made that the quality of mash-up albums owes as much or more to the people who wrote the original songs as the DJ playing Dr. Moreau. Crap music is crap no matter what you do with it. But I’ve been to enough parties where the amateur DJ fancies himself on a par with Gregg Gillis because he has as much wax in his ironic moustache as he does on his turntables at any given moment to think that there’s a real skill in creating an enduring playlist that retains appeal beyond the immediate need to shake one’s moneymaker. There’s a playfulness and humor and even emotion to the juxtapositions in All Day that makes it work every time I listen, not entirely unlike a favorite TV episode where I know all the jokes and character beats but watch it again and again anyway.</span></p></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Cambria;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></span></p><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">You can also make the argument that there’s no progression to Girl Talk’s oeuvre, and that’s also at least partially true. If you asked a naïve listener to, for example, guess the chronology of The Beatles catalog based on how they sound, they’d get it more or less right. I’m not sure you can do that with Girl Talk- Night Ripper, Feed the Animals, and All Day are all pretty same-y in how they are constructed and end up sounding. But if you’ll indulge me in a food analogy, mash-up albums are like hamburgers. They’re not haute cuisine; they’re mostly constructed to satisfy base, immediate needs. And however you specifically adorn them, they’re basically the same thing every time. But- and here’s the key- bad ones are a horrible, terrible experience. Good ones, on the other hand, are a reliable comfort you enjoy returning to. Such is Girl Talk.</span></span></p></i></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><i><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p></i></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><i><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p></i></i></span><i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></span></p><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">7. Best Coast: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Crazy For You</span></p></i></i></span><br /></div><div><span><i><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "></p></i></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span><i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></span></p><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "></p></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This album hits a ton of my pleasure points. It’s sunny and the melodies owe a huge debt to the Motown/Spector schools of girl-group pop. It has the honest, naked emotion and low-fi sound of Exile in Guyville (minus about 90% of the raunch). Moreover, and perhaps most importantly, Bethany Cosentino has a clear, pure Neko Case-like voice that cuts through the music like a clarion, unable and unwilling to be subsumed by the reverb that drenches it throughout the album. I cannot convey how stunned I am by how her voice comes across- reverb is generally used to make the singer sound far away and isolated, but on speakers or headphones it still sounds as if she’s right next to me. Instead of sounding like she’s on the opposite end of an unfinished hallway from the microphone it’s more like having a conversation in a racquetball court- the echo is more incidental.</span></span></span></p></i></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></p><p></p></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">6. Big Boi: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sir Lucious Left Foot... The Son of Chico Dusty</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><!--StartFragment--> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Okay, stay with me here- is Outkast the new Uncle Tupelo? Uncle Tupelo was a critically acclaimed act that had two focal members (Farrar and Tweedy), both of whom were seen as good artists in their own right and essential contributors to the whole. But, when Uncle Tupelo broke up, an examination of the discography led most people to believe that Farrar would have the better career; he was the innovative one and a more accomplished songwriter while it was assumed Tweedy would put out good, if unspectacular albums. Fast forward fifteen years and the critics were wrong. Tweedy led Wilco to be one of the best, most capital-I Important bands of his era. He pushed the envelope sonically, expanding outwards from Summerteeth through the indescribably superlative YHF and into A Ghost is Born and beyond. If you’re reading this blog, chances are I don’t need to go further. Meanwhile, Farrar’s Son Volt had a very good debut album, and nothing of real note after that.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <span style="font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">For comparison, let’s take Speakerboxxx/The Love Below as a pair of solo albums, as Outkast intended. Now, to address the elephant in the room, neither Farrar nor Big Boi have had anything quite so good as “Hey Ya,” a pop song that would make Plato scream about how Forms aren’t supposed to exist in any material sense. But The Love Below is secretly not that great an album otherwise. Sonically innovative, yes. But not really great, or even good (“Roses?” Really?!). Meanwhile, Speakerboxxx has no fewer than six songs I listen to often. It sounded a lot like Outkast, but not quite. Now Sir Lucious Left Foot… continues that forward progress. It’s front-to-back good, with multiple high-water marks (“Daddy Fat Sax,” “Shutterbugg,” and “Tangerine” to name three). It’s similar to what he’s done, but the production is subtly different. It’s not all as densely packed as proper Outkast tracks, with different production and sampling tricks instead of, on top of, and generally in addition to the stuff that attracted everyone to the duo in the first place. The album is great, and sets up higher expectations for the next one. I’m pushing this in part because I desperately want to hear what Big Boi’s YHF would sound like. I’m also pushing this in part because, on the infinitesimal chance that Andre 3000 reads this and cares what some white Jewish academic thinks, he gets of his ass and proves me wrong by releasing a damn solo album already.</span></span></span></i><br /></div><div><i><span style="font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span><!--EndFragment--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">5. Janelle Monae: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The ArchAndroid</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><!--StartFragment--><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I’m not entirely sure what to make of this album, beyond the fact that I love it. It’s endlessly varied, with sonic rabbit-holes to tumble down at every turn. I get that it’s part two of a planned multi-release opera about android-human love (or so I’m told). Just typing that makes me think “Domo arigato Mr. Roboto.” But the album resits being laughed off like an overwrought and ponderous Styx rock-opera. It’s too thoroughly well constructed to be dismissed. Even if you go into the album skeptical, “Cold War” will slap you so hard you’ll have a handprint on your cheek. If Beyonce or Rihanna decided they wanted that song, it would reside comfortably atop the Billboard charts. It’s also a reminder that as sex- (and to a lesser extent, love-) obsessed as funk and R&B have traditionally been, they are versatile genres that can support the wild and/or far-reaching ideas so long as the groove is good and the voice has passion.</span></span></span><!--EndFragment--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">4. LCD Soundsystem: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This is Happening</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><!--StartFragment--><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I hope that this isn’t the last LCD Soundsystem album. I know a lot of people don’t care, because it’s not as if James Murphy is retiring. But LCD Soundsystem was always more of a band than it’s given credit for. Murphy may be the lyricist, but the music is always credited to “LCD Soundsystem.” And the music is as much why the album(s) are great as Murphy’s wry, funny, pointed, moving lyrics. This album also seems to find the band really hitting its stride after (and this is not a knock on either) the singles-and-filler debut and heavily indebted Sound of Silver (“Get Innocuous” is more-Eno-than-Eno, while “New York I Love You” sounds like a piano cover of something that got bumped from a Velvet Underground album). Much like some bands continue to surprise, some bands continue to top themselves. And though nothing on this album quite matches the “Someone Great”/”All My Friends” pairing, the work as a whole is somehow even better. Beyond that, I’m at a loss for words. This is just simply a good album, and the best yet from the band.</span></span></span><!--EndFragment--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">3. Robyn: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Body Talk</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><!--StartFragment--></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I am unabashedly, unashamedly pro-Robyn and have been since I spend a month (and $25) tracking down an import of her previous album because I didn’t want to wait to see if it would get an American release. So if you’ll permit me to climb up on my soapbox for a moment…</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In an ideal world, Robyn would be one of the biggest pop stars in America right now. Really, the only female artist who compares is Beyonce. Both women boast a cannon of ungodly catchy songs that proffer an image of the artist as a strong individual whose womanhood is at once essential and incidental. They’re sexual without being whorish. If you’re not down with who they are, they don’t need you. OK, so Robyn is more dance music than modern R&B, and Robyn writes the majority of her songs while Beyonce only some. But- as unqualified as I probably am to assess this- they are strong role models. And I am qualified, at least in my own mind, to point out that they are responsible for infinitely better music than most other solo artists, female or not. Robyn makes Katy Perry sound less coquettish and more like a harlot- compare “Daisy dukes bikinis on top/Sun-kissed skin so hot we’ll melt your popsicle” with “Keep at me all you like/I came to dance not socialize.” Taylor Swift rakes it in peddling heartbreak, but she sounds like (and is) a high-school naïf compared to the Swede. “You Belong With Me” and “Dancing on my Own” express similar sentiments, but Robyn’s effort would eat Swift’s simply because it was bored.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <span style="font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I don’t mean to focus on Robyn as a woman- to compare her simply to other female solo artists glosses over the fact that her music is great on its own terms. But in music female solo artists seem to exist in a semi-hermetic environment, where they are as much pin-ups as singers and as much role models as artists. If this seems uncouth, remember that Susan Boyle has a good voice. </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPZh4AnWyk"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The shock value</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> came from the fact that she’s an ugly, forty-something spinster, a circumstance that has nothing to do with art. End of rant.</span></span></span></i><br /></div><div><i><span style="font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span><!--EndFragment--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">2. Vampire Weekend: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Contra</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span style="font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><!--StartFragment--></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This seems to be every kind of second album at once, depending on what you wanted it to be. Is it more of the same as their debut? Neither “White Sky” nor “Diplomat’s Son” will disabuse you of that notion. Are they expanding their sound while retaining keen pop instincts and a distinctive style? I submit for your consideration “Giving Up the Gun.” Did you want them to alienate those annoying teen robots who put the album on their i-Pod sandwiched between Coldplay and Katy Perry because MTV deemed them worthy of attention? Then you must have loved “Cousins.” If you were one of those teen robots, “Taxi Cab” is probably one of your two favorite tracks. Do they annoyingly co-opt musical styles that over-educated white boys have no business using? The horns on “Run” must have really pissed you off. If you thought “Oxford Comma” epitomized how pretentious and over-hyped they were, then “California English” will make you nod knowingly. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I don’t know if the band is necessarily as polarizing anymore as they were doomed to be (at least at first) from the music-critic hype. Personally, I think enjoying Vampire Weekend is similar to enjoying pizza or a good back rub- they’re just pleasurable experiences that don’t really speak to any part of an identity. Koenig is a solid songwriter who knows his way around a hook. They’re more sonically adventurous than the average band, but mainly so because Americans seem to forget that much of the world makes music that isn’t essentially descended from European classical music via American folk and blues (and don’t be mistaken- VW’s music is firmly rooted in these I-IV-V chord traditions). Contra is just really good music, and it would be with or without their self-titled debut. It can be analyzed musically, and it can be analyzed culturally, but it doesn’t need to be. It’s some of the best kind of music, the kind that just seems to exist a-contextually.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">1. Kanye West: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><!--StartFragment--> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Honestly, I’m not sure what I can say about the album or the artist that hasn’t been beaten to death, then revived using extraordinary measures just so it can be beaten to death again. So let’s just agree that “Kanye West” is sine qua non for Kanye West’s music. He’s emotional, fragile, narcisstic, funny, and inventive, an inveterate navel-gazer and someone who- not unlike the best football coaches- refuses to stop thinking about possibilities; the fact that something might work means its worth trying not once, but until it’s right or all possible permutations are exhausted. I don’t know how many people would think to have Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver on the same track (or even album), but I do know that if I had to pick one person to make it work I’d pick West. </span><a href="http://www.cracked.com/article_18950_9-major-stories-everyone-got-wrong-this-year_p2.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Cracked recently had an articl</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">e that had probably the best take on Kanye I’d seen in a long time. The gist, if you don’t want to click over, is that because he plays out his neuroses so publicly people forget he’s a great musician. They then compare him to Brian Wilson, who was similarly crazy but much less public about it. I don’t know about the relationship between madness and genius, but Wilson and West both opened up their heads and exposed that madness in ways that made for sonically and lyrically interesting music. Frankly, if Kanye turns out to be Brian Wilson at his core, I wouldn’t be shocked.</span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <p></p> <!--EndFragment--> <p></p> <!--EndFragment--> </i><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484794226621457181.post-51790775683144678612010-12-29T12:57:00.000-08:002010-12-29T12:59:16.690-08:00Rich Mars Top 10 of 2010This is far from a definitive list. I haven't listened to all the new CDs released this year and I don't want to. This is really more a list of my favorites and stuff I thought was super cool.<br /><br />In no particular order....<br /><br /><b>Bobby Bare Jr. -- A Storm - A Tree - My Mother's Head. </b>Bobby's most consistent and rewarding album in a while. Backed by My Morning Jacket. Funny and deep and not serious and good.<br /><br /><b>Drive By Truckers -- The Big To-Do.</b> If this world was right, this would have been a smash hit. A classic album with a variety of styles and great lyrics all in the general arena of DBT's gothic southern rock.<br /><br /><b>Black Angels -- Phosphene Dream. </b>Best psychedelia from Texas since Roky Erickson. Loud and proud.<br /><br /><b>The Goodnight Loving -- Supper Club.</b> These guys grow on me more all the time. Jangly and homespun. Their most consistent effort to date.<br /><br /><b>Galactic -- Yakamay.</b> Live the funk. Feel the funk. Organic and modern all at once with variety of guest vocalists.<br /><br /><b>The Fall -- Your Future Our Clutter.</b> Who woulda thought Mark E. Smith had this in him -- the brains to work with a kick-ass band that rocks its arse off while he warbles about ex-pats and other stuff.<br /><br /><b>Neil Young -- Le Noise.</b> You either love Neil or you don't get him. If you love Neil, this features some might fine gee-tarr chords and nifty songs. New approach thanks to producer Daniel Lanois.<br /><br /><b>Deerhunter -- Halcyon Digest.</b> Every tune I've heard on this is expertly crafted and delivered. Bradfod Cox rox.<br /><br /><b>Jaill -- That's How We Burn.</b> I'm looking like a homer here with two Milwaukee bands on my list, but the first three tracks on this release were one of the best starts to any CD I heard this year. A few other gems on here, too. Straight ahead alt rock.<br /><br /><b>Black Rebel Motorcycle Club -- Beat the Devil's Tattoo.</b> This one doesn't jump out at you like some of their previous works, but after numerous listens, it's got some great material. <br /><br />Honorable mentions: Gil Scott-Heron, Clinic, Walkmen, Sleigh Bells, Black Keys, Dum Dum GirlsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484794226621457181.post-39898106042837814702010-12-28T14:40:00.000-08:002010-12-28T14:43:03.096-08:00Thomas Peppel Top Albums of 2010<meta charset="utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><meta charset="utf-8">In no particular order
<br /></span></div>
<br />Lönndom-Viddernas Tolv Kapitel-2010</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">
<br />Forgotten_Tomb-Vol._5_1999-<wbr>2009-2CD-2010</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">
<br />Dropkick Murphys-Live On Lansdowne, Boston MA-2010</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">
<br />Deftones-Diamond Eyes-2010
<br />
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Karma To Burn-Appalachian Incantation-2010
<br />
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Burning Love-Songs for Burning Lovers-2010
<br />
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Alcest-Écailles de lune-2010
<br />
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Umberto-From The Grave-2010
<br />
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">VA-Cani Arrabbiati - Opening Themes-2010
<br />
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Library Tapes-Like Green Grass Against A Blue Sky-2010</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484794226621457181.post-78351542955397150812010-12-26T17:44:00.000-08:002010-12-26T17:51:47.911-08:00Shiny McShine's Top 10 of 201010. !!! (Chk Chk chk) - Strange Weather Isn't It?<div>9. Twin Shadow - Forget</div><div>8. WarPaint - The Fool</div><div>7. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening</div><div>6. Four Tet - There Is Love In You</div><div>5. Girls - Broken Dreams Club EP</div><div>4. Beach House - Teen Dream</div><div>3. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach</div><div>2. John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension - To The One</div><div>1. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs</div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484794226621457181.post-38312942478588011022010-12-26T16:26:00.000-08:002010-12-26T17:07:45.876-08:00Annie Blav's top 10 (+1) of 2010.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLXpsNQz6ryqkuwwhuWwChf4O7dvIUec8dSDJAnZv1FWFMoH6PNmrT3qDgxJGViRFxYl7yI6YXaplgFalBzwq53rY7IdPcdPTXM-AcukvNf41DxUPYQ9U-ymzeGthWt23vpHj_yOQV_D_8/s1600/61CK3Sj4saL._SL160_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLXpsNQz6ryqkuwwhuWwChf4O7dvIUec8dSDJAnZv1FWFMoH6PNmrT3qDgxJGViRFxYl7yI6YXaplgFalBzwq53rY7IdPcdPTXM-AcukvNf41DxUPYQ9U-ymzeGthWt23vpHj_yOQV_D_8/s200/61CK3Sj4saL._SL160_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555153636806763554" border="0" /></a><br />11.) Best Coast: Crazy For You<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHDJChP10f_61TbTq8I4Qij_F8kLC-exM8tF4k00FJ9u1elQojkABou6Ufrw4neCssaJHMelZSR4Lc0lPQkO2rxYj9Qvehyphenhyphen_H89rygSvzdJfX4b0ZWYMFrs4u_zYSUA0QLDBgQZueyEkl/s1600/51tviTF15xL._SL160_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHDJChP10f_61TbTq8I4Qij_F8kLC-exM8tF4k00FJ9u1elQojkABou6Ufrw4neCssaJHMelZSR4Lc0lPQkO2rxYj9Qvehyphenhyphen_H89rygSvzdJfX4b0ZWYMFrs4u_zYSUA0QLDBgQZueyEkl/s200/51tviTF15xL._SL160_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555154869753199634" border="0" /></a><br />10.) The Radio Dept: Clinging To A Scheme<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9bA4wR2s-KvYI5FI88muDwz-Mz-2nvDDlIToR-EYh1nEfFhp6ol_YrcdvP2FxY7kHYbyt9-pKWz9vXRkWdTUZYk-hijg2F6RYksIxqMCg2zEhdPaVpLfuJ8mkN_Qk6Lsktvd808g6bxU/s1600/51tC9oNea9L._SL160_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9bA4wR2s-KvYI5FI88muDwz-Mz-2nvDDlIToR-EYh1nEfFhp6ol_YrcdvP2FxY7kHYbyt9-pKWz9vXRkWdTUZYk-hijg2F6RYksIxqMCg2zEhdPaVpLfuJ8mkN_Qk6Lsktvd808g6bxU/s200/51tC9oNea9L._SL160_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555155538433774082" border="0" /></a><br />9.) Surfer Blood: Astrocoast<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0qcSK3BaOMjmPW3_ufQhjVpNEUMX3N9OGyRGKtXkBKDdBn1uMUynAkFPPX3mRQ0YFkr0w_Ey2miIcbXrwHcUbdm2rD_U-q6jPCRHNWWLI9VsXoLJAcH38HImExjz3ssoAEzJ41Ug32gGn/s1600/51ZW9f-K1IL._SL160_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0qcSK3BaOMjmPW3_ufQhjVpNEUMX3N9OGyRGKtXkBKDdBn1uMUynAkFPPX3mRQ0YFkr0w_Ey2miIcbXrwHcUbdm2rD_U-q6jPCRHNWWLI9VsXoLJAcH38HImExjz3ssoAEzJ41Ug32gGn/s200/51ZW9f-K1IL._SL160_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555156276956626130" border="0" /></a><br />8.) No Age: Everything In Between<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMsVLxZkQ1afqzYH5i1MUvUI7U96G59dlWZKMCRBHcx1zM3zOxaHg1l7nDMyY3Tg_iuwVmjs6jlV0fmwoLZPSwKYrVoRXg-Qw72a7C-0fycq3EepKaKHCVLSq56ZdncIEyV7AXCUDL4jfX/s1600/51vjJopSdxL._SL160_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMsVLxZkQ1afqzYH5i1MUvUI7U96G59dlWZKMCRBHcx1zM3zOxaHg1l7nDMyY3Tg_iuwVmjs6jlV0fmwoLZPSwKYrVoRXg-Qw72a7C-0fycq3EepKaKHCVLSq56ZdncIEyV7AXCUDL4jfX/s200/51vjJopSdxL._SL160_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555157545468403730" border="0" /></a><br />7.) Deerhunter: Halcyon Digest<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKt75k9K-PfQCw10EUZqsZi0Oye6i3ajaX5G0YFiFphFz-gPtXKFnt_UjyCLj2Xeu5gcklA41JT-ifFuo1fghoO5WGr7-bNIIuAvfS_CelWkHgavVkb79M8dsHqlaiTynziU4eLNqZqO9/s1600/61B3oKLwUoL._SL160_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 159px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKt75k9K-PfQCw10EUZqsZi0Oye6i3ajaX5G0YFiFphFz-gPtXKFnt_UjyCLj2Xeu5gcklA41JT-ifFuo1fghoO5WGr7-bNIIuAvfS_CelWkHgavVkb79M8dsHqlaiTynziU4eLNqZqO9/s200/61B3oKLwUoL._SL160_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555158097817184018" border="0" /></a><br />6.) Arcade Fire: The Suburbs<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCsRTrjA0UeJSzL44R46Sarl54iq-cQ1NhfVOkTMAyHQemwJfzXm5Bmp4WmnAJXKcJHVGR3RHaPARDoQOrZTAXIomHySnXaWfIanAvaLCrOq-OhpccfOsinfn5pv4pKqdZL-3O8VlMxTV/s1600/41oEUD8dfDL._SL160_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCsRTrjA0UeJSzL44R46Sarl54iq-cQ1NhfVOkTMAyHQemwJfzXm5Bmp4WmnAJXKcJHVGR3RHaPARDoQOrZTAXIomHySnXaWfIanAvaLCrOq-OhpccfOsinfn5pv4pKqdZL-3O8VlMxTV/s200/41oEUD8dfDL._SL160_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555158616709683778" border="0" /></a><br />5.) Beach House: Teen Dream<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEOGjvjRIGbsBja6cFKHS_vnM7X1Qnm3_Y3JfZmu8IJK9Uka2pZj3befpDY6ohHsZ2aqAIU7xFyY-Y1-lrep8Gu9jIuCE3Zp_xMxvG_EgrwmlTqLgEMK5NyViod6wOn6C853CbdTEzNb6/s1600/61fP8EO1bDL._SL160_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEOGjvjRIGbsBja6cFKHS_vnM7X1Qnm3_Y3JfZmu8IJK9Uka2pZj3befpDY6ohHsZ2aqAIU7xFyY-Y1-lrep8Gu9jIuCE3Zp_xMxvG_EgrwmlTqLgEMK5NyViod6wOn6C853CbdTEzNb6/s200/61fP8EO1bDL._SL160_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555159366074886514" border="0" /></a><br />4.) The National: High Violet<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsVlg2qU7VRb51RZHs2f06mcuKaHIj41KdjJMLauw1FwHgBRHebbNlfNom9bN3aI1PIJFaNvH2GqSE1U3-5DudPLMDFxTGgbOr3bfWWs3I1dLV2H2n03DF1lWe1kdZNSPfhNqaLZgkttD/s1600/516hLO5CbYL._SL160_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsVlg2qU7VRb51RZHs2f06mcuKaHIj41KdjJMLauw1FwHgBRHebbNlfNom9bN3aI1PIJFaNvH2GqSE1U3-5DudPLMDFxTGgbOr3bfWWs3I1dLV2H2n03DF1lWe1kdZNSPfhNqaLZgkttD/s200/516hLO5CbYL._SL160_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555159986063337282" border="0" /></a><br />3.) LCD Soundsystem: This Is Happening<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE7knm8BxWYl0mbDZ_nln3N7Aj3T5U2NToMO17dZOKZ2xg4_oBcn488FYC-ApFXliYgPvhNdko9F2LfxcrUDMOg5XcBZADbKmrjKeUxV6qZdPU70gXPDosUW9bYmhiVuZgeL1LGxGh8r2o/s1600/61CUDSGeElL._SL160_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE7knm8BxWYl0mbDZ_nln3N7Aj3T5U2NToMO17dZOKZ2xg4_oBcn488FYC-ApFXliYgPvhNdko9F2LfxcrUDMOg5XcBZADbKmrjKeUxV6qZdPU70gXPDosUW9bYmhiVuZgeL1LGxGh8r2o/s200/61CUDSGeElL._SL160_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555160884456014082" border="0" /></a><br />2.) Wavves: King of the Beach<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDaq_Z-ZT-z6p0tOAzNzso51dsQCE9HZow8Bbq7YhYllc29ob2l7tceWZgttDdxfRjaWzo_d3HLoLy6GgvqnOKb1Mh1vTkPNhUxcGWH1Q3X3tUcINJ0I0_kxrcO8EJXDaVqTxhAuEnRSju/s1600/5121e-LV4eL._SL160_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDaq_Z-ZT-z6p0tOAzNzso51dsQCE9HZow8Bbq7YhYllc29ob2l7tceWZgttDdxfRjaWzo_d3HLoLy6GgvqnOKb1Mh1vTkPNhUxcGWH1Q3X3tUcINJ0I0_kxrcO8EJXDaVqTxhAuEnRSju/s200/5121e-LV4eL._SL160_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555161642090187122" border="0" /></a><br />1.) Sufjan Stevens: The Age of AdzUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484794226621457181.post-21983991838826332332010-12-26T16:18:00.000-08:002010-12-26T16:39:03.065-08:00Tom's Top Ten Two Thousand Ten10. Male Bonding - Nothing Hurts<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2CaCd7LejfoghSVXZBh08s0OYdpKnyu3qTizBKAzwrhgTYs8vliBvlimj-Y4DbRvlb6Ek-vJse7aedM-DBW1025tQQQsiO7ks57P9PjaKUzoYOZpFMtGP_M7G8a81WUC9O3LPGqeEicI/s1600/51SyDL-sasL._SL160_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2CaCd7LejfoghSVXZBh08s0OYdpKnyu3qTizBKAzwrhgTYs8vliBvlimj-Y4DbRvlb6Ek-vJse7aedM-DBW1025tQQQsiO7ks57P9PjaKUzoYOZpFMtGP_M7G8a81WUC9O3LPGqeEicI/s200/51SyDL-sasL._SL160_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555151100080394450" border="0" /></a><br /><br />9. No Age - Everything In Between<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAjfjecru3FnkjmZnP8J-4J6syiVCu4-PpCt_O5jVHR1CbG-9YWWkPrEh_TRn0KcyNfzIquUrq2fsM6CvlPwUfWs0aunF6ZC9mOXcT-5S0kKlydQjGkPYnn5zk0nuQ_J3C2_HzIoOUXDs/s1600/51ZW9f-K1IL._SL160_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAjfjecru3FnkjmZnP8J-4J6syiVCu4-PpCt_O5jVHR1CbG-9YWWkPrEh_TRn0KcyNfzIquUrq2fsM6CvlPwUfWs0aunF6ZC9mOXcT-5S0kKlydQjGkPYnn5zk0nuQ_J3C2_HzIoOUXDs/s200/51ZW9f-K1IL._SL160_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555151678431697122" border="0" /></a><br /><br />8. Beach House - Teen Dream<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5gxv8E4slDP_sMf45YR1g1hg9zu-HL3AqFdM-o66y_PzP3GHK3tkTKBAZq1_UVGJzORU6XALSMg_UtJLptEnTc_FB0TyCZxuXUqd9VrKfSOFgFxnd34z01NRKuRWIn_FUQQPii-3BIaQf/s1600/41NSITggPzL._SL160_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5gxv8E4slDP_sMf45YR1g1hg9zu-HL3AqFdM-o66y_PzP3GHK3tkTKBAZq1_UVGJzORU6XALSMg_UtJLptEnTc_FB0TyCZxuXUqd9VrKfSOFgFxnd34z01NRKuRWIn_FUQQPii-3BIaQf/s200/41NSITggPzL._SL160_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555152325838271554" border="0" /></a><br /><br />7. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgl9zPk6-dWLScRkOEmxSh4Awa0l7WrqoAJELcHOsvP9kmawTOFsS2-bzc2yrMumV3UQ0LLF9XG4O385c9-6mhKXn9M9B8A_nfB-fF5DuprT3yQxepO-VuBc_R0HP6GgBEQ4i4qD3jUo50/s1600/51vjJopSdxL._SL160_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgl9zPk6-dWLScRkOEmxSh4Awa0l7WrqoAJELcHOsvP9kmawTOFsS2-bzc2yrMumV3UQ0LLF9XG4O385c9-6mhKXn9M9B8A_nfB-fF5DuprT3yQxepO-VuBc_R0HP6GgBEQ4i4qD3jUo50/s200/51vjJopSdxL._SL160_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555152846293151810" border="0" /></a><br /><br />6. The National - High Violet<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-HP5_3nqwOlUBFANZZXFLTmmdEU15FFoAKoCfSrjSGv2PCqW1JCZTNRHhzdPlSL8K_m3jgfa5KxPI7q3ZNMpO5uUYCD5P0jcbMvHshpR7X55TxX-VlqJBxqmIh9SMlP4E1XPiv3GcLhm/s1600/61fP8EO1bDL._SL160_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-HP5_3nqwOlUBFANZZXFLTmmdEU15FFoAKoCfSrjSGv2PCqW1JCZTNRHhzdPlSL8K_m3jgfa5KxPI7q3ZNMpO5uUYCD5P0jcbMvHshpR7X55TxX-VlqJBxqmIh9SMlP4E1XPiv3GcLhm/s200/61fP8EO1bDL._SL160_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555153120270423170" border="0" /></a><br /><br />5. Wavves - King of the Beach<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-fyngwNIgg20Tm5HW4lLItGR2eWlCcLRYIy4TJYQ19ZT0v5eTjmZ0as-73ZAE7denQC3CyKG2AHYGQhwesm1G5oOF5tD6FIyCkBPHpbAL9S-OJSVtkaeY2AiBNHGagLLBMl8pjdfxXUcs/s1600/61CUDSGeElL._SL160_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-fyngwNIgg20Tm5HW4lLItGR2eWlCcLRYIy4TJYQ19ZT0v5eTjmZ0as-73ZAE7denQC3CyKG2AHYGQhwesm1G5oOF5tD6FIyCkBPHpbAL9S-OJSVtkaeY2AiBNHGagLLBMl8pjdfxXUcs/s200/61CUDSGeElL._SL160_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555153469853473314" border="0" /></a><br /><br />4. Surfer Blood - Astrocoast<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsKDXRbqV5P5FwWo-628UD4SMhdyLX4QyCMYWHkvIr6ObEQ3Kmb6YqAP8YeSpCPEMTzQYebU2xU8-huyEg_n4jfo_2JulfuqgqOyyTIdS1cDE8U_35BrLbA9-bilWAgmRTPmz3Q2W6PxCH/s1600/51tC9oNea9L._SL160_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsKDXRbqV5P5FwWo-628UD4SMhdyLX4QyCMYWHkvIr6ObEQ3Kmb6YqAP8YeSpCPEMTzQYebU2xU8-huyEg_n4jfo_2JulfuqgqOyyTIdS1cDE8U_35BrLbA9-bilWAgmRTPmz3Q2W6PxCH/s200/51tC9oNea9L._SL160_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555153756937611826" border="0" /></a><br /><br />3. The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3sfhwgICp-GDuO5Ow-kBsL8yujdbWIhF8IgxbwGrmsABjcLlozS1fbP1RJNvzBYfcM2l3gjg7Lf04Vap81BXTIPefmINLcFU59rygy76L2yBP2jKxwSzpt4hLh6jgNu6H3JaC7QhN4nd/s1600/41YU9p2%252B9OL._SL160_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3sfhwgICp-GDuO5Ow-kBsL8yujdbWIhF8IgxbwGrmsABjcLlozS1fbP1RJNvzBYfcM2l3gjg7Lf04Vap81BXTIPefmINLcFU59rygy76L2yBP2jKxwSzpt4hLh6jgNu6H3JaC7QhN4nd/s200/41YU9p2%252B9OL._SL160_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555154023066046866" border="0" /></a><br /><br />2. The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a Scheme<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-FnGVhLsHQAWkG_SrfDP8vnz4ek11Xi0ctCNilEfNdCHwZOXgXS_bJnY5aA18xMOaS_xur15t1DfHaAz5u6ZMo_vpqAZTQ8AZudacRGgkYzR9xMEwPQC5NNHyMOEnebcA85nUzk8YJ2a/s1600/51tviTF15xL._SL160_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-FnGVhLsHQAWkG_SrfDP8vnz4ek11Xi0ctCNilEfNdCHwZOXgXS_bJnY5aA18xMOaS_xur15t1DfHaAz5u6ZMo_vpqAZTQ8AZudacRGgkYzR9xMEwPQC5NNHyMOEnebcA85nUzk8YJ2a/s200/51tviTF15xL._SL160_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555154318681029986" border="0" /></a><br /><br />1. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJpmGq9EMXhxUyrL_4YFcoNQRICFPMmByNEVmZ05fiNHSzmU4rU3zmnyqyLwBULsLkODyTtQSF4IAyVKbiAGjIY6NebkVix0qQhw0JUK-XqeDweeuYiDDn5_4kJkPpuYvo_-m49FgDEtl/s1600/61B3oKLwUoL._SL160_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 159px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJpmGq9EMXhxUyrL_4YFcoNQRICFPMmByNEVmZ05fiNHSzmU4rU3zmnyqyLwBULsLkODyTtQSF4IAyVKbiAGjIY6NebkVix0qQhw0JUK-XqeDweeuYiDDn5_4kJkPpuYvo_-m49FgDEtl/s200/61B3oKLwUoL._SL160_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555154593724695074" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Honorable Mentions:<br /><br />Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (II)<br />Beach Fossils - Beach Fossils<br />Wolf Parade - Expo 86Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484794226621457181.post-23022601858345057302010-12-26T15:58:00.000-08:002010-12-26T16:39:18.511-08:00Maitre DK -- Mix-tape!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6YfzAaLH8KN9rWsDF1kCNFOSzkmS6omGDJqJiWghbcuvnvYJSVW3pXcauEJIspm9pvjtJBGr-jZJ0-JcRzYoC3GBySsCtRNvDU3T2EcIxH9uQzjfG4srd1Yl2N8p3Z6-KchhlHoRzP7g/s1600/2010.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 149px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6YfzAaLH8KN9rWsDF1kCNFOSzkmS6omGDJqJiWghbcuvnvYJSVW3pXcauEJIspm9pvjtJBGr-jZJ0-JcRzYoC3GBySsCtRNvDU3T2EcIxH9uQzjfG4srd1Yl2N8p3Z6-KchhlHoRzP7g/s200/2010.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555145565637392482" /></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6YfzAaLH8KN9rWsDF1kCNFOSzkmS6omGDJqJiWghbcuvnvYJSVW3pXcauEJIspm9pvjtJBGr-jZJ0-JcRzYoC3GBySsCtRNvDU3T2EcIxH9uQzjfG4srd1Yl2N8p3Z6-KchhlHoRzP7g/s1600/2010.jpg"></a><br /><span><span><a href="http://www.davekriebel.com/2010">Get at my mix-tape here.</a> Visit, Download and Un-zip.<br /><br />This is a 16 song compilation featuring a few of my favorite tracks from 2010.<br /><br /></span></span><div><span><span>_<br />Let me know if you like it!</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; "><span class="UIStory_Message"></span></h3></span></div></div><div><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span>.</span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484794226621457181.post-88192956553776732082010-12-26T15:09:00.000-08:002010-12-26T16:10:16.976-08:00Jason's Top 10 - It's Really Good<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';"><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue';"><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">My Top 10, in no particular order.</span></span></span></b></div></b></span></div></b></span></span></div></div></span></span></div></b></span></div></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-size:medium;"><b><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><div style="font-weight: normal; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-size:medium;"><b><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAEMKUoJGLVZMHPufjf5Ffyq_Z4VyDKj7u3kRCzpK-vvhU_IU_QFKk-WTXFnNYt-kIDRhbp1bSoh3dOs5mnT8I4RUa4RSaF0jOivigpEMfLNdQbIAk14zf67uvO91530PSaBK8OBEsm6c/s320/grindmerman.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555141065608600754" /></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:18px;">1. Grinderman - 2</span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><div style=" ;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;">Released: </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;">Sep 14, 2010</span></span></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">No shock here. Pure rock mayhem, Nick Cave style.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSbejuk7xZZXI5Uol3sp_-h83d_6bFC76N5ppBswXqJ1AP4VCp5e8tM63Igkk1plv6u1SoCYVK2ofwWpRvUTgzinFxfuofkbVuRQjGwkTveZrna2cN9nFxX5qzw6xMY6YO7XaFkBE8eJQ/s320/robertplant.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555141152602067266" /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:18px;">2. Robert Plant - Band of Joy</span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-size:16px;"><b><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800; "><div style="font-weight: normal; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><div style=" ;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;">Released</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:16px;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><div style="display: inline !important; font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-size:medium;"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-size:16px;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800; "><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><div style=" display: inline !important; font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;">: </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;">Sep 21, 2010</span></span></span></span></div></span></div></div></span></span></div></b></span></div></b></span></span></span></div></div></span></div></div></span></span></div></b></span></div></b></span></div></span></div></div></span></span></div></b></span></div></b></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">Really Robert Plant? Yes, really.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:18px;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9yDnNN9op5dJKS9gamG1VxTDgon9uaib_CvlbC7srT59Sw70wyP3JFiBROPHgY7bTlX9OD3jsQCTeaDlavFYI_70nY3c5DpO_fFXJVOrYEQiWz7g_Z8tZx6EUEmhvHUoGGZUlycAELrg/s320/frightneed.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555141409205320146" /></span></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:18px;">3. </span></span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:18px;">Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks</span></span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;">Released: </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;">Mar 9, 2010</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">Just a really great album from start to finish. Love the recording style on this.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-size:16px;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><div style="display: inline !important; font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-size:medium;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSOmi9jYoTbluZeuho1qDj2XceD4rb_ytxMDpb0HPx2qzVJLCpDjhDd8z-Pd_KTqiv_uj3i-3PPJM62BZZse0CwB-8XI3ni1F30NFuC2B4kVPHI8tqZ3nTtJtvNiPLYGo2a8V4_ApNC8/s320/ononoono.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555141626336858946" /></div></span></div></div></span></span></div></b></span></div></b></span></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-size:16px;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><div style="display: inline !important; font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-size:medium;"></div></span></div></div></span></span></div></b></span></div></b></span>4.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';"><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><div style="display: inline !important; font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-size:medium;"><div style="display: inline !important; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:18px;">Oh No Ono - Eggs</span></span></b></div></div></span></div></div></span></span></div></b></span></div></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;">Released: January 26, 2010</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">What a fun album.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZUA44PkUg2grIG4MhwWk29ROc-rq60ywhN1AGu4KOKGdk582b8qEvqQ_s71zfJ2MTOBPpebBZPLh1E2tI1_jIuBYV8IYPnXnxVaWlJAiR1tVhA1zAvtP-x3L6Re7BMk7qCuFLCWQY8w/s320/ronson.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555141716695531330" /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:18px;">5. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl.</span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;">Released: September 28, 2010</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></div><div>Great producer + songwriter. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjITWVdG3XX00k0XUGDPTUJQTZTN34Z1yJwYY7fqbXzP9NDXXdC-SfNx5XQ1z3fUgTLmMZc5N1EKnP6U6ozcCNVV6wgVviXpxfYxcm0qh6ulr_t33sne5eaMpHmGCSvLSEElJ_8rrzRKbo/s200/greenhornes.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555143074725820770" /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:18px;">6. The Greenhornes - ****</span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;">Released: November 9, 2010</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">They're back! Well worth the 8 year wait. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDZatlnVaYf0-290Yxn3etyX7cmSkIvUfgI6IWTLQ_OJ1PgZPoSb1E_rVdQM5tQSGrhoetSCGxJ_S-0PYx2aA_JAi54Ko-jtIDLNRG7x7ZlU1sUPAEGx-j_RJpvWVAsFHed4VkT8Z0Oc/s200/yeasayer.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555143475852778194" /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:18px;">7. Yea</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';"><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><div style="display: inline !important; font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-size:medium;"><div style="display: inline !important; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:18px;">sayer - Odd Blood</span></span></b></div></div></span></div></div></span></span></div></b></span></div></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;">Released: February 9, 2010</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">Fir</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';"><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><div style="display: inline !important; font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-size:medium;"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">st listen totally blew me away. Well done, chaps.</span></div></div></span></div></div></span></span></div></b></span></div></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';"><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><div style="display: inline !important; font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-size:medium;"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></div></div></span></div></div></span></span></div></b></span></div></b></span></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinEJoSFxffwMXwAkCbxBLrh9PwrqH6cCzUlb9XQUMkQLcR9Q83RKyFw8d_FYDPd_qevovSC45h76x_HyJTks9thfU30V0GYEmQPPWqArFf5pRdXlJKmW2i7UAq_fHWEHy6jSDwVHyW-7E/s200/afrocubism.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555143543626053010" /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:18px;">8.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';"><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><div face="'Helvetica Neue'" size="medium" style="display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:18px;">AfroCubisim - AfroCubisim</span></span></b></div></div></span></div></div></span></span></div></b></span></div></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;">Released: October 19, 2010</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">The original intention for Buena Vista Social Club. Happy these guys finally got it together.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 197px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDVN9_4W2dDr78__u1xuPU8wBYtAq_rzF4C3TSzfDqhiQ-_YPEWa-5pUO8LlIx4UYGVxNOayI_6a7me4-1zGcEzU8sq_NATka1oeyrgiHtyrMNO83W52JIg_90mDfWCuIKk99xh0ziM8w/s200/archie.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555143617042870034" /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:18px;">9.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';"><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><div face="'Helvetica Neue'" size="medium" style="display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:18px;">Archie Bronson Outfit - Coconut</span></span></b></div></div></span></div></div></span></span></div></b></span></div></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;">Released: </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;">March 23, 2010</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">This is a fun one. Covers all the bases: Disco, Brit-Pop + Indie Punk </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_QNi5TeQEF7HeDZYfal0w4lSbJ1U23RmEIfYuE7R_2U1FJBLhkkuQMqANfaynUqMYcDnlmGy8heQq4Lv0uAW1JINxlJbYyvVZB9-3EtruhktfTSuZ0tCYjMiBXJlqaFa2g_0Or1GROeE/s200/autolux.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555143682414624466" /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:18px;">10. Autolux - Transit Transit</span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;">Released: </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;">August 3, 2010</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">Thank you Sonic Youth, opps, Autolux. You get the point. It's good.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:25px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 31px; font-size:180%;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">Bonus!</span></i></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-size:16px;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><div face="'Helvetica Neue'" size="medium" style="display: inline !important; "><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKF_cshgtW8_Y3RL-rCf2IeyI_FMFFkfiaz-UPdq1oZSvMVRd466O50s1CMk08dCoJ_ZpYQ1lFHqzHxC2XcYZ7qO57KtbrNdaf77J5Cmpv9UVhMBoUXXRW54gc8MNs0YtmDXC61jQomk/s200/fouttet.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555143739458398818" /></div></span></div></div></span></span></div></b></span></div></b></span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-size:16px;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><div face="'Helvetica Neue'" size="medium" style="display: inline !important; "></div></span></div></div></span></span></div></b></span></div></b></span>11. </span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:18px;">Fout Tet - </span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:18px;">There Is Love In You</span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;">Released: January 26, 2010</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">Mood music. Listen to this one quite a bit while designing.</span></div><div><br /></div><div style=" ;font-size:22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:22px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">Honorable Mentions:</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">!!! - Strange Weather, Isn't It?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">Andrew Bird - Useless Creatures.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">Dan Sartain - Lives</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">Rufus Wainwright - </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">Mastodon - Cracke The Skye</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">Devo - Something for Everyone</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">Vampire Weekend - Contra</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">Liars - Sisterworld</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">MGMT - Congratulations</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">The New Pornographers - Together</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">Belle & Sebastian - Belle & Sebastian Write About Love</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">The National - High Violet</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">Blonde Redhead - Penny Sparkle</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">Metric - Fantasies</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">Klaxons - Surfing the Void</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">The Fall - Your Future Our Clutter</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">Owen Pallett - Heartland</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></div></div></span></div></div></span></span></div></b></span></div></b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484794226621457181.post-38997613400226676182010-12-26T15:04:00.000-08:002010-12-26T15:14:41.467-08:00Brian's Top Ten of Twenty-Ten (Not Two Thousand Ten)<div>Procrastination has resulted in this bare bones Top 10 list. Looking forward to seeing everyone tonight.</div><div><br /></div>10. Curren$y - Pilot Talk I/Pilot Talk II<br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fNdADnQC-1s?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fNdADnQC-1s?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />9. Baths - Cerulean<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/o2KFYTFLxoY?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/o2KFYTFLxoY?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />8. Deerhunter Halcyon Digest<br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Gu_nL7zy-z8?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Gu_nL7zy-z8?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />7. Vampire Weekend - Contra<br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bccKotFwzoY?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bccKotFwzoY?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />6. Wavves - King of the Beach<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jnbKuJsw_zY?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jnbKuJsw_zY?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />5. Best Coast - Crazy For You<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AAM-5fGaHcs?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AAM-5fGaHcs?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />4. Warpaint - The Fool<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AedHv7geXcU?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AedHv7geXcU?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />3. The Walkmen - Lisbon<br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6BNt2Cm6Y2A?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6BNt2Cm6Y2A?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />2. The National - High Violet<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4_yskRDrmqI?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4_yskRDrmqI?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />1. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy<br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5LcnE_SM6x0?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5LcnE_SM6x0?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484794226621457181.post-2310292522040619282010-12-26T14:28:00.000-08:002010-12-26T16:29:18.582-08:00(secret dj) Bill's Top 10 of 2010List songs available at <a href="http://hypem.com/#!/secretDJbill">http://hypem.com/#!/secretDJbill</a><br /><ol><li>Sleigh Bells "Treats"– (Deerhoof + Death from Above 1979)/M.I.A. = Sleigh Bells. <a href="http://downloads.pitchforkmedia.com/Sleigh%20Bells%20-%20Crown%20On%20The%20Ground.mp3">"Crown on the Ground"</a></li><li>Band of Horses "Infinite Arms" – BoH get happy? All the elements that made their last two albums great are there, but there is an undeniable shift to several more up tempo songs. Opening for Pearl Jam earlier in the year and their own tour certainly exposed them to a lot more people. <a href="http://www.canyouseethesunset.com/music/band_of_horses_laredo.mp3">"Laredo"</a></li><li>The Drums "The Drums" – Fantastic album with several standout songs. <a href="http://soundcloud.com/nooizze/the-drums-lets-go-surfing">"Let's Go Surfing"</a></li><li>Vampire Weekend "Contra" – Solid follow-up to their breakout first album, with the timely, commercial friendly “Holiday” standing out. <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mmmusic/vampire-weekend-holiday">"Holiday"</a></li><li>Infant Sorrow "Get Him to the Greek" – The best album by a fake band since “This is Spinal Tap”. Each song is hook heavy and filled with double and triple entendres. <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/ljmoqjyjw5ym5mm/04-infant_sorrow-going_up.mp3">"Going Up"</a> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/zmgjl5wyddy0mmm/03-infant_sorrow-furry_walls.mp3">"Furry Walls"</a> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/fzu1wzuu0tmzdzt/06-infant_sorrow-the_clap.mp3">"The Clap"</a></li><li>M.I.A. "Maya" – Exactly the MIA album I expected, but after the success of “Paper Planes” I don’t think anyone else expected what came out. Elicited the jagged edges of her first album. <a href="http://goldenbloggen.com/03%20XXXO%201.mp3">"XXXO"</a></li><li>LCD Soundsystem "This is Happening"– I was a big fan of the single <a href="http://www.canyouseethesunset.com/music/lcd_soundsystem_drunk_girls.mp3">“Drunk Girls”</a> and its video long before the full album came out. Another solid album, and like "Sound of Silver", will have many repeat plays. <a href="http://soundcloud.com/the-wounded-jukebox/lcd-soundsystem-dance-yrself-clean">"Dance Yrself Clean"</a></li><li>Crocodiles "Sleep Forever" - I like <a href="http://www.canyouseethesunset.com/music/lcd_soundsystem_drunk_girls.mp3">"Hearts of Love"</a></li><li>The Black Keys "Brothers"- I was waiting for this album. A small let down but still great. <a href="http://www.umstrum.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Tighten-Up.mp3">"Tighten Up"</a> <a href="http://www.umstrum.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Tighten-Up.mp3">"The Only One"</a></li><li>Arcade Fire "Suburbs" - My favorite AF album to date, though they could have cut 5-8 songs to tighten up the album as a whole in my opinion. <a href="http://fakepennycomics.com/blog/topsongs2010/06_AF_WeUsedToWait.mp3">"We Used to Wait"</a></li></ol><div><b>Other</b></div><div><b>Most Disturbing Video </b>- Lots of contenders here (see <a href="http://stereogum.com/602561/the-12-most-nsfw-videos-of-2010/franchises/listomania/">12 Most NSFW videos of 2010</a>), Along with Crocodiles homage to the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLxJv6d8MN4">Manson family</a>, the uncensored Russel Brand video (making the censored version funnier) "anti" drug video "<a href="http://vimeo.com/11821003">Just Say Yes</a>", but for me it was the hostage situation in the Spike Jonze video for LCD Soundsystem's "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdRaf3-OEh4">Drunk Girls</a>"</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Safest Rap Album for White Hipsters to like - </b>Lots of contenders here also. I had to include this after Lil' Wayne was on so many lists a couple years ago. Kayne West album has to be at the top, appeared on a lot of "best of" lists, but veering into such unique territory his album is barely rap anymore. Big Boi's album finally came out and is good, but 6 years after OutKast's "Love Below/Speakerboxx" it sounds a bit dated. Drake? Disqualified because he's Canadian. If I must I would choose Big Boi's "Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty".</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Biggest Disappointment</b> - While albums could be listed here, I'm going to say the non-release of a new Santogold album.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Who Will Still Be On the Radio in 5 Years: Ke$ha or Gaga? </b>- Classically trained, I vote Lady Gaga</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Best of 2011 (leaked by the band) - </b>Deerhoof "<a href="http://soundcloud.com/alltomorrowsparties/deerhoof-the-merry-barracks">The Merry Barracks</a>","<a href="http://soundcloud.com/polyvinyl-records/06-deerhoof-super-duper-rescue-heads">Super Duper Rescue Heads</a>" - & - Yuck "<a href="http://downloads.pitchforkmedia.com/Yuck%20-%20Rubber.mp3">Rubber</a>"</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Ubiquitous Use of an Effect</b> - Echo. Remember when it was auto-tune? This year it was all about capturing the sound of recording in a huge, empty hall. This album list has plenty of examples. Don't believe me? Listen to your own list of albums and damn me for ruining your enjoyment.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>You Missed it Last Year (2009)</b> - White Denim "<a href="http://www.rollogrady.org/media/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/1-05-i-start-to-run.mp3">I Start to Run</a>" - & - Tinariwen "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrV-9aJb1F0">Tenhert</a>"</div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484794226621457181.post-35598961355517145552010-12-26T14:20:00.001-08:002010-12-26T14:31:05.883-08:00Alex B's Top 10 2k10Just missed the list: Beach House "Teen Dream," Arcade Fire "The Suburbs," Sleigh Bells "Treats," Sufjan Stevens, "All Delighted People," Aloe Blacc "Good Things."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihEIfzJ3-P7PH-qeoP-inXQ06lNa4GO0UQ4GVgN4M776ulHsHjMsO4Kf2T_sDzoGdrrCmV7H5OVNyr_49bOgYLgdAufO4poyBc1jkoksr3sGVU9A_IvPUgdJ6PWDK4h1M76xd-5bD57Qs/s1600/CeeLoGreen_blogLarge.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihEIfzJ3-P7PH-qeoP-inXQ06lNa4GO0UQ4GVgN4M776ulHsHjMsO4Kf2T_sDzoGdrrCmV7H5OVNyr_49bOgYLgdAufO4poyBc1jkoksr3sGVU9A_IvPUgdJ6PWDK4h1M76xd-5bD57Qs/s320/CeeLoGreen_blogLarge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555120336553779010" border="0" /></a><br />10. Cee-lo Green, "The Ladykiller"<br /><br />Cee-lo sneaks onto my list if, for nothing else, on the basis of his ubiquitous single, “F*&k You” (or “Forget You” as the kids on “Glee” call it). And what a single it was--right up there with Outkast’s “Hey Ya” as a song to get the whole room jumping in a hurry. That said, the rest of the record is really worth a look for it’s eclectic tour through various shades of soul, hip hop, and even country music. Another major highlight here is Cee-lo’s take on Band of Horses’ “No One’s Gonna Love You” where he finds a brooding (though not oppressive) side to the original song.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgeHptDcOBNU2mpkyA918A1Zl2AqFjbcQBL_LdwptKuhc8jeZFlL6En3f60rhfiRJ-KGhtvrPoIffEm-4GKS4D84vHkM6vR3-89jrt1kTTbpzFEbQbeq_UH3NGEd3VHnwEfsSGb9aL-4/s1600/Outsiders-Cover.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgeHptDcOBNU2mpkyA918A1Zl2AqFjbcQBL_LdwptKuhc8jeZFlL6En3f60rhfiRJ-KGhtvrPoIffEm-4GKS4D84vHkM6vR3-89jrt1kTTbpzFEbQbeq_UH3NGEd3VHnwEfsSGb9aL-4/s320/Outsiders-Cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555121569467786226" border="0" /></a>9. Kings Go Forth "The Outsiders are Back"<br /><br />Kings Go Forth “The Outsiders are Back” meticulously captures the sound and soul of driving soul and funk performances of the late 60s and early 70s. Much of the album was recorded on vintage amplifiers, mics, and tracks, giving the record a fuzzy warmth worthy of superfly or harder-edge Marvin Gay. Even more importantly though, KGF recognize that the best parts of music of the era they so faithfully recreate were in the energy and sense of unpredictability that came with that music’s spontaneity. Consequently, the best moments of “The Outsiders are Back”-- tracks like “One Day” and “Don’t Take My Shadow”--have a loose, even messy quality.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY4JXlRY05DsRTrVioYerIuBHDXeBqCwWQ9BRyHY6ZrIQA6CqEvQ2Abp9kMxPhFkXpPbxD72IHCSThjNWlSTUHUlAIvAb0z9bpqbYjH6dmj2UMjUcocJNfHO3tvGk0iVLcfZCaLc9i6b4/s1600/brokenb452.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY4JXlRY05DsRTrVioYerIuBHDXeBqCwWQ9BRyHY6ZrIQA6CqEvQ2Abp9kMxPhFkXpPbxD72IHCSThjNWlSTUHUlAIvAb0z9bpqbYjH6dmj2UMjUcocJNfHO3tvGk0iVLcfZCaLc9i6b4/s320/brokenb452.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555121559506048210" border="0" /></a>8. Broken Bells "Broken Bells"<br /><br />This much-anticipated collaboration between Danger Mouse and Shins lead singer Dan Mercer is that rare project that really synthesizes hip-hop and indie rock in a convincing way. The electronic clicks and beeps of Mouse’s slick production turns out to be the perfect balance to Mercer’s quirky sensibilities and Beatlesque vocal harmonies.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOdMfF5DxIsuu6NUwhTfAyemYs3M3rjpbdwOKhDJTbiw92za6ufaCvBmzF1SWLSpHAKRtkz2msruHdz8RzseH_ULatrdBNHiupEW3dIZjjerDTfyl6cymghNfKO40W7fCKRLIxmbYQlFA/s1600/1270591648sharonjones.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOdMfF5DxIsuu6NUwhTfAyemYs3M3rjpbdwOKhDJTbiw92za6ufaCvBmzF1SWLSpHAKRtkz2msruHdz8RzseH_ULatrdBNHiupEW3dIZjjerDTfyl6cymghNfKO40W7fCKRLIxmbYQlFA/s320/1270591648sharonjones.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555121558167901986" border="0" /></a>7. Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings "I Learned the Hard Way"<br /><br />Sharon Jones has been well known for her dedicated recreations of Motown style soul. And for good reason: In the past she’s been something like a cross between James Brown and Aretha Franklin their respective primes. This new record adds a subtlety and depth to Jones and the Dap Kings’ music that makes her sound all their own. New to Jones’ music is a tense balance between fatigue and rage in Jones’ voice. The best songs—“I Learned the Hard Way” and “Mama Don’t Like My Man” are down-tempo laments about inner-city heartache and anger. While it’s always a risky move to affect “life in the ghetto,” it feels less like schtick or mere nostalgia than an authentic appeal.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwHFmORdhUgZuMtqWdjysQkq-myKjY1utncPfTphxmrBweZpaBsUKbI1LyjwR1oBGVSexWphteUq7ijHwcc0jRbrFLOiR02jy0TYrizixe4fxzfU7onMeNHHU7P5SQnjpSLanyk74GqAU/s1600/Vampire-Weekend-Contra.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 312px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwHFmORdhUgZuMtqWdjysQkq-myKjY1utncPfTphxmrBweZpaBsUKbI1LyjwR1oBGVSexWphteUq7ijHwcc0jRbrFLOiR02jy0TYrizixe4fxzfU7onMeNHHU7P5SQnjpSLanyk74GqAU/s320/Vampire-Weekend-Contra.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555121543104235266" border="0" /></a>6. Vampire Weekend "Contra"<br /><br />Honda ads aside, Vampire Weekend delivers a record that unabashedly pronounces its odd mixture of Ivy League privilege, African polyrhythms, a sugary pop sensibility. I think this is at its best in hard-driving tracks like “Giving Up the Gun” where Vampire Weekend meshes carnival-organ orchestration with hard-driving rock.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuF_0RzN6Qhb0qf1fgtVbM2cq7McWJG9_syoVjY-uarsOA2nzSFOQZ2DHDdLTDM9H3XRgbXC0HPsdEIpk6PjYM8azZQCZEu90XhH8NiRAGj6uvQjVGPXWxdU8q3NXdpjzTWIi-Cp-T4TQ/s1600/bestcoastcast452.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuF_0RzN6Qhb0qf1fgtVbM2cq7McWJG9_syoVjY-uarsOA2nzSFOQZ2DHDdLTDM9H3XRgbXC0HPsdEIpk6PjYM8azZQCZEu90XhH8NiRAGj6uvQjVGPXWxdU8q3NXdpjzTWIi-Cp-T4TQ/s320/bestcoastcast452.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555120724939674306" border="0" /></a>5. Best Coast "Crazy for You"<br /><br />I would agree with just about everything that’s been said here about Best Coast’s sun-drenched pop-rock record. It’s a reliable formula and Beth Conentino & co. pull it offer really well. I think the only thing I’d like to add is that, what makes this album seem to work so well is interplay between young and old sensibilities: Consentino perpetually seems like a thirty-five-year-old remembering (and misremembering) what it was like to be a precocious, angst-y teenager.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrds7iJYhYjnqlZ29oDtRvCwwa4rM16PwOeeS9l4DFualQ5oLImqAUBReHxxsuu6KZbyxEODcO5y0bcOASj0S3dgO_kLnl2sgPqQXicHFXq1jVo0aiOF14eSjiz0gNVoHI8rmXVg8_t0/s1600/kanye_west_my_b_116_499283a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrds7iJYhYjnqlZ29oDtRvCwwa4rM16PwOeeS9l4DFualQ5oLImqAUBReHxxsuu6KZbyxEODcO5y0bcOASj0S3dgO_kLnl2sgPqQXicHFXq1jVo0aiOF14eSjiz0gNVoHI8rmXVg8_t0/s320/kanye_west_my_b_116_499283a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555120724547795266" border="0" /></a>4. Kanye West “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”<br />In an interview Kanye West recently said, without irony, that, even though he can’t sing, dance or play an instrument well, he aspires to be the greatest entertainer of this generation. This record seems to back up that reckless kind of talk. “My Beautiful Dark Fantasy” pushes against a lot of typical hip hop conventions both in terms of its epic scope (could we call this prog-hop?) and its over-the-top arrangements. Throughout all of this, West plays with proverbial fire: He vacillates from gospel choirs to 70s cop themes to sinister imaginings of African conjurations to proclamations of himself as “Malcolm West.” Throughout, I can’t help but think that West might not be in control of his own God complex. And this element of danger is precisely what makes Kanye perpetually rewarding.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmxQMzAROg29-_aRvtqiNny0Geg28LagzQrLQfozrYkYpANeWMal16TPY7HZd3Ir45ETK7_QpvhUE5_aW5yMujzjRPpkoYc7ksNUSkbf7woianatwBhZRIXP0j3PMziom4gXx8u8xKwo/s1600/The-National-High-Violet1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmxQMzAROg29-_aRvtqiNny0Geg28LagzQrLQfozrYkYpANeWMal16TPY7HZd3Ir45ETK7_QpvhUE5_aW5yMujzjRPpkoYc7ksNUSkbf7woianatwBhZRIXP0j3PMziom4gXx8u8xKwo/s320/The-National-High-Violet1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555120708593795058" border="0" /></a>3. The National "High Violet"<br />This record is the refinement of the National’s subtle, brooding sound. It also seems to me that it seals Matt Birninger’s status as the successor to figures like Jeff Tweedy and Leonard Cohen who seem to a find an exhilarating sense of pleasure in self-loathing. On “Bloodbuzz Ohio” Birninger croons over his ambivalence over his disgust for Midwestern social manners while recognizing those very qualities in himself. In the meantime, songs like “Conversation 16” take self-loathing into the territory of the absurd as he admonishes his lover to stay away, fearing that he may transform into a brain-eating zombie. All this is delivered in a dead-pan that leaves us guessing whether Birninger is sincere or just burying the punchline.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqtRPqyxjnyMl230SSGDM6WvFFGT9PXitc7LuNLBp7ShhRseYITfDPRHPTRdzYMT02iVqmW55VxZMFk53emzoW7SLsck2vPqcGUdL6Ek2ZXeYUzWDEC18xqjtFu989fwNwUT3A6zk8I04/s1600/large_Belle_Sebastian_-_Write_About_Love.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 163px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqtRPqyxjnyMl230SSGDM6WvFFGT9PXitc7LuNLBp7ShhRseYITfDPRHPTRdzYMT02iVqmW55VxZMFk53emzoW7SLsck2vPqcGUdL6Ek2ZXeYUzWDEC18xqjtFu989fwNwUT3A6zk8I04/s320/large_Belle_Sebastian_-_Write_About_Love.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555120706915765922" border="0" /></a>2. Belle & Sebastian "Write About Love"<br />On “Write About Love” Stuart Murdoch returns to the twee-pop orchestration that made Belle & Sebastian a mainstay of indie music through the 1990s and 2000s. But this seems more a return to form than a rehash of old ideas. Sure, the old formulas are all there—the sparkly guitars and chirping vocals--but they’re laced with a new sense of adventurousness and a sense that the surface could fall away at any moment revealing rock and pop sensisbilities. Take for instance, the first and best track on the album, “I Didn’t See It Coming,” which opens with a slight, anonymous female voice singing over a drumbeat, building through the course of the song to a crescendo in which Murdoch crows over a moog synthesizer. Another gem is the bittersweet duet with Norah Jones on “Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John.”<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbVLPqr1AyLg3tym0bhEiezfC-U1jfNcXWPAFsHM65NOz_7aUVfjPJwBaMNugWLPhj7CPFCJWlUT-BxxVsX64dDMHVoo52V5QYd12yEr4xu_C94wUeO70zAmoItQy5X5w9U3bFgLVEVI/s1600/82097546.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 209px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbVLPqr1AyLg3tym0bhEiezfC-U1jfNcXWPAFsHM65NOz_7aUVfjPJwBaMNugWLPhj7CPFCJWlUT-BxxVsX64dDMHVoo52V5QYd12yEr4xu_C94wUeO70zAmoItQy5X5w9U3bFgLVEVI/s320/82097546.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555120695205016322" border="0" /></a>1. Janelle Monae "The Archandroid"<br /><br />“The Archandroid” is the two middle suites of a four-part story based loosely on the classic sci-fi film Metropolis. But to reduce the album to its high-flown concept would be to sell Monae short. To me, it's much more significant as a musical statement. Monae draws from a palette that stretches from James Brown to the Flaming Lips to the schmaltzy Disney films to create what seems less like an album than a full-scale theatrical experience. The result is a record in which every track pushes the musical envelope while delivering an immediate classic pop single. In this sense, it is no exaggeration to compare it to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” Lauryn Hill’s “Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,” or The Beatles’ “Revolver.” Like these records, “The Archandroid” introduces us to (clichéd and trite as the term has become) a true “superstar.”Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484794226621457181.post-62853610609474920512010-12-26T13:36:00.000-08:002010-12-26T13:46:40.932-08:00Laura's favorites from 2010<b>10. The National- High Violet:</b><br /><br /><center><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=759f9a7ee1&view=att&th=12d16a688f6516a1&attid=0.1&disp=inline&realattid=f_gi2jll290&zw" height=200></center><br /><br /> Charming and polished songs that grow<br />with every listen<br /><br /><b>9. Jonsi- Go:</b><br /><br /><center><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=759f9a7ee1&view=att&th=12d16a688f6516a1&attid=0.2&disp=inline&realattid=f_gi2jmydm1&zw" height=200></center><br /><br /> It's like a happier, speedier version of Sigur Ros.<br />Jonsi made a lot of bold choices both on the album and on tour<br /><br /><b>8. Yeasayer- Odd Blood:</b><br /><br /><center><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=759f9a7ee1&view=att&th=12d16a688f6516a1&attid=0.3&disp=inline&realattid=f_gi2joruu3&zw" height=200></center><br /><br /> Their set may have been the highlight of my<br />Lollapalooza and the album has a pretty long shelf, still not tired of<br />this odd one<br /><br /><b>7. The Delta Mirror- Machines that Listen:</b> <br /><br /><center><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=759f9a7ee1&view=att&th=12d16a688f6516a1&attid=0.4&disp=inline&realattid=f_gi2k660p3&zw" height=200></center><br /><br />I'm a sucker for an album about chronic illness or death. Each song takes place in a different<br />hospital room; it is haunting and sweet<br /><br /><b>6. Arcade Fire-The Suburbs: </b><br /><center><br /><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=759f9a7ee1&view=att&th=12d16a688f6516a1&attid=0.5&disp=inline&realattid=f_gi2k6aly4&zw<br />" height=200></center><br /><br />Delightful story telling, privileged yet self-aware<br /><br /><b>5. How to Dress Well- Love Remains: </b><br /><br /><br /><center><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=759f9a7ee1&view=att&th=12d16a688f6516a1&attid=0.6&disp=inline&realattid=f_gi2k6eqj5&zw" height=200></center><br /><br />For those who love lo-fi looping<br />and falsettos as much as I do<br /><br /><b>4. Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark and Twisted Fantasy: </b><br /><br /><center><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=759f9a7ee1&view=att&th=12d16a688f6516a1&attid=0.7&disp=inline&realattid=f_gi2k6jb76&zw" height=200></center><br /><br />I love almost every moment of this album, and I haven't found anyone that can't<br />connect to something here<br /><br /><b>3. Phantogram- Eyelid Movies:</b><br /><br /><center><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=759f9a7ee1&view=att&th=12d16a688f6516a1&attid=0.8&disp=inline&realattid=f_gi2k6rl07&zw" height=200></center><br /><br />This album gets most likely to played on<br />repeat. I've clocked more hours with this one than anything else this<br />year<br /><br /><b>2. Beach House- Teen Dream: </b><br /><br /><center><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=759f9a7ee1&view=att&th=12d16a688f6516a1&attid=0.9&disp=inline&realattid=f_gi2k6xfm8&zw" height=200></center><br /><br /><br />Beautiful song writing, warm fuzzy lullabies<br /><br /><b>1. Gayngs- Related:</b><br /><br /><center><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=759f9a7ee1&view=att&th=12d16a688f6516a1&attid=0.10&disp=inline&realattid=f_gi2k71bf9&zww" height=200></center><br /><br /><br /> It's a tongue and cheek soft rock album that<br />works, it's really unlike anything I'd ever heard beforeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484794226621457181.post-66251292408160443452010-12-26T13:33:00.000-08:002010-12-26T13:34:59.445-08:00Matthew Webber's 11 Favorite Albums of 2010I used to write hundreds and thousands of words, on music and myself and their Venn intersection, but now I just tweet to my tens or ones of followers. I’ve never stopped listening, I listen all the time, but these are the albums that made me want to speak. These are the albums whose chords struck a chord. This is the music that made me miss writing, the music that left me more awestruck than articulate. The music that deserves more than 140 characters.<br /><br /><b>1. Kaiser Cartel – Secret Transit</b><br /><br />She sang into my ear like a lover. I fell.<br /><br /><b>2. Kate Miller-Heidke – Curiouser</b><br /><br />The smart girl who’s wilder than anyone suspects (& also loves your favorite bands).<br /><br /><b>3. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy</b><br /><br />A gryphon & a sexbot walk into a club…<br /><br /><b>4. Ben Folds & Nick Hornby – Lonely Avenue</b><br /><br />Top 5 desert-island rocker/author mixtapes. Go!<br /><br /><b>5. Taylor Swift – Speak Now</b><br /><br />31 y.o. man seeks country/pop ingenue. Must love singing, journaling, avenging.<br /><br /><b>6. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs</b><br /><br />Where the wild things rock out; Canadian beauty.<br /><br /><b>7. Gorillaz – Plastic Beach</b><br /><br />What: A party. Who: Everyone. When: Now. Why: Why not?<br /><br /><b>8. Janelle Monae – The ArchAndroid</b><br /><br />Concept album? Androids? Nope. Just love songs.<br /><br /><b>9. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh</b><br /><br />Part two? Ankhs? Nope. More love songs.<br /><br /><b>10. Rufus Wainwright – All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu</b><br /><br />The diva’s throat catches. (His eyeshadow sparkles.) The notes plummet earthward, then ascend to greater mysteries.<br /><br /><b>11. The Roots – How I Got Over</b><br /><br />“Matthew Webber’s Daily Commute: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484794226621457181.post-81077089676028286102010-12-26T11:34:00.000-08:002010-12-26T12:50:04.051-08:00Matt Brusky’s top albums (& EP's) of 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzqueqg_AA8KYUdBr9kyWQiWq-0k-kK3IDN8Xc9B3Z54alfiNTrBsK-oSNgEuiK-9e0fZSzu4Agg-BYf2PGwAKEqnrsYnRnS1beV_EsqRXGRD3ttG3LkFX3MlTB-uJugqBZl2b0uuZCU/s1600/guards.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 149px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzqueqg_AA8KYUdBr9kyWQiWq-0k-kK3IDN8Xc9B3Z54alfiNTrBsK-oSNgEuiK-9e0fZSzu4Agg-BYf2PGwAKEqnrsYnRnS1beV_EsqRXGRD3ttG3LkFX3MlTB-uJugqBZl2b0uuZCU/s200/guards.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555093793873960178" border="0" /></a><br />10. Guards EP – Guards<br /><a href="http://guards.bandcamp.com/track/resolution-of-one">Resol</a><a href="http://guards.bandcamp.com/track/resolution-of-one">ut</a><a href="http://guards.bandcamp.com/track/resolution-of-one">i</a><a href="http://guards.bandcamp.com/track/resolution-of-one">on of One</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBcr3aZHcroaJMvWdOcFMsZ4KpQ2KvPiaPHAIoaAZBBP9r9h0cpndaEgnZ0FobDku-ICbF6zS-mFTVyd7hx_fwS6UZOKG92pOwD9dQeZ9BGF_k1i-bN3-8umusMF7lLMiNCFfu5CKmtZE/s1600/pill+wonder.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 146px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBcr3aZHcroaJMvWdOcFMsZ4KpQ2KvPiaPHAIoaAZBBP9r9h0cpndaEgnZ0FobDku-ICbF6zS-mFTVyd7hx_fwS6UZOKG92pOwD9dQeZ9BGF_k1i-bN3-8umusMF7lLMiNCFfu5CKmtZE/s200/pill+wonder.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555094416178949058" border="0" /></a><br />9. Jungle/Surf - Pill Wonder<br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1041092/Uploads/Pill%20Wonder%20-Wishing%20Whale.mp3">Wishing Whale</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5syGmcHHeIQLpGD_J6lzWGvJ6Vexd5tE4y45i6TvmYw6FVE3GUX0k2e3xbKbNJDPly9Klp8eQFYkkd99rPxnoy9XzPo7Qa6J0pYfYVyt-UYGlOpBALfNf-ak_m1vw2Vvy1BD6wQ6yi18/s1600/wise+blood.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 147px; height: 147px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5syGmcHHeIQLpGD_J6lzWGvJ6Vexd5tE4y45i6TvmYw6FVE3GUX0k2e3xbKbNJDPly9Klp8eQFYkkd99rPxnoy9XzPo7Qa6J0pYfYVyt-UYGlOpBALfNf-ak_m1vw2Vvy1BD6wQ6yi18/s200/wise+blood.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555094724009176802" border="0" /></a><br />8. Wise Blood EP – Wise Blood<br /><a href="http://hazemotes.bandcamp.com/track/strt-srns">STRN SRN</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_j2OrzETkt9ZD-edE7S4Z0Ccyil-K-yfE84hbkPOsHcefwaPTmVzg3ELzfvkBTgsx0fvW_3GSZnJ0ApEDvjTDn6HEuJruk4QoxmVu_5AkjmULdfJmyM7q6Ku7XwXHa3xkeokW_rnfRk/s1600/woods-at-echo-lake.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_j2OrzETkt9ZD-edE7S4Z0Ccyil-K-yfE84hbkPOsHcefwaPTmVzg3ELzfvkBTgsx0fvW_3GSZnJ0ApEDvjTDn6HEuJruk4QoxmVu_5AkjmULdfJmyM7q6Ku7XwXHa3xkeokW_rnfRk/s200/woods-at-echo-lake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555085618361299634" border="0" /></a><br />7. At Echo Lake – Woods<br /><a href="http://www.thankscaptainobviousmp3.net/content/01%20Blood%20Dries%20Darker.mp3">Blood Dries Darker</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkvXAKV6Q8Vd4oHYqWmG00aqGWKqDawr-0hZL8We_vOzCoZQu38ew8PQMDDL24TQ2ttGVj3tDOMsi8GXSpav5_cJtGw-pXQTPwAFwvM0xLId3znOzLCf1jT-rJfF-bq3uRPOwTWtft1I/s1600/no-age-everything-in-between.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 143px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkvXAKV6Q8Vd4oHYqWmG00aqGWKqDawr-0hZL8We_vOzCoZQu38ew8PQMDDL24TQ2ttGVj3tDOMsi8GXSpav5_cJtGw-pXQTPwAFwvM0xLId3znOzLCf1jT-rJfF-bq3uRPOwTWtft1I/s200/no-age-everything-in-between.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555086303907610194" border="0" /></a><br />6. Everything in Between - No Age<br /><a href="http://downloads.pitchforkmedia.com/No%20Age%20-%20Glitter.mp3">Glitter</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9nhgCmGrcZQKRehkNnyOeu0Xov3pXgMWPHxqP41HP4HwrK1WHS4mg6vK0QjlFijlCUh6-o8wAfjUHARYsTviDrX55ZD5bNI0qNgRyxb3qBl3_YAuVpDXkQigh5kF0Ym5kzwt1myBVx4o/s1600/black-keys-brothers.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 147px; height: 147px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9nhgCmGrcZQKRehkNnyOeu0Xov3pXgMWPHxqP41HP4HwrK1WHS4mg6vK0QjlFijlCUh6-o8wAfjUHARYsTviDrX55ZD5bNI0qNgRyxb3qBl3_YAuVpDXkQigh5kF0Ym5kzwt1myBVx4o/s200/black-keys-brothers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555087386383336258" border="0" /></a><br />5. Brothers – The Black Keys<br /><a href="http://whaleinacubicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/02-Next-Girl.mp3">Next Girl</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkT2Z0rxawou_maka8kaWUFhO7hltVhYkCdW2IMQBZIOhuhskkftIpDUzPGh2_kY8sTa8wzMMNx7qVM9hpz4-bTZx7KZJTRoDMf3X41KhJM0EuqU9eYmUDpTJiVi5GGWOyZn2Q83B3ZuA/s1600/Summer-Camp-Young.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 146px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkT2Z0rxawou_maka8kaWUFhO7hltVhYkCdW2IMQBZIOhuhskkftIpDUzPGh2_kY8sTa8wzMMNx7qVM9hpz4-bTZx7KZJTRoDMf3X41KhJM0EuqU9eYmUDpTJiVi5GGWOyZn2Q83B3ZuA/s200/Summer-Camp-Young.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555088194813456322" border="0" /></a><br />4. Young EP- Summer Camp<br /><a href="http://www.esau.se/2010/09/04/video-summer-camp-round-the-moon/">Round the Moon</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9jL7lrKQxKEAC52MtOlU2cNU6xMzLoaHmrx5ZQhD6YKa4xOpqu5fWKCbfMQPv33HNSo_DB6vPUtVDhEESinsk0Zn8UmFGsyb6gpD0PwD_y_hL_ORAlvQEC69a2K4D-WesZ8gkXYGknI/s1600/titus"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 144px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9jL7lrKQxKEAC52MtOlU2cNU6xMzLoaHmrx5ZQhD6YKa4xOpqu5fWKCbfMQPv33HNSo_DB6vPUtVDhEESinsk0Zn8UmFGsyb6gpD0PwD_y_hL_ORAlvQEC69a2K4D-WesZ8gkXYGknI/s200/titus" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555088949743669234" border="0" /></a><br />3. The Monitor -Titus Andronicus<br /><a href="http://http//www.canyouseethesunset.com/music/titus_andronicus_a_more_perfect_union.mp3">A More Perfect Union</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNWwUG1lgOPzXzhaNDTd53sypDT_lRq1xM00AeYKspmyxZwvZBlP9REl_MAfqWpG7stC9WV4SFthmwNAKqaHDYVHCCw2Nrd9wyIr7FsNmu9Z5ND1W997vf0hZvTtFpgtiambuRl5J7_K8/s1600/arcade+fire.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 143px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNWwUG1lgOPzXzhaNDTd53sypDT_lRq1xM00AeYKspmyxZwvZBlP9REl_MAfqWpG7stC9WV4SFthmwNAKqaHDYVHCCw2Nrd9wyIr7FsNmu9Z5ND1W997vf0hZvTtFpgtiambuRl5J7_K8/s200/arcade+fire.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555089426291330658" border="0" /></a><br />2. The Suburbs - Arcade Fire<br /><a href="http://www.gramotunes.com/Best_of_2010/06_Arcade_Fire_Sprawl_II.mp3">Sprawl II</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxnJ4fspLsj7p0ZRLWWlfRHhLPI8hXYqBzQjn-55b2pX1Hoc0h34lbVbRAIWq5derhG2oLGsFbmPZy19HLbooe_9lQxikWenUIhzoMgDlL9ljtA97HbJTlNS9RUeNxN9s8XP7QVz2fSMQ/s1600/halcyon-digest.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxnJ4fspLsj7p0ZRLWWlfRHhLPI8hXYqBzQjn-55b2pX1Hoc0h34lbVbRAIWq5derhG2oLGsFbmPZy19HLbooe_9lQxikWenUIhzoMgDlL9ljtA97HbJTlNS9RUeNxN9s8XP7QVz2fSMQ/s200/halcyon-digest.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555089811609143906" border="0" /></a><br />1. Halcyon Digest - Deerhunter<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEy0kYGNrVA">Desire Lines</a><br /><br />Next 5<br />11. Contra – Vampire Weekend<br /><a href="http://prettygoeswithpretty.typepad.com/files/02-white-sky.mp3">White Sky </a><br />12. Search – Herzog<br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/static/4yckkf757v.mp3">Paul Blart and the Death of Art </a><br />13. Play it Strange – The Fresh and Onlys<br /><a href="http://downloads.pitchforkmedia.com/The%20Fresh%20&%20Onlys%20-%20Tropical%20Island%20Suite.mp3">Tropical Island Suite</a><br />14. Shame, Shame – Dr. Dog<br /><a href="http://www.rollogrady.org/media/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/10-jackie-wants-a-black-eye-1.mp3">Jackie Wants a Black Eye</a><br />15. Melted – Ty Segall<br /><a href="http://media.thefader.com/thetripwire/caesar.mp3">Caesar</a> <b style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:11pt;" ><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Top 10 songs </span></span></b> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" ><span style="">1.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> <a href="http://www.forcefieldpr.com/ohseesdenied.mp3"> </a></span></span></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.forcefieldpr.com/ohseesdenied.mp3">I was Denied – Thee Oh Sees<span style=""> </span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" ><span style="">2.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> <a href="http://tympanogram.com/files/Tennis-Marathon.mp3"> </a></span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://tympanogram.com/files/Tennis-Marathon.mp3"><span style=";font-family:";" >Marathon</span><span style=";font-family:";" > – Tennis </span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" ><span style="">3.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> <a href="http://www.brokensilence.us/AirwayAway.mp3"> </a></span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.brokensilence.us/AirwayAway.mp3"><span style=";font-family:";" >Put the Days Away – Sun Airway </span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" ><span style="">4.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> <a href="http://weeklytapedeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/06-Paul-Blart-And-The-Death-Of-Art.mp3"> </a></span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://weeklytapedeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/06-Paul-Blart-And-The-Death-Of-Art.mp3"><span style=";font-family:";" >Paul Blart and the Death of Art – Herzog </span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" ><span style="">5.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://citizeninsanemedia.com/Tighten%20Up.mp3">Tighten Up – The Black Keys</a><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" ><span style="">6.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/553p0m0pjz">Go Outside – The Cults</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" ><span style="">7.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> <a href="http://www.ravensingstheblues.com/mp3/Cascades.mp3"> </a></span></span></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.ravensingstheblues.com/mp3/Cascades.mp3">Cascades – The Mantles</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" ><span style="">8.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> <a href="http://www.ravensingstheblues.com/mp3/Bricks_or_Coconuts.mp3"> </a></span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.ravensingstheblues.com/mp3/Bricks_or_Coconuts.mp3"><span style=";font-family:";" >Bricks or Coconuts – Jacuzzi Boys</span></a></span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" ><span style="">9.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.thepinglepad.com/music/2010/March/Stephen.mp3">Ghost Train<span style=""> </span>- Summer Camp</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" ><span style="">10.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.thepinglepad.com/music/2010/March/Stephen.mp3">Stephen – Veronica Falls</a></span><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" >Top Video</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVRpXGGS8DQ&feature=player_embedded"><span style=";font-family:";" >Party Machine – Bruce Haack<span style=""><br /></span></span></a></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484794226621457181.post-88975151620715414492010-12-26T10:24:00.000-08:002010-12-26T10:27:04.335-08:00Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484794226621457181.post-61043879994953770262010-12-26T10:19:00.000-08:002010-12-26T15:03:02.788-08:00JOE M. top four loko... i mean top ten<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7WWSqE2FaG9lYCMKttdhhGP1ykH70sY6aGm7LR7dC3s2_AaHs-b5DDpQUltvc6H9PfPRI5JhZKWRWYQlhqpNGCW6irown2ulXipmDBEokcyTo4hYkDVb5bnb8oxTHyvvK795ASs5ckk/s1600/Twin-Hand-Movement-e1278335719174.jpg"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNa4iJt5lh5BEBWzBQh-md303CbGmI9qt6zF0r2udQqSHaLYh2h2fZs9eR2PD7BdZcocIltQE7bT5Ny7KRYiCrSYvOvCLtWdF5nnXLRWMcVTnMGYM8V8aZrARY9xmYK2KWFTL6NFLzB0/s1600/wavves-king-of-the-beach.jpg"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br />10. Call Me Lightning - <span style="font-style: italic;">When I Gone My Blood Will Be Free</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL6hLNF9tlMLAg1038D1xC2mmyjDf2qw2eB9gcm0H-qBibzoTRE60BEsz1t_dYxAs_bWA2s9bAU_-gKoGgsEYYoCU6EYwWnSB9MKE0PZYLKWVLKFNXBo4USdsdzbApVPfyvBPH1vfvzKg/s1600/Call-Me-Lightning-300x300.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL6hLNF9tlMLAg1038D1xC2mmyjDf2qw2eB9gcm0H-qBibzoTRE60BEsz1t_dYxAs_bWA2s9bAU_-gKoGgsEYYoCU6EYwWnSB9MKE0PZYLKWVLKFNXBo4USdsdzbApVPfyvBPH1vfvzKg/s320/Call-Me-Lightning-300x300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555059987404377794" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">GET RAD!!!!!!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">9.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Beach Fossils</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - </span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Beach Fossils<br /><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYE5n3DPFAaDzbOhHvfsig26lc7PaIq1qStJolYn3aB1kefc55SBMG5-VJH8vxNq1i0D8W2sICtBodh6QjZK5b9X58g-wgR_icF6O7Dmfr9ynE8HRxNI8CT5dU59oj9ntZK8pXDjX8zLw/s1600/beach-fossils.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYE5n3DPFAaDzbOhHvfsig26lc7PaIq1qStJolYn3aB1kefc55SBMG5-VJH8vxNq1i0D8W2sICtBodh6QjZK5b9X58g-wgR_icF6O7Dmfr9ynE8HRxNI8CT5dU59oj9ntZK8pXDjX8zLw/s320/beach-fossils.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555065464212334194" border="0" /></a><br /><br />danelectros. for justin.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />8. Like Pioneers - <span style="font-style: italic;">Piecemeal<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQbLRxCiK_yGll1ZXXSFlJzR0hPOBeY0J0gjS_m6YtUYA1ub7NMhu-z_h7HxZ9ZFJAFnDChYVk1ZZHvmgYRAG5sfUKAtvw6-ilbDCBrndVxmuN1uMdQjTysHBKrrBnNX2JpRmVSZ6We0/s1600/Like-Pioneers.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQbLRxCiK_yGll1ZXXSFlJzR0hPOBeY0J0gjS_m6YtUYA1ub7NMhu-z_h7HxZ9ZFJAFnDChYVk1ZZHvmgYRAG5sfUKAtvw6-ilbDCBrndVxmuN1uMdQjTysHBKrrBnNX2JpRmVSZ6We0/s320/Like-Pioneers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555074307705005218" border="0" /></a><br /><br />for my friends in chicago.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />7. Teen Daze - <span style="font-style: italic;">Four More Years</span> EP<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvtcL_xCx-hJZu1gMl6CUAWWNGc1hhV9CrwOvWPfhxKQqhTCHFvLKMCTM09lMSR0iheCRoAPfxSHrrnCcjAjKzf3nuB4JWVl4dzSzbwK9cO0gDax-yPvIfYsF42-uxHDmuo_emsa67IHc/s1600/teen-daze.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvtcL_xCx-hJZu1gMl6CUAWWNGc1hhV9CrwOvWPfhxKQqhTCHFvLKMCTM09lMSR0iheCRoAPfxSHrrnCcjAjKzf3nuB4JWVl4dzSzbwK9cO0gDax-yPvIfYsF42-uxHDmuo_emsa67IHc/s320/teen-daze.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555106034594255586" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQbLRxCiK_yGll1ZXXSFlJzR0hPOBeY0J0gjS_m6YtUYA1ub7NMhu-z_h7HxZ9ZFJAFnDChYVk1ZZHvmgYRAG5sfUKAtvw6-ilbDCBrndVxmuN1uMdQjTysHBKrrBnNX2JpRmVSZ6We0/s1600/Like-Pioneers.jpg"> </a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br />cool to skateboard to.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>6. Happy Birthday - <span style="font-style: italic;">Happy Birthday<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3pIKh_mvETQ6XDRxURWM3vNl55OvqC01HvH0mdCBKl6OI6Yd6GivbvHK0gtij3fxde8HkrvvOLpfgnG3MYaiWUkYZ_bE1aNjAt0FD4jkDQ9lvo1umnd58aTRX_gKjAxidD4nwbIi4K0/s1600/happy-birthday.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3pIKh_mvETQ6XDRxURWM3vNl55OvqC01HvH0mdCBKl6OI6Yd6GivbvHK0gtij3fxde8HkrvvOLpfgnG3MYaiWUkYZ_bE1aNjAt0FD4jkDQ9lvo1umnd58aTRX_gKjAxidD4nwbIi4K0/s320/happy-birthday.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555108740679188818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><span>chad didn't like them at the pabst.</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span>5. No Age -<span style="font-style: italic;"> Everything in Between<br /><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioXCLxwuuS0OgscKAdaHheJMl2fakU2-25lyPJTnpCeAps-mFvzS3bNO7ik0yjoqBX7qz7fCjug8t51oYM9lTotmPI_NZjr_cjex_dCPl3rcf-qJpwpcf6clsq2liFdflUmWcFxDSFOfY/s1600/Everything-in-Between-320x320.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioXCLxwuuS0OgscKAdaHheJMl2fakU2-25lyPJTnpCeAps-mFvzS3bNO7ik0yjoqBX7qz7fCjug8t51oYM9lTotmPI_NZjr_cjex_dCPl3rcf-qJpwpcf6clsq2liFdflUmWcFxDSFOfY/s320/Everything-in-Between-320x320.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555124229366727106" border="0" /></a><span><br /><br />dance randy, dance</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br />4. Titus Andronicus - <span style="font-style: italic;">The Monitor<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobmvCfFfe55Z3ean7d1ZNZ2UOT_EWLGxDfyGoxUorzlQTZkcUt2cY5KQhmn66jrBcWN1PhaCuUM7zYrpfNGBT1cVA5SvKCvovV-QiDdmZb-r7TrfbxZMPpzf9p-LhsUiIkRR4eqryGbA/s1600/Titus_andronicus_The_Monitor_album_cover_jpg.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobmvCfFfe55Z3ean7d1ZNZ2UOT_EWLGxDfyGoxUorzlQTZkcUt2cY5KQhmn66jrBcWN1PhaCuUM7zYrpfNGBT1cVA5SvKCvovV-QiDdmZb-r7TrfbxZMPpzf9p-LhsUiIkRR4eqryGbA/s320/Titus_andronicus_The_Monitor_album_cover_jpg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555125271021973170" border="0" /></a><br /><br />it's still us against them.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />3. Women - <span style="font-style: italic;">Public Strain<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtWTbb58y5hy1lH1OA9ZfVfuBTdwpRdKpkrs5-IrWg8ZiDCTv9WfzutxVo9ieC3Zqyn_teEnwPXyfrX2-0j5nC-g1Ijgqet7G6LBRu7KP4DE-IIVFyrc8OHaZzcxRMX6iR_-vAM0Hf8E/s1600/public-strain.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtWTbb58y5hy1lH1OA9ZfVfuBTdwpRdKpkrs5-IrWg8ZiDCTv9WfzutxVo9ieC3Zqyn_teEnwPXyfrX2-0j5nC-g1Ijgqet7G6LBRu7KP4DE-IIVFyrc8OHaZzcxRMX6iR_-vAM0Hf8E/s320/public-strain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555127146203249282" border="0" /></a><br /><br />girls are pretty cool too.<br /><br /><br /><br />2. Wavves - <span style="font-style: italic;">King of the Beach<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNa4iJt5lh5BEBWzBQh-md303CbGmI9qt6zF0r2udQqSHaLYh2h2fZs9eR2PD7BdZcocIltQE7bT5Ny7KRYiCrSYvOvCLtWdF5nnXLRWMcVTnMGYM8V8aZrARY9xmYK2KWFTL6NFLzB0/s1600/wavves-king-of-the-beach.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNa4iJt5lh5BEBWzBQh-md303CbGmI9qt6zF0r2udQqSHaLYh2h2fZs9eR2PD7BdZcocIltQE7bT5Ny7KRYiCrSYvOvCLtWdF5nnXLRWMcVTnMGYM8V8aZrARY9xmYK2KWFTL6NFLzB0/s320/wavves-king-of-the-beach.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555128017070371346" border="0" /></a><br /><br />dank.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />1. Lower Dens - Twin-Hand Movement<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7WWSqE2FaG9lYCMKttdhhGP1ykH70sY6aGm7LR7dC3s2_AaHs-b5DDpQUltvc6H9PfPRI5JhZKWRWYQlhqpNGCW6irown2ulXipmDBEokcyTo4hYkDVb5bnb8oxTHyvvK795ASs5ckk/s1600/Twin-Hand-Movement-e1278335719174.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7WWSqE2FaG9lYCMKttdhhGP1ykH70sY6aGm7LR7dC3s2_AaHs-b5DDpQUltvc6H9PfPRI5JhZKWRWYQlhqpNGCW6irown2ulXipmDBEokcyTo4hYkDVb5bnb8oxTHyvvK795ASs5ckk/s320/Twin-Hand-Movement-e1278335719174.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555128658727401266" border="0" /></a><br /><br />true grit<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">R.I.P. Cougar Den</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div id="recover"><span id="spellcheckMessage"><br /></span></div><div id="recover"><span id="spellcheckMessage"><br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484794226621457181.post-58042295240670073072010-12-26T09:23:00.000-08:002010-12-26T09:42:00.803-08:00Mel's Top 10 Albums of 201010. Girl Talk – All Day<br />It was this or Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas II You. Both albums I am equally excited and embarrassed about. Deal with it. This album is great running music, and it’s apparently a great album to dance to when you’re blackout gin-drunk (or so I’ve been reminded). <br /><br /><img src="http://pigeonsandplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/girl-talk-all-day-500x500.jpg" width="150" height="150"/><br /><br />9. Great Lake Swimmers – Ongiara<br />A friend gave this album to me a couple months ago, and since then it’s gracefully made its way into my normal rotation of mellow albums I listen to while working. Wikipedia (I know, shut up) compares GLS to Nick Drake, Sufjan Stevens, Iron & Wine and Neil Young – all of whom I love dearly.<br /><br /><img src="http://img.amazon.ca/images/I/519B-ztkRUL._SL500_AA300_.jpg" width="150" height="150"/><br /><br />8. The Tallest Man On Earth – The Wild Hunt<br />There’s something about Kristian Matsson’s voice I can’t get over. I love this album.<br /><br /><img src="http://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/articles/tallestmanonearth.jpg?1270120633" width="150" height="150"/><br /><br />7. Cold War Kids – Behave Yourself EP<br />The only thing I have to complain about is that this was an EP and not a full-length album. It still had great songs on it to tide me over until the next release. They put on a great live show.<br /><br /><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518hOD6rg1L._SL500_AA300_.jpg" width="150" height="150"/><br /><br />6. Band of Horses – Infinite Arms<br />Nothing, in my opinion, will compare in greatness to their Cease to Begin album, but I still enjoyed the new tracks included on Infinite Arms.<br /><br /><img src="http://ickmusic.com/pics/covers/infinitearms.jpg" width="150" height="150"/><br /><br />5. Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More<br />I heard all the hype way before I actually downloaded this album, but I’m glad I did. I like their style, and the way they incorporate twangy harmonies into their folk rock à la The Avett Brothers.<br /><br /><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PQ3aXOTEL._SL500_AA300_.jpg" width="150" height="150"/><br /><br />4. The National – High Violet<br />The National could sing the phone book and I would still enjoy it. It isn’t my favorite album they’ve released, but it was one of my top albums of the year.<br /><br /><img src="http://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/articles/national.jpg?1272975107" width="150" height="150"/><br /><br />3. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy<br />I generally dislike Kanye and his shenanigans, but this album is legitimately great. I love the songs featuring guest artists, especially his cover of Bon Iver’s “Woods” (titled “Lost In The World” on MBDTF).<br /><br /><img src="http://cuindependent.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Kanye_West_My_Beautiful_Dark_Twisted_Fantasy_album_cover.jpg " width="150" height="150"/><br /><br />2. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs<br />I maintain my belief that this album is better than Neon Bible. I agree to disagree with the people who say otherwise.<br /><br /><img src="http://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/articles/2010/08/02/arcade%20fire%20the%20suburbs.jpg?1280760687" width="150" height="150"/><br /><br />1. The Avett Brothers – I And Love And You<br />I didn’t immediately love this album compared to the group’s earlier releases, but it grew on me the more I listened to it. I can safely call this my favorite and most-listened-to album of 2010.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.inthenews.co.uk/photo/the-avett-brothers-i-and-love-and-you-$7065285$300.jpg" width="150" height="150"/><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/melwhalen">@melwhalen</a><br /><a href="http://forever-insatiable.tumblr.com">forever-insatiable.tumblr.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484794226621457181.post-17755684320212324422010-12-26T01:02:00.000-08:002010-12-26T03:03:26.285-08:00Tarik AKA the Architect's Top 10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4JAhZiYFP7lwmgqr2UVl8vuPXZsoHYNoa9HQdM73KoMLy9ZD4zQTSOVnDqvHNTYZKUzt3Yn7j1q2-u1ejKrJBMfAZDoJvW_USXPqBtiJQIQN4b7j1UEYjCSNBCX47q76vcbzo6wZA3D4/s1600/Flying-Lotus-Cosmogramma_header_image_review.jpg"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I do love to procrastinate. Here is my top 10 albums of 2010.<br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">10. </span></span><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">Maximum Balloon - Maximum Balloon</span></span></span><div><span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><br /></b></span><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1dL20u-NpoK5m4E026w-cHZ-OJIOpOXNZ-bYTx1F2D3dpZVYJedzr5nVWZiV4KFcrv8JSbZ-nQ1I19kyb8N9wDtECFR1kUoXUfctJ_xJ9dcvA-AIZH0FLNNChynC3oZ2JB6TCi1XXh1Y/s200/Maximum-Balloon.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554911772624044882" /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I have to say this has to be one of 2010's most overlooked albums. How can you go wrong with an album by TV On The Radio's producer Dave Sitek. The album is an impressive mixture of sounds and genres with an guest vocalist roster. David Bryne, Little Dragon, Karen O, Theophilus London, Tunde Adimpe and others brings Dave Sitek productions to a whole new level.</span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Highlight Tracks:</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Young Love" feat. Little Dragon</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Communion" feat. Karen O</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Apartment Wrestling" feat. David Bryne</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Groove Me" feat. Theophlius London</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab" id="Player_5b4ce3e5-d775-4f53-a6d8-643604f88f77" width="336px" height="280px"> <param name="movie" value="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2F5b4ce3e5-d775-4f53-a6d8-643604f88f77&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2F5b4ce3e5-d775-4f53-a6d8-643604f88f77&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate" id="Player_5b4ce3e5-d775-4f53-a6d8-643604f88f77" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="Player_5b4ce3e5-d775-4f53-a6d8-643604f88f77" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" height="280px" width="336px"></embed></object></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">9. Gayngs - Relayted</span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUXJYq6df9UXSdP9WGnIrYHuW94lwBiXAl5svZ_XGiI79tkXez2etO3Taz_rthQ-CwRFC7IEtbP6zTMrmClZLRuuAz77AggFUEeiBudSD2LzBDnKtnE4b5egy2Vws72qskFFiuYcFqGc/s200/Gayngs-Relayted_3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554916828253907410" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px; " /></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Next up is the midwestern supergroup Gayngs. I couldn't get their sultry, sex-filled sounds out of my head. Seeing them live at Turner Hall secured them in my top 10 of 2010. Also the fact that I played a show with its founder Ryan Olson's former band Digitata when I lived in Minneapoli</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">s.</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Highlight Tracks</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Faded High"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"The Gaudy Side Of Town"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"No Sweat"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab" id="Player_24237c63-eb45-4d18-9790-0c8fd75e2049" width="336px" height="280px"> <param name="movie" value="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2F24237c63-eb45-4d18-9790-0c8fd75e2049&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2F24237c63-eb45-4d18-9790-0c8fd75e2049&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate" id="Player_24237c63-eb45-4d18-9790-0c8fd75e2049" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="Player_24237c63-eb45-4d18-9790-0c8fd75e2049" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" height="280px" width="336px"></embed></object> <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><noscript><a href="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2F24237c63-eb45-4d18-9790-0c8fd75e2049&Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</a></noscript><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">8. Big Boi - "Sir Lucious Left Foot... The Son of Chico Dusty"</span></span></b></div><div><b></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIPHSuIxzqyLpufZLsry4_h2nSivqWSYeJ6CnHP9s8FcxSFiYgIQJEK_nNofpCqtiuYiW5pJf_IJYlgDD6ootnS9-PeBBQnwhKGALGU3l3oF8qPkzxcl_cfcPzF0vBVfmprAGzsLmFkLA/s1600/Big-boi-sir-lucious-left-foot-the-son-of-chico-dusty-HQ-300x300.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIPHSuIxzqyLpufZLsry4_h2nSivqWSYeJ6CnHP9s8FcxSFiYgIQJEK_nNofpCqtiuYiW5pJf_IJYlgDD6ootnS9-PeBBQnwhKGALGU3l3oF8qPkzxcl_cfcPzF0vBVfmprAGzsLmFkLA/s200/Big-boi-sir-lucious-left-foot-the-son-of-chico-dusty-HQ-300x300.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554919263011144594" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px; " /></a></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This has to be best hip hop album of 2010. Big Boi did not stray from his Atlanta roots on this album. Big Boi's delivery skills is one of the most underrated. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Highlight Tracks:</span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Fo Yo Sorrows" feat. George Clinton, Too Short & Sam Chris</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Daddy Fat Sax"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Turns Me On" feat. Sleepy Brown, & Joi</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Shutterbug"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"General Patton"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Tangerine"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab" id="Player_ea57fa8f-87b3-4def-99fb-0bac4763e302" width="336px" height="280px"> <param name="movie" value="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2Fea57fa8f-87b3-4def-99fb-0bac4763e302&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2Fea57fa8f-87b3-4def-99fb-0bac4763e302&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate" id="Player_ea57fa8f-87b3-4def-99fb-0bac4763e302" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="Player_ea57fa8f-87b3-4def-99fb-0bac4763e302" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" height="280px" width="336px"></embed></object> <div><br /></div><div><noscript><a href="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2Fea57fa8f-87b3-4def-99fb-0bac4763e302&Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</a></noscript><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">7. Andreya Triana - "Lost Where I Belong"</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLlzMuEhklHwqU1W75BKCAA8uVgIex0XNErxDd8E3UC0pV5q9Ds6o-SRb6oqMBuckZAgtPQGRvVuAYNV2BLzXjeI60f0Mird4zPapQF4HvztLpaVilf74cX73rPyzvyajdncmGc0F4Ys/s200/Andreya_Triana-Lost_Where_I_Belong_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554922399205434658" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px; " /></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">When I first heard the lovely, talented Andreya's voice it was on Flying Lotus' track</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW1NTN5vMyY"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> "Tea Leaf Dancers."</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> The song blew me away and it was on repeat in 2008. Her debut release is one of the best and most refreshing soul releases of 2010. Produced by one of my favorite producers Simon Green aka Bonobo. </span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Highlight tracks:</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"A Town Called Obsolete"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Draw The Stars"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Lost Where I Belong"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Far Closer"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab" id="Player_41811dfd-f498-44fc-989b-4063697f6ebd" width="336px" height="280px"> <param name="movie" value="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2F41811dfd-f498-44fc-989b-4063697f6ebd&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2F41811dfd-f498-44fc-989b-4063697f6ebd&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate" id="Player_41811dfd-f498-44fc-989b-4063697f6ebd" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="Player_41811dfd-f498-44fc-989b-4063697f6ebd" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" height="280px" width="336px"></embed></object> <div><br /></div><div><noscript><a href="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2F41811dfd-f498-44fc-989b-4063697f6ebd&Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</a></noscript><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">6. Sleigh Bells - Treats</span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUZTFPAmEZgMBuBS37aqR274AbPTB3n2tNX6dsaRzBt-ioOzMU4isIaaB2DMxQCCrfp06PPmJkSbHgpGTA0Ok2SY4ISMugZFeK7mQCQkf1BkVyh0id5LsO_at1nWlE3nrsUvdO-0H4K8/s200/Sleigh-Bells-Treats-Cover.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554925140011801074" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">One of the most hyped duo of 2010, and they definitely lived up to that hype with their crunchy, hip hop infused sound. The duo's background is also interesting. One is from a girl pop band and the other from a punk band - a match made in heaven. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Higlight tracks:</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Rill Rill"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Kids"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Crown On the Ground"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"A/B Machines"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab" id="Player_d8c8fb10-6046-4dc3-88fe-40bf7fc94898" width="336px" height="280px"> <param name="movie" value="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2Fd8c8fb10-6046-4dc3-88fe-40bf7fc94898&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2Fd8c8fb10-6046-4dc3-88fe-40bf7fc94898&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate" id="Player_d8c8fb10-6046-4dc3-88fe-40bf7fc94898" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="Player_d8c8fb10-6046-4dc3-88fe-40bf7fc94898" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" height="280px" width="336px"></embed></object> <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><noscript><a href="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2Fd8c8fb10-6046-4dc3-88fe-40bf7fc94898&Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</a></noscript><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">5. Quadron - Quadron</span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwAVh43aOwrpzqTPWNyormsVLA2Rn8hsGKlhDA2RLGZ3qQoxVWHZQ5G6td5xsqGR3HfCdBvx3193yQ_t8xY-wkm1-_JtOWZw2nsSDfFWVR_k07D4XODE5B13KmQCuk18HDegb3vQTBifA/s200/quadron_cover_rgb1-300x300.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554929517258645058" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Who would have thought that such an amazing futuristc R&B record would come from Denmark. This duo created a lush and sensual record. Quadron's singer Coco voice should be a contender for best soul or jazz vocalist at the Grammy's. It is an album you can play all the way through many times over</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">.</span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Highlight Tracks:</span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Pressure"</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Slippin"</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Herfra Hvor Vi Star"</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Buster Keaton"</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab" id="Player_ec5dc172-9091-46a6-a204-bce9a2faa627" width="336px" height="280px"> <param name="movie" value="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2Fec5dc172-9091-46a6-a204-bce9a2faa627&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2Fec5dc172-9091-46a6-a204-bce9a2faa627&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate" id="Player_ec5dc172-9091-46a6-a204-bce9a2faa627" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="Player_ec5dc172-9091-46a6-a204-bce9a2faa627" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" height="280px" width="336px"></embed></object> <div><br /></div><div><noscript><a href="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2Fec5dc172-9091-46a6-a204-bce9a2faa627&Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</a></noscript><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">4. Cee Lo Green - Lady Killer</span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgWmaMkb9FJ9BtNj505kuQ7hLdSo2QbzOdvq3OSBpwU8xoIDVpjiggZyI4vN4wralj74rleciekoun-huFMhp0UzhL2OaUr6_W6_qDAccGx1hENnj_DTh_WUkpDOUdbGDf0JCUuOunSE/s200/cee-lo-lady-killer-album-cover-300x300.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554931888167221298" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Cee Lo just can't do know wrong. He is the second artist from my hometown of Atlanta. From his days with Atlanta's Goodie Mob to being part of the very successful Gnarls Barkley, Cee Lo is one of the most versatile artists in the 21st century. He is probably the only artist that could take a four letter word and make it fun for all. Lady Killer is what a pop album should be.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Highlight Tracks</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"F*ck You"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Bright Lights, Bigger City"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"No One's Gonna Love You" (Band Of Horses Cover)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab" id="Player_59737eae-96e0-4454-88fe-5499ee9f059c" width="336px" height="280px"> <param name="movie" value="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2F59737eae-96e0-4454-88fe-5499ee9f059c&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2F59737eae-96e0-4454-88fe-5499ee9f059c&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate" id="Player_59737eae-96e0-4454-88fe-5499ee9f059c" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="Player_59737eae-96e0-4454-88fe-5499ee9f059c" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" height="280px" width="336px"></embed></object> <div><br /></div><div><noscript><a href="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2F59737eae-96e0-4454-88fe-5499ee9f059c&Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</a></noscript><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">3. James Blake - CMYK & Klavierwerke EPs</span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBohQWIykUZtoCUvyR8MFw_lnkaJCw4luRAumG4XSNeNR71ShO-NiBSdd9wztuNPYfsQ0YCZY71J0vAtAyUMnMrLTsO4qflqAbMuyQgGI7GoQ87btVIqvaRmiLtarACdHdND7_DiZfGGQ/s200/James-Blake-Klavierwerke-EP-300x300.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554936364091078786" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">He is electronic music answer to Bon Iver. He produced one of my favorite tracks of 2010 called CMYK, which used samples of Aaliyah and Kelis. His productions are minimal, lush, and soulful all at the same time. He not only produces, but he has an amazing voice that conjurs the haunting voice of Justin Vernon. His forthcoming debut album is one the most anticipated releases for 2011. Check out his cover of Feist's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOT2-OTebx0">"Limit to Your Sou</a>l."</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b>Highlight tracks:</b></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"CMYK"</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"I Only Know"</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Footnotes"</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab" id="Player_4fad9a16-36b6-4397-a27f-f1765e3259f9" width="336px" height="280px"> <param name="movie" value="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2F4fad9a16-36b6-4397-a27f-f1765e3259f9&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2F4fad9a16-36b6-4397-a27f-f1765e3259f9&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate" id="Player_4fad9a16-36b6-4397-a27f-f1765e3259f9" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="Player_4fad9a16-36b6-4397-a27f-f1765e3259f9" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" height="280px" width="336px"></embed></object> <div><br /></div><div><noscript><a href="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2F4fad9a16-36b6-4397-a27f-f1765e3259f9&Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</a></noscript><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">2. Janelle Monae - "The Archandroid"</span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3yPzU_ac4xgHtVcn4R8qKeoMjNarpd04_k89FjlRB3tLsXOWnTf4Zop88T2HKgK19Gt0FU4Pt3YHK_5yagPmuJfpEuXC93jQ_jnR8tqHNZdCVDsS57r8Zet1dDePutmGSmJG0mH9FScQ/s200/janelle-archandroid-cover-300x300.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554939459673586914" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">What can I say about this album other than DAMN!!! I have been following Janelle since her single "Lettin' Go" that appeared on Big Boi's "Purple Ribbon All-Stars" back in 2007. An another Atlanta artist that is breaking the mold. Archandroid is soul record with a broadway musical foundation. Then it is her live shows that solidifies her place in history. Think Bjork meets James Brown.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Highlight Tracks:</span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Dance or Die" feat. Saul Williams</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Tightrope" feat. Big Boi</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Cold War"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Come Alive"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab" id="Player_f9943435-ba49-4d85-8594-9f17fb49c695" width="336px" height="280px"> <param name="movie" value="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2Ff9943435-ba49-4d85-8594-9f17fb49c695&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2Ff9943435-ba49-4d85-8594-9f17fb49c695&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate" id="Player_f9943435-ba49-4d85-8594-9f17fb49c695" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="Player_f9943435-ba49-4d85-8594-9f17fb49c695" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" height="280px" width="336px"></embed></object> <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><noscript><a href="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2Ff9943435-ba49-4d85-8594-9f17fb49c695&Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</a></noscript><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">1.</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4JAhZiYFP7lwmgqr2UVl8vuPXZsoHYNoa9HQdM73KoMLy9ZD4zQTSOVnDqvHNTYZKUzt3Yn7j1q2-u1ejKrJBMfAZDoJvW_USXPqBtiJQIQN4b7j1UEYjCSNBCX47q76vcbzo6wZA3D4/s200/Flying-Lotus-Cosmogramma_header_image_review.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554942215355328306" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:arial;">2010's best album of the year comes Alice Coltrane's nephew Steve Ellison aka Flying Lotus. He brings a jazz sensiblities to electronic music and hip hop for that matter. Cosmogramma is one of the most original releases in 2010 that will be look upon as a classic many years from now. </span><br /></span><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Highlight Tracks:</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"Do the Astral Plane"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"...And The Wold Laughs With You" feat. Thom Yorke</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"Satelllliiiiiiiteee"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"Computer Face/Pure Being"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab" id="Player_60eb7d61-90b8-4090-a053-0901b57aee04" width="336px" height="280px"> <param name="movie" value="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2F60eb7d61-90b8-4090-a053-0901b57aee04&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2F60eb7d61-90b8-4090-a053-0901b57aee04&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate" id="Player_60eb7d61-90b8-4090-a053-0901b57aee04" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="Player_60eb7d61-90b8-4090-a053-0901b57aee04" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" height="280px" width="336px"></embed></object> <noscript><a href="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2F60eb7d61-90b8-4090-a053-0901b57aee04&Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</a></noscript>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484794226621457181.post-81153398694393315602010-12-25T16:57:00.001-08:002010-12-25T16:57:37.956-08:00Top Ten Party Dec 26don't forget! The Top Ten Party is tomorrow night December 26 downstairs at Milwaukee Ale House 233 N Water St at 8pm!<br /><br />Make sure to bring:<br /><br />-Your List!<br />- Your mix cd or link to your online mix<br />-A non perishable food item or cash donation for the AIDS Resource Center of WI Food Pantry<br />-Your appetite for Milwaukee Ale House Food<br />-A healthy willingness to talk LOTS of music!!<br /><br />see ya then!!<br /><br />-mattUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484794226621457181.post-37511050784123400632010-12-25T15:55:00.001-08:002010-12-25T17:31:28.798-08:00rachael ann's top ten 2o1othere was a day this year when i looked in the mirror and saw cycles and spirals flailing downward over me... i had a new dream, awoke and knew i had to leave. here is to the music snobs that have shaped me... i miss you dearly... and to my favorite snob who forever possesses a piece of my heart. this is the music that got me here and got me through...<br /><br />10. how to dress well... love remains.<br />09. the tallest man on earth... the wild hunt.<br />08. broken bell... broken bells.<br />07. tie: sleigh bells... treats and best coast... crazy for you.<br />06. ariel pink's haunted graffiti... before today.<br />05. janelle monae... arch android.<br />04. kanye... my beautiful dark twisted fantasy.<br />03. warpaint... the fool.<br />02. the walkmen... lisbon.<br />01. the national... high violet.<br /><br />peace and sweet dreams in 2011!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484794226621457181.post-82801154399597218132010-12-25T15:35:00.001-08:002010-12-25T15:35:21.819-08:00Shanimal's Top Ten of Twenty-TenPlease forgive for the lack of writing or technology, My computer is defective. So I'm actually doing this via phone. I will gladly talk to you about it at the party tomorrow! Merry Christmas everyone! <br/> <br/> <br/> 10. Dr. Dog - Shame, Shame <br/> 9. Local Natives - Gorilla Manor <br/> 8. Best Coast -Crazy For You <br/> 7. Superchunk - Majesty Shredding <br/> 6. Warpaint - The Fool <br/> 5. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest <br/> 4. The Black Keys - Brothers <br/> 3. Beach House - Teen Dream <br/> 2. Los Campesinos- Romance is Boring <br/> 1. The National - High Violet <br/> <br/> <div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0