Jul
17
2011
Jan
6
2011
Top 200 Tracks of 2010 – 50-21
50. LCD Soundsystem – Dance Yrself Clean
48. Arcade Fire – We Used To Wait
43. Josh Ritter – Folk Bloodbath
42. Diamond Rings – Show Me Your Stuff
Nov
29
2010
Paragraph Reviews 11/29/10
Music, Movies, Television, etc. Pop culture reviews for the short-attention-span Internet age.
Daft Punk – Tron Legacy Soundtrack
When I heard back in February Daft Punk were doing the music for Tron, I was immediately excited – new Daft Punk? Awesome! In retrospect I don’t know why I thought producing a score for a Disney sci-fi film would sound anything like Discovery, and inevitably it doesn’t. That doesn’t mean this hour-long soundtrack doesn’t have its moments – the sound is great, the French duo’s first stab at composing orchestral tunes is to be applauded, and the combination of strings with Daft Punk’s trademark house crescendo is simultaneously creepy and, well, cinematic. And there are even a couple bangers hidden in here too, reminiscent of the good ol’ Daft Punk. There just aren’t enough for my tastes. In the end, it’s just a film score.
Rating: 6
Oct
2
2010
Quarterly Review: July-September 2010
Once every three months I list the best of what I heard in albums/songs/remixes for the quarter. I do this to personally keep up with all the awesome music I hear, as it ultimately helps me at the end of the year when I do my overall listing for the previous twelve months. I also do it to introduce you cool cats to tunes you may have missed independently.
Sep
22
2010
The Songs of Summer 2010
Today marks the official first day of autumn 2010. As far as music goes, there is usually one “song of the summer” – a track that we will forever associate with the previous season of this particular year. This song usually embodies the typical moods related to summer – laziness, partying, a carefree, optimistic attitude, et al.
While I’m not going to try and pick this song, I have my nominations – songs that will bring me back to this summer, my first few months in a new city, and, as with most summers, a good time in near-intolerable heat.
Sep
3
2010
Five MP3s You Must Grab 9/3/10
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