Jan 6 2011

Top 200 Tracks of 2010 – 50-21

50. LCD Soundsystem – Dance Yrself Clean

49. Dom – Living In America

48. Arcade Fire – We Used To Wait

47. The Walkmen – Victory

46. Free Energy – Free Energy

45. Deerhunter – Desire Lines

44. Delorean – Simple Graces

43. Josh Ritter – Folk Bloodbath

42. Diamond Rings – Show Me Your Stuff

41. Janelle Monae – Tightrope (feat. Big Boi)

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Jan 5 2011

Top 200 Tracks of 2010 – 100-51

100. Vampire Weekend – White Sky

99. The National – Lemonworld

98. Magic Kids – Superball

97. Drake – Up All Night (feat. Nicki Minaj)

96. Free Energy – Bang Pop

95. Katy Perry – Teenage Dream

94. Evan Voytas – Our Thing

93. DOM – Burn Bridges

92. Games – Strawberry Skies

91. Dominique Young Unique – Show My Ass

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Jan 3 2011

Top 200 Tracks of 2010 – 200-151

200. The Golden Filter – Solid Gold

199. Delorean – Real Love

198. Band of Horses – On My Way Back Home

197. Games – Heartlands

196. Cults – Oh My God

195. El Guincho – Bombay

194. Marnie Stern – Nothing Left

193. Interpol – Barricade

192. Ke$ha – Your Love Is My Drug

191. Janelle Monae – Make the Bus (feat. of Montreal)

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Jan 1 2011

Quarterly Review – October-December 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.

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Oct 10 2010

Sunday Night Videos 10/10/10


Sep 4 2010

Kevin Greenspon/Cloud Nothings – New Split Album

Earlier this week, I gave accolades to Cleveland rocker Cloud Nothings.  Turns out the fine folks at Bridgetown Records are releasing a split album with him and another up-and-coming solo artist, California’s Kevin Greenspon.

The two go hand in hand – Greenspon is a punchier, youthful accompaniment to Cloud Nothings’ sharp sing-along garage rock, though the latter tackles a poppier approach on this release.  Bridgetown had this to say about the disc:

The long-awaited split album between these 2 rising young solo artists opens with 5 new songs by Kevin Greenspon: California weirdo heartthrob pop punk about looking back on teenage years and losing it all. Cloud Nothings rounds out the disc with 5 more exclusive new songs: the Cleveland teenager takes his catchy brand of raw and distorted-beyond-the-red bedroom pop in a direction not seen in his “Turning On” album or subsequent tape/vinyl releases.

The release is limited to 250 discs with full-color inserts and lyric sheets. They go on sale TODAY over at the label’s site, so get one while they’re still around.  Sample a track from both artists below.

Cloud Nothings – I Apologize

Kevin Greenspon – Post-Life


Aug 30 2010

Cloud Nothings and Nervous Room Service

I’ve posted about Cloud Nothings before – the Cleveland-based crew is easily one of my favorite emerging groups of 2010, and their “Didn’t You/Even If It Worked Out” 7-inch has been on repeat on the turntable here at home (that’s the cover above).

A couple of my dear friends, the Brooklyn-based Nervous Room Service, have been churning out some pretty excellent, albeit trippy, fan-made music videos for their musical projects and Cloud Nothings.  Their latest is a rapid-fire spliced collage for “You Are Opening.”

Cloud Nothings // You Are Opening from NervousRoomService on Vimeo.

But by far my favorite is the video for the upbeat “Even If It Worked Out.”

Cloud Nothings // Even if it Worked Out from NervousRoomService on Vimeo.

Check out all of Nervous Room Service‘s videos and be on the lookout for Turning On, the full-length from Cloud Nothings, on October 12.


Jul 1 2010

Quarterly Review: April-June 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.
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Jun 8 2010

Five MP3s You Must Grab 6/8/10

Underworld – Scribble

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Tokyo Police Club – Wait Up (Boots of Danger)

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Big K.R.I.T. – Country Shit

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ceo – come with me

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Cloud Nothings – Even If It Worked Out

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