Oct
22
2012
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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no comments | tags: AlunaGeorge, Angel Haze, Ben Folds Five, Bob Mould, Danny Brown, David Byrne, Deftones, Dwight Yoakam, Evil Nine, FIDLAR, Frank Ocean, Gesaffelstein, Green Day, How to Dress Well, Jamie Krasner, Karma Kid, Kendrick Lamar, Melody's Echo Chamber, Miguel, Murkage, Passion Pit, Physical Therapy, Pinback, Psy, Purity Ring, Ruby Goe, Saint Lou Lou, St. Vincent, Star Slinger, Sudakistan, Supreme Cuts, Teenhaze, The Darkness, TNGHT, Toadies, Twin Shadow, Unknown Mortal Orchestra | posted in List, Music, Quarterly Review
Jan
2
2012
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.
Continue reading
no comments | tags: A-Trak, Azealia Banks, Big Black Delta, Black Bananas, Bleached, Busta Rhymes, Calvin Harris, Cass McCombs, Charli XCX, Coldplay, Diplo, Drake, Dum Dum Girls, Escort, FIDLAR, Gauntlet Hair, Kate Jackson, Kendrick Lamar, M83, Phantogram, Rihanna, Ryan Adams, Sam Frank, Skream, Small Black, Star Slinger, Surfer Blood, The Big Pink, The Black Keys, The Rapture, Thee Oh Sees, Tom Waits, Trombone Shorty, Youth Lagoon | posted in List, Music, Quarterly Review
Dec
21
2011
100. The Strokes – Under Cover of Darkness
When the band sticks to what they know, they sound great. Angles is a hot-and-cold album, but this is the first of two tracks that showcases the former.
99. Born Gold – Wrinklecarver
Originally released as former project Gobble Gobble, nothing has been done to this track in terms or re-mixing or mastering, but it just sounds better in context within the new album Bodysongs.
98. St. Vincent – Cheerleader
Another highlight from Strange Mercy – here Annie Clark shows off her knack for start-stop surprises around what sounds conventional at first, then grows to be beautifully unusual.
97. Drake – Lord Knows (featuring Rick Ross)
The snare hits, the booming bass, the background vocals, that “Just Blaze!” intro, the use of the phrase “Murdercedez Benz.” What’s not to love here?
96. Wiz Khalifa – The Race
One of the more down-tempo tracks on the fun Rolling Papers, Wiz drops a chill-out anthem for the end of the night when you just wanna light one up and take it easy.
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no comments | tags: Akon, Azealia Banks, Big Black Delta, Black Lips, Born Gold, Cass McCombs, Cold Cave, Cut Copy, Das Racist, Dawes, Dominique Young Unique, Drake, Dum Dum Girls, EMA, FIDLAR, Fleet Foxes, Foo Fighters, Ford & Lopatin, Gauntlet Hair, Gross Magic, I Break Horses, James Blake, Jay Z, Jeff the Brotherhood, Kanye West, Kate Jackson, Kendrick Lamar, LMFAO, M83, Neon Indian, Primus, Purity Ring, Reggie B, Rick Ross, Rihanna, Ringo Deathstarr, Shugo Tokumaru, Skream, St. Vincent, Star Slinger, Terius Nash, The Black Keys, The Civil Wars, The Decemberists, The Dodos, The Go! Team, The Joy Formidable, The Lonely Island, The Rapture, the Strokes, The Weeknd, tUnE-yArDs, Wiz Khalifa, Youth Lagoon | posted in Best of 2011, List, Music
Oct
22
2011
Every Saturday, I post a 15-20 minute podcast featuring some tracks I’ve been jamming the previous week, as well as some commentary and random musings from yours truly. Enjoy!
Tracklist:
FIDLAR – Oh
Out of Vogue – Flag
The Beets – Friends of Friends
The Big Pink – Stay Gold
Bleached – Searching Through the Past
Small Black – Moon Killer
no comments | tags: Bleached, FIDLAR, Out of Vogue, Small Black, The Beets, The Big Pink | posted in Music, Podcast
