Dec
19
2011
There are quiet moments, but overall this year’s song countdown is crazy upbeat; you’ve gotta be an uptight jerk not to enjoy at least some of what’s here. For the most part, this collection of songs from 2011, while decidedly less diverse than in past years, still perfectly captures my mood and preference. I’ll be counting down until Friday – feel free to browse, listen, discover, disagree, etc. I’ll publish a Spotify playlist at the end with most of the tracks on there; the rest can be found via YouTube below and on subsequent posts.
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no comments | tags: Battles, Big K.R.I.T., Born Gold, Cass McCombs, Cheeseburger, Class Actress, Cold Cave, Coldplay, Cults, Death Cab For Cutie, DJ Quik, DOM, Dominique Young Unique, Dum Dum Girls, EMA, Florence and the Machine, Foo Fighters, Ford & Lopatin, Fucked Up, Girls, Gross Magic, I Break Horses, Iceage, James Blake, Jamie Woon, Jeff the Brotherhood, Kendrick Lamar, Lana Del Rey, Martin Solveig, Middle Brother, Nicki Minaj, Primus, Rihanna, SebastiAn, Terius Nash, The Big Pink, The Black Keys, The Cars, The Civil Wars, The Cool Kids, The Decemberists, The Dodos, The Go! Team, The Lonely Island, The Rapture, White Denim, Wolf Gang, Youth Lagoon | posted in Best of 2011, List, Music
Apr
1
2011
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: Architecture In Helsinki, Childish Gambino, Cloud Nothings, Cold Cave, Cory Gunz, Diamond Rings, Dum Dum Girls, Ford & Lopatin, Gold Panda, Green Day, J Mascis, Jamie Woon, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, PS I Love You, Purity Ring, Pusha T, Ra Ra Riot, Radiohead, REM, Star Slinger, Teams, Thao and Mirah, The Cool Kids, The Decemberists, The Dodos, The Go! Team, The Kids Are Radioactive, the Strokes, Toro y Moi, tUnE-yArDs, Tyler the Creator, Wavves, Wiz Khalifa, Wolf Gang, YACHT, Yuck | posted in List, MP3, Music, Quarterly Review
Mar
26
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:
Gold Panda – Marriage (Star Slinger Remix)
Jamie Woon – Lady Luck
Wolf Gang – Dancing With the Devil
Tyler the Creator – Yonkers
no comments | tags: Gold Panda, Jamie Woon, Star Slinger, Tyler the Creator, Wolf Gang | posted in Music, Podcast
Jan
5
2011
no comments | tags: A-Trak, Band of Horses, Ben Folds, Best Coast, Big Boi, Big K.R.I.T., Bon Iver, Carte Blanche, ceo, Chiddy Bang, Cloud Nothings, Crystal Castles, De La Soul, Deftones, DOM, Dominique Young Unique, Drake, Evan Voytas, Free Energy, Games, Gauntlet Hair, Gil Scott-Heron, Gorillaz, Gruff Rhys, Hooray For Earth, Japandroids, Jay Z, Jeff the Brotherhood, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Kelis, Kid Sister, Magic Kids, Matthew Dear, Nick Hornby, Nicki Minaj, One Wolf, PS I Love You, Rick Ross, Rihanna, Robyn, School of Seven Bells, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Sleigh Bells, Star Slinger, Superchunk, Tame Impala, The National, The White Stripes, The-Dream, Thrift Store Cowboys, Toadies, Twin Shadow, Vampire Weekend, Wavves, Wolf Gang, Yeasayer | posted in Best of 2010, List, MP3, Music
