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Monthly Archives: December 2009
My Favorite Albums of 2009: 10-1
Well, this is it. My top ten favorite albums of 2009. There was so much great music this year that it feels strange to narrow it down to so few albums. I really did love each of these though, and I hope you do, too. Let me know what you think. I probably won’t be [...]
Posted in 2009 Favorites
Tagged Darlings, Ducktails, Here We Go Magic, Japandroids, Micachu and the Shapes, Real Esate, Smith Westerns, The Antlers, WAVVES, Woods
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My Favorite Albums of 2009: 25-11
I’m not completely happy with this list. I’ve been agonizing over it for about a month now, and no matter how I work it, it doesn’t seem to come out right. I listened to about 250 albums this year, a paltry percentage of the number of total releases. Even out of those, I only listened [...]
Photos: Beat Radio, pow wow!, and Kittens Ablaze at The Studio At Webster Hall
Of course I finally get a nice new camera, but neglect to also obtain the charger I need. Oy. So bear with me on these photos here. Anyways, it was a good show at The Studio this past Friday. I didn’t quite have the energy to stay for Wild Yaks, but I’m sure they were [...]
Cool Newish Song: "You Don't Like Rock and Roll" by Hunx and His Punx
It’s nearly Christmas and it’s snowing like cats and dogs outside. That means you probably don’t feel like goin’ to a show. The fact that it’s the end of December also means there’s not too many good shows to go to, either. I should probably post some sort of winter-themed song, but instead I’m going [...]
Recommended Friday Show: Freelance Whales and Fanfarlo at Webster Hall
This September, Freelance Whales were just a small glimmer on the horizon of buzzdom. It was only a matter of time before CMJ came along and whisked them away from their Queens homes into the spotlight. Their youthful eagerness and melange of instruments become absolutely irresistible when you combine them with solid songwriting. Personally, I [...]
Recommended Thursday Show: My Teenage Stride at Glasslands
If you don’t have a ticket to the second sold-out Neon Indian show, I was going to recommend the Future Islands/Javelin show at Death By Audio, but Future Islands unfortunately cancelled. I don’t feel strongly enough about Javelin to recommend them on their own, so I thought I’d give some love to My Teenage Stride. [...]
Recommended Wednesday Show: Neon Indian and Toro y Moi at Mercury Lounge
Oh my goodness. Two of 2009′s best (possibly the only two tolerable) chill-core or whatever it is we’re calling it bands are playing a show! Together! This Mercury Lounge show is sold out, but if you can find a ticket, make it out to. These bands are definitely some of the most pleasing and interesting [...]
Photos (For Impose Magazine): Ducktails, Gary War, and Infinity Window
From hence forward, I will sometimes take photos for the good people over at Impose Magazine. I’ll let you know when they go up, but you’ll have to head on over to Impose to check out the pics. Also make sure to check out their other content, because those guys have killer taste. If you [...]
My Favorite 50 Songs of 2009: 10-1
To recap: As for My Favorite 50 Songs of 2009, I made a few rules for myself. First, a band can only appear once. Also, this is purely about singles I enjoy. For instance, I would never put Harlem Shakes’ Technicolor Health on my favorite albums list, but “Sunlight” made it pretty high on this list [...]
Posted in 2009 Favorites
Tagged Air Waves, Alela Diane, Best Coast, Bishop Allen, Blake Miller, Dan Deacon, Generationals, Harlem Shakes, Japandroids, WAVVES
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My Favorite 50 Songs of 2009: 20-11
To recap: As for My Favorite 50 Songs of 2009, I made a few rules for myself. First, a band can only appear once. Also, this is purely about singles I enjoy. For instance, I would never put Harlem Shakes’ Technicolor Health on my favorite albums list, but “Sunlight” made it pretty high on this list [...]
