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Monthly Archives: December 2009
My Favorite 50 Songs of 2009: 30-21
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 [...]
Recommended Friday Show: Yellow Fever and Air Waves at Bruar Falls
I saw both Yellow Fever and Air Waves at Market Hotel earlier this year. I really liked both bands, though I definitely fell in love a little bit with Air Waves. This show is in a much more intimate venue and will suit both of these strong, strummy female leads even more. Best show of [...]
My Favorite 50 Songs of 2009: 40-31
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 Animal Collective, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Ducktails, Foreign Born, Golden Isles, Nadine, pow wow!, Those Darlins, Volcano Choir, WHY?
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Recommended Thursday Show: Ducktails, Gary War, and Infinity Window at Cake Shop
I’m a big fan of Ducktails. Matt Mondanile, also the guitarist in Real Estate, creates equally breezy but less accessible tunes as his bigger-band brethren. If you like Real Estate, you will like him, and a trip to Cake Shop will be well worth it. Infinity Window plays mostly intense sound-scapey songs and Gary War [...]
My Favorite 50 Songs of 2009: 50-41
First, a word on lists. Lists are essentially useless, but people who love music often love making them. It’s impossible to make an ultimate “best” list, because all music means something different to different people. But that doesn’t mean there’s no such thing a useful list. There’s a few different “best of” lists I could [...]
Posted in 2009 Favorites
Tagged Box Elders, Free Energy, Lovvers, Matt & Kim, New Villager, Says She's Ms. Blat, The Dodos, The Very Best, Throw Me The Statue, Yeasayer
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Recommended Wednesday Show (Plus Cool New Band Alert): Gray Goods and Darlings at Cake Shop
You heard it here first. Gray Goods are sweet. I know almost nothing about this band (their myspace page only has 3,000 hits), but I know that I like them. They only have three songs on their myspace. On first listen, they’re pretty sloppy. All over the place with out of tune singing and well-worn [...]
Recommended Monday Show: JEFF the Brotherhood and Sisters at Mercury Lounge
I love this twosome from Tennessee. They DO NOT play garage rock, according to them. So let’s just call it stripped-down, drums and bass, awesome dude rock. I always get the “I’m gonna grind your bones to make my bread” lyric in the song below stuck in my head. Sisters are another good rocking twosome. [...]
Recommended Thursday Show: Wye Oak and Field Music at The Bell House
NYRM loves Wye Oak. They are great. They are playing a show. If you want to go to a show tonight, go to this one. Hooray! MP3: “Family Glue” – Wye Oak
Recommended Wednesday Show: The Mountain Goats and Final Fantasy at The Bell House
Look at Owen Pallett. Just look at that mug. How could this not be the recommended show of the day? The Mountain Goats’ new album was pretty darn good, and Final Fantasy is always very cool to watch. With such intricate, textured songs, the show will be entertaining to the core. Plus, you’ll get to [...]
