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The Anniversary Albums Project: Best of 2021
New music has lost a lot of hold on me over the last few years. And three years ago I decided that instead of trying to keep up with it all, I’d look back at music history and listen to … Continue reading
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Tagged a tribe called quest, adele, avalanches, beyonce, book of mormon, brian eno, bright eyes, can, caretaker, carole king, daft punk, david bowie, david byrne, db's, death cab for cutie, decemberists, destroyer, elvis costello, fela kuti, fleet foxes, gang starr, garth brooks, jay-z, jimmy eat world, joni mitchell, josie and the pussycats, klf, kraftwerk, led zeppelin, lift to experience, lily tomlin, marvin gaye, massive attack, miles davis, mission of burma, my bloody valentine, orb, primal scream, rick james, rolling stones, roots, seryn, slint, st vincent, starsailor, strokes, talk talk, teenage fanclub, this heat, u2
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2010s in Review: The Best Songs, Part 1
Even more than the 2000s, this decade became focused on individual tracks and mixes. Albums faded almost entirely, even though my list of the best albums is quite long. But I once again found room for 100 tracks that stuck … Continue reading
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Tagged 1975, adele, alabama shakes, ame, animal collective, anohni, arcade fire, arctic monkeys, band of horses, beach house, beyonce, black keys, bright eyes, chance the rapper, childish gambino, chvrches, coldplay, cut copy, daft punk, david bowie, decemberists, disclosure, dj Koze, dj shadow, drake, duke dumont, mac demarco, pharrell, ramin djawani, run the jewels, sam smith
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2015 in Review: The Best Songs
Once again, the year in music was dominated by a young female singer-songwriter whose latest album isn’t on Spotify. While “Hello” was the year’s biggest sing-along, I was most captivated by “Water Under the Bridge,” allegedly a tribute to her … Continue reading
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Tagged adele, carly rae jepsen, coheed and cambria, death cab for cutie, disclosure, eric nally, father john misty, golly, grandmaster caz, jason derulo, josh ritter, justin bieber, kool moe dee, luxury elite, macklemore, macklemore and ryan lewis, mark ronson, mat kearney, melle mel, missy elliott, pharrell, sam lao, sarah jaffe, seryn, st vincent, sufjan stevens, tame impala, titus andronicus, valise, weeknd, zhora
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Best of the Decade… So Far – Songs
It’s hard to believe the decade is half gone already. In these five years, I’ve graduated from college, moved back in with my parents, struck out on my own, and gotten married. And I’ve consumed a ridiculous amount of pop … Continue reading
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Tagged adele, arcade fire, ariel pink's haunted graffiti, beach house, booker t jones, bright eyes, bruno mars, carly rae jepsen, cee lo green, chvrches, coldplay, cut copy, daft punk, david ramirez, delta spirit, drake, edward sharpe and the magnetic zeroes, fleet foxes, florence and the machine, frank ocean, fun, future islands, girl talk, gorillaz, haim, jay-z, jessie ware, justice, kanye west, kings of leon, lcd soundsystem, local natives, m83, miguel, milo greene, mumford and sons, neko case, nicki minaj, of monsters and men, penguin prison, phosphorescent, robyn, sarah jaffe, seryn, spoon, spotify, st vincent, stephen malkmus and the jicks, sufjan stevens, tuneyards, vampire weekend
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