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The Anniversary Albums Project: Best of 2020
New music has lost a lot of hold on me over the last few years. And two 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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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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2017 in Review: The Best Songs
As before, the abundance of music to fill your earholes during your commute, work or attempts at exercise is worth it if only for the variety of songs that end up on this list. One song I have to highlight, … Continue reading
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Tagged animal collective, arcade fire, bear and the beasts, beck, benjamin booker, bleachers, broken social scene, bruno mars, calvin harris, carly rae jepsen, charlotte gainsbourg, colony house, craig finn, daft punk, dan auerbach, david ramirez, demi lovato, dj shadow, drake, father john misty, foxygen, frank ocean, future islands, haim, harry styles, horrors, jason isbell, jay-z, jessie ware, kendrick lamar, kesha, kygo, lorde, mac demarco, margo price, mavis staples, migos, nas, nelly furtado, nerd, new found glory, nothing nowhere, paramore, phoebe bridgers, portugal the man, rihanna, st vincent, steep canyon rangers, steve martin, struts, sufjan stevens, topknot, u2, war on drugs, washed out, weeknd, xx
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Best of the Decade… So Far – Albums
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 arcade fire, book of mormon, bright eyes, cut copy, daft punk, david ramirez, fleet foxes, frank ocean, fun, girl talk, haim, kanye west, lcd soundsystem, m83, sarah jaffe, seryn, shutter island, st vincent, sufjan stevens, vampire weekend
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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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2013 in Review: The Best Songs
As I have the last two years, I’ve included a link to my Spotify playlist on the Facebook page. Unlike the last two years, I’m actually going to list them out. Comment away and disagree! The 1975 — “Chocolate” Arcade … Continue reading
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Tagged 1975, ame, arcade fire, arctic monkeys, bruno mars, churches, chvrches, daft punk, drake, duke dumont, family of the year, haim, justin timberlake, kanye west, lady gaga, local natives, lord, macklemore, macklemore and ryan lewis, majid jordan, mariah carey, mary lambert, miguel, neko case, one direction, pharrell, phoenix, phosphorescent, r kelly, robin thicke, sky ferreira, t.i., tegan and sara, vampire weekend
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2013 in Review: The Best Albums
10. CHVRCHES — The Bones of What You Believe / Cut Copy — Free Your Mind I honestly couldn’t pick between these, the two best electronic albums of the year. The former is a promising debut, the latter continuing … Continue reading
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Tagged arcade fire, arctic monkeys, churches, chvrches, cut copy, daft punk, david bowie, fall out boy, foals, foxygen, frightened rabbit, haim, janelle monae, kanye west, kurt vile, lady gaga, local natives, lorde, mutual benefit, my bloody valentine, neko case, one direction, shane carruth, sky ferreira, vampire weekend, veronica falls, yo la tengo
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What I Watched This Week: 29 Sept 2013
NEW SHOWS: Breaking Bad – “Felina” (A) / series finale A fitting ending, even if we’ll be debating it for years to come. It’s cathartic and impressive and great finale for one of the greatest shows of all time. Read … Continue reading
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Tagged arcade fire, breaking bad, freaks and geeks, netflix, ntsf, scandal, simpsons
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