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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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Tagged a tribe called quest, ac/dc, air, alanis morissette, almost famous, angelo badalamenti, annie lennox, arcade fire, b-52's, badly drawn boy, beach house, betty carter, bjork, black sabbath, blues brothers, brand nubian, bruce springsteen, cat stevens, ccr, clash, cocteau twins, coldplay, creedence clearwater revival, d'angelo, danger mouse, david bowie, death cab for cutie, dire straits, eli paperboy reed, elliott smith, elton john, elvis costello, eminem, eric b and rakim, feelies, frightened rabbit, fugazi, garth brooks, gaslight anthem, genesis, george harrison, george michael, ghostface killah, girl talk, godspeed you black emperor, goldie, goodie mob, gorillaz, gza, high fidelity, hold steady, jam, james brown, janelle monae, jawbreaker, joe cocker, john lennon, joni mitchell, joy division, kanye west, khaled, killing joke, kings of leon, kinks, klf, kronos quartet, lambchop, las, lcd soundsystem, lecrae, led zeppelin, leftfield, local natives, madonna, marah, matchbox 20, matchbox twenty, miles davis, modest mouse, mouse on mars, mumford and sons, national, now, now that's what i call music, o brother where art thou, oasis, outkast, passengers, pavement, pet shop boys, peter gabriel, pixies, police, prefab sprout, pretenders, primal scream, prince, public enemy, pulp, radiohead, raekwon, randy newman, ride, rocket summer, rockpile, roots, ryan adams, santana, sarah jaffe, selena, shutter island, simon and garfunkel, sinead o'connor, smashing pumpkins, soft boys, sparklehorse, squeeze, sr-71, sr71, stooges, sufjan stevens, talking heads, they might be giants, titus andronicus, tom waits, tricky, u2, van morrison, velvet underground, who, xtc, yo la tengo
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2019 in Review: The Best Albums
This is probably the last year I’m going to publish a list like this. A lot of new music hasn’t held much interest for me, as I’ve been far more into exploring all the great music of the past. So enjoy this … Continue reading
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Tagged american football, anderson paak, angel olsen, atticus ross, battles, better oblivion community center, Bill Callahan, billy woods, bon iver, brittany howard, broken social scene, carly rae jepsen, caroline polachek, charly bliss, chemical brothers, clipping, comet is coming, cs dewitt, deerhunter, documentary now, fennesz, fidlar, fka twigs, floating points, florist, Fontaines dc, friendly fires, gollay, hbo, hobo johnson, hold steady, jamila woods, jenny hval, jenny lewis, jessica pratt, joan shelley, john mulaney, josh gondelman, joshua ray walker, julia jacklin, khalid, lizzo, local natives, lonely island, maggie rogers, mannequin pussy, marina hackman, michael kiwanuka, miranda lambert, natalie sweet, national, nick cave, nivhek, once upon a time in hollywood, oso oso, prince, pronoun, pup, purple mountains, sandy alex g, sarah jaffe, sharon van etten, sleater kinney, stephen malkmus, sturgill simpson, taylor swift, Thom Yorke, toro y moi, trent reznor, tyler the creator, vampire weekend, vandoliers, watchmen, weyes blood, wh lung, wilco
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2019 in Review: The Best Songs
Sometimes, making my best albums list can feel like a chore. There’s so much music out there, and narrowing it down to my 10 favorites sometimes feels pointless. But I often feel like my best songs list is better representative … Continue reading
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Tagged al jarreau, angel olsen, bear and the beasts, beck, best coast, beyonce, black monument ensemble, bon iver, brittany howard, charly bliss, clairo, damon locks, far caspian, fidlar, fka twigs, friendly fires, frou frou, gang starr, gary clark jr, georgia, haim, harry styles, hbo, helado negro, hold steady, j cole, jessie buckley, jimmy eat world, julie doiron, kanye west, keyon harrold, lana del rey, lizzo, lonely island, lucy dacus, maggie rogers, maren morris, mark ronson, miley cyrus, miranda lambert, mount eerie, nas, national, neon indian, righteous gemstones, robyn, roisin murphy, sandy alex g, sharon van etten, sigrid, sonsi, sturgill simpson, sufjan stevens, taylor swift, Thom Yorke, tyler the creator, vampire weekend, wilco
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2010s in Review: The Best Albums – Honorable Mentions
There were still plenty more albums that didn’t make my Top 50. So here are 15 superlatives, along with an additional 50 honorable mentions. Best Epitaph for a Genre Girl Talk – All Day It seemed like Gregg Gillis would release albums … Continue reading
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Tagged 1975, anderson paak, anohni, beach house, bear and the beasts, bill fay, bon iver, boygenius, brandy clark, car seat headrest, childish gambino, chris stapleton, d'angelo, danger mouse, david ramirez, flaming lips, foxing, foxygen, friendly fires, gang of youths, gas, gaslight anthem, girl talk, gorillaz, hold steady, hotelier, jamie xx, japandroids, jason isbell, jeff rosenstock, jenny lewis, joan shelley, julien baker, kanye west, kate bush, kings of leon, kirk franklin, kurt vile, leonard cohen, local natives, lucy dacus, magnetic fields, margo price, mark ronson, Mitski, nick cave, peter gabriel, phoebe bridgers, pinegrove, prince, purple snow, pusha t, replacements, roots, sharon van etten, solange, sparklehorse, struts, sza, titus andronicus, u2, walkmen, weird al, weird al yankovic, wilco, yo la tengo
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2014 in Review: The Best Songs
Any discussion of 2014’s biggest songs has to begin and end with Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off,” which was inescapable. But unlike her 2012 trifle “We Are Never Getting Back Together,” this was a positive. See, “Shake It Off” bludgeons … Continue reading
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Tagged alt-j, benjamin booker, bruno mars, bryan ferry, clean bandit, coldplay, constantine, d'angelo, delta spirit, duke dumont, future islands, hold steady, hozier, jack white, jenny lewis, jess glynne, lecrae, mark ronson, muppets, old 97's, robert plant, robyn, rokysopp, run the jewels, saint pepsi, sam smith, sarah jaffe, spoon, st paul and the broken bones, st vincent, strand of oaks, sturgill simpson, sylvan esso, taylor swift, todd terje, u2, vance joy, walk the moon, war on drugs, weird al yankovic, zach de la rocha
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2014 in Review: The Best Albums
Spotify is both the best and worst invention in music in the last five years. There’s more music than ever before to listen to, right at your fingertips (hence my expanded honorable mentions section). But the art of discovery is … Continue reading
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Tagged ariel pink, beach slang, beck, cloud nothings, d'angelo, delta spirit, fka twigs, future islands, guardians of the galaxy, hans zimmer, hold steady, how to dress well, hozier, interstellar, james vincent mcmorrow, jenny lewis, jessie ware, lecrae, modern baseball, protomartyr, purple snow, robyn, rokysopp, sarah jaffe, sharon jones, sharon van eaten, spoon, st vincent, strand of oaks, sturgill simpson, tinariwen, todd terje, tony molina, u2, vance joy, war on drugs, weird al yankovic
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