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30
Jun

The Anniversary Albums Project: Best of 2019

New music has lost a lot of hold on me over the last few years. And last year I decided that instead of trying to keep up with it all, I’d look back at music history and listen to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Music | Tagged 500 days of summer, aimee mann, animal collective, antlers, avett brothers, b-52's, backstreet boys, band, beastie boys, beatles, beck, blue nile, blur, bob dylan, bon iver, built to spill, buzzcocks, ccr, chic, clash, creedence clearwater revival, cure, dark was the night, dave edmunds, david bowie, david crowder band, de la soul, death cab for cutie, dirty projectors, dismemberment plan, dixie chicks, donna summer, dusty springfield, elvis costello, elvis presley, eminem, fantastic mr fox, fiona apple, flaming lips, florence and the machine, foo fighters, gang of four, genesis, george michael, go, graham parker, green day, grizzly bear, ian hunter, isaac hayes, janet jackson, japandroids, jeff buckley, jimmy eat world, joe jackson, johnny cash, joy division, julee cruise, kate bush, kid cudi, kinks, led zeppelin, lisa germano, madonna, magnetic fields, manic street preachers, massive attack, michael jackson, miles davis, moby, mos def, nas, neko case, nick cave, nick lowe, nine inch nails, nirvana, notorious big, oasis, outkast, pavement, peter gabriel, Phil Wickham, phoenix, pixies, portishead, prince, pulp fiction, rage against the machine, roberta flack, rolling stones, roots, roxy music, rushmore, sigur ros, sister sledge, sleater kinney, sly and the family stone, smash mouth, sparks, st vincent, stone roses, stooges, sunny day real estate, supertramp, talking heads, throbbing gristle, tom petty, tom waits, u2, velvet underground, weezer, wilco, xtc, xx, yeah yeah yeahs | Leave a comment

14
Jan

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 →

Posted in Music, Reviews | 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 | Leave a comment

4
Dec

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 →

Posted in Best Of, Music | 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 | Leave a comment

6
Mar

Mixtape Memories – Volume 8

After more than two years of searching, I finally found a box of mixtapes in my parents’ garage. These are mixtapes my dad made me as a kid, and they were my gateway into music. So I’ve been listening to … Continue reading →