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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

13
Jan

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 →

Posted in Best Of, Music | 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 | Leave a comment

5
Dec

2010s in Review: The Best Music Videos

While the music video has basically disappeared from any place of prominence, plenty of filmmakers crafted short and long-form pieces that stunned me. Beyoncé – Lemonade Directors: Kahlil Joseph and Beyoncé Instantly iconic, this defined the term “visual album” and … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Music | Tagged beyonce, childish gambino, girl talk, janelle monae, lcd soundsystem, lonely island, ok go, radiohead, sturgill simpson, Tierra whack | Leave a comment

3
Dec

2010s in Review: The Best Albums, Part 2

This is Part 2 of a two-part series. Read Part 1 here. The National – High Violet The Cincinnati band’s best album of the decade – sorry, fans of Trouble Will Find Me – meshed all their gifts into one … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Music | Tagged baby driver, book of mormon, corinne bailey rae, frank ocean, hamilton, hans zimmer, josh t pearson, kanye west, national, radiohead, rihanna, robyn, seryn, shutter island, spoon, st vincent, sturgill simpson, sufjan stevens, tame impala, todd terje, vampire weekend, war on drugs | Leave a comment

28
Nov

2010s in Review: The Best Songs, Part 4

This is Part 4 of a four-part series. Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here and Part 3 here. Listen to a Spotify playlist of these songs here. Seryn – “Disappear” In their brief time, this Denton band produced a lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Music | Tagged Amy Shark, jessie ware, kanye west, rick ross, seryn, sing street, skylar spence, snail mail, solange, spoon, st lucia, st vincent, struts, sturgill simpson, sufjan stevens, tame impala, taylor swift, usher, vampire weekend, walk the moon, war on drugs, weird al, weird al yankovic, wilco, yuno | Leave a comment

28
Sep

What I Watched This Week: 22 Sep 2019

NEW SHOWS 71st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (B-) Not sure if this was as successful a hostless endeavor as the Oscars, but it didn’t drag and they ended on time, so that has to count for something. The Righteous Gemstones … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged emmys, good place, hbo, it's always sunny in philadelphia, netflix, righteous gemstones, sturgill simpson | Leave a comment

1
Sep

Streaming Picks: September 2019

FILMS Top Picks Kicking and Screaming – Hulu and Prime 9/4 Ravenous – Hulu 9/1 Mouse Hunt – Prime 9/30 Superbad – Netflix 9/1 The world is literally on fire, so I’m recommending comedies to take your mind off that … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged abstract, after the screaming stops, agents of shield, amazon, american dad, american horror story, aniara, archibald's next big thing, article 15, band of blood, between two ferns, bill burr, birders, bolden, chef show, chris tall presents, chuggington, clive davis, criminal, crypto, curious george, daddy issues, disenchantment, dog and pony show, dragons, dream corp llc, el corazon de sergio ramos, el marginal, el recluso, elite, evelyn, explained, family man, fastest car, furie, glitch, gotham, head count, hello privilege, hip hop evolution, hotel mumbai, hulu, i'm sorry, i-land, in the shadow of the moon, inside bill's brain, into the dark, jack whitehall, jeff dunham, kabaneri of the iron fortress, kicking and screaming, las del hockey, last kids on earth, late night, loo loo kids, los tigres del norte, matriarch, mind explained, mo gilligan, monsters at large, mouse hunt, moving art, netflix, Niko and the sword of light, norm of the north, politician, powerpuff girls, prime, purge, ranch, ravenous, rebel in the rye, red dog, scream, serial killer, shameless, skylines, sound and fury, spy, sturgill simpson, superbad, surviving r kelly, tall girl, team kaylie, teen spirit, terrace house, transparent, travels with my father, turtle tale, unbelievable, undone, untouchable, vagabond, victoria, vis a vis, walking dead, we die young, we have always lived in the castle, world we make, wu-tang, wu-tang clan | Leave a comment

4
Jan

2016 in Review: The Best Albums

I overdid it this year. In my quest to hear nearly everything I could, I ended up not spending a much shorter amount of time with a lot of albums that needed to be experienced four, five, six time to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Music | Tagged a tribe called quest, american football, anderson paak, angel olsen, anhoni, barbara hannigan, beach slang, beyonce, boat drinks, bob mould, brandy clark, brian eno, butch walker, car seat headrest, carly rae jepsen, childish gambino, chris farren, conor oberst, corinne bailey rae, crowder, david bowie, de la soul, diiv, explosions in the sky, field music, frank ocean, gallant, hotelier, ian william craig, islands, ital tek, james vincent mcmorrow, jeff rosenstock, jon bullion, josh gondelman, knocks, la dispute, la la land, lake street dive, lecrae, leonard cohen, local natives, lonely island, lucy dacus, lydia loveless, margo price, martha wainwright, michael kiwanuka, mike adams, modern baseball, moose blood, nick cave, noname, nxworries, objects and objects, owen, photo ops, pinegrove, poster, radiohead, rihanna, rocket summer, rufus wainwright, sing street, solange, st lucia, struts, sturgill simpson, tegan and sara, tim heidecker, underworld, weyes blood, whitney, wild nothing, william tyler | Leave a comment

2
Jun

The Best of 2016… So Far – Music (A Sneak Peek)

Did I really not do a halfway post the last two summers? Even so, there’s been an abundance of good TV, film and music this year. I usually wait until around July 4th to post a formal countdown, and I … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Music | Tagged anderson paak, anohni, bob mould, brian eno, car seat headrest, corinne bailey rae, david bowie, diiv, explosions in the sky, hotelier, islands, josh gondelman, knocks, la dispute, lake street dive, lecrae, lucy dacus, mike adams, modern baseball, mothxr, photo ops, pinegrove, primal scream, radiohead, rihanna, rocket summer, rufus wainwright, st lucia, sturgill simpson, underworld, wild nothing, yeasayer | Leave a comment

3
Jan

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 →

Posted in Best Of, Music | 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 | Leave a comment