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2020 in Review: The Best Albums
10. The Chicks – Gaslighter It’s been 14 years since the band formerly known as the Dixie Chicks released an album, but they’re still filled with righteous fury. Instead of shitty presidents, their targets are abusive exes and the people … Continue reading
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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
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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
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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 Film Music
Like cinematography, it seemed like there was more great film music than ever this decade. That made picking these Top 5’s harder than usual. I already wrote at length about how great Hans Zimmer’s Interstellar score was, so I’m setting … Continue reading
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Tagged baby driver, call me by your name, drive, guardians of the galaxy, hateful eight, hearts beat loud, if beale street could talk, phantom thread, popstar, shutter island, sing street, skyfall, social network, star is born, upstream color
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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
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Tagged beyonce, childish gambino, girl talk, janelle monae, lcd soundsystem, lonely island, ok go, radiohead, sturgill simpson, Tierra whack
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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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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
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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
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2010s in Review: The Worst Songs
Even as radio faded as a source of importance, it was still extremely difficult to avoid these terrible songs. Listen to a Spotify playlist of these songs here, if you dare. AJR feat. Rivers Cuomo – “Sober Up” Rock radio really … Continue reading
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Tagged ajr, american authors, andy grammer, bebe rexha, black eyed peas, britney spears, charlie puth, christina aguilera, daddy yankee, dr dre, ed sheeran, eminem, florida georgia line, justin bieber, kanye west, katy perry, lil wayne, luis fonsi, magic, maroon 5, meghan trainor, pinkfong, pitbull, rachel platten, rick ross, rivers cuomo, skylar grey, train, twenty one pilots, will i am
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