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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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The List: Top 10 “Weird Al” Songs
It’s a good time to be Weird. Al Yankovic, now into his third decade of crafting perfect pop parodies, has just scored his first No. 1 album with Mandatory Fun. He’s also celebrating the 25th anniversary of his cult classic … Continue reading
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Tagged weird al, weird al yankovic
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2013 in Review: The Worst Songs + Special Awards
I didn’t listen to nearly enough pop radio to come up with a full playlist of audio atrocities, so I’ll just discuss the two tracks that hurt my ears the most. The Worst Song AVICCI — “Wake Me Up” Is this … Continue reading
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Tagged avicii, haim, justin timberlake, lana del ray, national, pharrell, robin thicke, sleigh bells, t.i., ylvis
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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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2012 in Review: Special Awards – Music
BEST UNOFFICIAL REMIX Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe” (slowed down 1000%) This should replace all white noise machines. BEST PARODY Harrison Mooney – “Call the Union” This Vancouver sportswriter really wants the lockout to end. I do too, … Continue reading
2012 in Review: The Worst Songs
Check out my Spotify playlist on the Facebook page. Not included on the list (only because it’s not on Spotify) is the following: Rihanna feat. Chris Brown — “Birthday Cake (Remix)”
2012 in Review: The Best Songs
Check out my Spotify playlist on the Facebook page. Not included on the list (only because they’re not on Spotify) are the following: Jessie Ware — “Running” Randy Newman — “I’m Dreaming” Adele — “Skyfall”