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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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2010s in Review: The Best Songs, Part 1
Even more than the 2000s, this decade became focused on individual tracks and mixes. Albums faded almost entirely, even though my list of the best albums is quite long. But I once again found room for 100 tracks that stuck … Continue reading
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Tagged 1975, adele, alabama shakes, ame, animal collective, anohni, arcade fire, arctic monkeys, band of horses, beach house, beyonce, black keys, bright eyes, chance the rapper, childish gambino, chvrches, coldplay, cut copy, daft punk, david bowie, decemberists, disclosure, dj Koze, dj shadow, drake, duke dumont, mac demarco, pharrell, ramin djawani, run the jewels, sam smith
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2018 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 1975, Amy Shark, anderson paak, Andy mineo, antarctigo Vespucci, bradley cooper, bruno mars, Cardi B, chance the rapper, childish gambino, Christine and the queens, chromeo, chvrches, coup, disclosure, dj Koze, drake, dream, duke dumont, Ebenezer, Ella mai, empress of, fall out boy, father john misty, gallant, greta van fleet, haim, Haru nemuri, James Bay, janelle monae, kacey musgraves, kanye west, keegan dewitt, kendrick lamar, kiersey Clemons, kimbra, knocks, lady gaga, lakeith stanfield, lecrae, leon bridges, let's eat grandma, little dragon, lucy dacus, Manchester orchestra, Mitski, partynextdoor, robyn, snail mail, sons of kemet, st vincent, struts, sza, Thom Yorke, titus andronicus, troye Sivan, twin shadow, weeknd, weird al yankovic, yuno
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2016 in Review: The Best Songs
As I mentioned in the intro to my list of the best albums of the year, I listened to an obscene amount of music this year, which made deciding on my 10 favorite LPs was a herculean task. One upside … Continue reading
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