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The Anniversary Albums Project: Best of 2020
New music has lost a lot of hold on me over the last few years. And two years ago I decided that instead of trying to keep up with it all, I’d look back at music history and listen to … Continue reading
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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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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 Songs, Part 2
This is Part 2 of a four-part series. Read Part 1 here. Listen to a Spotify playlist of these songs here. Father John Misty – “Bored in the U.S.A.” From the album I Love You, Honeybear Sure, Father John Misty is … Continue reading
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Tagged carly rae jepsen, dream, father john misty, fleet foxes, florence and the machine, frank ocean, fun, future islands, gallant, gorillaz, haim, hozier, japandroids, jason isbell, jay-z, justice, kanye west, kelis, kendrick lamar, kings of leon, lady gaga, lcd soundsystem, lecrae, lizzo, local natives, lorde, propaganda, sarah jaffe, sky ferreira
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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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Tagged aesop rock, anderson paak, anhoni, ashanti, baaba maal, band of horses, batman v superman, beck, bruno mars, car seat headrest, carly rae jepson, chance the rapper, childish gambino, conor oberst, corinne bailey rae, crowder, david bowie, de la soul, emma stone, father john misty, frank ocean, gallant, game of thrones, hamilton, hans zimmer, hbo, islands, ja rule, james vincent mcmorrow, japandroids, jimmy eat world, junkie xl, kanye west, knocks, kyle dixon, la la land, lake street dive, lizzo, local natives, lonely island, lucre, m83, mai lan, merchandise, michael kiwanuka, michael stein, mike adams, modern baseball, mumford and sons, netflix, pink, popstar, propaganda, radiohead, ramin djawani, ray lamontagne, regina spektor, rihanna, ryan gosling, saint motel, schoolboy q, sing street, snoop dogg, solange, stranger things, struts, swet shop boys, tim heidecker, two door cinema club
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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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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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