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2023 Emmy Picks: Limited/Anthology Series and Movies
LIMITED/ANTHOLOGY SERIESBeef (Netflix)Black Bird (AppleTV+)Dahmer (Netflix)Daisy Jones & the Six (Prime Video)Love & Death (Max) Potential surprises:Documentary Now! (IFC)Fleishman Is in Trouble (Hulu)George & Tammy (Showtime)A Small Light (National Geographic) In my dreams: The English (Prime Video) TV MOVIEBoston Strangler … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, apple, beef, black bird, boston strangler, dahmer, daisy jones and the six, dead ringers, dolly parton, fire island, five days at memorial, fleishman is in trouble, george and tammy, great expectations, hulu, love and death, max, netflix, patient, prime, reality, shotgun wedding, showtime, small light, tiny beautiful things, weird al yankovic, welcome to chippendales
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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
Posted in Best Of, Music
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 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
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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
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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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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
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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
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2014 in Review: The Best Albums
Spotify is both the best and worst invention in music in the last five years. There’s more music than ever before to listen to, right at your fingertips (hence my expanded honorable mentions section). But the art of discovery is … Continue reading
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Tagged ariel pink, beach slang, beck, cloud nothings, d'angelo, delta spirit, fka twigs, future islands, guardians of the galaxy, hans zimmer, hold steady, how to dress well, hozier, interstellar, james vincent mcmorrow, jenny lewis, jessie ware, lecrae, modern baseball, protomartyr, purple snow, robyn, rokysopp, sarah jaffe, sharon jones, sharon van eaten, spoon, st vincent, strand of oaks, sturgill simpson, tinariwen, todd terje, tony molina, u2, vance joy, war on drugs, weird al yankovic
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Mixtape Memories – Volume 5
After more than two years of searching, I finally found a box of mixtapes in my parents’ garage. These are mixtapes my dad made me as a kid, and they were my gateway into music. So I’ve been listening to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 unlimited, bananarama, bayside boys, beach boys, clovers, dave matthews band, deee-lite, eddie floyd, elastica, haddaway, jimmy soul, kenny loggins, los del rio, macarena, matrix, michael jackson, muffs, pet shop boys, revenge, sam and dave, sigue sigue sputnik, thin lizzy, tornadoes, u2, us3, village people, weird al yankovic
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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