Everyone and their brother does a top 10/100/50 at the end of the year. This year I thought I join in. Offered for your inspection–48 of my favorite albums and cultural moments.
Presented in no particular order:
1. MGMT
2. Santogold
3. Mates of State
4. Kanye
5. The Verve
6. Oasis
7. The Raconteurs
8. Coldplay
9. Conor Oberst
10. The New Odds – Cheerleader
11. Okkervil River
12. Kings of Leon
13. Mother Mother – Oh My Heart
14. Beck – Modern Guilt
15. Socratic – Spread the Rumors
16. Guns N’ Roses – Chinese[...]
For a Swedish band whose music is about “Difficult, dull, unhealthy, passionate, mean relationships“, you could surely never tell from their music. doublePark’s lighthearted, happy sounds belie the angst beneath–in fact, you could easily be listening to American AM radio circa 1972. Word in the blogosphere is they are all the rage overseas (thanks Instrumental Analysis). I predict an invasion.
Check out “I Don’t Want to Party” (from 2006!). This is what I’m going to be singing next week when all[...]
a house big enough to have dinner for 12 people
the money to feed those 12 people
my family, even though they push my buttons worse than anyone
my sweet, furry animals that love me when I don’t love myself
sunshine and clear roads after a few ill-timed snowstorms
and
FREE MUSIC!
Matt Pond PA is a band I came upon a few years back. I thought they were just ‘meh’, so I listened once and went on my merry way, thinking I would never hear[...]
I was A Master!I scored 86/100 on theClassic Guitar Solo Quiz
Can you identify classic rock songs by listening to their guitar solos?
Quiz by Ibanez Guitar Blog
My neighbors to the north are at it again. This time the music gods are messin’ around in Montreal with a couple of artists who call themself Beast. Made up of Jean-Phi Goncalves, a drummer and producer and the leader of the band Plaster, and incredible vocalist Beatrice “Betty” Bonifassi.
These two throw down some dirty beats that make for some head-bobbing, toe-tapping tunes that sound like they came straight out of a James Bond soundtrack. Microcyte sounds like the rapping[...]
