December 18, 2009
2009 featured a good mix of offerings from nearly every genre imaginable. But I was most impressed by the work done by harder rock and metal bands over a lot of the standard auto-tuned hip-hop and over-shined pop. Some of the indie lovefest for certain bands (*cough*Animal Collective*cough*) seemed to be based on the strength [...]
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July 27, 2009
You have to love Jack White’s attitude on forcing creativity in the face of laziness.
July 10, 2009
Future of the Left, Travels With Myself And Another
There was a huge void in angry noise punk when Mclusky disbanded a few years back. But singer/guitarist Andy Falkous’ darkly humorous tales have found a new home. All you need to know: There’s a song called “You Need Satan More Than He Needs You.”
J Dilla, Jay [...]
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December 18, 2008
Another year, another list of the tunes I obsessed over. Some of these are likely to be popular picks all over the internet, but I also want to mention a bunch of albums that haven’t gotten the props they deserve. My favorite albums of 2008:
30. Cool Kids, The Bake Sale
Sparse electronic samples drip and drop [...]
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November 17, 2008
I wanted to wait until after the election to see if the outcome of November 4th would negatively affect my adoration for the latest experiment by TV On The Radio. I can dutifully report that America’s recent Hope Infusion does nothing to diminish the power and immediacy of the Brooklyn sound scientists’ newest jittery and [...]
