I know, Jon. I read that. Still not convinced. But maybe I'm just bitter.
Wash ,'War Stories'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
I'm not sure whether this goes here or in the comics/toon thread, but Blur's drummer's cartoon is going to air in the US.
Kanye West tops the Pazz & Jop Critics poll.
The Dean's List Christgau has Go-Betweens and Monk/Coltrane in the top ten.
Either they're slipping or I'm getting more hip. I actually recognize some of those artists.
Here's my Top 20 for 2005:
1. Animal Collective – Feels
2. Deerhoof – The Runners Four
3. Konono No. 1 – Congotronics
4. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
5. Andrew Bird – The Mysterious Production of Eggs
6. Broken Social Scene – s/t
7. Six Organs of Admittance – School of the Flower
8. Spoon – Gimme Fiction
9. The New Pornographers – Twin Cinema
10. The Decemberists – Picaresque
11. Devendra Banhart – Cripple Crow
12. Antony & The Johnsons – I Am a Bird Now
13. The Fiery Furnaces – EP
14. The Mountain Goats – The Sunset Tree
15. The Go-Betweens – Oceans Apart
16. The Hold Steady – Separation Sunday
17. Calexico/Iron & Wine – In the Reins
18. Eric Matthews – Six Kinds of Passion Looking For An Exit
19. Danger Doom – The Mouse and the Mask
20. Lyrics Born – Same !@#$ Different Day
Also-rans: Architecture In Helsinki – In Case We Die, Okkervil River – Black Sheep Boy, Clem Snide – The End of Love, Vashti Bunyan – Lookaftering
I feel like I just about new musiced myself out in 05.
I and a friend have decided on Feb. 8 for our Devin Davis at the Hideout night if any Chicago folk are still thinking about it.
You can hear a bunch of Davis mp3s right here.
You can hear a bunch of Davis mp3s right here.Oh, I didn't realize he'd posted some of the WMBR stuff. Cool!
33 and 1/3 list finally makes pitchfork news: [link]
Oh, I didn't realize he'd posted some of the WMBR stuff. Cool!
Neither did I. That is cool.
I came in to mark Corwood's best of 05 list since Air We Breathe is still one of my most listened to albums and has resulted in the most new to me music purchases in the past 2 years.
anyhoo - I will also report that my new month on emusic just started and tonight I downloaded:
The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
Iron & Wine/Calexico - In The Reins
Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell - Begonias