Brandon Soderberg’s recent SPIN.com article, “Stop Saying Nice Things About Macklemore’s ‘Thrift Shop,’” is a catching read. He describes the (currently) #1 track as, “…a rap from a white guy celebrating common sense and sustainability — spending money at the local Goodwill or Salvation Army instead of at the mall or some streetwear boutique —(…)
For me, year-end lists have always been about discovery. Phoenix, Interpol, Wilco, Dirty Projectors— just a few band I didn’t first listen to until I saw their respective albums hailed on December publication lists. Yes, that means I’m often late to the game, but I’m okay with it, better late than never, right? As 2012(…)
Some of us get lost in movies, others in book, I have always got lost in music. 2012 was surprisingly great year for music. The attention whores stayed a bay, and kind of let a lot of new artist hatch and make 2012 their year. Music is a powerful thing, it can make you feel(…)
This was the most difficult list I have ever created. There were a lot of good releases, both from new and more well-known artists. In the end, I decided to go the personal route, and choose the albums that were closest to me this year. All of these made 2012 for me and without them,(…)
Honorable Mentions: Thousand Foot Krutch – The End is Where We Begin; Paper Tongues – Crowdsurfing EP; Matt and Toby – Matt and Toby; Public – Red EP; David Crowder Band – Give Us Rest; Derek Webb – Ctrl; The Lumineers – The Lumineers; mewithoutYou – Ten Stories; The Overseer – We Search, We Dig; Mount Eerie – Clear Moon 10. Civil Twilight –(…)
2011 was a wonderful year for avid music devotees, and with countless respectable albums put out this year, it was difficult to make any sort of a top list. I finally narrowed it down to the five that I listened to the most. 1. M83’s Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming An M83 fan for many years, I(…)
2011 was a great year for music. So many discoveries and so many great albums. Here are my top 11 favorite albums of the year. 11. Foals - Total Life Forever An album that is exquisitely complete. Songs from this album keep finding their way onto my weekly mixes. ”After Glow” and “Blue Blood” are my favorite(…)
2011 was an entirely satisfying year with no downtime of poor quality. Month after month tended to have something surprising pop up, and it continues to this very day evidenced by a couple albums that snuck their way in last minute. The list, like many of the others here, isn’t the end all be all(…)