Okay, here’s how it works: We each prepped a list of the 32 best songs of the year, and seeded them into a 64-track Tournament Bracket. We wrote a short descriptor of each track (we are limiting ourselves to 140 characters, in honor of the Tweet’s natural brevity) and will attach a copy of each track to the [Read Full Post...]
Amanda and I have each prepped our lists of the 32 best songs of the year, as defined by our impeccable tastes. Instead of blathering on and on and forcing you to come back each day to see the subsequent portions of the list, we are taking the best annual contest currently in existence (NCAA [Read Full Post...]
I’ve been hyping Jonsi since my very first blog post (Grand Opening). The frontman of critically acclaimed Icelandic prog maestros Sigur Ros, I was already convinced he would exhibit remarkable attention to detail throughout anything he saw fit to compose and release. As each of three advance tracks leaked, I became more and more intrigued [Read Full Post...]
Often referred to as “the worst-received idea since Kool-Aid’s 1989 discontinuation of ‘The Grapist,’ a huge purple monster who sodomizes thirsty children,” it’s New Music Monday! (ripped off from The Onion, which apparently is fair game?). The Brooklyn phenoms just dropped their second album, Fang Island, and they did not forget to bring the fun. The joyous [Read Full Post...]
It’s beginning to look a lot like… New Music Monday! The freshest of the fresh, read all about it and download whatever catches your fancy. Jonsi (frontman Jonsi Birgisson of Sigur Ros) is awesome. I was sold on the first two pre-release singles from his upcoming solo album, Go Do (get them here and here). “Tornado” takes [Read Full Post...]
Here are some marginally fresh words, barely-recycled beats and tupperware-worthy tunes. Make of them what you will (but if it’s a paella, or even a jambalaya, share, because that sounds really good). Everything Everything – My Keys, Your Boyfriend It’s tough to even pick a genre with which to peg these guys. A Manchester crew [Read Full Post...]
This is designed as a resource primarily for my Seattle-area readers. However, for those of you in other cities but still interested in seeing these bands, I am including a link to the full tour itinerary and dates for each band as well. Each show included is hand-selected and is ranked from * to ***** [Read Full Post...]
I am proud to officially kick off my music blog. 2009 has been a wonderful year in music and I will be working on my first year-end “Best Of” list over the next several days. I will attempt to keep this blog consistently updated with my thoughts on new (and old) music and links to [Read Full Post...]
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