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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Another End of the Year List

I've already given you guys the Blender and Paste lists for the best music of 2008, and today we are able to see Q's. It's a little better than Blender's, but maybe not too much (Where the Hell is #45?!)

Take a look...

50 Dido - Safe Trip Home
49 Emmylou Harris - All I Intended To Be
48 Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
47 Randy Newman - Harps And Angels
46 The Verve - Forth
45 MISSING
44 Black Kids - Partie Traumatic
43 Joan As Police Woman - To Survive
42 Liam Finn - I'll Be Lightning
41 Lindsey Buckingham - Gift Of Screws
40 My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
39 Santogold - Santogold
38 John Mellencamp - Life Death Love & Freedom
37 Lykke Li - Youth Novels
36 R.E.M. - Accelerate
35 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
34 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
33 Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair
32 Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul
31 Black Mountain - In The Future
30 Portishead - Third
29 AC/DC - Black Ice
28 Paul Weller - Dreams
27 Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark
26 Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
25 Metallica - Death Magnetic
24 The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
23 Beck - Modern Guilt
22 The Killers - Day & Age
21 Razorlight - Slipway Fires
20 The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
19 Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
18 British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
17 Adele - 19
16 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
15 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
14 Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads
13 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
12 Keane - Perfect Symmetry
11 Sigur Rós - Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust
10 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
09 The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely
08 Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
07 TV On The Radio - Dear Science
06 Duffy - Rockferry
05 Glasvegas - Glasvegas
04 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
03 Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
02 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
01 Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night

New Video; The Hold Steady - Stay Positive

The Hold Steady debuted their most recent video, the Jake Davis directed "Stay Positive" from their album of the same name (available now from Vagrant).

I still haven't gotten the courage to buy the album, even though I've heard most of it and it's still pretty damn good, but maybe seeing the Brooklyn guys painted on NYC skyscrapers will change my mind.

Here's to hoping so.

STAY POSITIVE - The Hold Steady

Bobby Solomon's Swedish Fish

I'm usually pleasantly surprised by Bobby Solomon's mixtapes that he posts on his website, Kitsune Noir. He's got a good amount of them to download, but his most recent is one of my favorites.

It's called Swedish Fish, apparently inspired by "Swedish Singers" even though a few of them are not. Doesn't matter, Bobby explains the tape.

"Since this weekend is Thanksgiving here in the States I thought it would be nice for you all to have something to listen to on your car rides, plane trips, or train adventures!"

Before I Let You Go... Women - Black Rice

I want to get some work in before I go off to my Thanksgiving/Lord of the Rings (Yes) Weekend, so I'll round off the little bit of crap the world has given out.

Badical Beats, a site I haven't posted from in a good amount of time, has released a new MP3 (haven't done that in a while) from Women (Myspace), entitled "Black Rice." Beans (?) the writer, called it "Post punk lo-fi psych rock," which by any recollection could be the greatest music genre of all-time.

The guys - it turns out - from Women sound alike to works of Deerhunter and Animal Collective, so anyone who frequently ventures into noisy art-pop, you should jump on this opportunity.

Monday, November 24, 2008

End of the Year Lists

It's almost that time of the year when all the major music magazines collapse on themselves and release their "Best Of" lists, inciting rage with most of their readers. So far we've been able to take a look at Paste Magazine's Modest Top 50 List, and Blender's chap of crap Top 33.

Have your say:

Paste's Top 50 of 2008

50 TV On The Radio - Dear Science (Interscope)
49 Sandra McCracken - Red Balloon (Towhee)
48 REM - Accelerate (Warner Bros.)
47 Laura Marling - Alas, I Cannot Swim (Astralwerks)
46 Lykke Li - Youth Novels (LL)
45 M83 - Saturdays = Youth (Mute)
44 Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers (Zoë)
43 Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer (Roadrunner)
42 Thao Nguyen and the Get Down Stay Down - We Brave Bee Stings & All (KRS)
41 The Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Grave (Gravitation)
40 Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords (Sub Pop)
39 The Dodos - Visiter (Frenchkiss)
38 Jamie Lidell - Jim (Warp)
37 Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit - A Larum (Lost Highway)
36 The Bridges - Limits of the Sky (Verve)
35 Colour Revolt - Plunder, Beg and Curse (Fat Possum)
34 Torche - Meanderthal (Hydra Head)
33 Santogold - Santogold (Downtown)
32 Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (Drag City)
31 The Walkmen - You & Me (Gigantic)
30 I'm From Barcelona - Who Killed Harry Houdini? (Mute)
29 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (Cash Money/Universal)
28 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (Columbia)
27 Liam Finn - I'll Be Lightning (Yep Roc)
26 Lee Ann Womack - Call Me Crazy (MCA Nashville)
25 Mugison - Mugiboogie (Ipecac)
24 Santogold & Diplo - Top Ranking
 (Mad Decent)
23 Mates of State - Re-Arrange Us (Barsuk)
22 No Age - Nouns (Sub Pop)
21 The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust (Vice)
20 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark (Astralwerks)
19 Gentleman Jesse and His Men - Introducing Gentleman Jesse and His Men (Douchemaster)18 Death Cab
 for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
 (Atlantic)
17 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Lie Down In The Light (Drag City)
16 My Morning Jacket
 - Evil Urges (ATO)
15 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! (Mute)
14 Langhorne Slim - Langhorne Slim (Kemado)
13 Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart (Waterfall/RCA)
12 of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (Polyvinyl)
11 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive (Vagrant)
10 Deerhunter - Microcastle (Kranky)
09 Lucinda Williams - Little Honey (Lost Highway)
08 Sun Kil Moon - April (Caldo Verde)
07 Girl Talk - Feed the Animals (Illegal Art)
06 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)
05 Okkervil River - The Stand Ins (Jagjaguwar)
04 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
03 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (XL)
02 Sigur Rós - Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust (XL)
01 She & Him - Volume One (Merge)

Blender Magazine's Top 33 of 2008

33 Hayes Carll - Trouble In Mind
32 Taylor Swift - Fearless
31 Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
30 Young Jeezy - The Recession
29 Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
28 Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
27 Mariah Carey - E=MC²
26 Usher - Here I Stand
25 Santogold - Santogold
24 The Roots - Rising Down
23 The Cool Kids - The Bake Sale
22 Coldplay - Viva La Vida
21 Erykah Badu - New Amerykah: Pt. One (4th World War)
20 Wale - The Mixtape About Nothing
19 Katy Perry - One Of The Boys
18 Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual
17 Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
16 Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward
15 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
14 Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
13 Al Green - Lay It Down
12 My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
11 Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
10 Fall Out Boy - Folie A Deux
09 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
08 Randy Newman - Harps and Angels
07 of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
06 Robyn - Robyn
05 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
04 Metallica - Death Magnetic
03 TV On The Radio - Dear Science
02 Girl Talk - Feed The Animals
01 Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter II

Back... Vampire Weekend on Conan

Here's a video of Vampire Weekend's performance on Late Night on Conan O'Brien last week of their single, "The Kids Don't Stand a Chance," complete with string orchestra and scarves.