2013-05-01
#Hello, PDX
A little playlist for our arriving in the land of Ports.
On the Road // Angus and Julia Stone
All Land Crabs and Divinity Ghosts // The Cave Singers
Plateau Ramble // The Acorn
At the Chime of a City Clock // Nick Drake
Margin // Benoit Pioulard
Under Mountain, Under Ground // The Lighthouse and the Whaler
Let the Sirens Rest // Now It’s Overhead
Crystallized // Melody’s Echo Chamber
Machines // Mason Jennings
Three Blind Wolves // Three Blind Wolves
Intermission // Pacific Air
You Belong Here // Leagues
Good As New // Vacationer
Rose Parade // Elliott Smith
On the Bus Mall // The Decemberists
Milk & Sticks // Boy and Bear
Three-Part Invention (Too Many Trees) // The Phoenix Trolley
The City // The 1975
Black Chow // Big Spider’s Back
Paint // Sol
We Will Meet Again // Tyagaraja
Listen on Spotify
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2013-01-08
#Tuesday_10/010813
Lighthouse // The Roots
Be Above It // Tame Impala
Nightcall // Kavinsky
Hold My Breath // Holy Ghost!
Over Your Heart // Rob Crow
Thought Ballune // Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Itchin’ On A Photograph // Grouplove
They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) // Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth
Must Land Running // Stepdad
Night Light // Jessie Ware
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2012-12-29
#Best Songs of 2012
And finally, here’s my Best Songs of 2012 playlist. Scroll down for a playlist. Enjoy!
fun. // Some Nights (w/intro)
Shovels and Rope // O’ Be Joyful
Passion Pit // Take A Walk
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis // Same Love
Blonds // Amen
MS MR // Hurricane
Amanda Palmer and The Grand Theft Orchestra // The Killing Type
Of Monsters and Men // Little Talks
Colossal Gospel // Leaving
Ben Folds Five // Erase Me
Lord Huron // The Man Who Lives Forever
Vacationer // Everyone Knows
Calexico // Algiers
Alt-J // Tessellate
Menomena // Pique
Purity Ring // Fineshrine
Tennis // My Better Self
Mumford & Sons - Babel
Japandroids // Fire’s Highway
Miike Snow // Devil’s Work
Saint Motel // Benny Goodman
Dave Matthews Band // Gaucho
Melody’s Echo Chamber // Endless Shore
Sleigh Bells // Born To Lose
Derek Webb // I Feel Everything
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2012-12-28
#Best Albums of 2012
A flood of great music this year. I’ve also realized in building this list that I have started to do a lot more song-listening than album-listening. So there are albums on this list that won’t have any songs on the best list, and vice versa. Here’s the list (with Spotify links!)
Alt-J // An Awesome Wave
Andrew Bird // Break It Yourself and Hands of Glory
Benjamin Gibbard // Former Lives
Calexico // Algiers
Colossal Gospel // Circles
Dave Matthews Band// Away From The World
Derek Webb/SOLA-MI // Ctrl/NEXUS
Fiona Apple // *The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords **Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do*
fun. // Some Nights
Jack White // Blunderbuss
Japandroids // Celebration Rock
Lord Huron // Lonesome Dreams
M. Ward // A Wasteland Companion
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis // The Heist
Menomena // Moms
Miike Snow // Happy To You
Mumford & Sons // Babel
Nick Waterhouse // Time’s All Gone
Of Monsters and Men // My Head Is An Animal
Passion Pit // Gossamer
Purity Ring // Shrines
Saint Motel // Voyeur
Shovels and Rope // O’ Be Joyful
Sleigh Bells // Reign of Terror
The xx // Coexist
Best songs list coming tomorrow!
2012-12-27
#Most Listened of 2012
Time for the annual music posts again. Seems to be the only regular bloggy thing I can manage to keep up with.
Previously, I covered which albums from 2011 I am still listening to this year. Now, we’re going to look at what 2012 releases I’ve been listening to the most over the past year. Obviously, this will favor releases that came out earlier in the year, and it’s a bit skewed by AC’s listening habits.
The best list will come later. Making best lists is hard.
Without further ado:
Most Listened 2012 Albums in 2012
- Lord Huron - Lonesome Dreams
- The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter
- Benjamin Gibbard - Former Lives
- David Crowder Band - Give Us Rest or (A Requiem Mass in C [The Happiest of All Keys])
- The Lumineers - The Lumineers
- Mumford & Sons - Babel
- fun. - Some Nights
- Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself
- SOLA-MI - NEXUS
- Miike Snow - Happy To You
- Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
- Shovels and Rope - O’ Be Joyful
- Gotye - Making Mirrors
- Jack White - Blunderbuss
- Freelance Whales - Diluvia
- Bad Books - II
- Purity Ring - Shrines
- Of Monsters and Men - My Head Is an Animal
- The Killers - Battle Born
- Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
- Good Old War - Come Back As Rain
- Passion Pit - Gossamer
- Ed Sheeran - -+
- Kindness - World, You Need a Change of Mind
- M. Ward - A Wasteland Companion
Most Listened 2012 Songs of 2012 (one song per artist)
- Alt-J - “Bloodflood”
- Tennis - “My Better Self”
- Lord Huron - “I Will Be Back One Day”
- The Avett Brothers - “The Once And Future Carpenter”
- Japandroids - “The Nights of Wine and Roses”
- Purity Ring - “Fineshrine”
- Sleigh Bells - “D.O.A.”
- Kindess - “House”
- Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes - “Man on Fire”
- Miike Snow - “The Wave”
- fun. - “All Alright”
- Jack White - “Love Interruption”
- The Walkmen - “We Can’t Be Beat”
- Pure Bathing Culture - “Ivory Coast”
- Blonds - “Amen”
- Efterklang - “Hollow Mountain”
- MS MR - “Hurricane”
- Of Monsters and Men - “Mountain Sound”
- M. Ward - “I Get Ideas”
- Nick Waterhouse - “Is That Clear”
- Vacationer - “Everyone Knows”
- Passion Pit - “Take A Walk”
- Ben Gibbard - “Something’s Rattling (Cowpoke)”
- Wild Cub - “Wild Light”
- Saint Motel - “Benny Goodman”
2012-12-26
#Best of 2011
People always make these end-of-the-year best lists (me included), but how many go back and see how their picks from last year held up? The idea is that you go back and see what albums from the previous year you listened to the most this year. I got this idea from someone else, and I’m going to check myself with it. See how I did. Accountability and such.
Bold equals nailed it.
- M83 - Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming!
- Jay-Z & Kayne West - Watch the Throne
- The Belle Brigade - The Belle Brigade
- Middle Brother - Middle Brother
- Cults - Cults
- Bon Iver - Bon Iver
- Portugal. The Man. - In the Mountain in the Cloud
- Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind of Fix
- Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
- Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Here We Rest
- The Boxer Rebellion - The Cold Still
- Foster the People - Torches
- Mutemath - Odd Soul
- Caedmon’s Call - Raising Up the Dead
- Generationals - Actor-Caster
- The Decemberists - The King is Dead
- Death Cab for Cutie - Codes and Keys
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - It’s a Corporate World
- The Naked and Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You
- Beirut - The Rip Tide
- The Roots - undun
- Deer Tick - Divine Providence
- Raphael Saddiq - Stone Rollin’
- The Low Anthem - Smart Flesh
- Dawes - Nothing Is Wrong
So. 10/25. Good for baseball, terrible for knowing my own tastes.