I have a complicated relationship with two bands: Queen and The Knack. I’ve always been able to “respect” Queen, which means that when I say “I sort of hate Queen” and people react with shock, I politely say “maybe they’re just not my thing” and leave it at that. I’ve always been [...]
Remember 2009? Well get ready, because you’re about to. The long goodbye to a regular-sized year ends with this short list. Here are my top 15 albums of 2009:
Honorable-ish mentions here and here.
15) Peter Bjorn and John – Living Thing
14) Asobi Seksu – Hush
13) I Was a King – I Was a [...]
(This is a response to Michael’s post “A Vampire Weekend In An Ikea Coffin”)
All across the nation, possibly dozens of friendships are undergoing the ultimate stress test; A band that some people like and other people don’t like has released an album, and now we all need to fight about it.
Michael and I are [...]
2006 is so close, it’s on the brink of being a year we are allowed to look back to with nostalgia. I’m getting a bit of a head start, I think, because lately I have been listening to Junior Boys’ So This Is Goodbye and thinking “they just don’t make music like this these [...]
This was my tune two weeks ago, but I seriously can’t stop listening to it. I must have played this song close to 100 times in the past few weeks:
Certain people can do this, certain people can listen to the same song over and over for weeks at a time. I’m one of [...]
They say that hindsight is 20/20, so good news! Everything you are about to read is cold, indisputable fact. Here are more albums that happened in 2009, but were not the best.
I Don’t Get It:
Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
I tried, I tried so hard. I want to like Middle Cyclone, you guys, [...]
