The Village Voice has released their annual Pazz and Jop poll results. The results are the product of a survey of a couple hundred critics. Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion was the #1 Album and Jay-Z’s Empire State of Mind the #1 single. Top Albums 2009 (via Village Voice) Top Singles 2009 (via Village...
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Metacritic compiles reviews and ratings from a variety of music websites and gives them a metascore. This seems like a cool idea, but it is flawed in a variety of ways. Unlike IMDB, they don’t take ‘normal’ people’s opinion into consideration…only critics. They also pick and choose what they want to include. It’s mostly...
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Every so often I will be posting under the ‘Derailed’ heading. This is for posts that are outside my normal comfort area…indie rock/pop. I was a huge metalhead from the mid-80s until the early 90s. My interest in metal started when I first heard Aces High from Iron Maiden‘s Powerslave album and it became...
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Every so often I will be posting under the ‘Derailed’ heading. This is for posts that are outside my normal comfort area…indie rock/pop. As most of you know, I have no love for electronic music. Sure, I like electronic elements to my music, hence The xx, Animal Collective, jj, Miike Snow, Soulsavers and even...
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Every so often I will be posting under the ‘Derailed’ heading. This is for posts that are outside my normal comfort area…indie rock/pop. Country music has changed quite a bit over the past decade or two. It’s become pop music. It’s become big and flashy and in your face. It’s gone from the downtrodden...
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____________________________________________________________________ #20. Fever Ray – Fever Ray (electronic) “if i had a heart i could love you if i had a voice i would sing” Have you heard of the Swedish electro-duo The Knife? That’s what this is, just under a different name. Well, that’s not exactly true. This is the solo project of...
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Flying to Phoenix and seeing Leonard Cohen live with my dad. The man is 75 years old and performed an amazing 3 hour show…and skipped back onstage for an encore. Having my faith in metal restored while watching Kylesa and Mastodon in Boulder. Finally getting Kevin to go to a show…and watching Gaslight Anthem...
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