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This is not a dig at Kate Bush (whose music I love), but maybe Lana should take a cue from Kate and just bypass the live performances, make haunting pop singles with provocative videos and call it a day.
Second this. Callahan’s music isn’t showy, but the songwriting is stellar and he has a knack for arrangement; there’s real beauty in the sparseness of those tracks and the rumble of his voice.
Kate Bush is one of my favorites, but she has long been guilty of ugly, on-the-nose cover art. With a gorgeous album like this didn’t come in such a laughable package.
I listed Destroyer – Kaputt for best album, song, and video.
When indie bands and solo artists start making serious ass-shaking pop/dance music, then we will no longer need Beyonce. As much as I love the more pop-dance acts in the indie scene (Lykke Li is the first that springs to my mind), none of them come close to making bombastic, all-inclusive dance music. That’s why we pay attention to our Beyonces, Rihannas, and The-Dreams, because they’re filling out a musical niche that indie artists are either unwilling or have yet to try to fill.
Wonder when indie artists are going to get off the disco fixation and do more interesting riffs on R&B than just adding tons of reverb like How to Dress Well. (BTW, I’m actually fine with How to Dress Well, but I’m not going to start a party with any of their tracks)
To each his own, I suppose.
Good list, first off.
But I’ve been wondering why Childish Gambino hasn’t been covered in a lot of places. He’s blown up quite a bit in the past year from his album Culdesac and EP, and he just signed with Glassnote Records (Phoenix, Mumford & Sons) to release his follow-up LP Camp later this year. His live show is stunning, with Donald Glover backed up by an outfit that hews far closer to an indie rock band than a DJ.
With many major blogs covering alt hip-hop, I’m just surprised I haven’t seen his name thrown around more often.
Blueprint is so good. Having only discovered it this past year, it’s still very fresh in my mind. When I think about my top albums of 2011, I have to keep reminding myself that it’s 10 years old.
Cover art aside (I don’t think Kate’s ever had a good cover), I’m really hoping this one is good. Couldn’t get around the production on Director’s Cut, her voice sounded so separate and distant from the rest of the instrumentation.
Damn.
I think this song is gorgeous. It’s too early for me to pass judgement on her, but this song is beautiful just on its own merits.
Excited to listen to this, ‘House of Balloons – Glass Table Girls’ was such a standout from the last mixtape, if Thursday comes even close to that I’ll be happy.
Maybe ‘This Week’s Most Thoughtful Comments’? And instead of upvotes, it could just be 3 to 5 Editor’s Choices. That way, if someone has an unpopular but thought-out viewpoint it has the chance of being highlighted. For example, someone could make a eloquent argument against Bjork’s trajectory with the Biophilia tracks, but they would get downvoted so quickly by steadfast Bjork fans that it’d never see the light of day.
(For the record, I really like the Biophilia tracks)
My friends and I were completely dumbfounded over the hate this album received. We really loved it, maybe not as the complete album experience, but at least on a song-by-song basis. Maya seemed like something she needed to get out of her system, taking advantage of the success of Kala and Paper Planes to do something even more risque and experimental. Can’t wait to see what she does next.
When do we get the Top 10 “Top Albums of 2010 Lists”?
I was really hoping that Bing would suggest “Iron OR Wine”.
(Also, the song is great!)
I am loving this.
Oh man, this is a fun song. It’s definitely one of the more straight-forward songs I’ve heard by them in a while, I find that a good thing.
Thank you for your thoughtful analysis.
I think she’s a contra.
Can’t wait for this album!
I love it when the live vocal matches the quality of the recording. Such a talented performer!
Can’t help noticing the banjo sitting idly in the background next to the guitarist. I assume she probably performed a song or two following the show, hope those surface.
Fun video, fantastic song. Did I spy Nico Muhly dancing around there, too?
I’ve never purchased any of Whitney’s singles or albums, but her sheer ubiquity in the ’90s was impossible to escape. Fortunately, she had some superb songs and talent to justify that ubiquity. She was a major part of the cultural fabric when I was growing up, and she’ll be missed.