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Dirty Beaches
‘True Blue’
‘Lord Knows Best’
‘A Hundred Highways’
‘Speedway KIng’
Makeout Videotape
‘Only You’
Sonic Boom on national television! I always thought Fallon was a terrible comedian, but seemed like a nice guy. Add to that presumption the fact that he obviously has some good taste in music.
This isn’t quite Rev and MIA on Letterman, but for some reason this makes me very pleased.
Now ‘Double Take’ either A.R.E. Weapons Self titled debut or follow-up ‘Free in the Streets’ and give either their proper due. Or can we yet face music with a sense of humour in 2011?
Boggles my mind how overlooked this band is.
It’s a good record. And it’ll have it’s chance to become as overrated as the Boxer as the lists keep coming. Somebody will rank it number 1.
Yeah, really odd seeing these ‘won’t be here in year’ bands hitting near the top while Gorillaz, the Walkmen, A.R.E. Weapons, and the Black Keys are excluded.
How is A.R.E. Weapons/TV Baby always so terribly overlooked? I don’t understand it. ‘Darker Blue’ by A.R.E. Weapons is better than at least the majority of that list.
No sense complaining I suppose. The Weapons are the perennial overlooked band. I encourage anyone reading this to check out A.R.E. Weapons ‘Darker Blue’. It’s their best album to date. (And check out their side project TV Baby and their 12″ with Alan Vega ‘See Tha Light’.)
I also highly recommend Sean Nicholas Savage’s ‘Spread Free Like a Butterfly’ from late 09 and ‘Mutual Feelings of Respect and Admiration’ released this past month. He’s from Montreal and he’s bound to be discussed for the year ends in the coming years. Brooklyn/Forkville just isn’t aware yet.
I’m sure this will keep me scratching my head throughout the similar listings of the season, but I don’t get the National record ranking so high, and the Walkmen’s Lisbon absent. I like the National, but they don’t hold a candle to the Walkmen.
And the Dirty Beaches True Blue 7″
I think Ariel Pink is my number 1.
Deakin needs to catch up on his sleep.
Where is the Walkmen? Are my eyes decieving me? Lisbon is better than pretty much everything on this list.
Why would anybody feel the need to stand-up for the new B&S placeholder record. I love that band, but it feels like tthis is the time for the post-Feeling Sinister down period all over again.
That said ‘Write About Love’ is a snazzy single.
Really, the Wolf Parade? I thought maybe we’d moved passed that crib-notes-post-Arcade Fire-Funeral Indie Rock soundalike nonsense.
Not a bad list.
I guess the UK hasn’t gotten wind of Sean Nicholas Savage yet. Mutual Feelings of Respect and Admiration was probably released too late for inclusion. I’d like to see ‘Spread Free Like a Butterfly’ find its way on to this years lists – considering it was probably too late for last year.
Whatever, who cares if it makes lists. If your reading this check out Sean Nicholas Savage’s myspace and tell me he isn’t the best singer-songwriter going today.
Well played.
Thanksgiving weekend here north of the border and I’m thankful for Blue, Pinkerton, and (sorta) Green. I’m also thankful for thiz break-up campaign – it’s hilarious and… necessary.
I can believe Weezer is as terrible as they are. They’re businessmen or Rivers is a business man who knows how to make money – he isn’t concerned with creating ‘great music’. What I have a hard time believing is that Stereogum Session from a couple years ago. How is the same man shouting ‘everybody get dangerous’ doing a killer studio session with a tremendous accapella(sp?) version of ‘Don’t Worry Baby’ and that (surprising if you’ve heard Raditude) incredible version of ‘Can’t Stop Partying’? If you haven’t seen it or heard it – Doobie Do!
Probably not worth commenting on, but how does ‘Pitchfork-Endorsed’ even matter at this point? Three to five to seven classic modern records in it’s not as if PB/AC are the new flavour of the month. Giving a pass to more experimental (or perhaps immediately weaker) material has everything to do with fan trust.
C’mon kids, the Kanye West you all write about knowing enough to be judge and jury on the man is called a ‘Persona’. Ego-maniac is pretty much par for the hip hop course, no?
South Park was a year late, and a year later yr all that much later.
’808s and Heartbreaks’ was a great album. Maybe his best. Yes, it required more than one listening. These listeners who sampled it and passed it off missed one of the best albums of 08.
The Oscars, Grammys, f$^ing MTV awards are bullshit and need to be treated as such. Without Kanye these shitty TV shows aren’t even worth noting.
Terrific video. More than makes up for the mediocrity of the standalone audio. Spike Jonze!?! No surprise there either.
The Rich White Man trashing about seems inline with the blind followers of Videogum’s ‘Worst Movies’ Margot at the Wedding rant. Note: the same dude claims ‘Rachel Getting Married’ is a good movie.
Boys Keep Swingin’
Bow-ee!
No apologies thanks. ‘Swords’ is just fine.
Mozzer fans, if you haven’t already check this:
‘Swords’ was not a greatest hits collection, but rather a B-Sides collection. There is kind of a significant difference, no? Also, the ‘meek disaster’ comment was a reference to the label dropping the ball on the album being a budget priced CD.
‘Swords’ isn’t for everyone and not by any means his best, but if you’re a Mozzer fan you need it.
Man, I don’t get it? This sounded good to me. Who is watching this expecting some level of perfection? Are you ppl Idol fans? SNL is such an incredibly lame 90 minutes of television that I really cannot understand how this would be seen as anything less than a highlight on an otherwise terrible show. Are the same ppl pooping on Ms. Del Rey the same ppl that have made Sandberg a popular ‘comedian’? Cause that would make a little more sense to me.
Has SNL become a place to see great performances lately?