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• 18 Dec

  

  Posted by
  mizidy

  
  

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  • Music

  Top Albums of The Decade

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  Here is my top 25 albums of the 00's, I am planning on writing more about the selections soon, but I figured I would get the list out there so people can react if you like. Here goes:

  1. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco (2002)
  2. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips (2002)
  3. Funeral - Arcade Fire (2004)
  4. Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030 (2000)
  5. Kid A - Radiohead (2000)
  6. Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie (2003)
  7. Watina - Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective (2007)
  8. Person Pitch - Panda Bear (2007)
  9. Give Up - The Postal Service (2003)
  10. Illinoise - Sufjan Stevens (2005)
  11. Chutes Too Narrow - The Shins (2003)
  12. Discovery - Daft Punk (2001)
  13. Merriweather Post Pavillion - Animal Collective (2009)
  14. Mer de Noms - A Perfect Circle (2000)
  15. Start Breaking My Heart - Manitoba (2001)
  16. Andorra - Caribou (2007)
  17. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix (2009)
  18. In Ghost Colours - Cut Copy (2008)
  19. Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear (2009)
  20. Rounds - Four Tet (2003)
  21. Neon Golden - The Notwist (2002)
  22. Double Figure - Plaid (2001)
  23. I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass - Yo La Tengo (2006)
  24. Untrue - Burial (2007)
  25. Geodaddi - Boards of Canada (2002)
• 11 Nov

  

  Posted by
  mizidy

  
  

  Category

  • Music

  Best Songs of 2009

  4

  Here is my top ten songs of the year to follow up the top albums posted previously:

  My Girls - Animal Collective (Merriweather Post Pavilion)

  1901 - Phoenix (Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix)

  Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear (Veckatimest)

  Little Secrets - Passion Pit (Manners)

  From Africa To Malaga - JJ (JJ N° 2)

  French Navy - Camera Obscura (My Maudlin Career)

  Pusuit of Happiness (Feat. MGMT And Ratatat) - KiD CuDi (Man On The Moon: The End Of Day)

  VCR - The xx (xx)

  The Walls Are Coming Down - Fanfarlo (Reservoir)

  Wavin' Flag - k'naan (Troubadour)

  Help I'm Alive - Metric (Fantasies)

  Can You Discover? - Discovery (LP)

  Animal - Miike Snow (Miike Snow)

  The Reeling - Passion Pit (Manners)

  I Want You To Know - Dinosaur Jr (Farm)

  My Night With The Prostitute From Marseille - Beirut (March of the Zapotec & Realpeople: Holland)

  1. My Girls - Animal Collective (Merriweather Post Pavilion)
  2. 1901 - Phoenix (Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix)
  3. Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear (Veckatimest)
  4. Little Secrets - Passion Pit (Manners)
  5. From Africa To Malaga - JJ (JJ N° 2)
  6. French Navy - Camera Obscura (My Maudlin Career)
  7. Pusuit of Happiness (Feat. MGMT And Ratatat) - KiD CuDi (Man On The Moon: The End Of Day)
  8. VCR - The xx (xx)
  9. The Walls Are Coming Down - Fanfarlo (Reservoir)
  10. Wavin' Flag - k'naan (Troubadour)

  Honorable Mention

  • Help I'm Alive - Metric (Fantasies)
  • Can You Discover? - Discovery (LP)
  • Animal - Miike Snow (Miike Snow)
  • The Reeling - Passion Pit (Manners)
  • I Want You To Know - Dinosaur Jr (Farm)
  • My Night With The Prostitute From Marseille - Beirut (March of the Zapotec & Realpeople: Holland)
• 11 Nov

  

  Posted by
  mizidy

  
  

  Category

  • Music

  Best Music of 2009

  0

  Note: This is a bit of a repost but with more content thrown in, thanks for putting up with it

  I know this is a little early, but I know there is a best of the 2000's list to work on as well, and history has shown me that good albums do not come out in Novembers and Decembers. This year was a pretty fantastic for music, so the choices were much tougher than last year. So here is the quick and dirty list for 2009.

  Merriweather Post Pavillian - Animal Collective

  Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix

  JJ N 2 - JJ

  Manners - Passion Pit

  Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear

  xx - The XX

  Immolate Yourself - Telefon Tel Aviv

  Reservoir - Fanfarlo

  Song of Songs - Stile Antico

  Farm - Dinosaur Jr.

  My Maudlin Career - Camera Obscura

  This is for the White... - Choir of Young Believers

  LP - Discovery

  5: Five Years of Hyperdub - Various Artists

  Fantasies - Metric

  Here We Go Magic - Here We Go Magic

  1. Merriweather Post Pavillian - Animal Collective
     A fantastic album through and through, they make repetition creative and My Girls is amazing
  2. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix
     I beg you to find a more fun, creative and solid album
  3. JJ N° 2 - JJ
     This one came out of left field but I cannot stop listening to the smooth vocals and island beats
  4. Manners - Passion Pit
     Just one step behind Phoenix in fun, creative and solidness
  5. Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear
     Two Weeks is a great song and the rest is weird enough to keep you interested but not too weird to turn away
  6. xx - The XX
     You want moody music, this is moody music. It also happens to be great and touching at the same time
  7. Immolate Yourself - Telefon Tel Aviv
     Really good electronic work here, this year's Cut Copy
  8. Reservoir - Fanfarlo
     A really good indie album out of England that I can listen to the whole way through with no problem
  9. Song of Songs - Stile Antico
     Early classical pick from Amazon has me amazed every time I listen to it
  10. Farm - Dinosaur Jr.
      Fantastic grunge album 15 years after it's time.

  Honorable Mention (in Alphabetical Order)

  • There is No Enemy- Built to Spill
  • My Maudlin Career - Camera Obscura
  • This is for the White... - Choir of Young Believers
  • LP - Discovery
  • Here We Go Magic - Here We Go Magic
  • Fantasies - Metric
  • 5: Five Years of Hyperdub - Various Artists
• 10 Sep

  

  Posted by
  mizidy

  
  

  Category

  • Albums

  Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

  3

  With the release of the remastered Beatles albums, how could I not go with this? Probably one of the best albums, ever. I am sure you have heard it before, but the remastering really is quite amazing. If you haven't given it a listen in awhile, you owe it to yourself to check out the remaster and fall in love with the album all over again.

• 29 Aug

  

  Posted by
  mizidy

  
  

  Category

  • Albums

  World Music Samplers

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  Last week I mentioned that Amazon posted their top 100 world music albums and that they also have about 27 world music samplers. I have given a number a listen, so I thought this week I would recommend a few, so here goes:

  Six Degrees Free - As collection of Indian music, it would be easy to say that this is just riding the momentum of Slumdog Millionaire, but the songs on the sampler show a greater range of Indian music. Journey by Bombay Dub Orchestra would be my recommendation if you only want to listen to one song.

  Luaka Bop - World artists from all over here, so there is a decent chance you will find something you like. As a bonus, there is a remix of Wherever You Are by Geggy Tah. My one song on this one is Valentin by Susana Baca.

  Rotana - With music from the Middle East, I realize this might be a stretch for some, but I really enjoyed it. My pick on this one is Kalamak Ya Habibi by George Wassouf

  Let me know if you checked out any others and if you have anything you would recommend as well.

  PS: It is things like this that make the Amazon MP3 store better than iTunes at this point.