Here at Idolator, the editors have been continuously sifting through 20122s releases and poring over tracks to suss out the best of the best. Of course, let's face it: it was a dire year as far as consistent, solid albums are concerned. Forget the lack of a breakout smash like Adele 's 21 (which, to be fair, is an anomaly in this day and age) — despite steady sales for Mumford & Sons ' Babel and One Direction 's Up [...]
Despite our compilations of the week's best videos, it's difficult to remember many of them for long. Each week brings something new to marvel at and yada yada yada your mind totally erases any memory of that Kanye West video you gasped at while eating cereal one Thursday in April. Whereas you can essentially live with a song, most videos are consumed with what amounts to a glance and a nod. Granted, that's not the case for all of them, and, hey, wouldn't you know that's why we're sitting here with 25 of them in December. So, [...]
The Grammy Nominations were just announced. At this point it should be no surprise that this year's list contains names like Jack White, The Black Keys, Gotye, Adele, Foster the People, Florence and the Machine, M.I.A. (she got nominated for a video), and "fun" alongside all the major pop stars. And I guess Bjork is a given in the "Alternative Music Album" category any time she comes out with an album (this is like her 12th or 13th nomination). Mumford and Sons are naturally on there along with fellow [...]
Fiona Apple’s re-emergence every half decade or so is a triumphant celebration for a niche community of devotees and rather an apathetic shrug for the rest of America, which assumes (wrongly) that she’s just a Lilith Fair throwback, trying to claw her way back into the limelight. I belong to the former group, as my parenthetical aside betrays. Apple is a brilliant songwriter. I know this to be true. I just feel guilty enjoying her music as much as I do. She’s clearly unwell, both in heart and mind (no matter what she says on the chat shows), and this [...]
El lunes empezamos a desvelar nuestro top50 de discos internacionales, son 50 discos que, tras muchas escuchas, han logrado dejar en el tintero a otras muchas joyas. Finalmente hoy, desvelamos el disco que más nos ha gustado del año. Un top 10 con álbums con los que hemos contraído matrimonio de larga duración. Gracias por leernos y esperamos que os haya gustado nuestro top50 internacional, al final de la entrada podréis encontrar la lista de spotify de rigor. 10. Grizzly Bear – "Shields" [...]
Here's the playlist from yesterday's My Old Kentucky Blog Radio on SIRIUS XMU , Channel 35! Tune in to channel 35 on either SIRIUS or XM at Noon ET or 12am ET/9pm PST each and every Tuesday! Listen online with a free trial here . Purity Ring - Ungirthed Alt-J - Fitzpleasure Divine Fits - Would That Not Be Nice Wake Owl - Gold [...]
Home Again - Michael Kiwanuka We Dance - Erik Hassle The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do - Fiona Apple Born To Die - Lana Del Rey King Con - Alex Winston Which Side Are You On? - Ani DiFranco [...]
In By The Numbers, FADER looks at a big record release and breaks it down in basic digits. In FADER #83, we actually took on three: Fiona Apple's Idler Wheel, Grizzly Bear's Shields and Jeremih's ... read more
This past year, I finally put my eyes to the test, armed myself with a semi-expensive camera, and hit the photo pits. Now, I had previously wiggled my way up to the front of the crowds with a point-and-shoot in our early days, but I'd never really attempted to put myself in the shoes of a professional photographer. Within five minutes, I realized how stressful and yet how thrilling the position can be. There's a sense of community that photographers have that writers never really will. While some express lens-envy, and yeah it's really ridiculous and uber-showy, most [...]
Así es, aunque no lo crean, el año ya está por terminar, y podría decir que este ha sido uno de los mas interesantes en muchos aspectos, pero principalmente en cuestiones musicales ha sido uno mas que perfecto ya que ocurrieron cosas muy buenas, en donde fueron apareciendo oleadas de proyectos nuevos de gran calidad, así que de algún modo el estar escuchando mucha música nueva hizo que este 2012 se me pasará como agua entre las manos. Pero bueno, este ya es el tercer año que me encuentro haciendo un listado como este, en el que decido compartirles una [...]
THESE days the once-heralded Fiona Apple's career is almost entirely under the radar - in fact she'd been writing and recording this, her fourth LP, in secret since 2008. And the hard work - and deliberately obtuse approach - shows on the meticulously crafted The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More than Ropes Will Ever Do (or TIWIWTTDOTSAWCWSYMTRWED for short). This is a beguiling, beautiful collection of alt-pop, conveyed simply with her unique voice and a sparsely ornamented piano basis, combining elements of experimental vocal jazz. [...]
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (Epic) ειχαμε δωσει ραντεβου στις 6.στη γωνια δ.σολωμου και τσαλοπουλου.ειχ παει 8 και δεν ειχες φανει.στις 10 νοικιασα μια ταινια του ολτμαν και πηγα σπιτι.μονος. Every Single Night by fionaapple [...]
Ever since the lush Pacific Northwest green of my July wanderings, I've been listening over and over to the new Fiona Apple record, The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do . I've been rolling it around in my head trying to get a handle on it, prodding at it, letting it prod back at me (sometimes fiercely). What I hear when I listen to this record is a ragged bravery, [...]
At least if the world ends in a few weeks, you'll have some good music to go out to. That's sort of comforting, yeah? Anyhow, below you’ll find the fourth part of my Top 50 Songs Of 2012 . In case you’re curious, I chose the songs from the 400+ tracks that I shared around here throughout the last 11 months. Enjoy. 20) : MIA - Bad Girls : This single was supposed to be from a new album, but that has yet to materialize. Oh well. For now it simply serves as a nice reminder of [...]
Fiona Apple released one of the more compelling albums this year, but more importantly she covered The Beatles' "Across The Universe" and it's pretty awesome. You may have heard it in the 1998 movie Pleasantville . Enjoy below and download if you'd like. MP3 | "Across The Universe"
As the year end lists begin piling in, we thought it was time for one of Earbuddy's favorites; the breakout ladies of 2012! It is so cliché as to border on being ridiculous. It seems like just about every year, some music journalist declares that it is finally the year of the [...]
EARLIER today, Sound Advice revealed the Albums of the Year for 2012. As you might expect, it's a mixed bag - with award winning efforts such as Alt-J's An Awesome Wave rubbing shoulders with the lesser-known likes of Clean George IV. So to make sure you're all fully versed in this year's selection, here's a playlist below to listen to before you place your vote even further below. Which is the top Album of the Year 2012
Nuevo top 5 semanal. Una semana convulsa, que nos dejó con el repentino cierre de la mítica Sala Apolo(esperemos que pronto vuelva a funcionar), y el posible final de WU LYF ? Aún es un misterio, porque hoy han eliminado el vídeo, la nueva canción y el mensaje de despedida, así que crucemos los dedos. 5. Bat For Lashes - "Save The Last Dance" [...]
IN THE festive run-up to the end of the year, it's a time for tradition - and it's traditional for me to site down with some headphones and a pad of paper and beat myself up royally about which 10 albums from the year I like best. Here's this year's selection - if you don't know them, I strongly suggest you get acquainted, I'll be posting up a playlist later today, and please take a second to vote for your favourite below. I'll be explaining a bit more about each selection individually over the coming weeks, and I'd [...]
Now that you've had turkey, stuffing, and apple big and fought off the masses of Black Friday, have a seat and recap some of the news you may have missed this past week. On today's Rock it Out! Blog, Sami and Consequence of Sound Editor-In-Chief Michael Roffman bring you this week's big headlines, including Green Day's forthcoming documentary ¡Quatro! , new albums from Beck and Jimi Hendrix in 2013, a new music video from the Rolling Stones, demo versions of classic Rage Against The Machine songs, and more. Make sure to follow Rock it Out! [...]
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