Maybe four years of contributing to the massive onslaught of year-end 'best albums' lists has made us a little jaded, but we almost didn't compile a list at all this year. Who cares really what albums we thought were best this year? Probably just us. And doesn't it come off just a tad pretentious to think that just because we have a regular outlet to share our music-related opinions that it makes us somehow more knowledgeable in the area or make our voices any more credible? But sites do need content and, admittedly, this time of year it [...]
Zola Jesus Editor's Note: I don't do "Best of" or "Top" lists, but I do like things ... as hard as it might seem to believe. I'm going to post a few editorials between now and the end of the year about the various things I've liked about 2011. It seems that every year I have less time to listen to music than the year before. This year proved to be no different. With that said, I did find time during the last 11.5 months to listen to some wonderful [...]
(photo by cubagallery ) These are 50 tracks that defined 2011 for us, presented in highly unscientific ordered list form, with Matt's songs marked with a "-MG" and my choices with a "-TJ" next to them. To better spread the love, there's only one song per artist. Click the links next to the track to download / listen to the song and go to our Spotify Playlist to hear them all. Enjoy y'all! 50. Austra - Beat and the Pulse MP3 [...]
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BEST OF 2011 : Songs | Albums (soon) | EPs/Singles | Discoveries/Heavy Rotation | Photos A really good year! The first 40 or so are mega-jams and the latter 38 (Rawkblog loves you, baby) are still jams. I purposefully left out songs by Destroyer because I couldn't decide, so consider Kaputt represented. You can play the entire page with the handy Ex.fm player in the bottom right corner, stream the playlist on Spotify and Rdio , and download everything after the jump. [...]
Este ano e ao contrário do ano anterior, o Top '11 aparece um pouco mais tarde que o habitual. Não por preguiça ou falta de tempo e/ou imaginação, mas sim porque efectivamente este ano foi particularmente difícil escolher, entre todos os álbuns que ouvi, 30 que possam ser considerados interessantes. 2011 foi um ano de muito boas músicas, entretanto soltas por uma série de álbuns, não
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I went to their show and I met the buzzband. I can confirm that they are human. I touched them. They are real. We had direct, personal interaction. I met the buzzband. There are multiple members in the band. Each of them has a unique personality. They all deal with fans differently One of the members is very nice. We took a photograph. One of the members is aloof. He is okay. One of the members is mean. One of the members was nowhere to be found. [...]
Recently, Insound announced its Delicious Design League Project where they commissioned the Chicago design firm Delicious Design League to create their own band t-shirts for Best Coast, the Walkmen, the Antlers, Smith Westerns and Washed Out. And now, we're giving one of each away. To enter, you need be a fan of Stereogum on Facebook and comment with your favorite band of the chosen five via Facebook Connect (do not use your 'Gum user account on this post — we'll have to be able to check if you are a fan of Stereogum on FB when [...]
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2011 was (another) odd year for music. It felt like the average quality of albums was raised a bit, but nothing really stood out as a life-changing album or single of the year. Still, there was a lot of great music to be heard. Here's fifty of my favorite tracks from the year, ranging from [...]
Elke dag t/m 31-12-2011 een album uit de lijst met favorieten uit 2011, persoonlijk gekozen door het ASP opperhoofd. Uiteraard in de correcte volgorde. #29: Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde Ontzettend fijn gitaarplaatje. Er zijn dagen dat ik me afvraag waarom –-for the love of god!-- single Weekend geen radiohitje is geworden. Hoe catchy wil je het hebben? Smith Westerns was ook die... Lees verder
L.A. quartet Bleached is hitting the road this winter to tour the U.S. and Canada.
"Tell me a story somethin I can picture, Tell me a secret, I won't tell anyone, Tell me whatever, give me something to do, Make me a promise cause I want it bad" Na sequência do post anterior, hoje é dia de dar a conhecer mais algumas músicas que preenchem a minha lista pessoal de preferências de 2011. Ainda pelo outro lado do Atlântico Norte, o tema que se instala na posição #39 é "
Smith Westerns - Still New Tomorrow, Vitaminwater and Do312 are throwing the Vitaminwater Winter Escape show at HOB with performances by Smith Westerns, Franki Chan, Black Light Saints and more. And it's free! You just have to RSVP below. RSVP : vitaminwater Winter Escape @ House Of Blues, Chicago
Starting January, Bleached will bring its 702s acid-glazed pop punk to towns across America, when the Los Angeles quartet tags along with Chicago's Smith Westerns and later with London's own Veronica Falls in February. It's a short run of dates (at least thus far), but some major markets are represented, specifically Boston, New York, Chicago, Seattle, and Los Angeles. They'll be hitting a few places in between, but no doubt the metropolises are feelin' the California distortion come winter. Outside of touring, the band's latest single, "Searching Through The Past", will be available as a 73 [...]
Hey Chicago friends! So, in these "tough economic times" what is better than a free show? Pretty much nothing. What's even better? A free show featuring some awesome bands & DJs all brought to you by the best event website in town - Do312 . Also, if you do a good deed and bring an unwrapped gift for kids in need, you could win a bunch of awesome swag from Vitamin Water! Anyways... RSVP NOW to catch Smith Westerns, Franki Chan, Black Light Saints, Windy City Soul Club and Kirby Kaiser [...]
Here's a list of the concerts announced for Toronto this week: Q107 Jingle Ball f. Big Sugar , Dec 10 Paper Lions , El Mocambo, Dec 10 Chris Garneau , Bathurst St Theatre, Dec 27 Smith Westerns , Horseshoe Tavern, Jan 27 Collie Buddz , Sound Academy, Jan 29 Charles Bradley , Lee's Palace, Feb 11 Grimes , Horseshoe Tavern, Mar 19 Neil Diamond [...]
The two up and coming indie acts both announce their biggest NYC headlining dates yet.
After an outstanding year - with the exceptional Dye It Blonde and an equally exciting tour - Smith Westerns are wrapping up their 2011 ventures, in 2012. The Chicago-based trio recently announced seven dates to wrap up their tour for Dye It Blonde. They'll hit up Toronto and Montreal before heading to the East Coast,
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