A few weeks back we brought you a nice little gem from Soft Swells , and as we near the release of their self-titled record, another great tune comes our way. The record won't officially come out until February 28th, but you'll definitely be anticipating getting your hands on it after listening to this standout song. For me, it recalls a lot of the pop sincerity of bands like the Generationals , offering up hooks with no pretension or guise; that's how you're supposed to compose the hits. If this isn't [...]
Baby Woodrose - Love Comes Down Any one who knows me, knows that one way to get me happy in the midst of a monster of a traffic jam is to drop some thing raw and garagey into the player, crank up the volume and watch me become one with the fuzz. That's exactly what Baby Woodrose does Love Comes down , the latest retro-psychedelic masterpiece, leaked-from-underneath-the-oil -can, blast of pure garage pop bliss. For many die-hard Baby Woodrose fans (and you can count me amongst the ranks - along with just [...]
unleashing onto the US national airwaves in the past 24 hours, girls generation offered up their brand of catchy watered down pop and collective dance moves to hopefully a nice kpop crossover segway. weirdly, i can't look away even though everything about them screams "factory made". what do you guys think? girls generation - boys (live @ late show with david letterman) girls generation - boys (live @ kelly) and finally if you wanna see the original video check it [...]
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Image edited by Ben Kramer Yesterday we posted our annual feature in which our favorite artists list their top albums of 2011. Today we've enlisted some of our favorite music bloggers, music supervisors, comedians, DJs, journalists, and various industry music professionals to list their top albums of 2011. ABBIE LISTER - MUSIC SUPERVISOR James Blake : James Blake Kate Bush : 50 Words For Snow Radiohead : King Of Limbs Cats [...]
Image edited by Ben Kramer We at Rollo & Grady are excited to announce our 3rd annual feature in which we ask some of our favorite artists to list their top 10 albums of 2011. Be on the lookout tomorrow for our "Top 10 List" featuring selections from music bloggers, music supervisors, journalists, DJs, and other music industry professionals. JOHN DWYER - THEE OH SEES total control - henge [...]
Alright, so here we are at the very first hump day of 2012. I was looking around for some tunes to put a little shuffle in your step today but didn't find too many. Here is what is playing on my speakers this morning around the house. Enjoy. Free mp3: Generationals - Ten-Twenty-Ten Free mp3: Jhameel - Soldier's Daughter Free mp3: Foster The People - Call [...]
Posted in General Clickable Play-This-List Soundbite Following on from yesterday's post featuring our favorite albums and EPs of 2011, today we're highlighting our favorite songs. The list below is again in no particular order, the songs we chose may not have necessarily been singles, but were tracks on albums - we're basically highlighting any tune we heard over the past year [...]
It's a new year and that means 2011 year end lists. Sirens of Decay is no exception…sort of. The only exception here is that instead of posting up a list of our opinion of the top albums of the year (which everyone disagrees with in some form or fashion), I will be posting my most listened to albums of the year. In a roundabout way, it's the same thing - except you will obviously see albums you probably won't find in someone else's end of the year lists. I have a list of the "best" of the [...]
Here is my list of the songs I liked best in 2011, which will be the last one we offer here. I only adhered to three rules with this list, really: 1. The song had to be officially released in 2011, 2. I could only select one song for any artist, and 3. The list [...]
I'm officially not doing an albums of the year list. There have been so few that I wholeheartedly enjoy, I'd have to do a top 10 that starts at 8. But that is not to say that there wasn't some exceptional new music this year. Click HERE for my favorite tracks from 2011. I'm hoping that 2012 will pick up the pace, but if not, I'll just further recede into the vintage music that I love so much. I hope you enjoy listening to the mixes as much as I like making them. [...]
We all love lists, and we all love sarcasm. Though, I think its important to reflect upon the last year of music, I'm going to do so through the use of a list. It was a fantastic year full of awesome albums, and I'm going to count down a bunch of my favorites, and give you something to listen to while reading. Welcome to the top 10, albums that to be quite honest, could all be number ones, but hey it wouldn't be a list without some order. These are the thoroughbreds. I'm sure [...]
Here is my highly-subjective, personal list of favorite albums of 2011. Wild Flag – Wild Flag | CD Vinyl MP3 Download "Romance" (mp3) Rarely do supergroups like this one meet their expectations. But the members of Sleater-Kinney, Helium, and The...
I hope that the holidays have treated everyone well. I haven't posted for some time and I haven't posted a mix for a longer time. I was moved to make a short 42 minute mixtape since the last time I posted. This mix is looking forward to the new year and what it brings. I couldn't think of a good name for this mix and I've been sitting on it for a couple days. Almost decided to name it after the first song because that just fit, but I finally decided on Trading Smiles Across The Night because [...]
Check out the accompanying LMB NOLA & Friends Year In Review post here It's always interesting to hear what artists have to say when recalling past concert experiences and in particular, which ones stick out in their mind as "memorable". After an evening up on-stage, musicians take home an entirely different recollection of their live [...]
It's that time of year to look back on the past 12 months and say "what the hell happened to the last 12 months?!". It's also that time of year where us music bloggers and self-proclaimed critics take the time to put together some Best Of lists for your reading pleasure. They don't really mean a whole lot and you can love 'em or leave 'em, but it seems like the right thing to do to sum up the year in preparation of the next. This year we're featuring personal lists from all of our fantastic writers. [...]
The Kills :: Blood Pressures Really solid album from the Kills this year. Crunchy and gritty all the way through. Impressed! RM MP3: Satellite - The Kills Miracle Fortress :: Was I the Wave? MP3: Everything Works - Miracle Fortress [...]
The Ex – Catch My ShoeDownload "Cold Weather is Back" and "Eoleyo" The Express – The ExpressDownload "Nobody Knows" Family Lumber – Look to the SidelinesDownload "No Worries" Figurines – FigurinesDownload "New Colors" Fleet Foxes – Helplessness BluesDownload "Helplessness Blues"...
1. M83 - " Hurry Up We're Dreaming" 2. The War On Drugs - " Slave Ambient " 3. Bon Iver - " Bon Iver " 4. Youth Lagoon - " The Year Of Hibernation " 5. Washed Out - " Within Or Without " [...]
The Best Songs Of 2011 (76 - 100) Making the Best Albums list was relatively easy compared to nailing down the 100 best songs of 2011. The level of incredible music to surface this year is unbelievable. What's more difficult is trying to create some sort of order when laying these songs out, what makes [...]
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