I fully understand that my best of the year list is usually published far after many of the hip new kids. The World Forgot has long been a dessert blog, if you will, that might not provide enough sustenance on a day to day basis to get you through life, but I do provide a sweet finish. On top of that I've been able to listen through all of the albums I heard in 2011 for an extra month. In all reality this is the definitive list. Enjoy the music. 01 : Fleet [...]
A few days ago I wrote a post about a track called Boeing 737 by The Low Anthem. In the lyrics of that song The Low Anthem intertwines the tragedy of the World Trade Center terrorist attack with hanging out in a bar with Philippe Petit (the man who strung a high wire between the twin towers). In that track there is a certain beauty found in what is ultimately a melancholy and utterly tragic experience. It takes a unique talent to capture the bittersweet emotions of certain events and forge from that fire something beautiful and worthy. [...]
Over the past few weeks, in between listening to appropriate Christmas music*, I have been working my way through various Best of 2011 lists. One album that has popped up on a few lists has been the most recent work from The Low Anthem entitled Smart Flesh ( amazon ) ( itunes ). For various reasons I can't really recommend the entire album. It's too, well, slow for my taste. And it veers unnervingly close to pure country at times. Even though I couldn't bring myself to love the entire album there is one track that [...]
It is December. I'm feeling generous. Here is the latest installment of Best of the Remix. Tell your friends. Enjoy the music. If you want to see the other volumes just click here . mp3 : Adele (feat Childish Gambino) - Rolling In The Deep (Jamie XX Remix) mp3 : Age of Consent - The Beach (IS TROPICAL Remix) mp3 : Band of Horses - The Funeral (Butch Clancy Remix) mp3 : Deadmau5 - Strobe (Klaypex Remix) mp3 : Edward [...]
I could probably subtitle this post "It was songs like this that ultimately led me to starting a music blog." The year was 2006 and Amazon didn't have an mp3 store, iTunes was still wobbling around, and the idea that virtually every song, ever recorded, would be available for instant streaming on a mobile phone was unheard of. 2006 is when The World Forgot officially began and it was because of songs like My City of Ruin. I would occasionally stumble upon standout tracks (or in this case versions of tracks) that were so moving that I simply had to [...]
Despite what you may think the latest Coldplay album, Mylo Xyloto ( amazon ) ( itunes ), is a decidedly Coldplay effort. Sure it is an evolution and continuation of their sound. Granted it might not be their greatest work, but it's not their worst album either. Maybe we should call it what it is; an experiment. And to be quite fair, they should be allowed to experiment. Unless, of course, that experiment leads to collaborating with Rihanna. If you strike that one song (Princess of China) from the record it's mostly a solid Coldplay set [...]
Despite what you may think the latest Coldplay album, Mylo Xyloto ( amazon ) ( itunes ), is a decidedly Coldplay effort. Sure it is an evolution and continuation of their sound. Granted it might not be their greatest work, but it's not their worst album either. Maybe we should call it what it is; an experiment. And to be quite fair, they should be allowed to experiment. Unless, of course, that experiment leads to collaborating with Rihanna. If you strike that one song (Princess of China) from the record it's mostly a solid Coldplay set [...]
The debut album from Cults ( amazon ) ( itunes ) is the type of sound that makes you nostalgic for an era you never lived through. At times it feels like I'm sitting in a retro 502s throwback diner, spinning singles in a genuine jukebox. A handful of tracks bring me back to the mid seventies (which I never experienced), wistfully slotting wildflowers into rifle barrels. Yet, at the same time, this album is grounded in today; each song is unique, breezy, and easy to listen to multiple times. mp3 : Cults - Go [...]
The Scottish quartet released a rollicking sophomore album this month and it is solid. If you enjoyed their debut in 2009 then this followup, In The Pit of the Stomach ( amazon ) ( itunes ), will fit nicely with your expectations. Although this album is a bit darker in nature it never strays too far from solid riffs and insanely addicting guitar melodies. mp3 : We Were Promised Jetpacks - Circles and Squares mp3 : We Were Promised Jetpacks - Act On Impulse Circles [...]
I haven't been posting much here on TWF because I honestly haven't been listening to very much new music. Lately, in fact, I've been driving through one single album on repeat for the better part of a month. Maybe it has been longer still. Maybe that is all the introduction that this synth driven shoe gaze duo needs. This is the only new band I have listened to in over a full calendar month. mp3 : I Break Horses - Winter Beats mp3 : I Break Horses - Hearts [...]
Finally finishing up the list of music that was played in the background during the cocktail and dinner portion of my wedding. As always, enjoy the music. If you're interested in the rest of the list click here . mp3 : The Ooks of Hazzard - Kids (MGMT Cover) mp3 : Beirut - After the Curtain mp3 : Bon Iver - Skinny Love mp3 : Coldplay - The Scientist + more music @ twf [...]
A few years ago I had the fortunate experience of seeing the Flaming Lips close out a festival. This, of course, was when festivals were awesome and you could spend two days watching amazing bands play back to back and not be completely broke at the end of the weekend. One thing that I will always remember is how crazy the Flaming Lips really are. It's not an act or a gimmick the way they put on their live show. When you see them in concert you are seeing them raw and unfettered as they really are. And they are [...]
A few times a year a random song will jump out of pop culture and insidiously infect your brain. At first it will feel like a simple melody you seem to have felt before, a sense of deja vu, a feeling of comfortable sameness. At first you will ignore the song in the same way that you ignore how comfortable your familiar hoodie has become; you take it for granted. This is how it was, for me, with the standout track from Cinematic Orchestra's 2007 album Ma Fleur ( amazon ) ( itunes ). The remainder [...]
I wrote my first post about Zach Williams on November 13th of 2006 . It was a post written back in my early years as a music blogger, but I still believe what I wrote almost five full years ago. Zach Williams has a certain undeniable charm in his music and from what I have gathered he puts on an intimate and impressive live show where everyone walks away feeling better about their day. That's a quality that we are certainly lacking in the modern music scene. Over the years his music has changed, his life and [...]
I have now passed over my first anniversary and yet I still haven't completed the posts for all of the music we played at our wedding. As is probably typical of the music snob set it took literally countless hours of time to come up with this entire list. If you want to see the rest of these postings just click here . What follows is the continuation of the music that was played quietly in the background of the dinner and cocktail portion of the evening. As I have said before, for this segment of the [...]
At first I was wont to dismiss Adele as a simple, if only slightly more unique, copy of the general trend in popular music. The equation runs like this; take girl, apply makeup, have her sing songs over a orchestrated backdrop of appropriately poppy music, move on, find a new girl. Although this formula often makes money and fills radios with countless forgettable top twenty hits, it does not oft produce good music. And I, well I don't listen to bad music and neither should you. So that brings us, in somewhat ironical fashion, to Adele. You see [...]
Mumford & Sons took the world by storm last year with their debut album Sigh No More . Since the album launched in February the boys have been busy traveling the world, playing various shows, opening for Bob Dylan, dropping a brilliant performance on La Blogotheque , and generally being involved in all manner of music making mischief. Seems as if throughout this process they've also begun penning and performing music for their second album, as of yet untitled, which is set to be made available in the later parts of this year. mp3 : [...]
What's the idiom? A day late and a dollar short. That's what I fear my blog has become. To be fair it's a simple cause and effect. I no longer walk across the street to work; I commute alone in a car for about one hour every day. I am also married, ergo I don't sit around and just listen to music while playing video games whenever I get home from work. But who really cares, there is music to be had. Helplessness Blues ( amazon ) ( itunes ) is the latest effort by [...]
I have been married almost a full year now (almost) and yet I'm only half way through the reception portion of my wedding music. In lieu of that, and an impending anniversary, I thought it would be best to dump a lot more on you in one batch instead of doling out four measly tracks at a time. For those just joining these fair proceedings this is the list of songs that I played at my wedding. If you'd like to see all the posts with all of the songs posted so far simply follow the link [...]
The Foo Fighters seventh studio album Wasting Light ( amazon ) ( itunes ) is another classic example of how consistent they are as a band. Most other acts wash out, break up, fight, die, or lose their artistic vision over 15 years. Not so with the Foo Fighters. Their latest effort finds them again in comfortable territory; somehow straddling the line between acoustic feel good vibes and slashing mad pure rock. Whichever side of the FF coin you prefer you'll find plenty of both to satisfy your craving on Wasting Light. mp3 : Foo [...]
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Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Tapes & Money
Madonna feat. M.I.A & Nicki Minaj – Give Me All Your Lovin’ (MP3, Video)
The Middle East (Mree cover)
Tindersticks – The Something Rain
