Frank Yang Somewhere over the last few weeks Sunday night's Wedding Present show at The Horseshoe got co-opted as the "closing party" for Canadian Musicfest , an appellation I personally refused to acknowledge. The 21st anniversary show for Seamonsters ? Absolutely. The tour in support of their just-released new record Valentina ? Certainly. Closing party for a festival that at no point acknowledged the band as part of their programme or acknowledged they were exponentially greater than most everyone else who played? [...]
(photo by cubagallery ) In a few days 2010 will come to a close and as I look back, I really must say this has been one of my favorite years to cover since I started writing about music. I don't know how the rest of the decade will keep up the pace, because this year has set the standards extremely high. I've commented before that it seemed that almost all of my favorite artists (Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Belle & Sebastian, The National, of Montreal, etc) released albums in 2010, and fortunately most of them were [...]
Ouais je suis plutôt en retard sur ce coup là, tous les sites dignes de ce nom ont déjà publiés tout ou partie de leurs tops de l'année. Mais après tout, elle n'est pas finie, qui sait si une petite merveille ne va pas sortir dans les 15 jours qui viennent avant 2011? Il est vrai que plus rien ne sort vraiment depuis fin novembre, question de marketing, passé le début du calendrier de l'Avent tout le monde est en mode Noël et chansons qui vont avec. Mes tops arriveront petit à petit sur le site, en commençant par [...]
Best songs of the year is typically the most difficult list to make but also the most rewarding. There's nothing more indicative of a year in music then it's greatest songs, and evident from the tracks listed below, I'd venture to say 2010 was a pretty great year. To add some perspective and keep my head from exploding due to too much writing (it could happen), I asked Matt to help with the list this year. We combined our favorite songs list (carefully removing any artist overlaps) and came up with a definitive 50 best songs of 2010 [...]
"When sober girls around me, they be actin' like they drunk." Who can't relate to a line like that? It exudes confidence, makes you feel good. In fact, you won't find many disagreeing that "Like a G63 was the feel good hit of the summer. If Far East Movement isn't on your iPod, you're lying to yourself, because it may be silly, but heck if it isn't irresistible. Don't get us wrong; we acknowledge that whatever hit blew up on radio in a given year isn't necessarily among the best songs in that year. [...]
Dec 13, 2010, 2:00am
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Die Redaktion von 78s hat gewählt: Diese 78 Alben erhalten für das Jahr 2010 das Prädikat "bessere Musik". Arcade Fire - The Suburbs So klar wie das Amen in der Kirche. Wer "The Suburbs" nicht als Album des Jahres in seiner Bestenliste hat, dem sollte man dieses Jahr die Weihnachtsgeschenke streichen. Die Kanadier haben sich mit ihrem dritten Album von einer Indie-Rock-Band zum Kulturgut entwickelt. Es gibt zur Zeit keine bessere Rock-Band als Arcade Fire. ⊗ Anspieltipp: The Suburbs [...]
Photography by Me! WHEE ! Happy US Thanksgiving Eve!!! Very excited! Tonight, all across America, people will be placing giblets under their pillows with hopes that the Great Gobbler will swoop down their chimneys, exchanging the less-than-pleasanet-though-ver y-high-in-iron innards for beer & Stove Top Stuffing brand stuffing! AND... if you've been an extra good boy or girl this year, the Great Gobbler will even insure your favourite team has an extra-special juiced-up syringe of steroids, to help them win "the big game". Here's [...]
NPR is streaming Tallest Man on Earth's concert at the 9:30 club from this past weekend. It's been on the site for a few days, but finally they have put up the audio. It's a great show and TMOE does a nice little cover of Paul Simon's "Mother and Child Reunion" before transitioning into "The Wild Hunt". Tonight in Baltimore: Arboretum playing Metro Gallery, The Books playing Rams Head Live, and Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax are at 21st Mariner Arena (*devil horns*) Prefix has an interview with one [...]
This video is slightly unrelated. I just didn't have a picture to go with this post/wanted to make you all jealous. We were standing right underneath the Commerce Bank sign. Last weekend, my co-worker/friend Dan and I ventured down to Columbia, Missouri to catch the Flaming Lips. It's interesting that Dan decided to join me, since he had never actually heard the Flaming Lips, doesn't go to concerts, and is not really interested in music. I think his main reason for wanting to tag along was to hang out with some people we knew down there. [...]
These six albums have been written about (seemingly) by every music blogger and maybe their brothers and mothers and even their cousins. I’m not going to beat a dead horse by writing up full reviews of them, but (still) I think they are all worth a mention as they will all almost certainly appear on my favorite albums of 2010 list when I compile that later this year. Go out , enjoy the day, and pick up one or all of these albums and I'm sure you won't regret it. The Gaslight [...]
For August, Amazon is doing a full 1,000 plus albums for their $5 MP3 album deal, but once again they are bringing some big releases from this year into the list including two of my favorites so far this year, LCD Soundsystem's This Is Happening and Mumford & Sons' Sigh No More . These albums are all just $5 for the month of August. Check out some of the highlights of the big list below, and click here to access the full list . [...]
MySpace Why lead with Hot Chip ? Well nothing else especially newsworthy came down the pipe yesterday and their new one One Life Stand came out this week. I've been spinning it moderately the last little while, though not enough to try and assemble a proper review. Sufficed to say that while I've never been a massive Hot Chip fan in the past and this effort doesn't sound/feel too different from what I recall of their earlier records, I'm enjoying this one alright. Maybe I should revisit [...]
Currently. Sitting on a wooden step. Top of my stairs. Trying in vain to watch the tie breaker between Federer and Murray. Keep losing the wireless signal. My house is a skeletor. Bare. Empty. Nada. Moving apartments this weekend. I move tomorrow. Travel light. Two suitcases. A desk. My roommate has everything else. Moved to [...]
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