Some bands shot for the moon and came pretty damn close with their debut albums. Where will they go from here? 10. The Very Best – Warm Heart of Africa – You can’t help but smile when you hear Esau Mwamwaya sing, even though I have no idea what he is saying, it exudes light [...]
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An Arbitrary Number of My Fav Songs from 2009
Everyone is doing their year end/decade end lists these days so I better get in on the action. In no particular order. Well that’s not entirely true ’cause if we’re friends, then you’ll notice that this is the order of the mixes I made you! Swimming Field – Memory Tapes Snookered – Dan Deacon Turn Me Well [...]
A Love Letter to Denver Music Club
When my sister and I moved here about 3 years ago, our few Denver friends invited us to their music club (or music exchange). We get together about once a month (with snacks and drinks) and everyone burns a copy of a mix or current favorite CD (depending on the theme of the night of course) [...]
Top 10 Albums of The Year 2008
I promised you it was coming. This wasn’t an easy list to put together, you know. Everyone who could mix a couple of tracks from their ipod together pumped out a new album in 2008. And a lot of it was REALLY good. So, here we go: 2008 Top 10 #1 Cut Copy – In [...]
Label of the year 2008
Q: What do you get when you put Cut Copy, Chromeo, Klaxons, Ladyhawke, MSTRKRFT, The Black Keys, and more than 20 other world class acts together? A: Modular Records. 2008 has been a banner year for the emerging Australian super-label. For starters, they’ve got at least one, if not several, albums in everyone’s Top 10 [...]
Mixtape of the Year 2008
It was almost too late, but a few weeks back DJ Bling dropped his long-play King of Rock mixtape on the masses. While Girl Talk‘s Feed the Animals was undoubtedly the mixtape darling of 2008, Dj Bling was not-so-quietly crafting a dancefloor masterpiece of his own. At 40 tracks and almost 90 mintues, this tape [...]
