Added on December 16, 2011
Everett True
best of 2011 , Christmas , compilation , Everett True , mix tape
I suspend most of my regular aesthetic values when it comes to this season.
Added on December 15, 2011
Lucy
Aidan Moffat , best of 2011 , Christmas , Dan Willson , Darren Hayman , Edinburgh , Fairytale of New York , Hefner , John Vanderslice , Malcolm Middleton , Mark Eitzel , sufjan stevens , Vic Chesnutt , Withered Hand
The best Christmas songs will get you joining impromptu choirs and crying into your eggnog.
Added on December 14, 2011
Mike Turner
Bam! Bam! , best of 2011 , Bon Iver , Brave irene , chillwave , G.G. Allin , Household , Jeff Mangum , Katie Crutchfield , Kreayshawn , Lisa Carver , Mike Turner , Neutral Milk Hotel , Odd Future , Pitchfork , Real Estate , Rex or Regina , Roberta & Charlene , The Black Keys , The Dead Milkmen , The Fall , The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart , Toro Y Moi , Trash Kit , Washed Out , Wilco , Wild Flag
Wild Flag’s debut album has taken women all the way to the top and proves they can write an album as uninspired, predictable, and shallow as any man.
Added on December 13, 2011
collapseboard
best of 2011 , Lawrence English , Tenniscoats
(and on other modes of transport)
Added on December 12, 2011
Laura Crapo
best of 2011 , Cream , Laura Crapo , Rick James , Sexy Bitch , The Incredible String Band
It doesn’t matter when songs were made. Just cause there’s a schedule of music coming out, doesn’t mean we listen to it today or even 10 years from now.
Added on December 11, 2011
Everett True
Barbara Panther , best of 2011 , Colombina Parra , Crystal Stilts , Dick Diver , Dum Dum Girls , Everett True , Hive Dwellers , Karaocake , Kate Bush , Katie Stelmanis , Kimya Dawson , Maria and the Gay , Micachu and the Shapes , No Mas Bodas , PJ Harvey , Shellshag , Skinny Girl Diet , Sugar & Tiger , The Bastards of Fate , Tom Waits , Tunabunny
Not a note wasted, not a note pointlessly repeated.
Added on December 10, 2011
Scott Creney
best of 2011 , Can , Clarence Clemons , Depeche Mode , Fleet Foxes , Greil Marcus , Lady Gaga , Mel McDaniel , My Morning Jacket , Scott Creney , Tyler The Creator , Washed Out
Joanna Newsom, don’t think you’re getting some kind of genius pass.
Added on December 10, 2011
Tamsin
Art Museums , best of 2011 , Bleeding Knees Club , Burning Hearts , Deathcrush , Desire , Divorce , Gropetown , John Maus , Lana Del Rey , Muscles Of Joy , Rasheeda
This year, I’ve flitted from offering to offering like a bluebottle in a blocked toilet.
Added on December 8, 2011
Princess Stomper
Battles , best of 2011 , dEUS , Foetus , Gang Gang Dance , Jeremy Soule , JG Thirlwell , Nicola Roberts , No Mas Bodas , Oh Land , Princess Stomper , Radiohead , Skyrim , Sophie Ellis-Bextor , Thurston Moore
Just knowing that there’s music this good out there makes me feel thankful, relieved, and a little bit spoiled
Added on July 30, 2011
VictoriaBirch
best of 2011 , Bill Callahan , Laneway , Les Savy Fav , Lucy Cage , Music criticism , PJ Harvey , Spritualized , Sydney , True Grit , Victoria Birch
I Love Lucy. Never just a review. Always a gorgeous, sensual, philosophical account of why music is so fucking important.
