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My Take on the Music of 2009
Here are my favorites of the music I heard that was released in 2009. This is primarily just a record for myself, so I can look back in a few years and be amused at my opinions in this snapshot of time.
Favorite Albums of 2009:
Top 3:
Merriweather Post Pavilion, Animal Collective
Veckatimest, Grizzly Bear
Bitte Orca, Dirty Projectors
Honorable Mention:
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50 Favorite Albums of the 2000s: 41-50
I'll be posting a list of my fifty favorite albums of the 2000s. It's become a very popular thing to make these lists in 2009, and yes, I am jumping on the bandwagon. However, I certainly couldn't claim to rank the best albums from the past decade--I simply don't have the requisite listening experience (and that's avoiding the whole issue of what ( Read more... ) -
A look back
Well, I've graduated from college. I was thinking recently about what it was like four years ago, when I was getting ready to head off to college. Coinciding with my final radio show on WRVU a few weeks back, I was thinking specifically about the music that I've listened to over the last four years, and how that has changed along with me. There ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
So the people in charge of Rites of Spring finally got around to announcing the co-headliner (along with The Flaming Lips, already announced). And it is...T.I. I'm pleased with it because they got some star power, a not terrible rapper, and someone that will make people stop complaining about there not being anyone good. In a twist of hilarious ( Read more... ) -
Musical experiment
I'm doing something interesting these days. I started this almost a month ago now, actually, on January 16. I decided I wanted to listen to every song in my iTunes library, straight through. So I started. I'm currently on the Fiery Furnaces. I have about 11 GB of music in my library, so it's taking quite a while. I listen to an average of maybe 2 ( Read more... )
