My favorites from the past year!
The rankings are a bit arbitrary, but these are all really great records (and I slipped in two EPs… together that's basically one album!)

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15. Hookworms - The Hum

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14. Beach Slang - Cheap Thrills on a Dead End Street / Who Would Ever Want Anything So Broken (Both EPs)

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13. United Nations - The Next Four Years

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12. Single Mothers - Negative Qualities

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11. Plague Vendor - Free to Eat

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10. Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else

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9. Mitski - Bury Me At Makeout…

Here is my 2013 – in music - boiled down into one arbitrary blog post. For nostalgia when I’m 30 – to remind myself I used to be pretty hip/’in the know’ – to keep with tradition – all of the above.

Let’s start with the bad so we can get it out of the way? Gogol Bordello and Franz Ferdinand are two of my favorite artists… ever. Check the charts – they’re up there. But both of their 2013 releases were pretty lackluster. There are a couple songs on Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Actions that I enjoyed –…

You know what I hate? People who publish their end of year lists the first week of December. Can you guys relax?*

With that off my chest - here's this year's top 25. Along with a link to 100 of my favorite tracks of 2012 - on Spotify. These are definitely 25 albums I've played the most / loved the most - but the actual rankings are fairly fluid. #2 could be #7, and vice versa. No strong feelings and based solely on how i feel today. (which is great, thanks for asking!)

*this rant may or may not have…

Listen, I could have done 25. But if I did, then I would also have to make a separate Top Songs of 2011 list, and I just can't keep making these sort of commitments.

Also, I'm aware I'm missing some "big players" (hey Panda Bear!) but I just didn't get around to listening to a whole bunch of stuff - Mumford and Sons ain't gonna loop itself… geez.

Without further adieu… from FAVES (top) to the ones i kinda just felt sad about leaving out (bottom).

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(1) The Antlers - Burst Apart
Fave Tracks: Putting the Dog to Sleep,…

Note: Animal Collective and Grizzly Bear are both omitted bc i don't think they're as epic as everyone is making them out to be,…as well as lacking a high 'songs i like:songs i could do without' ratio. Besides Brother Sport and Two Weeks (which would prob both be in my top 10 songs of 2009), i really wasn't all that impressed. Or maybe it's just Angelina Jolie syndrome..

Also, this list only includes LPs.. if it were to include EPs, Modest Mouse & Bon Iver would def be included in the top 10.

Without further adieu…

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(25) Wavves -…

Top 20 Albums of 2008
This is obviously a very subjective list. I welcome any disagreement on your part.
Just remember that it’s my list and therefore I will win any argument regarding the contents. ^_^

20. Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
Favorite Songs: Nonpareil of Favor, An Eluardian Instance

19. Chris Walla - Field Manual
Favorite Songs: Sing Again, Everyone Needs a Home

18. E-603 - Something for Everyone
Favorite Songs: The Sweet Years, Bumpin’ Mandy, Knuck All Alone

17. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Favorite Songs: Lump Sum, Skinny Love

16. She and Him - Volume…

Thu 7 Aug – Bloc Party, Longwave

Waiting for the 7.18
Like Eating Glass
Hunting for Witches
Two More Years
The Prayer
Uniform
Mercury
This Modern Love
Song for Clay (Disappear Here)
Banquet
NEW SONG: One Month Off
Positive Tension
Price of Gas
Helicopter
She's Hearing Voices

Review: One of the best shows I've ever been too. Mostly because it started off fantastic (more than fantastic!) with Longwave, and just continued on an orgasmically high note 'til the end of Bloc Party's encore. Webster Hall is a pretty sweet venue. And Kele's last words, 'We'll be back in NY…

Fri 20 Jun – Gogol Bordello, Murder by Death, State Radio, Manhattan Samba

This was the fourth time I was seeing Gogol live. (The second time this week due to Bonnaroo.) I knew they were good. But last night they just brought it ALL.

I've definitely seen over 100 different artists live. Different genres, different settings, etc. Last night would absolutely have to top that list, stealing the honor away from a fantastic Girl Talk performance at Bonnaroo 07. (In comparison, Gogol live makes that Girl Talk show look really sad.)

I started off the show near the front, dancing…

After many sleepless nights…
(originally posted 21 Dec 2007, 23:42)

(25) The Bravery - The Sun and the Moon

(24) Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

(23) Pinback - Autumn of the Seraphs

(22) James Blunt - All the Lost Souls

(21) Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob

(20) Band of Horses - Cease to Begin

(19) Editors - An End Has a Start

(18) Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War

(17) Travis - The Boy With No Name

(16) The Shins - Winching the Night Away

(15) !!! - Myth Takes

(14) Jimmy Eat…