My Year-End Lists Of 2011

Posted on | December 29, 2011 | No Comments

It was an OK year.

Nothing more, nothing less.

Timber Timbre and their album “Creep On Creepin’ On” was without a doubt,
the album I’ve listened to and seen performed live the most all year.
Taylor Kirk‘s dark, swampy sound speaks to me.

As for the rest of my top 5, these albums will be listened by yours truly
for years to come.

The next 15, are pretty much interchangeable rank-wise. One I will like
better than the other on any given week.

2011 was the year of the EP. Soooooo many good ones came out, it was
pretty unbelievable. You got yourself quite a nice list to sample.
You will not be disappointed by any of these picks.

I actually have no clue what’s in the pipeline album-wise for 2012 and
I kinda like it like that. I’m hoping for a lot of nice surprises
that may one-up anything i’ve heard in the last 365 days.

Here’s hoping.

Top 20 Albums Of 2011

01. Timber Timbre Creep On Creepin’ On
02. Elbow Build A Rocket Boys!
03. Cat’s Eyes Cat’s Eyes
04. True Widow As High As The Highest Heavens And From The Center To The Circumference Of The Earth
05. Shabazz Palaces Black Up

06. The Vaccines What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?
07. Chapel Club Palace
08. Panda Bear Tomboy
09. Foo Fighters Wasting Light
10. Radiohead The King Of Limbs

11. Jason Moore And The Lost Pages Steps EP
12. The Joy Formidable The Big Roar
13. Ume Phantoms
14. Class Actress Rapprocher
15. We Were Promised Jetpacks In The Pit Of The Stomach

16. My Brightest Diamond All Things Will Unwind
17. S.C.U.M Again Into Eyes
18. Ringo Deathstarr Colour Trip
19. Manchester Orchestra Simple Math
20. Eddie Vedder Ukulele Songs

Honorable Mention:

Apparat The Devil’s Walk
Army Navy The Last Place
Death Letters Post-Historic
The Disciplines Virgins Of Menace
Friendly Fires Pala
Galaxie Tigre Et Diesel
Glossies Phantom Films
Guillemots Walk The River
The Kills Blood Pressures
Lanterns On The Lake Gracious Tides, Take Me Home
The Lonely Island Turtleneck And Chain
Low C’mon
Laura Marling A Creature I Don’t Know
Seasick Steve You Can’t Teach An Old Dog New Tricks
Still Corners Creatures Of An hour

Shoegaze:

Grooms Prom
The Sky Drops Making Mountains [EP]
SPC ECO You Tell Me
Spotlight Kid Disaster Tourist
True Widow I.N.O. [EP]
The Vandelles Summer Fling [EP]

Hip Hop:

Tanya Morgan You & What Army [EP]
The Roots Undun
Wugazi 13 Chambers

EPs And Singles:

Analog Rebellion Evaders [EP]
Cursed Arrows Skin Behind The Shroud [EP]
††† (Crosses) † [EP]
Epic Ditch Epic Ditch [EP]
Exitmusic From Silence [EP]
Mazzy Star Common Burn / Lay Myself Down [Single]
The New Division The Rookie [EP]
Solids Fog Friends / Blown Out [7″]

Disappointments / Pure Suckage:

Björk Biophilia
Dredg Chuckles And Mr. Squeezy
Glasvegas Euphoric /// Heartbreak \\\
Mute Math Odd Soul

2010 Releases Discovered This Year And Enjoyed:

Dinosaur Pile-Up Growing Pains
The Naked And Famous Passive Me, Agressive You
The Robots Hey Buddy, Dummy
The Soft Moon The Soft Moon
The Sunshine Factory Sugar
Young Adults Black Hole

Top 3 Shows Of 2011:

1. Soundgarden ( July 5th / Lebreton Flats Park / Ottawa, ON )
2. Portishead ( October 7th / Quai Jacques-Cartier / Montreal, QC )
3. Timber Timbre ( December 3rd / Église St. Jean-Baptiste / Montreal, QC )

I waited 15 years to see Soundgarden in all their live,
Grungelicious glory and I tell you what, Chris Cornell and Co.
didn’t not disappoint one damn bit. I had musicgams left and
right from their 2 hour performance. Something I’ll remember for
the rest of  my crummy little life.

My Fav Films Of 2011:

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest
Corman’s World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel
Drive
Hobo With A Shotgun
Horrible Bosses
Super 8
Tucker And Dale Vs. Evil

“Drive” being the absolute best movie I saw (twice) this year and
“The Future“ being a big ol’ pile of artsy fartsy excrement i wish
i could scrub out of my brain forever.

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Joyeux Noel! Atlas Sound Style

Posted on | December 25, 2011 | No Comments

As a tiny present from me to you, here’s a video I shot at the annual
Atlas Sound Christmas show @ The Bell House in Brooklyn last Saturday.

Probably one of the most dark Christmas song i’ve heard in awhile. I wouldn’t expect anything less from Mr. Bradford Cox.

Merry Non-Denominational Holiday of your choice y’all!

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Trailer Thursdays: The Dark Knight Rises

Posted on | December 22, 2011 | No Comments

Cast : Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman
Director : Christopher Nolan
Release Date : July 20, 2012

Synopsis :

Eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, the terrorist leader Bane
arrives in Gotham City, pushing it and its police force to their limits,
forcing its former hero Batman to resurface after taking the fall for
Harvey Dent‘s crimes.

I mean do I really need to hype this up?

Of course not but this is my most anticipated film of 2012 without a doubt.

Christopher Nolan is back to close out the trilogy. This final chapter is
costing Warner Bros. 250 million smackaroos! That is an insane amount of
money which I’m sure we’ll see every dollars on the screen.

Some of it is being shot in the IMAX format again (thank Jebus not in 3D) and
it was filmed all over the world from India to Pittsburgh. How exotic.

All the main players are back with leftovers from last year’s “Inception” with
Tom Hardy, playing the main villain Bane, Marion Cotillard and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Anne Hathaway (an actress I am not very fond of) is taking over as Selina Kyle /
Catwoman, a role Michelle Pfeiffer embodied quite well in “Batman Returns” and
Halle Berry destroyed (as well as her career) in “Catwoman”.

July 2012, be here now please.

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MVs Collection #60

Posted on | December 18, 2011 | No Comments

Cat’s Eyes – “The Best Person I Know”
Directed by Ollie Murray.

Spotlight Kid – “Forget Yourself In Me”
Directed by Martin Shearman-Brettle.

Mint Julep – “Aviary”
Directed by A Nice Idea Every Day.

Eisley – “The Valley”
Directed by Cory Sheldon.

Wye Oak – “Holy Holy”
Directed by Jeremy Johnstone.

Ty Segall – “Where Your Head Goes”
Directed by Brian Lee Hughes.

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A Good Day For Airplay | Episode 134 ( Christmas )

Posted on | December 11, 2011 | No Comments

56 mins : 34 secs | 38.8 mb

Emmy The Great And Tim Wheeler
“Christmas Day (I Wish I Was Surfing)” ( 02:35 )
This Is Christmas [ amazon ]
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Parker Lewis & Matilda Berggren “All Alone On Christmas” (04:59)
A Polaroid For Christmas [ free download ]
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Kula Shaker “Snowflake” ( 09:10 )
Christmas Time (Is Here Again) / Snowflake [ free download ]
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Quiet Company “Angels We Have Heard On High” ( 11:48 )
A Merry Little Christmas EP [ bandcamp ]
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Sloan “12 Days Of Christmas” ( 14:27 )
12 Days Of Christmas [ bandcamp ]
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Atlas Sound “Artificial Snow” (Notown Version) ( 18:34 )
Artificial Snow Worktapes [ free download ]
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Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans “Here Comes Santa Claus” ( 21:20 )
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector [ amazon ]
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Bird And The Bee “Wishes” ( 23:42 )
Wishes [ free download ]
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She & Him “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” ( 26:04 )
A Very She & Him Christmas [ amazon ]
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Surg “Kicked Back Christmas” ( 28:03 )
Kicked Back Christmas [ free download ]
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Nina Simone “Little Girl Blue” (The Postal Service Remix) ( 31:31 )
Verve Remixed 3 [ amazon ]
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The Golden Filter “White Nights” (Psychic TV Cover) ( 36:46 )
White Nights [ free download ]
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Saskatchewan “Last Christmas” (Wham! Cover) ( 41:17 )
Last Christmas [ free download ]
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Caitlin Rose With Keegan DeWitt
“You Never Come Home For Christmas” ( 47:10 )
For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas 2011 [ free download ]
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The Bandana Splits
“Wonderful Christmastime” (Paul McCartney Cover) ( 50:07 )
Wonderful Christmastime [ free download ]
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Allo Darlin’ “S P A C E Christmas” ( 51:34 )
Merry Christmas From Allo Darlin’ EP [ bandcamp ]
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Class Actress “Silent Night” ( 54:19 )
Free Music – A Carpark Record [ free download ]
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