My Year-End Lists Of 2017

Posted on | December 28, 2017 | No Comments

Hello.

Remember me?

I know I know.

I’ve been all-around lazy when it comes to all things AGDFA but
you were still on my mind.

I swear!

The podcast is not dead. Just been on a long hiatus. I’ll come back to it
soon enough.

In the meantime, I did still listen to alot of music all year round and 2017 was
another good one.

If anything, there’s too much good music outthere and it’s hard to hear
it all or come up with a year-end list that captures the greatness without
missing one or 10 picks you’d wanna include on the list.

Here’s what I came up with and hopefully, you’ll agree with some of my
picks and best case scenario, you’ll discover a favorite new artist/band
in the process.

Top 20 Albums Of 2017

01. Caddywhompus Odd Hours
02. Kendrick Lamar DAMN.
03. DJ Format & Abdominal Still Hungry
04. Beliefs Habitat
05. Cloud Nothings Life Without Sound

06. Broken Social Scene Hug Of Thunder
07. Metz Strange Peace
08. L’Orange The Ordinary Man
09. Sevdaliza Ison
10. Moses Sumney Aromanticism

11. Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly And James McAlister Planetarium
12. Jonwayne Rap Album Two
13. Beck Colors
14. Slowdive Slowdive
15. Elbow Little Fictions

16. The Lees Of Memory The Blinding White Of Nothing At All
17. Von Pea & The Other Guys The Fiasco
18. Grizzly Bear Painted Ruins
19. Soulwax From Deewee
20. Goldfrapp Silver Eye

Honorable Mention:

Bjork Utopia
Death From Above Outrage! Is Now
Father John Misty Pure Comedy
Foo Fighters Concrete & Gold
Japandroids Near To The Wild Heart Of Life
K.Flay Every Where Is Some Where
Kelela Take Me Apart
Land Of Talk Life After Youth
LCD Soundsystem American Dream
Marnie Strange Words And Weird Wars
Mutemath Play Dead
Perfume Genius No Shape
Run The Jewels Run The Jewels 3
St. Vincent Masseduction
Timber Timbre Sincerely, Future Pollution

Shoegaze /Dream Pop:

Adelaida – Paraíso
Wolf Alice – Visions Of A Life

Hip Hop:

Dälek – Endangered Philosophies
Modlee – Queendom [Mixtape]
Shabazz Palaces – Quazarz – Born On A Gangster Star
Shabazz Palaces – Quazarz Vs. The Jealous Machines
Tanya Morgan – YGWYS4

EPs And Singles:

Amusement Parks On Fire – Our Goal To Realise [Single]
Nine Inch Nails – Add Violence [EP]

Disappointments / Pure Suckage:

Arcade Fire – Everything Now

2016 Releases Discovered This Year And Enjoyed:

Nancy Pants – Vol.27 [EP]

Top 3 Shows Of 2017:

Patrick Watson @ Église Sainte-Thérèse-d’Avila ( April 28th )
Anderson Paak @ Place Des Festivals (July 8th )
Shades Of Culture @ Ancienne École des Beaux-Arts (September 17th )

My Fav Films Of 2017 [ Click on titles for trailers ]:

Blade Runner 2049
Get Out
Good Time
John Wick: Chapter 2

Honorable Mention:

Another Wolfcop
Baby Driver
The Big Sick
The Disaster Artist
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
T2: Trainspotting

Documentaries:

A Life In Waves
Expo 67: Mission Impossible
King Cohen: The Wild World Of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
L.A. 92
Long Time Running

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A Good Day For Airplay | Episode 170

Posted on | April 29, 2017 | 1 Comment

74 Mins : 36 Secs

Cloud Nothings “Internal World”
Life Without Sound [ amazon ]
( carpark records )
website | twitter | facebook

Japandroids “Near To The Wild Heart Of Life”
Near To The Wild Heart Of Life [ amazon ]
( anti/epitaph )
website | twitter | facebook

Colony House “You & I”
Only The Lonely [ amazon ]
( descendant records )
website | twitter | facebook

Jeff Rosenstock “Wave Goodnight To Me”
Worry. [ amazon ]
( sideonedummy records )
website | twitter | facebook

Split Single “Untry Love”
Metal Frames [ amazon ]
( inside outside records )
website | twitter | facebook

Touche Amore “Skyscraper”
Stage Four [ amazon ]
( epitaph )
website | twitter | facebook

Run The Jewels “Stay Gold”
Run The Jewels 3 [ amazon ]
( run the jewels, inc. )
website | twitter | facebook

Jidenna “Long Live The Chief”
The Chief [ amazon ]
( wondaland records )
website | twitter | facebook

Camp Lo “Sugar Streets”
On The Way Uptown [ amazon ]
( persia records )
website | twitter | facebook

L’Orange & Mr. Lif “The Scribe”
The Life & Death Of Scenery [ amazon ]
( mello music group )
website | twitter | facebook

Modlee “Feel No Pain”
Queendom (Mixtape) [ free download ]
( independent release )
website | twitter | facebook

Honeyblood “Sea Hearts”
Babes Never Die [ amazon ]
( fatcat records )
website | twitter | facebook

Hannah Georgas “Don’t Go”
For Evelyn [ amazon ]
( dine alone music )
website | twitter | facebook

Embrace “Bash The Rat”
Love Is A Basic Need (EP) [ bandcamp ]
( independent release )
website | twitter | facebook

Mute Math “Stratosphere”
Changes [ amazon ]
( wojtek records )
website | twitter | facebook

Leonard Cohen “You Want It Darker”
You Want It Darker [ amazon ]
( columbia )
website | twitter | facebook

Gord Downie “Here, Here And Here”
Secret Path [ amazon ]
( arts & crafts )
website | twitter | facebook

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AGDFA’s 2016 Year-End Comp Mix

Posted on | January 14, 2017 | No Comments

2016 will go down as one of the shittiest and deadliest when it comes to our favorite music purveyors.

Regardless of those sad facts, it was a goddamn good year for music.

Here be, my annual compilation (stuck with the 65 songs format) that reflects my musical journey throughout those last 365 days.

Enjoy.

Bonne Année!

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AGDFA’s 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 Year-End Comp Mix

AGDFA’s 2016 Year-End Comp Mix.

01. Autolux – “Hamster Suite”
02. Letters To Cleo – “4 Leaf Clover”
03. The Lees Of Memory – “XLII”
04. Band Of Horses – “The Moon”
05. Dinosaur Jr. – “Tiny”
06. Bob Mould – “Black Confetti”
07. Tuns – “Mind Over Matter”
08. Weezer – “L.A. Girlz”
09. Patrick Boutwell – “Tongue-Tied”
10. Teenage Fanclub – “I’m In Love”
11. Rooney – “Washed Away”
12. The Posies – “Titanic”
13. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam – “A 1000 Times”
14. Honeyblood – “Sea Hearts”
15. Pup – “DVP”
16. The Thermals – “Hey You”
17. Jeff Rosenstock – “Wave Goodnight To Me”
18. Modern Baseball – “Just Another Face”
19. Touche Amore – “Skyscraper”
20. Kestrels – “No Alternative”
21. Pity Sex – “Bonhomie”
22. Nothing – “Eaten By Worms”
23. True Widow – “O.O.T.P.V.”
24. Minor Victories – “Folk Arp”
25. A Tribe Called Quest – “The Space Program
26. Phife – “Nutshell”
27. Common – “Pyramids”
28. L’Orange & Mr. Lif – “The Scribe”
29. Wax Tailor Feat. Token, A-F-R-O & R.A The Rugged Man – “Back On Wax”
30. DJ Shadow Feat. Run The Jewels – “Nobody Speak”
31. DJ Storm Feat. Shades Of Culture – “Hip Hop Shit”
32. Danny Brown Feat. Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul & Earl Sweatshirt – “Really Doe”
33. Donwill – “Chime In”
34. Siimba Liives Long – “W.I.A”
35. Schoolboy Q – “John Muir”
36. The Other Guys Feat. Skyzoo – “Realer Than Most”
37. Koriass – “Zombies”
38. Action Bronson Feat. Big Body Bes – “Durag Vs. Headband”
39. The Game – “The Juice”
40. Kanye West – “Real Friends”
41. Mac Miller Feat. Anderson .Paak – “Dang!”
42. Anderson .Paak Feat. ScHoolboy Q – “Am I Wrong”
43. NxWorries – “Get Bigger / Do U Luv”
44. Charles Bradley – “Ain’t It A Sin”
45. Jamila Woods Feat. NoName – “VRY BLK”
46. Gallant Feat. Jhene Aiko – “Skipping Stones”
47. The Chemical Brothers – “C-h-e-m-i-c-a-l”
48. Cassius – “The Missing”
49. Jaguar Ma – “OB1”
50. St. Lucia – “Home”
51. Kristin Kontrol – “X-Communicate”
52. She-Devils – “I Wanna Touch You”
53. K. Flay – “You Felt Right”
54. Hannah Georgas – “Don’t Go”
55. Cat’s Eyes – “Everything Moves Towards The Sun”
56. Leonard Cohen – “You Want It Darker”
57. Mute Math – “Stratosphere”
58. Embrace – “Bash The Rat”
59. Moses Sumney – “Lonely World”
60. Radiohead – “Daydreaming”
61. James Blake – “Always”
62. Mothers – “Too Small For Eyes”
63. Daughter – “Made Of Stone”
64. Bat For Lashes – “Clouds”
65. Seasick Steve – “Ride”

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My Year-End Lists Of 2016

Posted on | December 28, 2016 | No Comments

Any other year, Autolux’s “Pussy’s Dead” would have been my undisputed,
#1 album. But then, the unthinkable happened. A Tribe Called
Quest, which is fair to say, my favorite hip hop group of all
times and spaces, released their sixth studio album, their first in
18 years and their last with the late, great “Five Foot Assassin” Phife
Dawg who passed away earlier this year.

It had no right to be this good but it was. Q-Tip is a goddamn genius.

So yeah, Autolux and A Tribe Called Quest shares the #1 spot.

Radiohead were a given.

Modern Baseball was a nice discovery. Emo-ish, indie rock band from
Philly that reminds me so much of Canada’s own The Weakerthans.

The Lees of Memory. If Superdrag’s John Davis releases any kind
of music in a calendar year, it will be on my list. It’s just
the law.

The rest of those picks, Tbh, could switch places at any time. I feel
at this point in my life and all the music i’ve listened to,
ranking it just seems a futile exercise. That is my true top 5 but
the rest of those 15 albums will be fighting their level of importance
and goodness in my mind for the rest of my existence.

Wanna hear why all these albums are so good? And made 2016 such a killer
year in music, be it in musical form or the Grim Ripper having a field day
with all our Musical Gods, Come back here January 1st to find out.

Top 20 Albums Of 2016

01. Autolux Pussy’s Dead
01. A Tribe Called Quest We Got It From Here … Thank You 4 Your Service
03. Radiohead A Moon Shaped Pool
04. Modern Baseball Holy Ghost
05. The Lees Of Memory Unnecessary Evil

06. Letters To Cleo Back To Nebraska [EP]
07. L’Orange & Mr. Lif The Life & Death Of Scenery
08. NxWorries Yes Lawd!
09. Minor Victories Minor Victories
10. Filter Crazy Eyes

11. Rooney Washed Away
12. The Posies Solid States
13. Bob Mould Patch The Sky
14. True Widow Avvolgere
15. Patrick Boutwell Hi, Heaviness

16. James Blake The Colour In Anything
17. Jagwar Ma Every Now And Then
18. Jamila Woods HEAVN
19. Honeyblood Babes Never Die
20. Jeff Rosenstock Worry

Honorable Mention:

Cat’s Eyes Treasure House
Dinosaur Jr. Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not
Hamilton Leithauser And Rostam I Had A Dream That You Were Mine

Shoegaze /Dream Pop:

Nothing Tired Of Tomorrow
SIANspheric Writing the Future in Letters of Fire

Hip Hop:

Danny Brown Atrocity Exhibition
Dälek Asphalt For Eden
DJ Storm Kicks, Snares & Hi Hats, Vol. 01
Koriass Love Supreme
Vince Staples Prima Donna [EP]
Wax Tailor By Any Beats Necessary

EPs And Singles:

Moses Sumney Lamentations [EP]

Disappointments / Pure Suckage:

My Vitriol The Secret Sessions

2015 Releases Discovered This Year And Enjoyed:

Mute Math Vital

Top 3 Shows Of 2016:

Jean Leloup @ Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier ( February 11th )
Radiohead @ Osheaga ( July 31st )
Letters To Cleo @ Bowery Ballroom ( November 17th )

My Fav Films Of 2016:

10 Cloverfield Lane
The Arrival
Deadpool
The Nice Guys
The Neon Demon

Honorable Mention:

Blood Father
Hunt For The Wilderpeople
The Invitation
The Witch

Documentaries:

Tower

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A Good Day For Airplay | Episode 169

Posted on | December 11, 2016 | 2 Comments

87 Mins : 17 Secs

A Tribe Called Quest “The Space Program”
We Got It From Here … Thank You 4 Your Service [ amazon ]
( epic )
website | twitter | facebook

Common “Pyramids”
Black America Again [ amazon ]
( def jam )
website | twitter | facebook

Kool Keith & Kutmasta Kurt “Black Sheriff”
Your Mom Is My Wife – The 1996 – 1997 Archives (EP) [ amazon ]
( funky ass records )
website | twitter | facebook

Action Bronson Feat. Big Body Bes “Durag Vs. Headband”
Durag Vs. Headband (Single) [ amazon ]
( vice records )
website | twitter | facebook

Danny Brown Feat. Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul & Earl Sweatshirt
“Really Doe”
Atrocity Exhibition [ amazon ]
( Warp records )
website | twitter | facebook

Donwill “Chime In”
stop. waiting. (EP) [ amazon ]
( working creative )
website | twitter | facebook

Siimba Liives Long “W.I.A”
W.I.A (Single) [ Soundcloud ]
( independent release )
website | twitter | facebook

Wax Tailor Feat. Token, A-F-R-O & R.A The Rugged Man
“Back On Wax”
By Any Beats Necessary [ amazon ]
( le plan / lab’Oratoire )
website | twitter | facebook

Letters To Cleo “4 Leaf Clover”
Back To Nebraska (EP) [ amazon ]
( dot rat records )
website | twitter | facebook

Modern Baseball “Wedding Singer”
Holy Ghost [ amazon ]
( run for cover records )
website | twitter | facebook

Feeder “Universe Of Life”
All Bright Electric [ amazon ]
( cooking vinyl )
website | twitter | facebook

True Widow “O.O.T.P.V.”
Avvolgere [ amazon ]
( relapse records )
website | twitter | facebook

Jagwar Ma “OB1”
Every Now & Then [ amazon ]
( mom & pop music )
website | twitter | facebook

Cassius “The Missing”
Ibifornia [ amazon ]
( interscope )
website | twitter | facebook

K. Flay “You Felt Right”
Crush Me (EP) [ amazon ]
( interscope)
website | twitter | facebook

NxWorries “Get Bigger / Do U Luv”
Yes Lawd! [ amazon ]
( stones throw )
website | twitter | facebook

Gallant Feat. Jhene Aiko “Skipping Stones”
Ology [ amazon ]
( mind of a genius )
website | twitter | facebook

Moses Sumney “Lonely World”
Lamentations (EP) [ amazon ]
( independent release )
website | twitter | facebook

Seasick Steve “Ride”
Keepin’ The Horse Between Me And The Ground [ amazon ]
( there’s a dead skunk records )
website | twitter | facebook

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