Friday, December 13, 2013

@Beyonce is the spoiler

Well the scene has changed in the last 18 hours.  Certainly this effort rates.  I'm still processing the record but it is certain that 2013 is not nearly done. #allthelists

Dead Weather "Open Up (That's Enough)"

via CoS

New Lorde Single

via YouTube

My 10 best of 2013 (if interested)

Spotify playlist (minus Callahan and Atoms)

1.  The Front Bottoms ‘Talon of the Hawk’
An excellent album teeming with infectious hooks.  Definitely the album I have returned to the most this year.

2.  Bill Callahan ‘Dream River’
This album is a return to form for Callahan.  It is my favorite of his since Red Apple Falls back in the Smog days.

3.  Foxygen ‘We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic’

4.  CHVRCHES ‘The Bones of What You Believe’
Wonderful beats, excellent pop sensibility, leave it on repeat for a while

5.  Kurt Vile ‘Walkin on a Pretty Daze’
Complex, sprawling, understated in just the right ways.

6.  Laura Marling ‘Once I was an Eagle’
I cannot help but thinking of Nick Drake when listening to Marling.  She has updated UK folk without losing the core that makes it unique.  

7.  HAIM ‘Days are Gone’
Playful, fun, energetic.  I look forward to see where they go with this sound.

8.  James Blake ‘Overgrown’
Blake continues to develop.  The influences and constructions here show a range well beyond his years. 

9.  Flaming Lips ‘The Terror’
I keep coming back to this album.  A sonic masterpiece.

10. Atoms For Peace ‘Amok’
I have devoted love of Thom’s abilities as an artist.  Amok is another excellent piece from his crew.

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Hardest Working Bands

via SongKick

Now I just need a reason

to be in NY in March

LSP is Pantone's color of the year

awesome

The NPR top 50 album list (2013) is out

here

Smallpools perform "Over and Over"

via Kimmel

Watch a 12 year old Lorde

Cover the Cults via RollingStone

Lagerfeld bring chic to Dallas

(someone had to)

Daughter at the Tiny Desk

I think I have posted this before but "Youth" has been haunting me the past few weeks and this is an exquisite version.

The Climate of Middle Earth

By Radagast the Brown

Dismemberment Plan at the Tiny Desk

via NPR

Grischa Lichtenberger

is currently blowing my mind spotify

Hypnotic gif

via Deadspin

Monday, December 9, 2013

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Kronos Quartet Tiny Desk Concert

via NPR

Big Ears 2014

The lineup is out.  Now how to get there.

New Claire Maguire Cut

via CoS.  I just listened to this three times.

Ugh.

Why are Lucius and the Front Bottoms both playing on the same night.  Oh well.  Next time Lucius.

Paste 50 best of 2013 Spotify playlist

Paste list is here.  Spotify playlist is here.  (side note to spotify please work out whatever issues are keeping Bill Callahan from your archive).

American Primitive Spotify playlist

Based on Lars Gotrich's excellent list playlist via Spotify

Those Darlins Jan 29th at Gasa Gasa

tix

Great NYTimes analysis of 4th down tries

here

This makes the Saints loss a bit better

via Deadspin

I don't even know how to describe this

Bette Midler in 1970 at the Continental Baths

Awesome new Lorde video

via CoS