The Play ‘Em All experiment meant that I didn’t give new music the attention I usually do in 2012, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have a top list. (And yes, once again I was too busy/lazy to post this when I should have so I’m time traveling back to insert this post.) 1. Boys…
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Play ’em All
Christmas Eve was an especially historic day this year. Â It ended up being the conclusion of my yearlong project to listen to all 13,747 songs in my iTunes library at least once in 2012. Â Started with “A Commotion” by Feist and ended with “I Wrote A Book About Rock and Roll” by Dr. Frank (of…
Year Zero
Recently finished reading Year Zero by Rob Reid and mostly dug it. Â Learned about the book via this headline on the All Songs Considered Blog: Aliens Have Landed, Hoping To License All Of Humanity’s Music Gets a little wacky and a little campy at times, but overall it’s a heck of a fun ride. Â I…
Of The Year – 2011
After a so so year for albums in 2010, this time around I actually have enough candidates for a proper top 10. 1. Pink Strat — Bahamas This record came out in Canada in 2009, but just came out in the US in 2011. (Yay, time travel!) Quietly snuck up on me as my go…
Newermind Track by Track
Been (mostly) digging Spin’s cleverly titled Newermind cover album in honor of the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s Nevermind.  Song by song thoughts: “Smells Like Teen Spirit” covered by the Meat Puppets Great choice of band to kick things off, great cover that’s both true to the original while performed in an Unplugged-ish Meat Puppets style. “In…
Ramblings VI
I seem to have hit another of those lengthy posting lags while the world gets in the way. Â Ramblings time: Been digging the new Back To The Future Game from Telltale. Â It’s essentially BTTF IV, starting off 6 months after the trilogy ends in 1986 and has Marty bouncing back and forth between 1931 and…
Painting Tasters Done Good
Ever since Timely Persuasion came out back in 2008 I’ve always wanted to do some sort of tie-in soundtrack type thing featuring covers of the Local Boy songs, but various attempts to get a project like that off the ground always stalled for one reason or another. Â Until now… Lounge Act by Ken Gordon Back…
Of The Year – 2010
Year end music recap time. 2010 was weird. Felt so-so for new music, but was probably the best concert year of recent memory due to a heavy dose of nostalgia. Albums: 1. The Flood — Mason Jennings A new album of old songs is an odd choice for the top slot, but like I said…
Memories of Weezer
The year of nostalgia concerts (including Evan Dando, Pavement, Faith No More, and James) added another classic on Friday night with Weezer doing The Blue Album in its entirety over at Universal. Weezer (Blue) has always held a fond place in my heart since first hearing “Undone – The Sweater Song” as a screamer of…
Someone Else is Rediscovering Pavement
The best love letter to a band disguised as a letter to your past self (or is it vice versa?) that I have ever read: Wait, You’ve Never Heard: Pavement — Brighten The Corners My favorite quote: “There’s a magic to the moment you finally love a band, and anyone who says he or she…