It’s best of time again…<\/p>\n
1. We The Common —\u00a0<\/em>Thao & The Get Down Stay Down<\/span> 2. We Are The 21st Century… —\u00a0<\/em>Foxygen<\/span> 3. The Ghost of Escondido —\u00a0<\/em>Escondido<\/span><\/p>\n 4. Solid Sound Covers Set —\u00a0<\/em>Wilco<\/span> 5. The Ballad of Boogie Christ —\u00a0<\/em>Joseph Arthur<\/span> 6. Charge —\u00a0<\/em>David Ford<\/span><\/p>\n 7. Fade —\u00a0<\/em>Yo La Tengo<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s best of time again… 1. We The Common —\u00a0Thao & The Get Down Stay Down This album came out in January and managed to hold the top go to slot all year. Rockin’ and poppy, with shades of The Breeders here and there. Saw them live three times this year and they didn’t disappoint….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-1605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-of-the-year"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3pfx3-pT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":736,"url":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/game-show\/","url_meta":{"origin":1605,"position":0},"title":"Game Show","author":"LBDG","date":"September 13, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Last weekend I was the guest contestant for the premiere episode of Coverville: Musically Challenged, the quiz show style spin-off to Brian Ibbott's popular Coverville cover song podcast. 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\nThis album came out in January and managed to hold the top go to slot all year. Rockin’ and poppy, with shades of The Breeders here and there. Saw them live three times this year and they didn’t disappoint. Thao’s encore duet of “Be My Baby” with the opening band at the Troubadour was a concert highlight.<\/p>\n
\nHeard “No Destruction” from this album for the first time on December 28th when my iPod died in the car on the way home from dinner. Then I listened to the full album 7 times in the next 24 hours. Love love love love this record and how it feels like an oldie in a Local Boyish sort of way. Only reason I’m not calling it #1 is the late discovery and acknowledging I’m still in the honeymoon phase, but I reserve the right to retcon later.<\/p>\n
\nThough not really an album per se, you can buy it from Wilco’s site so I’m counting it. An unexpected all request covers set at the third annual Solid Sound Festival, and one heck of a diverse setlist.<\/p>\n
\nBenji Hughes once sang “I haven’t heard an original heartfelt song about Jesus in awhile.” Here are a bunch of them — in a non-religious musical concept that plays like a modern alt-rock Jesus Christ Superstar.<\/p>\n