Gonna give the second Taylor Hawkins & The Coattails Riders a spin tomorrow. Heard a track on shuffle today and truly enjoyed it. Was actually bummed to realize that the first album of his from '06 is not on streaming.
mbdtf is hardly my favorite kanye album and i haven’t listened to it in forever but “mediocre” is a bit strong the dude mostly votes for pop punk and buttrock, who cares. it isn’t his bag that’s fine
These years really start to produce COUNTLESS bands/artists/songs that have been, as someone mentioned, "memory holed" - I like that term but it has a bit of a negative connotation to it. What was the term @Craig Manning used a few weeks back about the mp3 "lost" years? Heard this one today and it made me remember I really enjoyed this album in 2010, and this song at least holds up. Not sure what happened to this band, I think they released maybe one more album after this? They were maybe too earnest to really catch on with critics, but too quirky/folky (?) to fit in with the scene stuff. Anyway, I think this is a great little pop song with some unique instrumentation.
That's the one, thank you. Yeasayer probably falls into that too - albeit they were a bit more well-known at least with the P4K/S'gum crowds. Their album from 2010 really holds up for me, the right mix of their psych-pop weirdness and just awesome catchy melodies.
1. Chad Perrone - Release 2. Dessa - A Badly Broken Code 3. Sara Bareilles - Kaleidoscope Heart Others I love: The Hold Steady - Heaven Is Whenever The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang Mavis Staples - You Are Not Alone Taylor Swift - Speak Now Casey Sullivan - For the Birds The National - High Violet Jimmy Eat World - Invented Mary Chapin Carpenter - The Age of Miracles Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Francis and the Lights - It'll Be Better Donovan Woods - The Widowmaker Cee-Lo Green - The Ladykiller Hanson - Shout It Out Tom Jones - Praise and Blame John Butler Trio - April Uprising John Mellencamp - No Better Than This Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life Valencia - Dancing with a Ghost Candy Hearts - Ripped Up Jeans and Silly Dreams Stars - The Five Ghosts Hellogoodbye - Would It Kill You? Seal - VI: Commitment Joe Cocker - Hard Knocks Jazmine Sullivan - Love Me Back Chromeo - Business Casual Bryan Ferry - Olympia 65 Days of Static - We Were Exploding Anyway The Foreign Exchange - Authenticity The Weepies - Be My Thrill Emancipator - Safe in the Steep Cliffs Arcade Fire - The Suburbs The Bird and the Bee - Interpreting the Masters, Vol. 1 Arrows - Try and Stay Upright The Ember Days - Finger Painting EP Esperanza Spalding - Chamber Music Society Andrew Belle - The Ladder Shad - TSOL The Rescues - Let Loose the Horses Brandon Flowers - Flamingo Angus and Julia Stone - Down the Way Cheap Girls - Find Me a Drink Home Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here Corrine Bailey Rae - The Sea The Narrative - The Narrative Janelle Monae - The Archandroid Ryan Adams - III/IV The Wonder Years - The Upsides Sorry I just don't have time to type out all 295 albums and EPs I've heard this week. I'm leaving for my bachelor party weekend tomorrow and won't be back 'til Sunday night. Next week I might be able to do the exhaustive one again.
Yeah not only 2/3 overlap but both in the same spots. Ironically, while my #1 is the same, my list I made IN 2010 has completely different albums at 2 and 3. Time does interesting things.
Strongly advocate for anyone looking for a random listen to give the Casey Sullivan album a go. For an independent, no budget artist, it’s a pretty fucking remarkable debut.
Yeah, my top 3 back then was (I think) Chad, Jimmy, and Butch. And then I think my next two were Cary Brothers and Brandon Flowers. I didn't do a great job of guessing what was going to stick with me from that year.
Great year 1. Los Campesinos - Romance is Boring 2. The National - High Violet 3. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor 4. Kanye - MBDTF 5. The Arcade Fire - The Suburbs 6. Robyn - Body Talk 7. LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening 8. Vampire Weekend - Contra 9. Beach House - Teen Dream 10. Sleigh Bells - Treats 11. The Drive By Truckers - The Big To Do / Go-Go Boots 12. Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks 13. The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt 14. Sufjan Stevens - Age of Adz 15. Spoon - Transference
1. Motion City Soundtrack: My Dinosaur Life (who could’ve seen that coming?) 2. Kanye West: MBDTF 3. Janelle Monae: The ArchAndroid Other favorites: Circa Survive: Blue Sky Noise Chiodos: Illuminaudio Kid Cudi: Man on the Moon II MCR: Danger Days Sufjan Stevens: The Age of Adz Taylor Swift: Speak Now The Wonder Years: Upsides Hellogoodbye: Would It Kill You? Katy Perry: Teenage Dream