I don’t feel complete unless I’ve compiled a list ranking my favorite music of the year (too many NYEs spent up late listening to the top 100 countdown on the headphones.) So, here goes:
favorite 30 albums
top 5 albums
favorite 20 songs
favorite 10 videos
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2009/12/31 | Categories: music, video | Tags: a place to bury strangers, abe vigoda, air, animal collective, atlas sound, bat for lashes, blind man's colour, bradford cox, camera obscura, cass mccombs, cymbals eat guitars, dan deacon, deerhunter, dirty projectors, discovery, drums, end of year list, fang island, favorite music, fever ray, fleet foxes, girls, grizzly bear, jj, jonathan johansson, little dragon, memory tapes, neon indian, nite jewel, peter bjorn + john, phoenix, real estate, royksopp, small black, song, spencer krug, st vincent, sunset rubdown, swan lake, the horrors, the pains of being pure at heart, the very best, video, violens, washed out, wavves, wild beasts | 1 Comment
both these artists are well-loved here, so it’s a bit of a no brainer. that said, the sheer originality and quality of craftmanship displayed here would be enough alone—blanket it in an amazing song, and you have my new favorite video.
(screen capture above leads to the autostarting video below the cut.)
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2009/09/29 | Categories: film, music, video | Tags: favorite music, fever ray, filmmaking, new favorite video, royksopp, song, video | Leave a comment
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