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  • bands of 2009

    1 Jan 2010, 08:40 by lift-up

    Как звучал 2009 год:

    !!!
    16Volt
    5ive
    6000000000себя
    64revolt
    777minus111
    7раса
    8-Eit
    A Place to Bury Strangers
    Acid Black Cherry
    Aerial
    AIDS Wolf
    Air Formation
    Alice in Videoland
    alice nine.
    All India Radio
    An Cafe
    And Also the Trees
    Andrew W.K.
    Apollo 440
    Apparat
    Arcade Fire
    Archive
    Arovane
    Art Brut
    Astrobrite
    Autechre
    Autolux
    Bastard Noise
    Be Your Own Pet
    BEAT CRUSADERS
    Björk
    Black Poets
    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    BlackBud
    Bloc Party
    Blonde Readhead
    Blood Axis
    Bombay Bicycle Club
    Bondage Fairies
    Boy Kill Boy
    boysetsfire
    Brand New
    Breaking Benjamin
    By the End of Tonight
    Cansei de Ser Sexy
    cat party
    CatPeople
    Ceremony
    Circle of Death
    Clinic
    Cocteau Twins
    Cold Dreams
    Crossfade
    Crystal Castles
    Current 93
    Cut City
    Death by Kite
    Death of a Party
    Death Sentence: PANDA!
    Default
    D'espairsRay
    Devil Sold His Soul
    Dir en grey
    Dirty Pretty Things
    Does It Offend You, Yeah?
    Drumcorps
    Early Day Miners
    Echo and the Bunnymen
    Edgey
    Édith Piaf
    Editors
    Electric Six
    Elefant
    Emil Bulls
    Enter Shikari
    Envy
    Evil Cowards
    exist†trace
    Explosions in the Sky
    Film School
    Filter
    Finch
    Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!
    First Communion Afterparty
    Fjordne
    Flёur
    Former Ghosts
    Friendly Fires
    From Autumn to Ashes
    From Monument to Masses
    Fuck Buttons
    Funeral for a Friend
    Future of the Left
    Gameboy/Gamegirl
    Gang Gang Dance
    ギルガメッシュ
    Glamour for Better
    Glamour Of The Kill
    Glassjaw
    God Is an Astronaut
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor
    Goldfrapp
    Hadouken!
    HEALTH
    Hecate
    Helicopter Girl
    Hell Is for Heroes
    Hella
    Help She Can't Swim
    Hooverphonic
    HORSE the band
    Husky Rescue
    I Am Kloot
    I Fight Dragons
    I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
    I See Stars
    I Will Never Be The Same
    iamerror
    Ideя Fix
    Idiot Pilot
    Idlewild
    Iggy Pop
    Ilya
    Interpol
    Iszoloscope
    Jimmy Chamberlin Complex
    Julian Plenti
    July For Kings
    June of 44
    Kaiser Chiefs
    Karate High School
    Karunesh
    Kettel
    Killing Joke
    Kings of Leon
    Kitchens of Distinctions
    Kitty Wu
    KMFDM
    Kola Kid
    Ladyscraper
    Late of the Pier
    Les Savy Fav
    Letna
    Liars
    Lovers and Liars
    lynch.
    Magazine
    Marilyn Manson
    Merzbow
    Metric
    mewithoutYou
    Million Dead
    Mogwai
    Mono
    Monolake
    Morcheeba
    Motherfathers
    Mouse on Mars
    Moving Mountains
    Murmansk
    New Young Pony Club
    Nick Cave And The Band Seeds
    No Age
    Noisettes
    NON
    Nosaj Thing
    Oceana
    Oceansize
    Of the Wand and the Moon
    offthesky
    Oh, Sleeper
    One Hundred Hurricanes
    Oomph!
    PartyShank
    pg.lost
    Pigface
    Placebo
    Plaid
    Porcelain in the Backpack
    Portishead
    PRE
    Pretty Girls Make Graves
    Protest the Hero
    Psychedelic Horseshit
    Psychic TV
    Radio 4
    raison d'être
    Richard Hell and the Voidoids
    RIP SLYME
    Rise Against
    Rome
    Ruby Coast
    Russian Circles
    Sabrepulse
    Saskrotch
    Scary Kids Scaring Kids
    Screen Vinyl Image
    Secret Shine
    Servants of the Apocalyptic Goat Rave
    she
    She Wants Revenge
    Shitdisco
    Shy Child
    Silencer
    Singapore Sling
    Siouxsie
    Six Organs Of Admitance
    Sky Eats Airplane
    Skywave
    Sleater-Kinney
    Slowdive
    Sluts of Trust
    Smile Empty Soul
    Sol Invictus
    Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
    Song of Zarathustra
    Stereophonics
    Strike Anywhere
    Stuck in the Sound
    Sugarplum Fairy
    Suicide Commando
    Tattoo Hosts Vision On!
    Telefon Tel Aviv
    Tera Melos
    Terrorfakt
    The Answering Machine
    The Automatic
    The Autumns
    The Birthday Massacre
    The Chameleons
    The Checks
    The Checks
    The Chinese Stars
    The Cinematics
    The Comsat Angels
    The Concretes
    The Creatures
    The December Drive
    The December Sound
    The Early November
    The Exploding Boy
    The Fall of Troy
    The Flashbulb
    The Floor
    The Futureheads
    the GazettE
    The Ghost and the Grace
    The Homosexuals
    The Kills
    The Legendary Pink Dots
    The Mae Shi
    The Magic Numbers
    The Manhattan Love Suicides
    The Morning After Girl
    The New Pornographers
    The Number Twelve Looks Like You
    The Organ
    The Others
    The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower
    The Prodigy
    The Psychedelic Furs
    The Rapture
    The Raveonettes
    The Robot Ate Me
    The Social
    The Sound
    The Sound of Animals Fighting
    The Sounds
    The Stone Roses
    The Sugarcubes
    The Teenagers
    The Temper Trap
    The Twilight Sad
    The Vandelles
    The View
    The Violets
    The xx
    The Young Knives
    There Were Wires
    There Will Be Fireworks
    These Arms Are Snakes
    This Will Destroy You
    Thrice
    Thunderbirds Are Now!
    Thursday
    Times New Viking
    Tokyo Police Club
    Toska
    Trash Fashion
    Travis
    Troum
    TV on the Radio
    United Nations
    USK
    Valley Of The Gaints
    Veil Veil Vanish
    Venetian Snares
    Verse En Coma
    VHS or Beta
    We Are Scientists
    We Were Promised Jetpacks
    White Lies
    White Rose Movement
    Wire
    World's End Girlfriend
    Xanopticon
    Xinon
    Xiu Xiu
    Yakuza Heart Attack
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    Yonderboi
    You Say Party! We Say Die!
    Yourcodenameis:milo
    Yves Montand
    Адаптация Пчёл
    Вася Васин
    Время От Каждого
    Дельфин
    Дубовый Гаайъ
    Кирпичи
    Маша и Медведи
    Мельница
    Мишины Дельфины
    Найк Борзов
    Оля и Монстр
    Торба-на-Круче
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  • Au revoir, 2009

    1 Jan 2010, 08:07 by OrkoOnDoomsday

    10 albums that somehow define my 2009 experience:
    Björk - Debut
    Isis - Panopticon
    Disillusion - Back To Times of Splendor
    Jesu - Conqueror
    Steven Wilson - Insurgentes
    Steve Reich - Phases
    DeVotchKa - Una Volta
    Radiohead - In Rainbows
    The Stone Roses- The Stone Roses
    Porcupine Tree - The Incident

    21 songs that 'got' me in 2009:
    Peter, Paul & Mary - 500 Miles
    Steven Wilson - Veneno Para Las Hadas
    Roy Orbison - PlayIn Dreams
    DeVotchKa - The Last Beat of My Heart
    Screamin' Jay Hawkins - PlayI Put A Spell On You
    Jesu - PlayStar
    Isis - PlayThe Beginning and the End
    Manowar - Blood of My Enemies
    Steve Reich - PlayCome Out
    Björk - The Dull Flame Of Desire
    Bob Dylan - Maggie's Farm
    Rage Against the Machine - PlayIn My Eyes
    Aphex Twin - PlayShiny Metal Rods
    Keep of Kalessin - PlayVengeance Rising
    Dead Kennedys - PlayNazi Punks Fuck Off
    Wilco - One Wing
    Venetian Snares - PlayEurocore MVP
    Tegan and Sara - Back In Your Head
    Metric - Help I'm Alive
    Radiohead - PlayReckoner
    Bon Iver - Flume
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  • Megaepicki post posumowywawczy 2009

    31 Dec 2009, 12:11 by Ithil_pl

    Ojej, to już koniec grudnia, a to oznacza że kończy nam się rok 2009! Jak przystało na miłośnika statystyk, zestawień, list, podsumowań i tak dalej, ponownie podaje swoje typy do najciekawszych tegorocznych płyt. Tym razem jednak moje zestawienie będzie wyglądać trochę inaczej. Ale o tym się przekonacie jeśli będziecie czytać dalej. Powodzenia w czytaniu tej masy tekstu. UWAGA: Najwytrwalsi mogą liczyć na specjalną nagrodę! Na począteczek subiektywny top 2009, dalej podsumowania roczne w danych gatunkach.

    SUBIEKTYWNY TOP 2009

    1. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport (neo-psychedelia, electronic)
    2. Clark - Totems Flare (idm, techno)
    3. Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem (lo-fi, singer/songwriter)
    4. The Field - Yesterday and Today (minimal techno)
    5. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (psychedelic pop)
    6. Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country (ambient)
    7. Mastodon - Crack the Skye (progressive metal)
    8. Natural Snow Buildings - Shadow Kingdom (avant folk)
    9. The Horrors - Primary Colours (indie rock)
    10. Kormorany - La musica teatrale (avant prog)
    11. Converge - Axe to Fall (mathcore)
    12. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (experimental rock)
    13. Robert Logan - Inscape (electronic)
    14. 10-20 - 10-20 (idm)
    15. Soap&Skin - Lovetune for Vacuum (singer/songwriter)
    16. Current 93 - Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain (neofolk)
    17. TwinSisterMoon - The Hollow Mountain (psychedelic folk)

    2009 W LICZBACH

    - 2009 trwał 365 dni. Składał się z 4 cyfr, z czego 1 się powtarza, co daje 3 różne cyfry: 2, 0 oraz 9. (no dobra, już nie będę :))
    - 2009 to 286 różnych płyt (tak, przesadziłem)
    - stosunek liczby płyt dobrych do słabych to aż 2,9 (taaa, to był świetny rok)
    - przy czym prawdopodobnie jedynie 1 płyta ma realne szanse na znalezienie się w moim topie dekady (też jest mi smutno)
    - średnia roku to 5,986/10 (średnie w retrospekcjach były sporo wyższe ze względu na to że przesłuchanych płyt było znacznie mniej)

    ROZCZAROWANIA OKRUTNE
    płyty nie złe (choć i takie przypadki tu są), ale takie które miały byc znacznie lepsze
    - Thee Maldoror Kollective - Need the Needle
    - Pure Reason Revolution - Amor Vincit Omnia
    - The Gathering - The West Pole
    - Indukti - Idmen
    - MF DOOM - Born Like This
    - Massive Attack - Splitting the Atom
    - Minsk - With Echoes in the Movement of Stone
    - Telefon Tel Aviv - Immolate Yourself
    - Tortoise - Beacons of Ancestorship
    - The Paper Chase - Someday This Could All Be Yours, Vol. 1
    - múm - Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know
    - IAMX - Kingdom of Welcome Addiction
    - Isis - Wavering Radiant
    - GREYMACHINE - Disconnected
    - Basement Jaxx - Scars
    - Venetian Snares - Filth

    ZASKOCZENIA WSPANIAŁE
    płyty, które wydawały się być słabe, bądź przeciętne, a jednak takie nie były, tudzież jeszcze inne konfiguracje
    - The xx - XX
    - Moderat - Moderat
    - Goldi - Ślady stóp
    - Fat Freddy's Drop - Dr. Boondigga & The Big BW
    - Antigama - Warning
    - Throbbing Gristle - The Third Mind Movements

    ALTERNATYWA
    zaznacza się, że nazwa tego działu, tak jak i poniższych jest bardzo, bardzo ogólna
    80 pozycji powyżej 6/10

    No cóż, tu działo się chyba najwięcej. Przynajmniej z tego co wyłapałem ja. Niekwestionowanym królem tej sceny w tym roku zostaje Animal Collective, niekoniecznie może ze względu na to jak dobre Merriweather Post Pavilion jest, ale raczej ze względu na ten styczniowy szał. Ah-oh-uh, płyta roku, dekady, piędziesięciolecia, Animal Collective > Mozart - takie widniały opinie w najróżniejszych internetach. Szał opadł, ale tą podnietę zapamiętam na dłuuugo. [dodam, że od początku byłem umiarkowanie dobrze nastawiony do tej płyty, jestem boskim indywidualistą i wogle (co wcale nie przeszkodziło mi w umieszczeniu płyty na 5 miejscu :))]. Ciekawie wypadła też epka Fall Be Kind, która nie doczekała się już tak piekielnie ciepłego przyjęcia. Mnóstwo oczu zwróciło na siebie także The Flaming Lips, wydając olśniewający album Embryonic, który zawładnął sercami nawet tych, którzy na codzień w takiej muzyce nie siedzą. Mało tego, porwali się na coś, na co porywa się niewielu, nagrali na nowo klasyk - Dark Side of the Moon. Wydawnictwo bardzo świeże, więc opinii jeszcze nie mam (ugruntowanej). Bardzo podobał mi się także mariaż My Bloody Valentine z Joy Division w wykonaniu The Horrors. Potężną płytę wydał także Phil Elvrum pod szyldem Mount Eerie, niektórzy twierdzą, że jest to jedne z najlepszych wydawnictw Elvruma od czasów genialnego "The Glow Pt. 2". Po drodze jednak było jeszcze "Mount Eerie", nie byłbym więc aż tak entuzjastyczny. Niemniej leśny klimat, subtelność kiedy trzeba i solidna porcja hałasu też kiedy trzeba, zrobiła na mnie ogromne wrażenie.

    Zaskoczeniem roku prawdopodobnie zostanie debiutancki album The xx. Początkowo stwierdziłem, że jest w porządku, ale bez fajerwerków. Dopiero potem urzekł mnie fantastyczny klimat tej płyty, minimalistyczne kompozycje przypominające troszkę Low (wiem, że n/c :D) i świetne dopasowanie głosów wokalistów (ach, ta lekko sepleniąca maniera wokalistki ;)). Bardzo dobry album zanotowali także starzy wyjadacze - Sonic Youth, wprawdzie to nie to, co robili 20 lat temu, ale i tak "The Eternal" słucha się wyśmienicie. Niesamowicie zaskoczył mnie także nowy album nikogo innego jak... Morphine. Tak, 10 lat po śmierci lidera. Podwójny album wypełniony odrzutami sesyjnymi (żeby wszystkie odrzuty były tak dobre...), alternatywnymi wersjami znanych już fanom piosenek oraz nagraniami na żywo. Warto wspomnieć także o nowym albumie Yo La Tengo, którzy nagrali kolejny błyskotliwie brzmiący album. Nie jest to wprawdzie "I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One", ale czy takie akustyczne brzdąkanie jak The Fireside nie powala na kolana? YLT pokazuje, że wciąż mają coś do powiedzenia.

    Bardzo fajny, imprezowy wręcz album zarejestrował paryski Phoenix. 10 fantastycznych, energetycznych rockowych kawałków podszytych electropopowymi synthami. Zupełnie inny album zaprezentował HEALTH - noise rockowa rzeźnia, charakterystycznie brzmiące tribalowe bębny, mniam. Na koniec zostawiłem sobie płytę The Gathering. Po kilku przesłuchaniach stwierdzam, że to jednak dobra płyta, jednak chyba najsłabsza w katalogu tego wyśmienitego zespołu (nie wliczając drugiej płyty). Stąd też miejsce w rozczarowaniach. Brak tu jakiegoś wybijającego się od razu punktu, jakieś wrzynającej się od razu w pamięć melodii, ciekawego motywu. Pomysł na płytę arcyciekawy, trochę gorzej wyszło w praniu. Trudno, zdarza się najlepszym. Ale narzekać w 100% nie potrafię, instrumentalny opener miecie, tak samo jak i Treasure, czy kawałek tytułowy. Tak czy inaczej - brać.

    PROSZĘ O WIĘCEJ HAJPU DLA:
    - The Warlocks - The Mirror Explodes (psychedelic rock, shoegaze)
    - Zelienople - Give It Up (slowcore, drone)
    - Rubik - Dada Bandits (indie rock)
    - Pustki - Kalambury (indie pop)
    - Part Chimp - Thriller (noise rock)

    ELEKTRONIKA
    45 pozycji powyżej 6/10

    Jako, że elektronika to moja druga miłość (a serducho mam pojemne), tutaj też znalazłem sporo fajnych rzeczy. To w tych klimatach działa zespół który wydał moją prywatną płytę roku - Fuck Buttons. Co to takiego? A takie mocno zwariowane granie, łączące tribalowe bębnienie, minimalową techniawę, drony, trochę noisu. Łatwiej byłoby powiedzieć czego tu nie ma. Jedna z płyt dekady, tak powiadam. Duże wrażenie zrobił też Clark, świetne podsumowanie dotychczasowej twórczości. Brytyjczyk wziął to co najlepsze z "Body Riddle" i "Turning Dragon" i wymieszał. Efektem jest świetna, trudno do oderwaniasię, kolorowo-wsamrazdobaunsu płyta. Zupełnie inną płytę wydał The Field, ponownie pokazał subtelne, transowe, ciepłe oblicze minimal techno. No i dzięki samplowi Cocteau Twins w The More That I Do na nowo rozbudził we mnie miłość do tego wspaniałego zespołu.

    Zdecydowanie nie sądziłem, że wciągnie mnie tak bardzo debiut Moderat. Początkowo myślałem, że to płyta na 2-3 przesłuchania i w kąt, a tu jednak takie o. Ta trójka może zdziałać razem wiele, mam nadzieje, że projekt ten nie okaże się jednak projektem jednorazowym. Oczarowany zostałem także nowym krążkiem mistrzów psybientu - Shpongle. Jak zwykle materiał okazał się klasy pierwszej. Tym razem pojawiło się jeszcze więcej muzyki świata niż zwykle, co mnie bardzo cieszy, w dobrym kierunku panowie idą. Lekko nierówny album zaliczył Vitalic - sporo tu totalnych parkietowych killerów, parę fillerów też się znajdzie, ale cholera, za takie kawałki jak np. Second Lives, jestem skłonny mu to wybaczyć. Podobna sprawa ma się z "Junior" Röyksopp i "Hands" Little Boots, płyty może nie są najlepsze, ale pokroić dałbym się za ich pierwsze połowy. Epki byłyby chyba rozwiązaniem idealnym.

    PROSZĘ O WIĘCEJ HAJPU DLA:
    - 10-20 - 10-20 (idm)
    - Robert Logan - Inscape (???)
    - Ben Klock - One (minimal techno)
    - Estroe - Elemental Assets (minimal techno)
    - Tesla Boy - The Tesla Boy (synth pop)

    HIP-HOP I OKOLICE
    16 pozycji powyżej 6/10

    Tu już tak długo nie będzie, obiecuję, a im bliżej końca tym mniej tekstu, serio. :) Ok, to był chyba całkiem świetny rok dla hip-hopu. Co prawda MF DOOM wydał przeciętną płytę, ale już takie CunninLynguists poradziło sobie znacznie lepiej. Pierwsza część Strange Journey wbiła mnie w ziemię, druga jest już nieco słabsza, chyba brakuje jej killerów w stylu "Hypnotized", ale możliwe, że nie osłuchałem się z nią jeszcze zbyt dobrze. Ciekawie prezentuje się także nowy Mos Def, nawet pomimo tego, że jego flow jest z lekka irytujący. :) Bardzo dobre okazały się także "Ślady Stóp" Goldiego - tak dobrze wyprodukowanego instrumentalnego hip-hopu nie słyszałem już dawno. I nie mówię tu tylko o naszym poletku. Z kolei dälek wydał chyba swoją najsłabszą płytę, ale wciąż jest to pułap o którym wielu może pomarzyć.

    PROSZĘ O WIĘCEJ HAJPU DLA:
    - Torae & Marco Polo - Double Barrel
    - Lukid - Foma
    - Fashawn - Boy Meets World
    - NaPszykłat - NP
    - Wax Tailor - In the Mood for Life

    METAL
    15 pozycji powyżej 6/10

    Tak, nawet ja muszę czasem posłuchać czegoś mocniejszego. Dużo tego nie ma, ale zawsze coś. Największe wrażenie zrobił na mnie Mastodon i jego "Crack the Skye". Może i nie są już trve, ale słucha mi się tej płyty mega przyjemnie. Dobrze że się zespół rozwija i nie stoi w miejscu, zwłaszcza kiedy atakuje takie fajne, już melodyjne, ale jeszcze nie serowe rejony. Podobnież uczynił Converge. No tak trochę podobnie. Z melodiami to tu raczej nie za bardzo, ale i tak jest niesamowicie chwytliwie. Bardzo podoba mi się też zabieg z dwoma ostatnimi, spokojniejszymi kawałkami. OM nom nom, to były natomiast moje pierwsze słowa po zetknięciu się z "God Is Good". Klimat, bas, partie mówione, orientalizmy, miód, cud, orzeszki. Tylko ciekawe czy można to w ogóle jeszcze nazywać metalem. Zaskakująco dobra okazała się także nowa Antigama. O ile wydawało mi się, że grindcore to jednak nie jest moja działka, to akurat "Warning" okazało się bardzo znośne, nie okazało się natomiast bezmyślną napierdalanką, jakiej szczerze mówiąc się spodziewałem. :D

    PROSZĘ O WIĘCEJ HAJPU DLA:
    - Kylesa - Static Tensions
    - Diablo Swing Orchestra - Sing Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious
    - Nile - Those Whom the Gods Detest

    EKSPERYMENTY, DŻEZY, I INNE POPY

    Bardzo ciekawe wydawnictwo zarejestrowały Kormorany. Wyszło coś megaepickiego i megadługiego, prawie jak ten post. Eklektyzm w pełnej krasie, mieszają się tu wpływy z totalnie odległych muzycznych światów. Ci, których nie przeraża słuchanie jednego albumu (o ile mozna tak powiedzieć) przez sześć godzin, na pewno się nie zawiodą. Sporo dobroci zrobił także w tym roku Steven R. Smith rejestrując najpierw wspólny album z Gareth Davisem. Jednak to solowe "Cities" porządnie mną wstrząsnęło. No bo zawsze myślałem, że drone z zasady chwytliwe być nie może. Ducha third streamu wskrzesza natomiast Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra. Niesamowita jazzowo-klasyczna jazda. Warto zwrócić także uwagę na nowy krążek Portico Quartet. Jeśli ktoś myśli, że gatunek nu jazzem zwany się skończył, to się bardzo myli. Świetne rozwinięcie stylu The Cinematic Orchestra, bez żadnych bezmyślnych copypastów. Bardzo mocno stał w tym roku folk, ten eksperymentujący. Kolejny mega album nagrał Natural Snow Buildings, podobnie jak i poboczny projekt muzyków NSB - TwinSisterMoon. Nie zawiódł także Current 93, po raz kolejny otrzymaliśmy fantastyczny krążek.

    KONIEC

    No. Już koniec. :( Fajnie było, ale się skończyło. Nie opisałem wszystkich płyt które chciałem, które chciałbym żebyście i wy usłyszeli, ale było tego naprawdę dużo, odpadłyby mi palce. Mam nadzieję, że rozumiecie. Życzyłbym sobie, w sumie wam też, żeby w przyszłym roku ukazało się równie wiele świetnych płyt. W końcu następny rok to już lata dziesiąte (śmiesznie to brzmi, nie?). A zapowiada się całkiem całkiem, zapraszam do swojego dziennika z premierami 2010, niedługo w końcu go zaktualizuję. :) Bardzo możliwe, że ułożę też w przyszłości "małą" listę moich ulubionych kawałków 2009, oczywiście każdą piosenkę będzie można jakoś odsłuchać. Stej tjund. Tymczasem życzę wam wszystkiego najlepszego w Nowym Roku. :)

    BTW: Aha, obiecałem nagrodę. Nagrodą dla wytrwałych jest mój prywatny buziak - :* ;)

    Czytane razy.
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  • 2009: The Year in Review

    30 Dec 2009, 21:38 by gillianMFC

    All the cool kids are doing it!

    TOP 25 ALBUMS

    25. Real Estate – Real Estate
    Psychedelic surf-rock with a pretty cool album cover. Brah.
    Highlight: Suburban Dogs

    24. Bibio – Ambivalence Avenue
    Ever wondered where the human side of electronica was? This is it.
    Highlight: Lover’s Carvings

    23. Black Dice – Repo
    Total craziness that’s really hard to listen to but actually ends up being fun. Music for the ADHD, electronic noise-loving set.
    Highlight: Chicken Shit

    22. Sonic Youth – The Eternal
    Because they can never make a bad album and I will always love them.
    Highlight: Leaky Lifeboat (for Gregory Corso)

    21. Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport
    So what if their songs go on forever and one bleeds into the next? So what if this isn’t as great as last year’s Street Horrsing? It’s still full of trippy, late-night goodness.
    Highlight: Rough Steez, but it’s hard to tell.

    20. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Why There are Mountains
    Kind of like Lonesome Crowded West, but these guys take themselves more seriously than Isaac Brock. Unfortunately, they never reveal why there are mountains.
    Highlight: PlayIndiana

    19. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
    I’m a total sucker for these shoegaze revival bands. And what an appropriate name for this band; it’s so hard when all you want is for people to just… fucking… like you. A simple desire, and one accomplished nicely.
    Highlight: The bassline on PlayCome Saturday.

    18. Volcano Choir – Unmap
    Oh hey, Bon Iver! You sound creepier and more atmospheric this year!
    Highlight: PlayCool Knowledge

    17. Monsters of Folk – Monsters of Folk
    After opening with the decidedly un-folk Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.), this debut album from the young supergroup got folkier. And more interesting.
    Highlight: Sandman, The Brakeman, And Me

    16. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
    Once you get past the terrible album name, you’re stuck with pure indie pop bliss. Sofia Coppola’s baby dad delivers some of the most fun songs this year. Shame I missed them by an hour at ACL.
    Highlight: Lizstomania

    15. Neon Indian – Psychic Chasms
    Have you ever listened to a record that gave you the “where the fuck am I?” feeling? This is one of those.
    Highlight: PlayShould Have Taken Acid With You

    14. The Dead Weather – Horehound
    Sometimes, when you read about a band, you imagine what they sound like. The Dead Weather sounds EXACTLY like I imagined them, and that is in no way a bad thing.
    Highlight: I Cut Like a Buffalo (What does that even mean?)

    13. Mos Def – The Ecstatic
    Welcome back! Mos Def has crafted a clever, original album, probably the best in rap this year. What amazes me most, though, is how he managed to rhyme something with supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Wow.
    Highlight: PlaySupermagic

    12. Dan Deacon – Bromst
    Cacophony. Utter cacophony. But it’s gorgeous.
    Highlight: Snookered

    11. The Big Pink – A Brief History of Love
    Sonically huge. This album fits in perfectly with the throwback sounds of 2009, while still managing to sound a little different. And no, it has nothing to do with The Band.
    Highlight: Dominos

    10. Atlas Sound – Logos
    Bradford Cox does it again. Once you can get past the disturbing cover art, you discover an album full of surreal goodness.
    Highlight: Walkabout

    9. The Flaming Lips – Embryonic
    The Flaming Lips are an endlessly likeable band. Then they go and make an album like this; an album very few people understand. According to Wayne Coyne himself, it’s supposed to be a cross between Miles Davis and Joy Division. I’m not sure I’m following him correctly, but the bizarrely seemless transition between Evil and Aquarius Sabotage is thrilling.
    Highlight: See The Leaves

    8. Death – …For The Whole World To See
    Technically, this album is not a 2009 album. It was recorded in 1974 by a couple of black punks from Detroit but not released until now, upon their reunion. Does it fit in with great releases from say, MC5 and The Stooges? Absolutely. Does it fit in with the best recordings of this year? Absolutely.
    Highlight: Politicians in My Eyes

    7. Fever Ray – Fever Ray
    She’s completely bizarre and she owns it. Swedish weirdo Karin Dreijer Andersson of The Knife strikes out on her own, and it's just as good, if not better than, Silent Shout.
    Highlight: PlaySeven

    6. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
    Total ear-candy. This album is different than anything else out there this year. Also, Solange Knowles covered it, which aaaalmost makes her the cooler Knowles sister. Almost.
    Highlight: Stillness Is the Move

    5. The Antlers – Hospice
    A beautiful, haunting album. I can’t say a whole lot more about it... just listen.
    Highlight: PlaySylvia

    4. Japandroids – Post-Nothing
    I still can’t decide if this is the best or worst band name I’ve ever heard. But their fuzzy, loud, shout-along anthems are infectious and make for really good driving-alone-while-blasting-your-stereo sing-alongs.
    Highlight: PlayYoung Hearts Spark Fire

    3. Girls – Album
    Early 60’s guitars and melodies hiding behind a giant wall of sound; doesn’t get much more nostalgic than that.
    Highlight: Hellhole Retrace. Thanks, Pitchfork!

    2. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
    Harmonies are always a good thing. I had the privilege of seeing this band live, in the pouring rain, at ACL this year and I’m always impressed when bands can replicate their studio sounds perfectly onstage (although I’ve heard that at smaller, more intimate gigs, the guys experiment a bit, which would have been cool). From haunting, empty-church songs to poppy melodies, Grizzly Bear has you covered for all the pretty music you wanted to hear this year.
    Highlight: Hard to pick one, but Ready, Able is fantastic, especially paired with its claymation video. My most played is Southern Point.

    1. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion
    Everyone is putting the same album on top of their lists (except Rolling Stone, who picked U2, but Bono is probably paying them to do that), and for good reason. From the very beginning of In the Flowers, Merriweather surrounds you in its other-worldy atmosphere and doesn’t let go until long after the final notes of Brother Sport have faded away. Animal Collective has always been awesome, but never before have they reached their full potential. Merriweather will be a hard act to follow, but I’m looking forward to hearing them try.
    Highlight: The hypnotic buildup of My Girls or the controlled chaos of Brother Sport.


    OTHER GOOD MUSICAL MOMENTS (In no particular order)

    1. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – Home
    A really fun song.

    2. HEALTH – Get Color
    I almost got to see them live this year. Damn curfew.

    3. Crocodiles – Summer Of Hate
    A good album for driving home from your shitty summer job.

    4. Venetian Snares – Filth
    It grosses you out (a song called Pussy Splooge? ewwww) and engrosses you at the same time.

    5. Good EPs (in no particular order)
    No Age – Losing Feeling
    The Drums – Summertime!
    Massive Attack – Splitting The Atom
    Animal Collective – Fall Be Kind
    Delorean - Ayrton Senna

    6. Bear in Heaven – Bear Rest Forth Mouth
    I’m not sure what this is, but it was good.

    7. Jay-Z – Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys)
    Excellent, excellent, excellent. I adore Alicia Keys and Hova is at the top of his game (still). Long live his retirement.

    8. The Beatles: Rock Band
    An absolutely genius idea: take everyone’s favorite band and let everyone be them! I actually bought a Wii just so I could get this game. And I beat it the other night and it was climactic. John, if you’re reading this from wherever you are, I love you.

    9. Lady GaGa
    Where is this woman from? Mars? As much as I hate to admit it, she completely fascinates me. And if you haven’t seen the PlayBad Romance video, I recommend it. I commend Miss Gaga for bringing performance art back to music and a little bit of weirdness back to mainstream pop.

    10. (500) Days of Summer Soundtrack
    Somehow, the people who made this movie reached inside my head and stole all the music I like. I still can’t hear Here Comes Your Man without picturing Joseph Gordon-Levitt drunkenly singing it at karoke. Ditto There Is a Light That Never Goes Out and the elevator scene. Ditto PlayYou Make My Dreams and the dance sequence.

    11. Miley Cyrus - Party In The USA
    Probably the most annoying song of the year, even if it was really catchy... and I kinda liked it... Oh and if you can find the Biggie PlayParty And Bullshit remix, it's hilarious.
    Pssst! Here: http://hypem.com/track/928736/Notorious+BIG+-+Party+and+Bullshit+In+the+USA+Remix+

    TOP 10 MOVIES

    Note: There are some movies that I’m supposed to love that I haven’t yet seen, including The Hurt Locker, Broken Embraces, The Princess and the Frog, The Messenger, and A Single Man.

    10. Avatar
    To put it simply: Avatar is a very, very pretty movie with a very, very dumb and predictable plot. But the prettiness is why James Cameron wants you to see it. Humor him. He is, after all, the king of the world. Heh.

    9. The Hangover
    Hands-down the funniest movie of the year. Best part? Other than all of it, the ending credits are absolutely hilarious.

    8. Where the Wild Things Are
    A lot of people absolutely hated this movie for being pretentious, taking a book with barely ten lines of text and turning it into an hour and forty minute movie. However, it tapped into the inner child of everyone who saw it, which made it succeed. Kudos to Karen O & The Kids for the fantastic soundtrack.

    7. Fantastic Mr. Fox
    I love Wes Anderson for several reasons: his tactful use of soundtracking, his tactful use of Bill Murray, and his tactful use of my school as a filming location for Rushmore (tiny parts of it anyway). How would I have known his style would carry over so well into stop-animation? I have never, ever smiled so much during a movie in my life; and, although he’s disguised as a clever fox, George Clooney is absolutely George Clooney. And Bill Murray still succeeds.

    6. (500) Days of Summer
    Romantic comedies are usually pretty lame. By turning the formula on its head and then chopping and screwing it some more, Marc Webb succeeded in making this tale of love found and lost into a total charmer with a great soundtrack and, even with all their faults, very likeable protagonists.

    5. District 9
    Most pleasant surprise of the year. I expected to see a fun, interesting sci-fi flick. But what I got was something so much better. A relatively unknown South African director uses a relatively unknown South African actor (who I read wasn’t really an actor at all) to carry a movie that is so relevant and so interesting and so gripping. A metaphor for apartheid using cat food-loving aliens? I’m game. Say what you want about it, but you absolutely have to see this film. It’s incredible.

    4. An Education
    This movie surprised me (but not as much as District 9). Not that the plot was terribly shocking, but the extent to which I was able to relate to how often I continued to think about the film for the next few days. Excellent performance by newcomer Carey Mulligan as a teenage girl struggling with the same things all other teenage girls (myself included) struggle with, topped off by an affair with a charming older man.

    3. Up in the Air
    It’s hard to say what makes this movie so good. Is it George Clooney? Possibly. Is it Anna Kendrick? Perhaps. A story of a solitary man facing having to make connections, or a frequent traveler who may have to be grounded. Either way, it’s heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time.

    2. Up
    Pixar can do no wrong. In one of their best movies ever (which is hard to say because all their movies are brilliant), they combine the childlike and the mature to create not just a great and memorable family film, but a work of art.

    1. Inglourious Basterds
    Nazi-killing, gratuitous violence, Brad Pitt demanding scalps, someone called “The Bear Jew,” and Quentin Tarantino. It doesn’t get much better than this. The bar scene was pure genius, as was Christoph Waltz’ performance as the evil but charming Colonel Hans Landa.

    OTHER GOOD MOVIES (in no particular order):

    1. A Serious Man
    Weird, but the more I think about it the more I like it, especially their use of Jefferson Airplane and the kid being high at his own bar mitzvah. You win, dude.

    2. The Informant!
    Fat Matt Damon? Hilarious.

    3. Precious
    It’s hard to deny the stir this film has created this year. With Oprah and Tyler Perry latching on, I was skeptical (I’m not a fan of either of them), but I gave in. Precious manages to tear you down and lift you up, all within the course of an hour and fifty minutes. Kudos to Mo’Nique, someone nobody took seriously until now.

    4. Paranormal Activity
    A viral marketing phenomenon. The movie itself could have been a bit scarier, but you have to give the fans credit for making this as huge as it was.

    5. Adventureland
    When a movie starts off with Bastards of Young, it can’t be that bad.

    6. I Love You, Man
    The best argument for bromance since, well, ever.

    7. Zombieland
    I love zombie movies. I will see any zombie movie you throw in front of me. So, combining zombies with a parody (and the best celebrity cameo in the history of parodies, which I won’t ruin), Zombieland was pretty awesome.

    8. Moon
    Congratulations to Duncan Jones for breaking out of his father’s shadow. (Daddy is David Bowie, in case you didn’t’ know). A bit of a mindfuck, but really interesting.

    IMPORTANT CULTURAL MOMENTS

    10. The recession still isn't over
    My dad reminds me of this every time I try to do anything that costs money. So I guess it must be important.

    9. Jersey Shore
    MTV glorifies a few more idiots. This is the Real World, but with bad fake tans and too much hair gel.

    8. Twitter
    Who really cares that you're going to the bathroom right now? I don't.

    7. Bernie Madoff finally goes to jail
    What a douchebag. Not only did he rip off individuals, but he ripped off countless charities, hospitals, and Jewish organizations. There are some people in this world who are truly evil, and Mr. Madoff is one of them.

    6. Chris Brown beats Rihanna
    All the potential he had went out the window. She emerges stronger and more successful. A sad, sad story indeed.

    5. Tiger Woods is really horny
    There are 272,053 members in the "I Have Also Slept With Tiger Woods" facebook group. Shame on you, Tiger.

    4. Swine Flu
    Oh, get over it already.

    3. Kanye West makes a complete fool of himself.
    I agree that Beyonce's Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) video is much better than Taylor Swift's... anything, really (but not the best of all time... that award goes to PlayThriller). However, what Kanye did was totally uncalled for and extremely rude. I do have a bunch of respect for Taylor, however, for 1. writing her own songs and 2. that monologue on SNL that was actually very funny. We all knew Kanye was an asshole, but now we know how MUCH of an asshole. Even the president called him out on it.

    2. Obama's Inauguration
    It was pretty badass. And while this hasn't exactly been a stellar year in politics, it's nice to remember when things were still optimistic.

    1. Michael Jackson dies
    When something really huge happens, people always say "I'll remember where I was when I heard blah blah happened." I'll never forget the look of shock on my mother's face when we turned on the kitchen TV to "King of Pop, Dead at age 50."


    So overall, 2009 was a pretty decent year. Here's to hoping 2010 is better! (It will be for me; I get to graduate high school.)
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  • My 100 Favorite Albums of the '00s

    30 Dec 2009, 17:58 by Ozzloaf

    Updated: 1/01/10

    Well... Another decade gone, and with it a whole new chapter of music. It was a brilliant decade and it produced some of the best albums ever made. I'm of the opinion that this decade was second only to the 70's.

    Allow me to issue the obligatory warning, "These are only MY favorite albums of the decade and do not stand as universally the best albums... It's opinionated."

    Without further a-do:

    1. Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum
    2. Sigur Rós - ( )
    3. Opeth - Blackwater Park
    4. Ulver - Shadows of the Sun
    5. Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
    6. Kayo Dot - Choirs of the Eye
    7. Agalloch - The Mantle
    8. Negură Bunget - Om
    9. maudlin of the Well - Leaving your Bodymap
    10. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven!
    11. Deathspell Omega - Kenose EP
    12. maudlin of the Well - Bath
    13. Deathspell Omega - Veritas Diaboli in Manet Aeternum: Chaining the Katechon EP
    14. Weakling - Dead As Dreams
    15. Ulver - A Quick Fix of Melancholy EP
    16. Radiohead - Kid A
    17. Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
    18. Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre monde
    19. Sigur Rós - Takk...
    20. Deathspell Omega - Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice
    21. Porcupine Tree - Recordings
    22. Opeth - Damnation
    23. Opeth - Deliverence
    24. Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale
    25. Alcest - Le Secret EP
    26. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
    27. Scott Walker - The Drift
    28. Ne Obliviscaris - The Aurora Veil EP
    29. Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters
    30. Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun
    31. Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
    32. Meshuggah - I EP
    33. Ulver - Perdition City
    34. Isis - Panopticon
    35. Magma - K.A (Kohntarkosz Anteria)
    36. Funeral Mist - Salvation
    37. Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
    38. The Ruins of Beverast - Rain Upon the Impure
    39. Enslaved - Vertebrae
    40. Darkspace - Dark Space II
    41. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
    42. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
    43. Enslaved - Below the Lights
    44. Devin Townsend - Terria
    45. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
    46. Between the Buried and Me - Colors
    47. Earthless - Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky
    48. Isis - Oceanic
    49. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
    50. Enslaved - Ruun
    51. Meshuggah - Obzen
    52. Peccatum - Lost in Reverie
    53. Enslaved - Isa
    54. Mono - You Are There
    55. Enslaved - Monumension
    56. Meshuggah - Catch 33
    57. Ulver - Svidd Neger
    58. Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone
    59. Radiohead - In Rainbows
    60. Devin Townsend - Ziltoid the Omniscient
    61. King Crimson - The Power To Believe
    62. Paatos - Time Loss
    63. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
    64. Esoteric - Subconscious Disillusion into the Continuum
    65. Watain - Casus Luciferi
    66. ColdWorld - Melancholie²
    67. Woven Hand - Consider the Birds
    68. Drudkh - Blood in Our Wells
    69. Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars
    70. Neurosis - A Sun That Never Sets
    71. Tenhi - Väre
    72. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
    73. Russian Circles - Enter
    74. Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance
    75. Strapping Young Lad - Alien
    76. Eluvium - Copia
    77. Paysage d'Hiver - Paysage D'Hiver
    78. Negură Bunget - 'N Crugu Bradului
    79. Porcupine Tree - Nil Recurring EP
    80. Cult of Luna - Eternal Kingdom
    81. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (2LP with Sun Giant EP)
    82. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
    83. Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth
    84. Venetian Snares - Rossz csillag alatt született
    85. The Axis of Perdition - Deleted Scenes from the Transition Hospital
    86. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui U.X.O.
    87. Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
    88. Kayo Dot - Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue
    89. Nadja - Radiance of Shadows
    90. Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind
    91. Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
    92. dälek - Absence
    93. Portal - Seepia
    94. Tool - Lateralus
    95. maudlin of the Well - Part the Second
    96. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
    97. Red Sparowes - At The Soundless Dawn
    98. Vàli - Forlatt
    99. Peste Noire - La Sanie des siècles: Panégyrique de la dégénérescence
    100. Secret Chiefs 3 - Book of Horizons


    - Jake

    p.s. There are tons of other albums that I love but didn't quite make the list.
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  • Turing Radio @ Sunday, December 27th, 2009

    28 Dec 2009, 07:36 by kahht

    Playlist:

    Yukki Matthews - Conquerors (This former Crystal Skulls dude just came out with a stellar solo album on Asthmatic Kitty's Library Catalog Music Series. Music for Savage Tropical Imagery came out December 12th)

    mindkontrolultra - Aids Needle Filled With

    Venetian Snares - Horsey Noises (Planet Mu put this single out. I listen to it more than is healthy for me...)

    Retrigger -Brand New Cadillac (vocals by Gabi Lima)

    Holzkopf - OK Times (From the album Credit Card Ache, released on Panospria June 4th)

    Drop the Lime - Rad Girl Killy

    Pantyraid - PlayBeba (Marine Parade released The Sauce on September 21st)

    Lifelike - Sequencer

    Jenocide - 28 Mansions

    My Brightest Diamond - Inside a Boy (Remixed by Son Lux)

    Loess - Cyanor (Remix of Cianuro by Ontasyo)

    roberto carlos lange - Te Vamos A Buscar (Another Asthmatic Kitty release on the Library Catalog Music Series. The album, Music For Memory came out December 7th)
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  • Síol Na Gréine - "Nihil" available as free download

    27 Dec 2009, 23:53 by hiarctow



    Nihil, the newest work from Síol Na Gréine, is available now as a free Creative Commons licensed download.

    Nihil is a three movement pseudo-symphony transcending the boundaries imposed between the more artistically aware forms of popular music (ambient and underground metal) and the world of classical music. Filtering its motivic metamorphoses through the aesthetics of overdriven guitar and delay/effects, Nihil meanders organically through waves of noise and atonality towards a tonal, pictorial narrative of the cyclicality of decay, destruction and rebirth.

    download:
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    This album is provided as a free Creative Commons licensed download by HI.ARC.TOW. This makes it free to download and to redistribute.


    More info here.



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  • Favourite album covers

    27 Dec 2009, 17:24 by hello_didi

    Ok, let's go.

    Björk · Selmasongs

    This is my fav album cover ever. It's beautiful, sad, tragic. They catched the spirit of the movie ('SelmaSongs' is the soundtrack of Lars Von Trier's 'Dancer in the Dark') and the blindness/sadness of Selma (Björk). I love the colours, I love Björk's eyes and I love how they used the little triangles to 'deconstruct' the image. Perfect.

    Aphex Twin · Richard D. James Album
    He's a demon.

    Venetian Snares · Rossz Csillag Allat Született

    Soft (the background's colour) and strong (the black birds flying). Perfectly suits the album, since the songs are a mix of violins (soft) and breakcore (strong).

    Moby · Play

    I really like this cover. It's simple and unpretentious. Calm and energic at the same time. I love the background colour, his face, his clothes, his jump.

    The Strokes · Is This It

    Sexy, sexy, sexy, sexy and sexy.

    Emilie Simon · Végétal

    Delicate and feminine, just like Emilie's work.

    Dead Can Dance · Aion

    A piece of Hieronymus Bosch's 'The Garden of Earthly Delights'. Need to say more?

    Madonna · Erotica

    I love this one because it's sexy without naked women, red itens, S&M, vaginas, penis or anything else related to erotica. It's just simple.

    Björk · Homogenic

    Björk with weird eyes and cool hair dressed by Alexander McQueen.

    Einstürzende Neubauten · Tabula Rasa

    I don't know why I like this one. It's just cool.

    Placebo · Meds

    Cold, sick, desperate and sad. When I listen to this album, the cover art instantly appears on my mind. The pic and the songs make a perfect duet, in my opinion.

    Placebo · Sleeping With Ghosts

    Romantic and sexy. I really love Placebo's albuns covers.

    Santogold · Santogold

    Glitter, glitter, glitter!

    Air · Talkie Walkie

    Very sweet and delicate, as the whole album. Also, I love his faces, the pastel colours and those mathematic formulas in the background.

    Wilco · Sky Blue Sky

    Flying birds.

    Madonna · Ray of Light

    I couldn't left 'Ray of Light' out of this. It's my favourite album and the cover art is beautiful. I love her eyes, her hair, her expression. Shows the new Madonna: religious, mother, stronger, a 'real singer'. She looks mature, calm. Just like her new songs.

    Explosions in the Sky · All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone

    Looks like oil painting.

    Explosions in the Sky · The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place

    The Earth is not a cold dead place, the Earth is not a cold dead place, the Earth is not a cold dead place, the Earth is not a cold dead place.

    Ride · Nowhere

    So blue...

    Garbage · Garbage

    I love the colour and the feathers. Makes me remind when I was 13 and used to love those pens with pink feathers and glitter (ok, I still love those pens, but it's a secret).

    I'm tired of writing and you're tired of reading. So, this is it :}
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  • last.fm - year 1

    26 Dec 2009, 22:25 by g0rd0nb0mbay

    As my first year on last.fm has ended I thought it would be appropriate to write a journal entry to summarize the year and whatnot.

    13,473 Plays
    270 Artists
    81 Posts
    49 Shouts
    31 Friends
    4 Groups

    This is only really written down for my amusement in a years time and serves no purpose and provides no (or minimal) entertainment for you.



    Predictions For The Year Innit:

    UP!
    Marillion (Currently 10th)
    Boards of Canada (Currently 12th)
    Autechre (Currently 14th)
    Animal Collective (Currently 16th)
    Rush (Currently 46th)
    Weezer (Currently 54th)
    Grizzly Bear (Currently 80th)

    DOWN!
    Wu-Tang Clan (Currently 5th)
    Venetian Snares (Currently 8th)
    NOFX(Currently 15th)
    Kid606 (Currently 28th)
    Duran Duran Duran (Currently 35th)

    I'm going to go downstairs and watch match of the day.

    Currently listening to:
    PlayBukowski
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  • Lijstjestijd III - My top ten favorite albums of the noughties (2000-2009)

    24 Dec 2009, 09:42 by alleseter

    The end of this year is also the end of a decennium, so it's also time to present my top ten of favorite albums of the noughties (2000-2009):

    1. Joanna Newsom – Ys (2006)
    2. Venetian Snares – Rossz Csillag Alatt Született (2005)
    3. Radiohead – Kid A (2000)
    4. Maxïmo Park – A Certain Trigger (2005)
    5. M.I.A. – Arular (2005)
    6. Noisettes – What's The Time Mr Wolf? (2007)
    7. Yeasayer – All Hour Cymbals (2007)
    8. My Brightest Diamond – Bring Me The Workhorse (2006)
    9. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca (2009)
    10. Chrome Hoof - Pre-Emptive False Rapture (2007)

    It's rather biased to 2005-2009, because in the last five years I've been more in touch with current pop/rock music than ever before, thanks to my current job and to sites like last.fm, daytrotter and 3voor12.
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