One of the more irritating things I came across this year was an overwrought New York Times mega-profile on “20-Somethings” and how this downturn economy was really cramping their ability to “meander” or “find themselves” or at the very least, land an unpaid internship at their favorite poetry zine. Tennis – Baltimore Cassette // “Marathon” (Sixteen Tambourines, July 31) Scrappy, lo-fi folk rock jams with a whole lot of heart.ġ0. You can find the entire Yellow Ostrich discography for free on their Bandcamp page. Try telling me that there has been a better time to be a music fan than now. There’s something lurking in all of these songs just begging to be teased out. I might even still be a few listens away from this thing turning into an all-out classic. I’ve kept Bradford Cox at an arm’s length for a long time now, which is no small feat considering the dude’s like 6’10 and wiry as hell (don’t get any ideas Angus Andrew!), but Halcyon Digest finally roped me in. All I know is that I love both this Muscles-recalling EP and Wind-Up a lot.Ī proper Tough Alliance album would have challenged for the top spot this year and if this wasn’t so short, it would have to. The result: I’m finding it really hard to separate Bikini’s fist-pumping dance cuts from Murakami’s spellbinding storytelling. I think the first 10-15 times I listened to this EP was on the beach in Mexico while reading Haruki Murakami’s mind trip of a novel, “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle”. Possible point deduction occurring here for being such a sour puss live (what, Wellesley College is too small time for you now?). “Boyfriend” is a memorable track opener and the whole album is loaded with some of the bigger pop hooks of the year. But neither are horrible problems to have when you write melodies as well as Wavves-boo Bethany Cosentino. If there’s any knock here, it’s that there isn’t much variety (ok, and the lyrics are nothing to write home about). Top songs coming in a hot sec, as well.īest Coast – Crazy For You (Mexican Summer) That should preemtively answer most of your questions, I think.Īnyways, enjoy or whatever. If you somehow make it to the bottom, you’ll find that my tastes lean heavily in the “pop” direction and that I think Kanye West is a douchebag. Pitchfork) uncovering gem after gem, 2010 made for a pretty fun year for musical discovery (although it also proved to be the hardest year yet to stay on top of everything). With seemingly every other band releasing an EP or full length for free on their Bandcamp page and Altered Zones (R.I.P. Below is a somewhat long-winded summary of my favorite releases from 2010. But then, I guess all good things are.2010 was a really, really good year for music. It’s sort of a simple lesson in theory, but more complicated in practice. I have two children, and I’m trying to teach them about what it means to be, and the ways we all stand to benefit from being, good neighbors. We’re currently in the middle of it as a country and as a species. We all know some version of this conversation. How much to give away? How much to keep for ourselves? How much is too much, and how much is not enough? Maybe the conversation that the mother and son have throughout ‘Hardlytown’ was my attempt to reckon with the tension that exists between selflessness and selfishness. The times that we’re living through have made me think, in so many different ways large and small, about our obligations to one another. “Hardlytown,” a country ballad with a Bob Dylan influence, also comes with a music video by Saleem Reshamwala aka KidEthnic. Taylor, has released another single from this forthcoming album Quietly Blowing It, which arrives this summer. Hiss Golden Messenger, the project of Durham’s M.C.
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