Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Friday, December 13, 2013
Top Ten Albums of 2013
Honorable Mention: Chance the Rapper- Acid Rain
A pressure cooker like Chicago and its looming summer can't do anything else *but* produce a prodigious mixtape from a kid desperate to keep everyone calm and alive until the mercury drops. Stakes don't get higher, responses don't get craftier or more empathetic.
Runner-Up: Malkovich- Great Expectations
Redemption-Sunday soundtrack. An IV of Clarity into your veins: inspired lyricism and the freshest boom bap. You will get your shit done with a smile on your face.
10. Daft Punk- Random Access Memories
The coolest kids in class were also pulling the long con. Of course they were.
10. Forest Swords- Engravings
Crazy inventive without ever sounding forced. Run if you would like Burial to make a soundtrack for playing capture the flag in the forest with all your friends and some stoners you just met.
9. Tim Hecker- Virgins
What if an entire cathedral rested on your shoulders yet didn't crush you? The choirs would reverberate through your skull.
8. Steve Hauschildt- S/H
My Emeralds bros carry me.
7. Lady Gaga- ARTPOP
Leeegit her duet with Kermie crushed me. Better falsetto than Neil Young. (sidebar Jim Henson was a bigger loss than JFK, agree?)
6. Burial- Rival Dealer
If you have to ask, you're streets behind.
5. Thundercat- Apocalypse
Holy wooly shit are there some great pop songs on here. And some freaky future-jazz to keep up appearances.
4. Califone- Stitches
Have ya met Ted? (Ted is Ben)
3. Kanye West- Yeezus
He doesn't make it easy. He wants to believe we're better than that.
2.Friendzone- DX
Not so much music as an alternate state of existence: dazed happiness and clear blue light under your feet.
1. CHVRCHES- The Bones of What You Believe
Cranberries+New Order=done deal
A pressure cooker like Chicago and its looming summer can't do anything else *but* produce a prodigious mixtape from a kid desperate to keep everyone calm and alive until the mercury drops. Stakes don't get higher, responses don't get craftier or more empathetic.
Runner-Up: Malkovich- Great Expectations
Redemption-Sunday soundtrack. An IV of Clarity into your veins: inspired lyricism and the freshest boom bap. You will get your shit done with a smile on your face.
10. Forest Swords- Engravings
Crazy inventive without ever sounding forced. Run if you would like Burial to make a soundtrack for playing capture the flag in the forest with all your friends and some stoners you just met.
9. Tim Hecker- Virgins
What if an entire cathedral rested on your shoulders yet didn't crush you? The choirs would reverberate through your skull.
8. Steve Hauschildt- S/H
My Emeralds bros carry me.
7. Lady Gaga- ARTPOP
Leeegit her duet with Kermie crushed me. Better falsetto than Neil Young. (sidebar Jim Henson was a bigger loss than JFK, agree?)
6. Burial- Rival Dealer
If you have to ask, you're streets behind.
5. Thundercat- Apocalypse
Holy wooly shit are there some great pop songs on here. And some freaky future-jazz to keep up appearances.
4. Califone- Stitches
Have ya met Ted? (Ted is Ben)
3. Kanye West- Yeezus
He doesn't make it easy. He wants to believe we're better than that.
2.Friendzone- DX
Not so much music as an alternate state of existence: dazed happiness and clear blue light under your feet.
1. CHVRCHES- The Bones of What You Believe
Cranberries+New Order=done deal
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Top Ten Celebrities I've Met
Graded in order of some alchemical combo of niceness and coolness and indulgence for an overexcited kid nerding out.
10. John Darnielle
9. Randy Skylar
8. James Mercer
7. Jason Skylar
6. Janet Weiss
5. Judah Friedlander
4. Isaac Brock
3. Mike Birbiglia
2. Sam Beam
1. Dan Harmon
10. John Darnielle
9. Randy Skylar
8. James Mercer
7. Jason Skylar
6. Janet Weiss
5. Judah Friedlander
4. Isaac Brock
3. Mike Birbiglia
2. Sam Beam
1. Dan Harmon
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Thursday, November 07, 2013
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