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Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Jim Connelly's
Favorite Recordings Of 2006
Monday, January 15, 2007
Jesse Steichen's Favorite Recordings Of 2006
Friday, January 12, 2007
Bill Bentley's Favorite Recordings Of 2006
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Tom Ridge's Favorite Recordings Of 2006
Thursday, January 4, 2007
Lee Templeton's Favorite Recordings Of 2006
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Anthony Carew's 13 Fave Albums Of 2006
Monday, March 27, 2006
SXSW 2006: Finding Some Hope In Austin
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Letter From New Orleans
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Jennifer Przybylski's Fave Albums of 2005
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Music For Dwindling Days: Max Schaefer's Fave Recordings Of 2005
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Sean Fennessey's 'Best-Of' 2005
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Lori Miller Barrett's Fave Albums Of 2005
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Lee Templeton's Favorite Recordings of 2005
Thursday, January 5, 2006
Michael Lach - Old Soul Songs For A New World Order
Wednesday, January 4, 2006
Found In Translation — Emme Stone's Year In Music 2005
Tuesday, January 3, 2006
Dave Allen's 'Best-Of' 2005
Monday, January 2, 2006
Steve Gozdecki's Favorite Albums Of 2005
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Johnny Walker Black's Top 10 Of 2005
Monday, December 19, 2005
Neal Block's Favorite Recordings Of 2005
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Jenny Tatone's Year In Review
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Dave Renard's Fave Recordings Of 2005
Monday, December 12, 2005
Jennifer Kelly's Fave Recordings Of 2005
Thursday, December 8, 2005
Tom Ridge's Favorite Recordings Of 2005
Tuesday, December 6, 2005
Ben Gook's Beloved Albums Of 2005
Monday, December 5, 2005
Anthony Carew's Fave Albums Of 2005
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Prince, Spoon And The Magic Of The Dead Stop
Monday, September 12, 2005
The Truth About America
Monday, September 5, 2005
Tryin' To Wash Us Away
Monday, August 1, 2005
A Psyche-Folk Heat Wave In Western Massachusetts
Monday, July 18, 2005
Soggy But Happy At Glastonbury 2005
Monday, April 4, 2005
The SXSW Experience, Part 3: All Together Now
Friday, April 1, 2005
The SXSW Experience, Part 2: Dr. Dog's Happy Chords
Thursday, March 31, 2005
The SXSW Experience, Part 1: Waiting, Waiting And More Waiting
Friday, March 25, 2005
Final Day At SXSW's Charnel House
Monday, March 21, 2005
Day Three At SXSW
Saturday, March 19, 2005
Day Two In SXSW's Hall Of Mirrors
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Report #1: SXSW 2005 And Its Hall Of Mirrors
Monday, February 14, 2005
Matt Landry's Fave Recordings Of 2004
Wednesday, February 2, 2005
David Howie's 'Moments' From The Year 2004
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Lori Miller Barrett's Fave Recordings Of 2004
Thursday, January 20, 2005
Noah Bonaparte's Fave Recordings Of 2004
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Kevin John's Fave Albums Of 2004
Friday, January 14, 2005
Music For Those Nights: Max Schaefer's Fave Recordings Of 2004
Thursday, January 13, 2005
Dave Renard's Fave Recordings Of 2004
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Neal Block's Top Ten Of 2004
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Jenny Tatone's Fave Albums Of 2004
Monday, January 10, 2005
Wayne Robins' Top Ten Of 2004
Friday, January 7, 2005
Brian Orloff's Fave Albums Of 2004
Thursday, January 6, 2005
Johnny Walker (Black)'s Top 10 Of 2004
Wednesday, January 5, 2005
Jennifer Przybylski's Fave Albums (And Book) Of 2004
Tuesday, January 4, 2005
Mark Mordue's Fave Albums Of 2004
Monday, January 3, 2005
Lee Templeton's Fave Recordings Of 2004
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Monday, January 2, 2006
Steve Gozdecki's Favorite Albums Of 2005
Neumu's Michael Goldberg writes: Longtime Neumu contributor (and Contributing Editor) Steve Gozdecki has unerring taste, which means that usually, the albums he digs are albums that I dig too. While I haven't heard everything on his list yet, the fact that he feels so strongly about Block Party and The Ponys and Franz Ferdinand and Living Things bodes well for the others on the list that I hope to get to in the coming year.
Neumu Contributing Editor Steve Gozdecki writes: It's a 10-way tie for first. Some years are just that way.
Art Brut, Bang Bang Rock & Roll (Fierce Panda): Alternately comedic and deathly serious meta-rock, with songs about rock 'n' roll and rockin' songs that make you wanna roll with it in the best possible way.
Babyshambles, Down in Albion (Rough Trade): Meet Pete Doherty, functional smack addict, burning twice as bright for half as long. Sounding much more like The Libertines than The Libertines themselves did on last year's sophomore swan song, Doherty and his new outfit bring the ambition and gutter poetry that again threaten to bring out the Clash comparisons.
Bloc Party, Silent Alarm (Vice Records): My first listen to this album made me feel as if a focus group had been formed to develop the ultimate Steve-friendly album: strong, guitar-based melodies coupled with funky rhythms, yelping vocals and a vaguely leftist agenda. Subsequent listens — and the remix album — told me the committee had succeeded.
Editors, The Back Room (Kitchenware/Sony BMG): Back in the mid-'80s, "The Back Room" was the name of a venue for all-ages shows where kids from my high school would rock it in new-wave cover bands. Editors go back to those same roots, but manage to push their love of the old found sounds somewhere new, making something warmer than most of their cold contemporaries.
Franz Ferdinand, You Could Have It So Much Better (Sony): Don't hate them because they beat the sophomore slump; hate them because they've released a pair of absolutely killer albums within the space of two calendar years. And then love them love them love them for being so smart, sexy and sassy.
Living Things, Ahead of the Lions (Jive): With nary an iota of
subtlety nor restraint, this St. Louis four-piece comes out swinging hard, borrowing
the sounds of the MC5, the Stooges and the Dolls in order to deliver their pro-peace,
anti-war message. To call them shameless thieves would be to imply that thievery
is still even possible here in the age of sampling and file swapping.
Peter Bjorn and John, Falling Out (Hidden Agenda): Pure, dewy-eyed, vaguely psychedelic pop from Stockholm that, like nearly every disc on my 2005 list, could've been made just about any time in the past quarter century. Fortunately for us, it's new and vital and worth checking out in the here and now.
The Ponys, Celebration Castle (In the Red): Regrettably, I missed
the chance to hype their debut last year. Happily, I found this second album
to be even better — smart art-punk that celebrates the streets and makes
you want to tell the man that you know his plan and ain't gonna take it no more.
Liquid courage delivered aurally.
Portastatic, Bright Ideas (Merge): Mix three parts of pure and glorious power pop and one part experimental balladry. Pour over Mac's cracking, compelling voice. Shake well. Consume. Repeat.
Kanye West, Late Registration (Roc-A-Fella): He creates thick soundscapes, writes with an insightful pen that lets you know he's bad enough without drowning in the gangsta nonsense, and delivers with an understated, hip-hop-scotching flow that makes Mr. West the first platinum rapper to be worth a damn in quite some time.
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