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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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Wednesday, January 4, 2006
Found In Translation — My Year In Music 2005
Neumu Creative Director/Co-Founder Emme Stone writes: This year's soundtrack to my life was much informed by a trip to th' Tokyo township. Many hours were spent listening to snippets of splendid new sounds by unheard-of musicians. Sadly, some of the albums mentioned below are rather difficult to acquire outside of Japan. They are well worth hunting for, though, so I recommend some thorough Googling!
1. Trico!, Love Home (Flyrec):
This album is soothing, gentle and unhurried. Sparse piano and accordion melodies and grainy, lo-fi textures underlay quiet, heartbeat-like rhythms and sweet, lovelorn singing. With song titles including "In the Deepest Sleep," "Forest for Rest" and "Lull," it is perfect for falling asleep to. (From Japan.)
2. The Magic Numbers, The Magic Numbers (Heavenly):
This is pop tunesmithery at its finest. The harmonies 'n' hooks are so pretty
and addictive, and I love the countryish edge to songs like "Wheel on Fire."
3. Soil and "Pimp" Sessions, Summer Goddess (Victor):
Soil and "Pimp" specialize in frenetic punk-infused jazz that punches you in the jaw to get your attention. With its action-packed ambulance-siren welcome, this album starts as it means to go on — injecting itself into your adrenal system within three seconds flat. It's fast and it's good! (From Japan.)
4. Mai Fujinoya, Hanger-On-Off-Kingdom (Cemetery Records):
This dreamlike and multi-textured album is mostly instrumental and highly imaginative.
Abstract and experimental, it is so unselfconscious at times that I'm left feeling
like an audio voyeur — as if the album doesn't actually realize it's being
listened to. (From Japan.)
5. Antony and the Johnsons, I Am a Bird Now (Secretly Canadian):
A truly deserving winner of the 2005 Mercury Prize here in the United Queendom,
this album is achingly beautiful and e'er so mesmerizing. "Hope There's Someone" gives
me shivers, and it's delightful to see huge billboards of Antony on the London
Underground as I shuffle to work each morn.
6. New Buffalo, The Last Beautiful Day (Arts & Crafts):
I'd been patiently awaiting this album since I first heard the 2002 EP About Last Night. Sally Seltmann's voice is beautiful and fragile, and I adore the raw vulnerability of songs like "Come Back."
7. Sufjan Stevens, C'mon Feel The Illinoise! (Secretly Canadian):
Geographical-based anthropology never sounded so perky! Sufjan Stevens ne'er fails to delight.
8. Toe, The Book About My Idle Plot on a Vague Anxiety (Catune):
The decidedly nonspecific title of this recording is embodied by a set of melancholy-tinged post-rock melodies. The drums are splendidly drummed and the album cover — haunted by a solemn-looking deer, sans antlers — is my favorite of the year. (From Japan.)
9. The White Stripes, Get Behind Me Satan (XL):
This White album is wonderfully boisterous. It's kind of like a dog that jumps all over you and licks your face. It's playful and strong and endearingly affectionate.
10. Various Artists, Sakura Motown Revue (Victor):
A selection of Motown songs covered by various artists, this album makes my list for the best version of the Jackson Five's "I Want You Back" that I've ever heard. It starts with a Latino beat that gives way to an opulent jazzy extravaganza that keeps my toes a-tapping long after it's over! (From Japan.)
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