If you’re looking for party music for tonight, I have some great tunes here. I’m not always swooning over gentle, folky stuff like Shearwater, Fleet Foxes, and Liz Durrett. I also like remixes, electronica, and dance rhythms. Solid Gold, from my Top 10 CDs of 2008, is a giant clue. Gang [...]
“Jesus of the Moon” by Nick Cave
There is no denying the attraction in “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!” from Uncle T’s favorite albums that made it also one of my favorite songs. I liked “We Call Upon the Author” as well, but “Jesus of the Moon” was as big a favorite for me as “Lazarus.” [...]
Christmas provided a welcome break, but I still have my favorite songs of the year to discuss–and I have a LOT of them. Maybe it’s just that I was more determined to find it, but 2008 was a very good year for my particular taste. These favorite songs come after nearly every single [...]
I’m a little late with my annual Pink Christmas post this year, but better late than never. Each December I bring back this zany song by Sweden’s Envelopes along with a collection of other pink songs. Envelopes have recently released a second album, but it is not yet available in the U.S.
Envelopes: Pink [...]
First, public thanks to Pete Green for stopping by on Saturday’s snow post. His song fit the theme perfectly!
We’re having nother rainy day with a forecast of more for Christmas eve, which puts a damp, chill factor on our pre-Christmas preparations. Here are a couple of holiday offerings from band friends to cheer [...]
Where I live, on a clear day I can see all three of the highest mountains in southern California. The double-punch storms of a few days ago left all three with a thick cover of snow. It didn’t snow at my house this year, but four years ago we woke up the week [...]
This is Sapphire. Santa will be leaving a lump of coal in her stocking.
Contrast Podcast #142 marks the beginning (at the lower end) of the annual Festive 50, voted on by all the podcast contributors. Hats off to Tim for getting us all motivated on this project several weeks ago, before most of [...]
CARDINOLOGY - Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
Nice and pleasant sounding CD, but not nearly as good as last year’s “Easy Tiger” on the song-writing side.
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals: Natural Ghost
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Ryan Adams at Bridges Auditorium
ATTACK AND RELEASE - The Black Keys
Drum [...]
Here are some more of the albums that were in consideration for my Top 10 and that I think were especially good in 2008. The first three here would probably all be tied for #11 if I were going to continue ranking.
THE SNOW MAGIC - Dark Dark Dark
This album winks at its morbid themes [...]
I promised this list by Sunday afternoon, and here it is. Coincidentally, this is our 600th post! Nice how I made that work out, isn’t it?
For me 2008 has been an exceptional music year. In other years I have struggled to find enough albums that had truly become favorites, but all of [...]
