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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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Steve Gozdecki's 10 Reasons To Live
Neumu's Michael Goldberg writes: Well, it's that time again: time for all the Neumu writers to go through the piles of CDs they've been listening to all year and compile their favorites. For the next three or four weeks we'll be running a best-of list most weekdays. Today we feature Neumu Contributing Editor Steve Gozdecki's list. Enjoy!
Steve Gozdecki writes: If nothing else, we were reminded again in early November that money and organization can trump passion and sweat. And also, of course, that just as the creators of The Itchy and Scratchy Show learned on The Simpsons, you can't create a product by focus group. So my side of the divide ran John "Poochie" Kerry, who ran the best campaign he could but had too long a career to craft a simple, seamless narrative out of, and we lost. And I've been in a creative funk since.
But as Mike D. of the Beastie Boys sagely rapped long ago, "I've been through
many times/ When I thought I might lose it/ The only thing to save me/ Has always
been music." These are the 10 recordings of 2004 that have been most crucial
to saving me this year, in no particular order because it's all good.
10 reasons to live while suffering under the spell of them Blue State blues....
American Music Club, Love Songs for Patriots (Merge): Because they spent a decade away, but didn't miss a beat.
David Cross, It's Not Funny (Sub Pop): Because music's easy, and comedy is hard. TV may pay his bills, but it also frees Cross to lash out with searingly funny rants like those found here.
Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand (Sony): Because the structuralists tell us that it's all already been written anyway, but these fashion-forward Scots bring us back to the future with better songs than most.
French Kicks, The Trial of the Century (Startime International): Because they pull the same trick as Franz Ferdinand but with a broader palette.
Green Day, American Idiot (Reprise): Because hopefully, we will one day need footnotes to understand the America that Billie Joe and Co. are singing about.
Interpol, Antics (Matador): Because they've evolved past the new Joy Division thing to become the new New Order, with inferior bass but superior guitar and equally daft lyrics.
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Shake the Sheets (Lookout!): Because I came late to Mr. Leo's party, and don't know his back catalog well enough to understand why some saw this disc as a letdown.
The Libertines, The Libertines (Sony): Because their debut was better, but this likely swansong comes mighty close.
The Like Young, So Serious (Parasol): Because short fast loud rules, especially when this husband-and-wife duo do it so well.
The Walkmen, Bows + Arrows (Record Collection): Because I'm pretty sure they're younger than me, but they sound so much older, and sometimes wiser.
Albums that would have to fight it out if I were doing a list of 11: Poster
Children, Scissor Sisters, Sparta, Ikara Colt, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
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Loved 'em last time, left 'em this time: Radio 4, The Catheters, RJD2,
The Streets, !!!, The Roots.
Wanna miss 'em, but they'll probably be back in the form of more Britta Philips & Dean
Wareham albums: Luna.
Early 2005 releases that I can't wait to hear: …Trail of Dead, Broken Social Scene, Built to Spill, Doves, Grandaddy, Idlewild, Massive Attack, Mercury Rev, New Order, Notwist, Raveonettes, The Wedding Present.
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