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End of the Year Review- 2011
End of Year Review – 2011
Hello again,
All year I look forward to writing this and coming up with this list. It is something I always enjoy writing and thinking about. I expanded my list of songs to 50 this year. I always find that part easier than judging an album. I felt myself liking albums that gave me immediate satisfaction. That might be due to how busy my year has been. That is why you will notice slow moving albums sort of missing from the list when in prior years I think I would have liked them. Just not enough time to enjoy them. Remember this is my list and I don’t claim to know everything. I haven’t heard many many albums. Help me. As always, if I made any omissions, help. I would love to see what you really liked this year and then we can hold hands and listen…together.
Top 15 Albums:
1. Smith Westerns – Dye It Blonde
2. The Roots – Undun
3. Lykke Li – Wound Rhymes
4. Doomtree – No Kings
5. Feist - Metals
6. tUnE-YarDs – w h o k i l l
7. Hail Mary Mallon – Are You Gonna Eat That
8. Wild Beasts - Smother
9. Tyler, The Creator – Goblin
10. Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials
11. The Decemberists – The King is Dead
12. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
13. Flash Bang Granada – 10 Haters
14. ASAP Rocky – LiveLoveA$AP
15. Open Mike Eagle – Rappers Will Die of Natural Causes
Smith Westerns – Dye It Blonde – My #1 album of the year comes from the Smith Westerns. They are young twenty-something Chicago natives. Dye It Blonde is their sophomore release. I picked this as my favorite album of the year because it can be listened to over and over without growing bored. I have had five or six different favorite songs from this album. It makes me feel happy.
Top 50 Songs:
1. Smith Westerns – “All Die Young”
2. Lykee Li – “I Follow Rivers”
3. Florence and the Machine – “No Light No Light”
4. Okkervil River – “Wake and Be Fine”
5. Smith Westerns – “Weekend”
6. TV on the Radio – “Will Do”
7. Cults – “Go Outside”
8. Foster The People – “Pumped Up Kicks”
9. Tyler, The Creator – “Yonkers”
10. tUnE-yArDs – “Bizness”
11. The Roots – “Make My”
12. Wild Beasts – “Bed of Nails”
13. Doomtree – “Bangarang”
14. The Roots – “Lighthouse”
15. Smith Westerns – “End of the Night”
16. A$AP Rocky – “Peso”
17. Feist – “How Come You Never Go There”
18. Open Mike Eagle – “Nightmares”
19. Hail Mary Mallon – “Garfield”
20. St. Vincent – “Cruel”
21. M83 – “Midnight City”
22. Doomtree – “ Fresh New Trash”
23. Ghostpoet – “Cash and Carry Me Home”
24. The Decemberists – “Rox in the Box”
25. Doomtree – “Gimmie the Go”
26. Flash Bang Grenada – “Bad Cop, Good Cop”
27. Destroyer – “Kaputt”
28. Lykke Li – “Get Some”
29. Bon Iver – “Calgary”
30. Lykke Li – “Unrequited Love”
31. Danny Brown – “Monopoly”
32. Florence and the Machine – “Shake It Out”
33. Shabazz Palaces – “Swerve…”
34. Azealia Banks –“212”
35. Toro y Moi – “Still Sound”
36. Open Mike Eagle – “The Processional”
37. Feist – “Bad in Each Other”
38. tUnE-yArDs – “Gangsta”
39. The Strokes – “Taken for a Fool”
40. Jay-Z and Kanye West – “Gotta Have It”
41. Adele – “Rolling in the Deep”
42. Yelawolf – “Growin’ up in the Gutter”
43. Hail Mary Mallon – “Church Pants”
44. Death Cab for Cutie – “You are a Tourist”
45. Adele – “Someone Like You”
46. Wild Beasts – “Lion’s Share”
47. PJ Harvey – “Let London Shake”
48. Lana Del Rey – “Video Games”
49. Gil-Scott Heron and Jamie xx – “I’ll Take Care of You”
50. Tyler, The Creator – “Tron Cat”
Biggest Pleasant Surprises:
Smith Westerns – Dye It Blonde
tUnE - yArDs – w h o k i l l
A$AP Rocky – LiveLoveA$AP
Biggest Disappoint(s):
The Strokes - Angles
Lupe Fiasco – Lasers
Yelawolf – Radioactive
Atmosphere – The Family Sign
Albums that didn’t come out in 2010 but I listened to a lot:
Yelawolf – Trunk Muzik (2010)
Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot : The Son of Chico Dusty (2010)
Cecil Otter – Rebel Yellow (2008)
Overrated Albums:
Shabazz Palaces – Black Up
Das Racist - Relax
Lupe Fiasco- Lasers
Albums to look forward to in 2011 with fingers crossed:
Santigold – TBA
Miike Snow - TBA
Yeasayer – TBA
Blackstar - ??? (Supposedly going to happen)
Dr. Dre.-Detox…Keep peddling your headphones homie. You have officially lost a fan.
Thank you for reading and I hope you have a wonderful holiday season filled with prosperity, love, and happiness.
Your friend and colleague,
Bojan Jovanovic
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Jay Electronica- “Dimethyltryptamine”
This guy is on another level. Too good. Dilla beat.Song: 9/10
Video: 9/10 -
Groundislava ft. Jake Weary - “Animal”
Never heard of this guy. Love the dark tones and earthy notes. Haha. Just cool.
Song: 9.5/10
Video: Trippy/Odd 8/10
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Atmosphere- “She’s Enough”
Get video…cute
Video: 9.5/10
Song: 7.5/10
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Ghostpoet - “Cash and Carry Me Home”
Such a cool song. I know it’s not the greatest lyrically, but the rest makes up for it.
Song: 9/10
Video: 8/10
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Blueprint- “Radio-Inactive”
So good.
Song-9/10
Video-6/10
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2010 Year Music Review
Once again I have decided to make a list of my favorite stuff from this year. Hopefully this will be useful for you. I love you…all
Top 15 Albums:
1. Beach House – Teen Dream
2. Local Natives – Gorilla Manor
3. The Roots – How I Got Over
4. Yeasayer – Odd Blood
5. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
6. Sleigh Bells – Treats
7. Shad- TSOL
8. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
9. Broken Bells – Broken Bells
10. Vampire Weekend – Contra
11. Blu(e) – Her Favorite Colo(u)r
12. Reflection Eternal – Revolutions Per Minute
13. Foals – Total Life Forever
14. Black Keys - Brothers
15. Best Coast – Crazy For You
Beach House- Teen Dream gets the top spot for 2010. Teen Dream is a perfect album start to finish. They aren’t extravagant, 20 piece, orchestral backed epics, like some bands like to do. They are simple songs. It is a collection of simple, well-crafted pop music. Please take my word and listen to this album.
Top 40 Songs:
1. Beach House – “Norway”
2. Local Natives – “Sun Hands”
3. Arcade Fire – “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)”
4. Beach House – “Lover of Mine”
5. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – “Round and Round”
6. Shad – “Yaa I Get It”
7. Local Natives – “Airplanes”
8. Gayngs – “The Gaudy Side of Town”
9. Best Coast – “When I’m With You”
10. Black Keys – “Tighten Up”
11. Beach House – “Zebra”
12. The Roots – “Dear God 2.0”
13. Yeasayer – “Ambling Alp”
14. Reflection Eternal – “Strangers”
15. Sleigh Bells – “Rill Rill”
16. Kanye West – “So Appalled”
17. Sleigh Bells – “Crown on the Ground”
18. Kanye West – “Gorgeous”
19. Yeasayer – “O.N.E.
20. Jaill – “That’s How We Burn”
21. Blu – “Amnesia”
22. Vampire Weekend – “Horchata”
23. Shad – “Rose Garden”
24. Blu – “Vanity”
25. Broken Bells – “Vaporize”
26. Beach House – “Ten Mile Stereo”
27. Best Coast – “Boyfriend”
28. MGMT – “Flash Delirium”
29. Matt & Kim – “Block After Block”
30. Gorillaz – “Stylo”
31. Arcade Fire – “We Used To Wait”
32. Matt & Kim – “Cameras”
33. The Roots – “Right On”
34. Broken Bells – The High Road”
35. Vampire Weekend – “Cousins”
36. Foals – “Blue Blood”
37. Beach House – “Real Love”
38. The Roots – “Walk Alone”
39. Hot Chip – “I Feel Better”
40. The Radio Dept. – “Heaven’s On Fire”
Biggest Pleasant Surprises:
Sleigh Bells – Treats
Local Native – Gorilla Manor
Beach House – Teen Dream
Biggest Disappoint(s):
MGMT – Congratulations
Menomena - Mines
Hot Chip – One Life Stand
Gorillaz- Plastic Beach
Spoon - Transference
Albums that didn’t come out in 2010 but I listened to a lot:
Wild Beasts – Twin Dancers (2009)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz (2009)
Overrated Albums:
Titus Andronicus: The Monitor
The Morning Benders- Big Echo
Wavves – King of the Beach
Albums to look forward to in 2011 with fingers crossed:
The Decemberists – The King is Dead
Lupe Fiasco- Lasers
Santigold – TBA
The Strokes – TBA
Lykke Li- TBA
Dr. Dre.-Detox…another year has passed without this coming out. I won’t hold my breath.
Hopefully this message finds you well. This year it was hard to list a top 15 albums, but it was really easy to come up with 40 great tracks. I guess that is a sign of the times where singles are more prominent than albums. Damn this ADD-iTunes-Technology obsessed world… which I am totally guilty of falling into. Well, last year when I did this people suggested a bunch of music in the thread. It would be cool to do that again. I don’t get a chance to listen to everything out there. If I made some omissions please help me out. Put your own list together and we can share, and be friends. Best friends. Together in harmony… forever.
Thank you for reading and I hope you have a wonderful holiday season filled with prosperity and happiness.
Your friend and colleague,
Bojan Jovanovic
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Wild Beasts - “All the Kings Men”
Video: 6/10
Song: 9/10
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Oberhofer-“Away Frm U”
I need an outlet, here are the results.
