Monthly Archives: December 2010

Cavale

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Band: Shrimp Boat
Album: Cavale
Best song: "What Do You Think of Love, "Creme Brulee" and "Pumpkin Lover" are awesome.
Worst song: “Free Love Overdrive” isn’t much.

In introducing someone to my apartment recently, I tried to explain my general level of organization in my personal life. It’s not really easy to describe, as it doesn’t really exist. I’m particular about some things — contact lists, music in iTunes, file folder structures on my laptop, etc. — but other things are just a hodgepodge of a mess. Continue reading →

In Rainbows

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Band: Radiohead
Album: In Rainbows
Best song: “15 Step,” “videotape,” “Bodysnatchers,” whatever. Pick it. “All I Need” is great. “Reckoner” is sublime.
Worst song: “Faust Arp” is the worst song on the record and it’s also the shortest.

I’ve sorta already went over this particular piece of ground, but it’s worth revisiting: In Rainbows may be Radiohead’s best album. That’s saying a lot, considering this is the band that produced the wildly overpraised Kid A, the awesome The Bends and the superlative OK Computer, but it’s true nonetheless. After spending a week with the record again, I cannot emphasize its greatness enough. Continue reading →

Speak Now

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Band: Taylor Swift
Album: Speak Now
Best song: Every song sounds the same. It’s so very bland.
Worst song: See above.

The simplest of understandings of democracy and capitalism is, essentially, based on the wisdom of the crowd. This notion is not a terribly awful one; the “hive mind” of Wikipedia is largely based on this notion. After all, one person is not as brilliant as one hundred people. Ever. Continue reading →

Zeroes QC

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Band: Suuns
Album: Zeroes QC
Best song: “Armed for Peace” is great. “PVC” is fun. “Arena” is shockingly good.
Worst song: “Pie IX” isn’t much.

Any year-end list of best 2010 albums is going to be a little incomplete. Forgetting the notion of “when does a decade start and end,” last year’s giant list provided me a ton of fun in looking back at the years between 2000 and 2010.

So, a best-of for 2010 isn’t going to be as exciting; Only one year v. 10 years is almost instantly less exciting. Which isn’t to say that a lot of good records came out this year. They did. Beach House released a great, well-regarded album. Lil Wayne released two albums, though neither was much. Broken Social Scene put out a brilliantly interesting record and Band of Horses did their usual boring but fun rock music thing. Continue reading →