Music Snobs Anonymous

Atoms for Peace - Default [single] b/t What the Eyeballs Do
Iron & Wine - One More Try [single] b/t Trouble
Blue Scholars - May Day [single]
Local Natives - Breakers
Jeremy Enigk - Last Rights [Damien Jurado cover] [Free Download from Seattle Times]
Blue Scholars - The Decisive Moment [single on soundcloud]
The Mountain Goats - Steal Smoked Fish [single] b/t In the Shadow of the Western Hills
Andrew Bird - The Crown Salesman [single] b/t So Much Wine
Bon Iver - Towers [single] b/t Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow)
Cold War Kids - Minimum Day [single]
Beach House - Lazuli [single] b/t Equal Mind

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Last year when compiling my Best Albums of the Year list, I realized that some of my favorite songs were not on my favorite albums. So, I started a supplementary year-end list of individual songs. Here it is for 2012.

I will be playing this on my radioshow Wednesday, December 12th from 8:00-10:00 CST. You can stream the show online here.

Stay tuned for the upcoming "Best Albums of the Year" list

1. Lost in the Light, by Bahamas from Barchords

2. Working Titles, by Damien Jurado, from Maraqopa

3. Watch the Corners, by Dinosaur Jr., from I Bet on Sky

4. We Can't be Beat, by The Walkmen, from Heaven

5. There's No Leaving Now, by The Tallest Man on Earth, from There's No Leaving Now

6. The House that Heaven Built, by Japandroids, from Celebration Rock

7. Do it Anyway, by Ben Folds Five, from The Sound of the Life of the Mind

8. Proceed to Memory, by Pinback, from Information Retrieved

9. That Old Black Hole, by Dr. Dog, from Be the Void

10. Pretty Girl from Michigan, by the Avett Brothers, from The Carpenter

11. Insolence, by Shearwater, from Animal Joy

12. Danse Carribe, by Andrew Bird, from Break it Yourself

13. Beg, by RA Scion, from Beg Borrow Steal [EP]

14. Surrender, by Joshua James, from From the Top of Willamette Mountain

15. Mean to Me, by Ben Kweller, from Go Fly a Kite

16. May Day, by Blue Scholars, from May Day single

17. Rise, by Gift of Gab, from The Next Logical Progression

18. Lakeside View Apartments Suite, by The Mountain Goats, from Transcendental Youth

19. I Gave Away my Brain, by The Go Reflex, from Balls Benefit Compilation

20. Default, by Atoms for Peace, from Default single

21. Lover of the Light, by Mumford & Sons, from Babel

22. I Got You Babe, by Bahamas, from Barchords

23. Fun Times in Babylon, by Father John Misty, from Fear Fun

24. Duncan, Where Have you Gone?, by Ben Gibbard, from Former Lives

25. Some Nights, by fun., from Some Nights

Monday, September 17, 2012

New Ben Folds Five video - Do it Anyway ft. Fraggle Rock and Rob Corddry

Ben Folds Five + Fraggle Rock + Rob Corddry + Chris Hardwick + Anna Kendrick. Yup. This exists. Awesome.

Friday, August 24, 2012

Radio Show, Wednesdays 8:00-10:00 PM, CST

Hello world. I am excited to announce that starting next Wednesday I will be DJing a weekly radio show from 8:00-10:00 PM, CST. If you live in the Kearney, Nebraska area you can tune in to 91.1 KLPR. For the rest of you, listen live on your computer by clicking here: http://mcluhan.unk.edu/klpr/klpr.pls

On August 29th's inaugural show we will hear songs from the following bands:

The Hold Steady
Japandroids
Jeremy Enigk
Gift Of Gab
Damien Jurado
TV On The Radio
Radiohead
Owen
The Go Reflex
Noah and the Whale
Maritime
Lifesavas
Iron & Wine
Nick Drake
Iron & Wine
The Head and the Heart
Cold War Kids
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Shearwater
The National
Local Natives
Josh Ritter
Dr. Dog
The Promise Ring
Ben Folds
Hey Mercedes
Blue Scholars

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Best Albums of 2012: version 2.0

Best Albums of 2012

Version ~~2.0~~ 2.1 (January-June)

For previous years see

Best of 2011

Best (songs) of 2011

LPs

Japandroids - Celebration Rock
Shearwater - Animal Joy
Damien Jurado - Maraqopa
Dr. Dog - Be the Void
John K. Samson - Provincial
Gift of Gab - The Next Logical Progression
Ben Kweller - Go Fly a Kite
Father John Misty - Fear Fun
Andrew Bird - Break it Yourself
Bahamas - Barchords
fun. - Some Nights
Rocky Votolato - Television of Saints
Dent May - Do Things
Sigur Ros - Valtari
The Lumineers - The Lumineers
Matt Pryor - May Day
Matt Pryor - Still There's a Light
Beach House - Bloom
Sun Kil Moon - Among the Leaves
Brendan Benson - What Kind of World
Great Lake Swimmers - New Wild Everywhere
James Vincent McMorrow - Early in the Morning
Craig Finn - Clear Heart Full Eyes
Jack White - Blunderbuss
For all the Girls (Drew Danburry) - For all the Girls
Lyrics Born - Lyrics Born Variety Show: Season 5
Rufus Wainwright - Out of the Game
Galactic - Carnivale Electricos
Fanfarlo - Rooms Filled with Light

EPs

RA Scion - Beg, Borrow, Steal [Free EP]
Damien Jurado - Maraqopa Sessions Blue/Red/Yellow 3x7" series
Rocky Votolato - The Let Go EP
Josh Ritter - Bringing in the Darlings
Sam Means - Nona
Less than Jake - Seasons Greetings

Singles / 7 inches / Misc

Iron & Wine - One More Try [single] b/t Trouble
Blue Scholars - May Day [single]
Jeremy Enigk - Last Rights [Damien Jurado cover] [Free Download from Seattle Times]
Andrew Bird - The Crown Salesman [single] b/t So Much Wine
Bon Iver - Towers [single] b/t Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow)
Cold War Kids - Minimum Day [single]
Beach House - Lazuli [single] b/t Equal Mind

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Japandroids do Fallon

This just might be my #1 album of the year so far.

Music Snobs Anonymous - BLOG CLOSED

BLOG HAS MOVED

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

My Vinyl Collection (May 2013 update)

Monday, January 14, 2013

New Pinback video - Proceed to Memory

Friday, January 4, 2013