I Love Lucy. Never just a review. Always a gorgeous, sensual, philosophical account of why music is so fucking important.
Jul 30, 2011 | Categories: Best of 2011, Music Blogs | Tags: best of 2011, Bill Callahan, Laneway, Les Savy Fav, Lucy Cage, Music criticism, PJ Harvey, Spritualized, Sydney, True Grit, Victoria Birch | 1 Comment »
Most are gigs. Music lives in open air.
Jul 27, 2011 | Categories: Best of 2011, Music Blogs | Tags: Bat For Lashes, Best Coast, best of 2011, criticism, DOOM, Health, Music Writing, Os Mutantes, PJ Harvey, Thurston Moore, Tom Randall, Wire | Leave A Comment »
Choral music. Screaming. The other theme for me so far this year, has been female rap.
Jul 26, 2011 | Categories: Best of 2011, Tamsin Chapman | Tags: Action Painting, best of 2011, blogging, Brighton, classical choral music, criticism, Gropetown, Jonathan Richman, Sigur Ros, Socialist Leisure Party, Suuns, Tamsin Chapman, The Fembassy, The Lovely Eggs | 1 Comment »
A record’s ability to make me feel punched in the chest is a surefire sign that I like it.
Jul 23, 2011 | Categories: Best of 2011, Laura Witkowski | Tags: Bakesale, best of 2011, Katherine Fahey, Laura Witkowski, Little Scream, longboarding, Music criticism, Qye Oak, Sebadoh, Telekinesis!, Xiu Xiu | Leave A Comment »
Something to do with believing in the power of music
Jul 22, 2011 | Categories: Best of 2011, Everett True | Tags: Art Brut, Barbara Panther, best of 2011, Crystal Stilts, Cults, Ema, Everett True, Gyratory System, Karaocake, Katie Stelmanis, Micachu and the Shapes, Music criticism, PJ Harvey, Pris, Shannon And The Clams, Skinny Girl Diet | 1 Comment »
I love it when Radiohead write proper, hummable pop songs.
Jul 21, 2011 | Categories: Best of 2011, Princess Stomper | Tags: Battles, best of 2011, Gang Gang Dance, Lucy Cage, Martin Atkins, Music criticism, Princes Stomper, Princess Stomper, Radiohead, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Weird Al Yankovic, Wierd Al Yankovic, William D Drake | 2 Comments »
I love how it starts out quiet and then suddenly the music pummels you with a tumult of guitars and ride cymbal.
Jul 21, 2011 | Categories: Best of 2011, Brisbane | Tags: best of 2011, Blank Realm, Brisbane, Darragh Murray, Destroyer, Golden Plains, Harmony, Keep On Dancin’s, mclusky, Music criticism, No Anchor, Pulled Apart By Horses, Swaying Buildings, The Hangar, Wild Beasts | 2 Comments »
A feast of cryptic poetics sound tracked by sleepy-eyed saxophones and smooth grooves.
Jul 20, 2011 | Categories: Best of 2011, Music Blogs | Tags: Barbara Panther, best of 2011, Destroyer, james blake, Lady Gaga, Monorail, Music criticism, R. Stevie Moore, The Record Players: DJ Revolutionaries, Wallace Wylie | Leave A Comment »
This album blows my mind every time I listen to it.
Jul 19, 2011 | Categories: Best of 2011, Scott Creney | Tags: best of 2011, David Foster Wallace, Destroyer, Micachu and the Shapes, Micachu and the Shapes and the London Sinfonietta, Music criticism, Scott Creney, Tearist, Warpaint | 9 Comments »
