I’ve already recapped re: the Bon Iver-ish half of this Lykke Li/Bon Iver video that made the rounds in 2008 on the indie blogs (and most likely RS’ Rock Daily). “Dance Dance Dance,” my favorite Lykke Li track from her lovely debut, Youth Novels (and one of my favorite songs of the year) is featured [...]

If you read this blog regularly, you may find my 1500 word Coldplay rant from earlier this year to be pretty hypocritical, considering I didn’t even put the album on my own Top 10 for 2008. I guess, in the end, I couldn’t justify bumping any of these albums (even though I do love Coldplay [...]

Aside from Lil Wayne, Clipse, Fix Your Face, and The Nigger Tape, I haven’t heard any of the mixtapes on New York Magazine’s Ten Best Hip Hop Mixtapes of ‘08 list. I didn’t even know Fabolous was still making records, let alone an “honest contender for best rapper alive.” But, his and DJ Drama’s There [...]

When you dissect lyrics one line at a time, you’re bound to have some that are overly literal or downright perverted. However, some of these lyrics are inexcusable within the context of pretty much anything. The Village Voice set up a tournament style countdown for the Worst Lyrics of 2008 that ends with Nickelback’s “Something [...]

This has sort of become my tribute to great albums that are most likely going to be crossed off the short list for my Top 10 Albums of the Year. The Helio Sequence’s Keep Your Eyes Ahead is going to be another tough one to exclude. Brandon Summers, the voice of the band, blew out [...]

It’s time to officially begin Top 10 season. All of the songs on this list either charted high (or high-ish) (or in general) on the Billboards in the US and/or the UK…or anywhere else. I guess that’s all pretty easy to figure out.
Prepare yourself for lots of Kanye. And Poproks.
Close calls:
“I Kissed a Girl” by [...]

Before we dig in to the year end lists (Top 10 Singles and Top 10 Albums, at the very least, are on the way), I wanted to recap a bit on the better musical moments of 2008. One of them has to be what went on between Bon Iver and myself this fall; Cold, cloudy [...]

So, The Idolator posted their first quarter Top 10 list, and while I disagreed with it for the most part (I’m just not on board with the Hot Chip thing), I feel pretty inspired to make my own.
You’ll notice my #1 (ehem, ugh. Oh God, I suck. But fuck it, I love it), and also [...]