![]() I do like the White-sung tracks a little better, but there's not a truly weak track on this. So what's the deal with this ill-received project? Voodoo blues. I am on record as being a Jack White fan. I'm no great champion of the Kills, singer Alison Mosshart's main gig, but I've got no beef with them. Forget the Cocteau Twins, this is what dream-pop should sound like. It's beautiful, and the fact that it's all sung in Danish makes it even more ethereal. All the Spector-esque arrangements you've come to love, but like Dylan's Time Out Of Mind, it sounds like it's being recorded by ghosts. Gossamer, drifting, dreamy - I hate to fly, and this record put me at ease from Cleveland to Boston. It doesn't sound like a Raveonettes album, but it couldn't have been made by anyone who wasn't in the Raveonettes. Considering how good these songs are, I don't think I need to sell it any further. Everything from early L-heads songs up through 2009 material, it's a fantastic collection for anyone who likes good punky rock songs. This career-overview live disc shows that while he hasn't been prolific, Deily has certainly been consistently excellent. Varsity Drag - Rock 'N' Roll Is Such A Hassle īen Deily left the Lemonheads in '89, put out a record with his new band, Pods, in 1994, then disappeared to have a real life until '06, when Varsity Drag debuted on record. I guarantee it* (*this is in no way a guarantee).Ĩ. If you like almost anything else on this list, you'll like this record. Last year's Lust, Lust, Lust was a comeback of sorts for a band that never went away - it was just a great, lean, dark rock record. I just can't get enough of their surf/noise/spy guitars and cooing backup vocals. This year's is no different, in that it's completely satisfying, sounds wonderful, and has good songs. I've never considered them one of my favorite bands, but it seems like every year the Raveonettes release a record, it makes my top ten list. Totally deserving of any year-end roundup.ĩ. The trippiest, freakiest, most acid-drenched head record of the year. It's not that their past few records have been bad (except maybe that last one), but even at their most fried point in the early years, they were never this. ![]() Not terribly empirical, but it seems to work for me. There is no science, other than the decades-long mental warping I've incurred. These are ranked, largely, by how much enjoyment I got out of them, how much I liked them, how much I listened to them. The year might not be over, but unless the Young Jeezy record or 30 Seconds To Mars or Rod Stewart albums is going to COMPELTELY BLOW MY MIND, I'm going to call it a wrap on the year. So here's a list of Mike's Choices for the Top Ten Records Of The Year. I mean "special" like "he wears a helmet in the bathtub." Interestingly, though, that demographic dovetails nicely with the type of person who might think that their ranting and hyperbole might be interesting to the whole wide internet. I don't mean "special" as in exemplary, or somehow a cut above. Workers Comp talks about overcoming tough times, which many people can relate to now of days.It takes a special breed of person to make end-of-year top ten lists of a given category. Her father is the late jazz guitarist Ronald Muldrow and her mother is Rickie Byars-Beckwith. Her tender voice is so sweet to listen to. Roses features the voice of Georgia Anne Muldrow. As a personal side note, I would like Black Star to do another album, but for those who are not familiar with the group, listen to their track Definition- it’s a classic. ![]() Mos and Talib trade verses against a smooth jazz beat. The track History is almost like history as Talib Kweli and the late producer J Dilla are all on it. Flash and the late J Dilla all contribute to the album. ![]() Madlib, Oh No (Madlib's brother), Chad Hugo (of The Neptunes), Mr. Mos’ forth album, The Ecstatic is a well produced hip-hop album. Mos has come a long way in his 10 year plus career- starting Black Star with Talib Kweli (another rapper worth checking out), going solo and acting. Mos uses hip-hop as a forum to discuss what is going on and what we are not even aware is going on. As a rapper, he is socially aware about the world and politics. Mos Def is a rapper who’s name lives up to his skill.
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