Archive for December, 2007

the best albums of 2007; part II

By dja ⋅ December 31, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments

PART II (#50-#26)

050
Band of Horses
Cease to Begin
[Sub Pop/Oct 9]

Seattle band’s sophomore album is submerged in a gloomy Americana abyss of reverb and My Morning Jacket-styled wailing that do nothing to alleviate the dismal desolation depicted on its cover.
High point: Is There A Ghost
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049
Panda Bear
Person Pitch
[Paw Tracks/Mar 20]

Animal Collective member’s [...]

the best albums of 2007; part I

By dja ⋅ December 30, 2007 ⋅ 3 comments

PART I (#75-#51)

On the fringe: Dropkick Murphys – The Meanest of Times; Emma Pollock – Watch the Fireworks; We All Have Hooks For Hands – The Pretender; Besnard Lakes – Are the Dark Horse; Dungen – Tio Bitar; Track A Tiger – We Moved Like Ghosts; Tomahawk – Anonymous; Battles – Mirrored; No Age [...]

Coming soon, best of 2007

By dja ⋅ December 15, 2007 ⋅ One comment

i am currently working on my best-of-2007 list. there were so many good albums this year that the list will at least be the top 50 (and possibly top 75) of the year. check back :)
until then, here is a song i like by the most underrated band of all time (dear Pidgeon: can [...]

the raveonettes – aly walk with me

By dja ⋅ December 2, 2007 ⋅ One comment

drive on the back of my motorcycle in the middle of the night while we terrorize the countryside even though no one knows
the raveonettes – aly walk with me
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Hit list

  1. living above/next to a bar
  2. degrassi: the next generation
  3. swine flu
  4. the munsters
  5. the dude with the crossbow on always sunny in philadelphia

Shit list

  1. fantasy baseball
  2. all the d-bags walking around with AIDS masks bc theyre worried about the stupid swine flu
  3. jose reyes
  4. joel hanrahan
  5. fucking all of my fucking pitchers

Listening to:


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    dja: Modest Mouse - The Good Times Are Killing Me

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    alan: Caribou - Lalibela

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