I honestly have two posts waiting in the queue that are far more substantial than a simple list, I just haven’t edited them. I figured a fun little post would be good, in between social critiques. The following list of albums are ones which I can listen to in their entirety, where every song is good, and the albums are a cohesive body of work. They are my favourite albums. Without further ado, and in no particular order, number one:
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Nov
26
The Irony of Counterculture
The hipster subculture was born from the roots of punk, hip-hop and indie musical followers and put in a sort of counterculture smoothie with a sprinkling of a disheveled, deliberately uncool dweeb factor. Hipsters will carry a carefully decorated notebook, rife with poetry painstakingly plucked from a thesaurus, in a canvas bag made from an old potato sack and sold at Urban Outfitters for $38.50 in a measured aesthetic of uniqueness. The hipster will point out irony like Alanis Morisette
Aug
23
Ghosts 19
More concerts should be as visual as Nine Inch Nails’ “Lights In the Sky” tour. Click through for a sample.
Aug
11
Pop, Revisited
I posted a short, actually fairly poorly written entry professing my love of decent pop music. But, I’m afraid, I fear that my brief fling with pop has been ruined by three things. Just three
Feb
21
On Pop Music
Pop music has always existed. It’s right there in the name – popular music. That’s not to say that everything that’s popular is good. But I hardly think that one can dismiss a song or an artist so rapidly because they’re popular. Surely nobody can ignore the artistry of Beck, the riotous Rolling Stones and the rapping elite that is Jay-Z. I don’t know how to talk about this, so let me interject a brief interlude about food.
Jan
18
Of Genres and Tags
I have a completely tagged iTunes library. After several hours split between the previous two days, I have looked at every song in my library, every single one of the 12,332 songs that I have, and ensured that the song title, artist, album and genre are all correct. And in doing so, I have discovered that the current method of classifying albums and songs is, at best, woefully outdated. More realistically, it’s an empty and meaningless endeavor.
Nov
30
808s & Heartbreak
If we’re talking about an album that will have a classic song on it, 808s isn’t it. “Jesus Walks” from College Dropout will go down in history as one of the all-time best rap songs. “Love Lockdown” simply won’t.
Nov
19
Mix – La Hacienda
La Hacienda – the November 2008 mix by DJ Snyper
1. La Hacienda – Es Vedra
2. Every Word (Wendel Kos Club Mix) – Ercola feat. Danielle
3. Going Wrong (with DJ Shah feat. Chris Jones) – Armin van Buuren
4. See the Difference Inside (Inside Mix) – Moonbeam
5. I Wanna Play a Game (Jigsaw Bootleg Mix) – DJ [...]
Nov
14
Weird Experimental Indie Music
I should define some terms here, specifically “experimental.” Just because you added a xylophone to an otherwise rock song does not make you an experimental artist. Frankly, I’m sick of the bands that think it’s something revolutionary. The worst part is that what they’re producing doesn’t sound musical. Now, I understand that we all have [...]
