Monthly Archives: December 2009
The Decade’s Best, Act 1, Scene 4
35. Great Lake Swimmers – Lost Channels. Admittedly, there are very few Canadian records on this list, but the GLS’ 2009 release, Lost Channels is one Canadian record that definitely deserves a place here. This is a band that with … Continue reading
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The Decade’s Best, Part III
40. Blitzen Trapper – Furr. The single and title track is about a transformation into a werewolf. Can I just say, I’m sick to death of werewolves? Why has this whole vampire/werewolf/zombie thing suddenly become a cancercous growth of jokes, … Continue reading
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The Decade’s Best, Part Deux
44. Josh Ritter – The Animal Years. Does the title of the album refer to the time in which it was made? Were the 2000′s really “the animal years”? Or was Ritter either being nostalgic? Or even prophetic? Actually, listening … Continue reading
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The Decade’s Best
While I think that the late1990s and early years of this decade failed music fans, the latter half of this decade really shone in terms of music; independent artists rose up and took back the medium with full-force, retro sounds … Continue reading
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Blame it Upon a Rush of Blood to the Head
I was revisiting one of my all-time favourite records today, A Rush of Blood to the Head, Coldplay’s best release ever (probably their masterpiece — I don’t think anything they’ve done since or before that album is even comprable, though … Continue reading
You know those moments when something happens and you know a sole person who would appreciate the story? If you can’t tell them, it’s so sad.
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I’m at that stage of my life right now (yeah, people at 23 do indeed feel they are at stages in their lives) when I feel kind of lost, and I’ve started to wonder when the next ACTUAL life stage … Continue reading
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“Spacewolf and Rocking Chairs”
In the words of Ryan Adams, “…In essence, what a person loves is what they are”. I love music, and I feel that I am the music I love, as psychotic and obsessive as that may seem to some. And … Continue reading
Maybe, because I’m reminiscent of that awful feeling of wanting something you can’t have suddenly, I’ve come to realize that I’ve, for both better and for worse, started to feel your absence. And that’s my fault. I’ve done this to … Continue reading
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