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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Rankstravaganza: My 15 favorite albums of 2011
The album is dead. Long live the album. Increasingly, my listening habits tend to revolve around individual tracks, so I tried to adjust my year-end list-making accordingly by making My 30 Favorite Tracks of 2011 the primary entry in this … Continue reading
Posted in End of the Year Rankstravaganza, Obligatory List-making
Tagged Adele, Best Albums, Best Albums of 2011, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Fleet Foxes, Middle Brother, Okkervil River, R.E.M., Rankstravaganza, Raphael Saadiq, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, The Decemberists, The Mountain Goats, They Might Be Giants, Thurston Moore, Timothy Monger, Wilco, Wye Oak
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Rankstravaganza: My 10 favorite tracks of 2011 by Bay Area acts
I’ve only had a year and some change to really immerse myself in the Bay Area music scene, and I’m still feeling my way around and discovering new things daily. So I would never dare to say the following tracks … Continue reading
Posted in Bay Area Music, End of the Year Rankstravaganza, Obligatory List-making
Tagged Art Elliot, Best Songs, Best Songs of 2011, Best Tracks of 2011, Blame Sally, Deerhoof, Fake Your Own Death, Foreign Legion, Foxtails Brigade, John Vanderslice, Kapowski, local bands, local local local, Rankstravaganza, Shannon and the Clams, Wax Idols
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Rankstravaganza: My 30 favorite tracks of 2011
I don’t know about you, but for me, 2011 was not a year of discovery. Most of the songs that bubbled their way to the top of my most-played tracks from last year were by bands I already knew and … Continue reading
Posted in End of the Year Rankstravaganza, Obligatory List-making
Tagged Adele, Amos Lee, Apex Manor, Beastie Boys, Beirut, Ben Folds Five, Best Songs, Best Songs of 2011, Best Tracks of 2011, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., David Lynch, Drive-By Truckers, Eleanor Friedberger, Fleet Foxes, Hayes Carll, Midwest Pride, mp3s, Noah and the Whale, Okkervil River, R.E.M., Rankstravaganza, Raphael Saadiq, Saigon, Sims, Sondre Lerch, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, The Civil Wars, The Decemberists, The Downer Party, The Horrors, The Mountain Goats, Theophilius London, They Might Be Giants, Timothy Monger, Wilco, Wye Oak
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Read a profile of San Jose band Picture Atlantic on another website because somebody’s paying me to post it there instead
You didn’t think I was doing this blog just for yucks, did you? No, I’m in it for the bucks. Ideally, this is a showcase for my writing in the hopes it might lead to paid writing gigs. And that’s … Continue reading
Posted in Bay Area Music, Linkage, Local Bands
Tagged 101 Distribution, alternative rock, Linkage, local bands, Picture Atlantic
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Racking Up Plays: “Party Crashin’” by Blacktivity
Over some banging, reckless beats, Illtone describes the world’s biggest asshole tearing a path of destruction through a party, ranging from the inconsiderate (failing to flush the toilet) to the felonious (stealing the host’s DVDs). Continue reading
Posted in Racking Up Plays
Tagged Blacktivity, free, hip hop, Illtone, Midwest Pride, mp3s, Port Huron, Racking Up Plays, rap, Shade Cobain, The Lyricists
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Who’s Where? East Bay: Spots to hear live music in Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda for Dec. 9 & 10
You’re a music fan in the East Bay. All you need to know is who you can see play this weekend and where to see them. Who’s Where? is your weekly concert listing offering everything you want with nothing you … Continue reading
Posted in Bay Area Music, Who's Where?
Tagged Blame Sally, Bush, East Bay, Florence and The Machine, House Jacks, Inner Ear Brigade, Jane's Addiction, live music, Mumford & Sons, music venues, Ramming Speed, Sister Crayon, Supersuckers, The Gregors, The Riot Professor, venues, Who's Where?
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Racking Up Plays: “Tell Me What I Did” by Ben Folds Five
These are the posts where I gush about some song that I’ve got a huge crush on at the moment, and you put up with it and listen because you’re a good friend. “Tell Me What I Did,” Ben Folds … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five, Darren Jesse, Racking Up Plays, reunion, Robert Sledge
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10 pleasant surprises hidden in this year’s Grammy nominations
In a category usually dominated by schmaltzy duets, it’s a pleasure to see a stompin’, southern gothic, traditionalist shit-kicker like “Barton Hollow” nominated. Continue reading
Posted in Bay Area Music, Obligatory List-making, Overanalyzing Pop Culture, Playlists
Tagged 2012 Grammy Awards, 54th annual Grammy Awards, Adele, dubstep, Eddie Vedder, Family Guy, Fleet Foxes, Gillian Welch, Grammy Awards, Kanye West, nominations, Raphael Saadiq, Robyn, Seth MacFarlane, Steve Earle, Steve Martin, The Bay Brass, The Black Keys, The Civil Wars, The Decemberists, ukulele, Wilco
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