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Tag Archives: The Decemberists
The Annotated Decemberists No. 8: “Here I Dreamt I was an Architect”
Perhaps no band’s lyrics better lend themselves to pseudo-academic analysis than those of The Decemberists. The Annotated Decemberists is an attempt to puzzle through the Portland, Oregon, group’s entire catalog song by song—examining all the obscure vocabulary, historical references and poetic subtext—or … Continue reading
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 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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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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The Annotated Decemberists No. 7: “Leslie Anne Levine”
Perhaps no band’s lyrics better lend themselves to pseudo-academic analysis than those of The Decemberists. The Annotated Decemberists is an attempt to puzzle through the Portland, Oregon, group’s entire catalog song by song—examining all the obscure vocabulary, historical references and poetic subtext—or … Continue reading
The Annotated Decemberists No. 6: “The Apology Song”
The sixth and final entry from The Decemberists’ debut EP, Five Songs. Yes, you read that right. There are six songs on Five Songs. Continue reading
The Annotated Decemberists No. 4: “Angel, Won’t You Call Me?”
The narrator’s relationship to this “Angel” is not explained in detail and therefore left open to interpretation, but basically we have a fairly straightforward musical love letter—albeit one couched in plenty of self-deprecation. Continue reading
Halftime Report: My favorite 15 tracks of 2011 thus far
I realize I may need to turn in my official Snobby Blogger membership card, but the iTunes play-count function doesn’t lie. Continue reading
Posted in Halftime Report, Obligatory List-making
Tagged Adele, Amos Lee, Apex Manor, Atmosphere, Best Songs, Halftime Report, Lupe Fiasco, Middle Brother, mp3s, Noah and the Whale, Okkervil River, Rankstravaganza, Raphael Saadiq, Saigon, Shannon and the Clams, The Decemberists, The Downer Party, The Mountain Goats, Wye Oak
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The Annotated Decemberists No. 3: “My Mother Was a Chinese Trapeze Artist”
As related to Sean Nelson for a detailed article in the Seattle alt-weekly paper The Stranger, “My Mother Was a Chinese Trapeze Artist” was inspired by a particularly awful family canoe trip. Continue reading