I told you I would slowly get back into the game, and here I am. I wrote a review of Destroyer’s Kaputt for Bullz-Eye/ESD Music, I introduced one of my favorite tracks of 2010, Broken Social Scene’s “All To All” for the Contrast Podcast Festive Fifty, and I penned a write up of Giant Travel...
Favorite Albums of 2010 Band of Horses, Infinite Arms For when you run away from home and want to keep on running. Current Favorite: “Blue Beard” (download) Broken Social Scene, Forgiveness Rock Record For when you’re ready to start all over again. Current Favorite: “Water In Hell” (download) Chief, Modern Rituals For when you want...
I’m not so smug as to think that I can pin-point the albums that will, in retrospect, stand out the most from the 2000s. Nor would it be accurate to argue that the albums that affected me the most on a personal level were “the best.” But if I were to completely take the personal...
One of many highlights of Broken Social Scene’s performance at CMJ last fall was the presentation of “Mrs. Morris,” the first song from Charles Spearin’s The Happiness Project. Spearin, fascinated by the musical qualities of speech, interviewed his neighbors, friends and family members about happiness, then set those interviews to song. Though Spearin says he...
As with last year, when it comes to listing amazing concerts, T-Sides refuses to be bound by the number 10. Also, for the sake of fairness, I’ve compounded bands I saw multiple times. 12. The Notwist @ Webster Hall, October 13th Full review here. Excerpt: In their recordings, the Notwist might give off the impression...
By day four, this CMJ hound needed a bit of a rest – which, in CMJ terms, means I went to one show instead of five. Truthfully, the one show was likely better than any combination of five, as it featured everyone’s favorite obscenely huge Canadian collective, Broken Social Scene. Broken Social Scene kept it...
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=-YPaPSyU-Vc[/youtube] I love mash-ups when they’re done right, and this is done very right. The mp3 is here.
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