2010 First Quarter Round Up and Playlist
Author: Matt Moeller11 Apr
Since I haven't had much time as of late to post content to this site, I thought I would do my best to give my readers a report on the last three months of music. The releases listed below are not listed in any certain order.
| NOTABLE RELEASES | ||||
| Artists: | Album: | Release Date: | Label: | Links: |
| Beach House | Teen Dream | 1/26/2010 | Sub Pop | >Listen or Buy |
| Freedy Johnston | Rain on the City | 01/12/10 | Bar/None | >Listen or Buy |
| Vampire Weekend | Contra | 01/12/10 | XL | >Listen or Buy |
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | 02/09/10 | Secretly Canadian | >Listen or Buy |
| Broken Bells | S/T | 03/09/10 | Sony | >Listen or Buy |
| Bettie Serveert | Pharmacy of Love | 03/23/10 | Second Motion | >Listen or Buy |
| Charlotte Gainsbourg | IRM | 01/26/10 | Elektra/Asylum | >Listen or Buy |
| Juliana Hatfield | Peace and Love | 02/16/10 | Ye Old Records | >Listen or Buy |
| Joanna Newsom | Have One On Me | 02/23/10 | Drag City | >Listen or Buy |
| jj | jj no. 3 | 03/08/10 | Secrectly Canadian | >Listen or Buy |
| Spoon | Transference | 01/19/10 | Merge | >Listen or Buy |
| These New Puritans | Hidden | 03/02/10 | Domino | >Listen or Buy |
| Shout Out Louds | Work | 02/23/10 | Merge | >Listen or Buy |
| She & Him | Volume Two | 03/23/10 | Merge | >Listen or Buy |
| Gorillaz | Plastic Beach | 03/09/10 | EMI | >Listen or Buy |
| Retribution Gospel Choir | 2 | 1/26/2010 | Sub Pop | >Listen or Buy |
| Four Tet | There Is Love In You | 1/26/2010 | Domino | >Listen or Buy |
| Ted Leo & The Pharmacists | The Brutalist Bricks | 3/9/2010 | Matador | >Listen or Buy |
| Liars | Sisterworld | 3/9/2010 | Mute | >Listen or Buy |
| Los Campesinos! | Romance Is Boring | 1/26/2010 | Arts & Crafts | >Listen or Buy |
| Magnetic Fields | Realism | 1/26/2010 | Nonesuch | >Listen or Buy |
| Laura Veirs | July Flame | 1/12/2010 | Raven Marching Band | >Listen or Buy |
| REST IN PEACE | ||||
| Vic Chesnutt | Box Tops & Big Star founding member, and solo artist | |||
| Alex Chilton | Solo artist | |||
| Mark Linkous | Sparklehorse leader | |||
Below is a playlist featuring some of the best tracks off the albums listed above. If you do not see the embedded playlist below please follow this link.
Playlist: Best Songs of 2009 – Honorable Mention
Author: Matt Moeller1 Feb
As a companion to my list and playlist of the top 20 best albums of 2009, I present a playlist featuring the best cuts from 2009 that were not included on those lists.
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Top 20 Albums of 2009
Author: Matt Moeller10 Jan
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| The Gossip – Music For Men | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Girls – Album | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse – Dark Night Of The Soul | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mos Def – The Ecstatic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mountain Goats & John Vanderslice – Moon Colony Bloodbath | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wilco – Wilco (The Album) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tUnE-yArDs – BiRd-BrAiNs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boat – Setting The Paces |
