hollyraeraedio

faves of twentyten

2010-05-10T23:53:00.002-06:00

Just shared musical faves of twentyten over at http://higheredmusiccritics.blogspot.com/2010/05/music-for-twentyten.html

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a decade of favorites [1-50]

2010-05-03T21:35:00.003-06:00

The task of embedding all of these albums via Lala got the best of me... I finished this list for the Higher Ed music project Dec. 17, promptly shared it with that team to be compiled in the collective list... and never finished blogging my individual list.

Sadly, Lala is ending May 31. I imagine widgets will break.

It was a good plan.

It was an amazing decade. Here are the final 50.

50. Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles - 2008

49. Wincing the Night Away, The Shins - 2007

48. Strawberry Jam, Animal Collective - 2007

47. Neon Bible, Arcade Fire - 2007

46. A Ghost is Born, Wilco - 2004

45. Rabbit Fur Coat, Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins - 2006

44. Worlds Apart, ... And you will know us by the Trail of Dead - 2004

43. Broken Boy Soldiers, Raconteurs - 2006

42. Eraser, Thom Yorke - 2006

41. Return to Cookie Mountain, TV On The Radio - 2006

40. All Hour Cymbols, Yeasayer - 2007

39. Black Holes And Revelations , Muse - 2006

38. Elephant, The White Stripes - 2003

37. Whatever People Say I am, That's What I'm Not, Arctic Monkeys - 2006

36. Tremendous Efforts, The Sadies - 2001

35. The Execution of All Things, Rilo Kiley - 2006

34. Skeletel Lamping, of Montreal - 2008

33. Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand - 2004

32. Chutes Too Narrow, The Shins - 2003

31. Classics, Ratatat - 2006

30. Manners, Passion Pit - 2009

29. Person Pitch, Panda Bear - 2007

28. Z, My Morning Jacket - 2005

27. Misery Is A Butterfly , Blonde Redhead - 2004

26. Sonic Nurse, Sonic Youth - 2004

25. Sky Blue Sky, Wilco - 2007

24. De-Loused in the Comatorium, The Mars Volta - 2003

23. Warning, Hot Chip - 2006

22. Show Your Bones, Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 2006

21. Vecktimest, Grizzly Bear - 2009

20. Modern Guilt, Beck - 2008

19. Kid A, Radiohead - 2000

18. Room on Fire, The Strokes - 2003

17. White Blood Cells, The White Stripes - 2002

16. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, The Flaming Lips - 2002

15. Microcastle, Deerhunter - 2008

14. Yellow House, Grizzly Bear - 2006

13. Relationship of Command, At The Drive In - 2000

12. Fever to Tell, Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 2003

11. Stories Often Told, The Sadies - 2002

10. Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer, Of Montreal - 2007

9. And The Glass Handed Kites, Mew - 2005

8. Illinois, Sufjan Stevens - 2005

7. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco - 2002

6. Funeral, The Arcade Fire - 2004

5. Source Tags and Codes, ... And you will know us by the Trail of Dead - 2002

4. In Rainbows, Radiohead - 2007

3. Oracular Spectacular, MGMT - 2008

2. Merriweather Post Pavillion, Animal Collective - 2009

1. Is this it, The Strokes - 2001

a decade of favorites [51-60]

2010-01-07T22:11:00.004-07:00

60. Favourite Colours, The Sadies - 2004

Favourite Colours - The Sadies

59. Power Move, Screaming Females - 2009

http://www.screamingfemales.com/powermove.html

58. Made in the Dark, Hot Chip - 2008

Made In The Dark - Hot Chip

57. Third, Portishead - 2008

Third - Portishead

56. Amy Winehouse, Back to Black - 2006

Back To Black - Amy Winehouse

55. Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel, Atlas Sound - 2008

Let the Blind Lead Those Who C...

54. Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes - 2008

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

53. Dear Science, TV On The Radio - 2008

Dear Science - TV On The Radio

52. Broken Social Scene, Broken Social Scene - 2005

Broken Social Scene - Broken S...

51. Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend - 2008

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Week...

a decade of favorites [61-70]

2010-01-07T21:41:00.008-07:00

Happy New Year, musical friends. I am terribly late in sharing the list I created for the http://higheredmusiccritics.blogspot.com/ project.

To this point I haven't even broken into the upper half of my personal top 100 and we're already a week into 'twentyten' - I enjoyed the downtime of the holidays but my final posts are past due.

So here we go...

70. Poses, Rufus Wainwright - 2002

Poses - Rufus Wainwright

69. Evil Urges, My Morning Jacket - 2008

Evil Urges - My Morning Jacket

68. Hail to The Theif, Radiohead - 2003

Hail To The Thief - Radiohead

67. Friend, Grizzly Bear - 2007

http://www.lala.com/#album/72339069015645139/Grizzly_Bear/Friend

66. Oh, Inverted World, The Shins - 2001

Oh, Inverted World - The Shins

65. Toxicity, System of a Down - 2001

Toxicity - System Of A Down

64. Parachutes, Coldplay - 2000

Parachutes - Coldplay

63. Cryptograms, Deerhunter - 2007

Cryptograms - Deerhunter

62. Gulag Orkestar, Beirut - 2006

Gulag Orkestar - Beirut

61. Weirdo Rippers, No Age - 2007

Weirdo Rippers - No Age

a decade of favorites [71-80]

2009-12-15T21:05:00.011-07:00

80. For Emma, Forever Ago, Bon Iver - 2007

For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iv...

79. Night Ripper, Girl Talk - 2006

Night Ripper - Girl Talk

78. Fox Confessor Brings The Flood, Neko Case - 2006

Fox Confessor Brings The Flood...

77. Phrazes of the Young, Julian Casablancas - 2009

Phrazes For The Young - Julian...

76. Wiretap Scars, Sparta - 2002

Wiretap Scars - Sparta

75. Good News for People Who Love Bad News, Modest Mouse - 2004

Good News For People Who Love ...

74. Speakerboxx/The Love Below, Outcast - 2003

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - ...

73. Med sud I eyrum vid spilum endalaust, Sigur Ros - 2008

Med sud I eyrum vid spilum end...

72. Everything All The Time, Band of Horses - 2006

Everything All The Time - Band...

71. Antics, Interpol - 2005

Antics - Interpol

a decade of favorites [90-81]

2009-12-14T21:15:00.008-07:00

90. Under Construction, Missy Elliot - 2002

Under Construction - Missy Ell...

89. Rise Above, Dirty Projectors - 2007

Rise Above - Dirty Projectors

88. Veni Vidi Vicious, The Hives - 2002

http://lala.com/zsCl

87. Vivian Girls, Vivian Girls - 2008

Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls

86. Fate, Dr. Dog - 2008

Fate - Dr. Dog

85. The Ugly Organ, Cursive - 2003

The Ugly Organ - Cursive

84. Piracy Funds Terrorism, Vol. 1, M.I.A. and Diplo - 2004

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy_Funds_Terrorism

83. Yours to Keep, Albert Hammond, Jr. - 2006

Yours To Keep - Albert Hammond...

82. De Stijl, The White Stripes - 2000

De Stijl - The White Stripes

81. New Seasons, The Sadies - 2007

New Seasons - The Sadies

a decade of faves [91-100]

2009-12-11T06:17:00.014-07:00

How do you begin sharing one hundred albums? In a small batch of ten - with helpful widgets to allow you to sample and explore. Here you are friends, 100-91 in my small decade (neck) of the woods.

100. Smile, Brian Wilson - 2004

Smile - Brian Wilson

99. I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass, Yo La Tengo - 2006

I Am Not Afraid Of You And I W...

98. Want One, Rufus Wainwright - 2003

Want One - Rufus Wainwright

97. free drugs ;), Harlem - 2008
album not availble to widgetize, but you can purchase here

96. Santogold, Santigold 2008

Santigold - Santigold

95. Post-War, M. Ward - 2006

Post-War - M. Ward

94. Saturdays=Youth, M83 - 2008

Saturdays = Youth - M83

93. Little Joy, Little Joy - 2008

Little Joy - Little Joy

92. Alight of Night, Crystal Stilts - 2008

Crystal Stilts

91. Freak Out... It's Ben Kweller, Ben Kweller - 2000
orginal album not available to stream, here's the track listing

Ben Kweller

One hundred to choose, and these didn't even make the cut

2009-12-10T21:36:00.011-07:00

You might not think of Blip.fm as a way to make connections with others in your field. In my case, that's exactly what it has transpired. By sharing my blips during the past year, I connected with @andrewcareaga. When you learn that you share musical tastes with others you are networking with on Twitter in a more professional sense, something cool happens - signals take on a higher level of relevance. You develop more associations to that person. If you're Andrew, you've identified a tribe of those folks - and you pull them together to collaborate.

I was fortunate to be invited this fall by to take part in a 'higher ed music critics' #bestalbumsofthedecade project along with @TimNekritz @radiofreegeorgy @MasonDyer @ronbronson & @halogoggles. The originator @andrewcareaga gave us all a heads up to note our top 100 albums, return to him for uber analysis and the compilation of a decade list created by this 'higher ed twitterish alt-indie music fan' tribe. It's really unlike any other experience I've had - and I feel some pretty cool experiences have passed through my network. Collaborative ones, even. But this is totally new - a music-focused act of organized serindepity from which I learned about my own relationship with albums and the tastes of other higher ed folks in my network. Thank you, Andrew, for setting this up.

The list is now being released, ten albums at a time at http://higheredmusiccritics.blogspot.com/ - you will see one post each day until we reach the top.

So begins my musical blogging journey 'hollyraeraedio' ~ I'll post here the list of 100 albums from the 'naughties' and maybe in the future, even more.

Before I start, I think it's relevant to share the ones that got away. The albums I loved and listened to.. then left off the list. Why? Because there really were that many great albums in the last ten years. There must be thousands. I'm only one listener and you'll see I span a fairly narrow section over all. There are so many others out there. Some of these ended up on the lists of others doing #bestalbumsofthedecade project, which is cool, because there's not enough room in a list of one hundred.

Still, I had to start somewhere. Let the media handle the things I never listened to. I won't even pretend. These are my faves. If you're going to make a list of a hundred and you don't have a huge n ready to crowdsource thier own top 100, there's no other way to do it than to go with your gut.

The ones that got away....no particular order, except alphabetical by artist.

Sung Tongs, Animal Collective - 2004
Feels, Animal Collective - 2005
Rooty, Basement Jaxx - 2001
Mirrored, Battles, 2007
The Flying Club Cup, Beirut, 2007
Silent Alarm, Bloc Party - 2005
Your Side of Our Story, Brian Jonestown Massacre, 2009
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - 2005
Robbers & Cowards, Cold War Kids - 2006
A Rush of Blood to the Head, Coldplay - 2002
White Pony, Deftones - 2000
Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon, Devendra Banhart, 2007
Figure 8, Elliot Smith - 2000
From a Basement on the Hill, Elliot Smith - 2004
Fever Ray, Fever Ray - 2009
You Could Have It So Much Better, Franz Ferdinand - 2005
Street Horrrsing, Fuck Buttons - 2008
St. Elsewhere, Gnarls Barkley - 2006
Felt Mountain, Goldfrapp - 2000
Demon Days, Gorillaz - 2005
American Idiot, Green Day - 2004
Turn on the Bright Lights, Interpol - 2002
Blood Visions, Jay Reatard - 2009
Sound of Silver, LCD Soundsystem, 2007
LCD Soundsystem, LCD Soundsystem - 2005
This Island, Le Tigre - 2004
Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts, M83 - 2003
Happy Songs for Happy People, Mogwai - 2003
With Teeth, NIN - 2005
Nouns, No Age - 2008
Hedwig and the Angry Inch Soundtrack, Original Motion Picture Cast - 2001
Young Prayer, Panda Bear - 2004
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea, PJ Harvey - 2000
Uh Huh Her, PJ Harvey - 2004
Amnesiac, Radiohead - 2001
More Adventurous, Rilo Kiley - 2004
Untitled, Sigur Ros - 2002
Hypnotize, System of a Down - 2005
The Loon, Tapes 'n Tapes - 2006
Lightning, Thunder, Strike, The Go! Team - 2004
Silent Shout, The Knife - 2006
Frances the Mute, The Mars Volta - 2005
Highly Evolved, The Vines - 2002
Fujiya & Miyagi, Transparent Things - 2006
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes, TV On The Radio - 2004
All That You Can't Leave Behind, U2 - 2000
Peter Bjorn & John, Writer's Block - 2006
Wavvves, Wavves - 2009

So that's what I had to let go of - one hundred albums that in my mind blew all of the above out of the water. Should I post it in chunks (ten at a time) or all at once?

Just for fun, I had created a Friendfeed room for shares, likes, and comments about other great albums of the decade. If you have albums you want to share, post the album cover via bookmarklet to http://friendfeed.com/bestalbumsofthedecade :)

thank you, friends <33