OH MY GOD THANK YOU 2015 FOR TAKING MUSIC OUT OF THE RUT IT’S BEEN IN FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

An unfair statement, yes, considering that 2013 was pretty good. Still, 2015 was phenomenal. I’d choose any album from the top five on this list over last year’s number one, and I feel that I’m not even through listening to the good stuff that came out ( Read more... )

Wow. What a sucky year in music ( Read more... )

Musical trends return every 20 years, we know this. The 80s had us sentimental for The Wonder Years, the 90s had showbands reviving every horrible disco/senti/crossover song ever written, and the 00s saw the return of shoulder pads and synthesizers. As a 90s kid, I was eagerly awaiting its return this decade. I thought to myself, “OMG here we go ( Read more... )

The third year of any given decade is usually the one that solidifies that decade’s sound. In that aspect 2012 was disappointing. There was no equivalent for 92’s Automatic for the People, Slanted and Enchanted, and Check Your Head; r even 02’s Turn On The Bright Lights, You Forgot It in People and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. The closest thing ( Read more... )

A funny thing happened between last year's and this year's list : i moved out of the Philippines. in the age of that newfangled thing we call THE INTERNET this would have nothing to do with music list-making. Alas, my current displacement has everything to do with it. For one thing I live in the world of satellite radio and Spotify now, and would ( Read more... )

i know, i know. i blame it on list fatigue. YOU try making a list of the top 50 albums of the decade. this is horribly late but musical OC dictates that it must be done, especially since 2009 was such a great year for music, the best since 2004 (read my intros to all the previous years, and you'll know how much i hated music then). i'm also happy ( Read more... )

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wow.

can't believe i actually did this.

I blame it on my obssessive-compulsive ritualistic nature when it comes to music (which I talk about at length here), because once i started i couldn't stop. as early as March I was already asking Jason and Marie "what's your favorite album of the decade?" and midway through the year I was asking Diego ( Read more... )

2008 was mostly a crap year for music. I find it incredibly frustrating that nothing really new or exciting has come out since 2004, and most of the "new, exciting" bands are just rehashing old styles. That having been said, there ARE still a number of gems, and you will find most of them on this list ( Read more... )

Dancing and pain; that is what 2007's top 10 is all about -- songs that move the hips or break the heart. It's been quite a strange year for music; so many of my favorite artists from both my youth and the recent years returned, and almost all of them came out with major disappointments. To add insult to injury, some of them, especially the ( Read more... )