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Best Albums of 2009 Revisited

mattsharp Nov 24, 2009 18:59

As taken from the blog Criticism As Inspiration, where I contribute:

Since [my blogmate] Sgt Grumbles and shared his more finalised version of the ‘Best Albums of 2009′ I figured it was as good a time as any to revisit my list. I would have simply updated the original post, but there have been some significant changes to my ‘Best Albums of 2009 ( ( Read more... )

two weeks, born again revisited, best albums, we were promised jetpacks, i'm swollen, merriweather post pavilion, catacombs, pains of being pure at heart, cass mccombs, stereogum, grizzly bear, buddy holly, animal collective, logos, nme, mama, curtains, cursive, while you wait for the others, atlas sound, times new viking, sunset rubdown, dragonslayer, girls, update, happy hollow, hellhole ratrace, rip it off, culture, elvis costello, converge, my maudlin career, mythomania, best of 2009, pet sounds, andrew bird, music, camera obscura, axe to fall, jane doe, these four walls, noble beast, chris cohen, pitchfork, veckatimest, domestica, cryptacize, album

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Grizzly Bear, 2 November

mattsharp Nov 03, 2009 21:07

Last night Arleta and I ventured to Glasgow to watch Grizzly Bear perform - no one else was cool enough to join us apparently (I'm talking about Matt, Chelsea, Scott, Mandy, Yann, Christi and Brandon). But we most certainly enjoyed ourselves. The bus ride to-and-fro was pleasant and we didn't experience any delays as a result the torrential rain ( Read more... )

glasgow, photos, setlist, st vincent, show, music, 02 abc glasgow, arleta, grizzly bear, culture, concert

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Punk binge

mattsharp Oct 31, 2009 21:59

Today I should've been working on two 5,000 word essays that are due in less than two weeks, but I could not bring myself to write one word. Instead I read leisurely, set an itinerary for next Monday's trip to Glasgow to see Grizzly Bear with St Vincent and indulged in punk rock - especially The Clash, Black Flag and The Germs. I love the whole ( Read more... )

adolescents, descendents, slayer, black flag, sex pistols, blondie, germs, bad brains, punk, elvis, souxie & the banshees, stooges, rock, who, t.rex, crass, minutemen, elvis presley, david bowie, dictators, patti smith, protopunk, joy division, talking heads, blind lemon jefferson, bauhaus, dead milkmen, dead kennedys, ramones, culture, converge, clash, post-punk, big boy crudup, minor threat, devo, iron maiden, television, new york dolls, music, velvet underground, black sabbath, history, beatles, sister rosetta tharpe

Hard to be

mattsharp Oct 18, 2009 20:46

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lyrics, music, theology, sin, culture, human, hard to be, religion, david bazan

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Best Albums of 2009 (thus far)

mattsharp Aug 27, 2009 08:24

As taken from the blog Criticism As Inspiration, where I contribute:

It’s late August and I’ve already got a top ten list for the best albums of the year. As I pointed out in an entry last year, it isn’t really my thing to jump on “new” music per se. I am typically balancing myself between “new” music and “old” music that’s “new” to me. This year ( Read more... )

manners, passion pit, dark was the night, best albums, we were promised jetpacks, cai, merriweather post pavilion, catacombs, pains of being pure at heart, cass mccombs, grizzly bear, dinosaur jr., hazards of love, animal collective, lou barlow, david bazan, shara worden, bromst, decemberists, my brightest diamond, neil young, knot, let it roll: songs by george harrison, cursive, bitte orca, dan deacon, sunset rubdown, farm, actor, dragonslayer, girls, dirty projectors, castanets, royal city, culture, converge, my maudlin career, god help the girl, mythomania, best of 2009, andrew bird, st vincent, music, camera obscura, axe to fall, mama i'm bleeding, albums, these four walls, wye oak, noble beast, curse your branches, criticism as inspiration, goodnight unknown, texas rose the beasts and the thaw, veckatimest, album, cryptacize

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Cursive, 29 June

mattsharp Jun 30, 2009 12:38

The Glass House, Pomona, California

1. In the Now
2. Dorothy at Forty
3. Butcher the Song
4. The Radiator Hums
5. From the Hips
6. Rise Up! Rise Up!
7. The Recluse
8. The Martyr
9. Mama, I'm Swollen
10. Art is Hard
11. Into the Fold
12. The Casualty
13. Staying Alive

Encore

14. Sink to the Beat
15. I Couldn't Love You
16. Some Red Handed Slight of Hand

Totals:
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Radiohead, August 27.

mattsharp Aug 28, 2008 02:58

I wrote them down as they came:

1. 15 Step
2. Airbag
3. There There (The Boney King of Nowhere)
4. All I Need
5. Nude
6. Talk Show Host
7. Where I End & You Begin (The Sky Is Falling In)
8. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
9. The Gloaming (Softly Open Our Mouths in the Cold)
10. Faust Arp
11. How to Disappear Completely
12. Reckoner
13. Optimistic
14. Jigsaw ( Read more... )

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