tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73465098229008889732024-03-13T15:29:56.046-06:00Earl's Music Musingsryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346509822900888973.post-21270220177639237052012-07-13T14:12:00.002-06:002012-07-13T14:15:07.349-06:00New blogI am doing some music blogging with some friends over at <a href="http://wireswavesmusic.blogspot.com/">http://wireswavesmusic.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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check it out!ryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346509822900888973.post-46479953415338652232012-03-29T21:40:00.000-06:002012-03-29T21:40:23.466-06:00New Music is Black and WhiteThere are three new albums slated to be released in the next few months from some of my favorite bands. I noticed that each features an album cover in simple black and white.<br />
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Sometimes life seems gray but hear it is...<br />
<img alt="Bloom PRE-ORDER" src="http://images.insound.com/177/INS105320.jpg" /> <br />
Beach House "Bloom" due May 15th<br />
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<img alt="The House That Heaven Built PRE-ORDER" src="http://images.insound.com/177/INS105650.jpg" /> <br />
Japandroids "Celebration Rock" due June 5th <br />
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<img height="281" src="http://pitchfork-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/content/HEAVEN_COVER_HIRES_outline.jpg?wmode=transparent" width="320" /><br />
The Walkmen "Heaven" due June 5th<br />
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<a href="http://beachhousebaltimore.com/">http://beachhousebaltimore.com/</a> <br />
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<a href="http://japandroids.com/">http://japandroids.com/</a> <br />
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<a href="http://www.thewalkmen.com/heaven/">http://www.thewalkmen.com/heaven/</a>ryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346509822900888973.post-87711614503258054152011-12-05T22:56:00.008-07:002011-12-05T23:02:46.424-07:00Favorites of 2011I know I haven't posted anything in a few months but I wanted to let you all know that I have been listening to a lot of good music!<br />
So here are my favorites of the year 2011. Two categories, albums and songs. Plus some extras. In no particular order...<br />
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Albums:<br />
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Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues<br />
-Truly Amazing!<br />
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PJ Harvey - Let England Shake<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">-Anglophilia? Not what I was expecting but sooo good.</div><br />
Black Lips - Arabia Mountain<br />
-Catchy as hell garage punk!<br />
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Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde<br />
-Good, fun rock!<br />
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Honorable Mentions:<br />
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Cymbals Eat Guitar - Lenses Alien<br />
-Just about everything good about 90's alt/indie on one album.<br />
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Pains of Being Pure in Heart - Belong<br />
-Another 90's throwback, think Smashing Pumpkins.<br />
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Kurt Vile - Smoke Rings for My Halo<br />
-A batch of really good songs.<br />
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Thee Oh Sees - Castlemania, Carrion Crawler/The Dream<br />
-Quantity and quality.<br />
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Songs:<br />
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Low - "Try to Sleep"<br />
-If anyone challenges Fleet Foxes for vocals/harmonies it's this band.<br />
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My Morning Jacket - " Circuital"<br />
-Fantastic guitar solo.<br />
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Surfer Blood - "Miranda"<br />
-Power POP!<br />
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The Mountain Goats - "For Charles Bronson"<br />
-You gotta STAY POSITIVE!<br />
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St. Vincent - "Cruel"<br />
-Oh, she's only channelling like disco, the Sound of Music and Robert Fripp!<br />
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Cass McCombs - "County Line"<br />
-Sad, driving reeeaallly slow at night song.<br />
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Battles - "Ice Cream"<br />
-Supercoldsugarhigh!!<br />
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The Strokes - "Under Cover of Darkness"<br />
-Hello 2002 (in a good way)!<br />
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Girls - "Vomit"<br />
-Gross.<br />
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*#cked Up - "Queen of Hearts"<br />
-Pure energy!<br />
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Black Lips - "Modern Art"<br />
-Modern art makes me want to rock out!<br />
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Fleet Foxes - "Helplessness Blues"<br />
-Maybe the best song of the year?<br />
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Fleet Foxes - "Grown Ocean"<br />
-Also pretty good.<br />
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Crystal Stilts - "Through the Floor"<br />
-Vintage echoey rock 'n' roll.<br />
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Wilco - "I Might"<br />
-They've still got it.<br />
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Junior Boys - "Banana Ripple"<br />
-Good song, then the organ kicks in and it's great song.<br />
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Little Dragon - "Ritual Union"<br />
-Sexy Cool.<br />
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Toro Y Moi - "How I Know"<br />
-see below<br />
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Toro Y Moi - "New Beat"<br />
-2 really good but really different songs from the same album.<br />
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M83 - "Midnight City"<br />
-Epic sax solo.<br />
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Bill Callahan - "Riding for the Feeling"<br />
-Simple and beautiful.<br />
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Bright Eyes - "Shell Games"<br />
-good'n.<br />
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tUnE-yArDs - "Bizness"<br />
-Most unique.<br />
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Poor Lily - "Head of Flames"<br />
-Punk is not dead.<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Favorite Hip Hop Songs:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Big K.R.I.T. - "Dreamin'"</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">-Old school jamz.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Shabazz Palaces - "An Echo from the Hosts that Profess Infinitum"</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">-Let's talk about time travelin' rhyme javelin somethin' mind unravelin' get down!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Favorite Metal Song:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Liturgy - "High Gold"</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">-Face Melting!</div><br />
Favorite Live Shows:<br />
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Fleet Foxes in Salt Lake City<br />
-They sound even better live!<br />
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Broken Social Scene in Seattle<br />
-Great indie band on possibly their last tour.<br />
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Thee Oh Sees in Seattle<br />
-Loudness + 2 drummers + mic swallowing = insanity.<br />
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Toro Y Moi in Seattle<br />
-I danced my butt off!<br />
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also i haven't listened to the Ryan Adams album yet<br />
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and yes i realize there's is no Bon Iver on this list... sorry<br />
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Earlryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346509822900888973.post-12418416425594714792011-08-29T01:10:00.000-06:002011-08-29T01:10:24.132-06:00Best Album OpenersIn response to Zach Gibson's list <a href="http://justchecktheblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/top-10-track-ones-of-all-time-my-all.html">http://justchecktheblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/top-10-track-ones-of-all-time-my-all.html</a><br />
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1. Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones, Let It Bleed<br />
2. Teenage Riot - Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation<br />
3. 3rd Planet - Modest Mouse, Moon & Antarctica<br />
4. Summer Babe - Pavement, Slanted & Enchanted<br />
5. Biomusicology - Ted Leo & the Pharmacists<br />
6. Everything Hits at Once - Spoon, Girls Can Tell<br />
7. Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground - The White Stripes, White Blood Cells<br />
8. Wordless Chorus - My Morning Jacket, Z<br />
9. Everything in It's Right Place - Radiohead, Kid A<br />
10. Disorder - Joy Division, Unknown Pleasures<br />
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Honorable Mentions<br />
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The Queen is Dead - The Smiths, The Queen is Dead<br />
Taxman - The Beatles, Revolver<br />
Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream<br />
Baba O'Riley - The Who, Who's Next<br />
Lots more...ryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346509822900888973.post-30014262978894190772011-08-27T13:56:00.000-06:002011-08-27T13:56:34.909-06:00T Rex RadioI recently participated in an online radio show hosted by my friends Drew and Austin! Check it out.<br />
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<a href="http://www.trexradio.com/">http://www.trexradio.com/</a>ryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346509822900888973.post-21753650296729839272011-08-15T00:14:00.000-06:002011-08-15T00:14:18.325-06:00Is there a ghost in my house?<iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/J-n7N1RXJbM?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>ryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346509822900888973.post-74284389999603512352011-07-12T11:17:00.000-06:002011-07-12T11:17:18.906-06:00Words about music<a href="http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7967-words-and-music-our-60-favorite-music-books/">http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7967-words-and-music-our-60-favorite-music-books/</a><br />
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Writing about music, what a novel idea.<br />
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Some of these books are very intriguing to me. A few I have read and a few do not interest me at all, example Motley Crue. Maybe you can find a good read in the bunch!ryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346509822900888973.post-71814630162035175292011-07-01T17:36:00.000-06:002011-07-01T17:36:05.917-06:00Garage & Psych RockLately I have really been enjoying some newer bands who are reaching back to the garage and psych rock styles from 60's and 70's. Below are a few highlights I wanted to share with you. Also one classic psych track from 1967.<br />
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Thanks and enjoy!ryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346509822900888973.post-12634521728971348222011-07-01T17:32:00.000-06:002011-07-01T17:32:47.980-06:00Crystal Stilts - Through The Floor<iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_yYwKoWe1PE?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>ryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346509822900888973.post-91228027133712784972011-07-01T17:31:00.001-06:002011-07-01T17:31:37.640-06:00Fresh & Onlys - Waterfall<iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Q2G4ETZvJjU?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>ryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346509822900888973.post-12979547245766659472011-07-01T17:31:00.000-06:002011-07-01T17:31:18.850-06:00Love - A House Is Not a Motel<iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FN2RK7HvIaA?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>ryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346509822900888973.post-71079425934783508082011-06-01T11:42:00.002-06:002011-06-01T11:42:38.631-06:00Sasquatch 2011For those who couldn't make it (like me)...<br />
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<a href="http://www.npr.org/series/136238533/live-from-sasquatch-music-festival">http://www.npr.org/series/136238533/live-from-sasquatch-music-festival</a>ryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346509822900888973.post-68798647651171221572011-05-24T16:27:00.000-06:002011-05-24T16:27:06.528-06:00Happy Birthday Bob!<iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/iBDDiIp7yfM?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>ryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346509822900888973.post-10931717510502514342011-05-23T00:15:00.000-06:002011-05-23T00:15:14.769-06:00Record StoresAmoeba Records the greatest record store in the world. <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/">http://www.amoeba.com/</a>. You can now browse and buy records online and shipping is absolutely free!!<br />
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I can't mention record stores without a shout out to my hometown favorite, Easy Street with 2 locations in Seattle and an online store! <a href="http://easystreetonline.com/">http://easystreetonline.com/</a>ryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346509822900888973.post-20536185314981749082011-05-14T13:53:00.000-06:002011-05-14T13:53:21.954-06:00Menomena and kids<div>Very cool Portland band doing their thing in Paris. This made me smile when I wasn't before. Thanks to <a href="http://www.blogotheque.net/">http://www.blogotheque.net/</a></div><div><br /></div><iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nLH26ZihZpE?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>ryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346509822900888973.post-83780263513416203892011-04-29T13:37:00.000-06:002011-04-29T13:37:45.497-06:00I'M A CUCKOO<iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GuKuw71YBbI?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><div><br /></div><div>I'm a cuckoo.</div>ryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346509822900888973.post-59383909542315021092011-04-07T01:27:00.000-06:002011-04-07T01:27:18.087-06:00LCD Soundsystem - "All My Friends"<iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/i2V_ZT-nyOs?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><div><br /></div><div>Friends and...</div>ryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346509822900888973.post-24984887759310773362011-04-07T01:26:00.000-06:002011-04-07T01:26:42.803-06:00LCD Soundsystem - Home (Virgin Mobile FreeFest 2010)<iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ikYuwfUyXeU?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><div><br /></div><div>Family</div>ryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346509822900888973.post-82280864596493166952011-04-01T15:50:00.000-06:002011-04-01T15:50:25.558-06:00The Needle Drop<a href="http://theneedledrop.com/">http://theneedledrop.com/</a><br />
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Very Cool video blog. Track and album reviews w/ Anthony Fantano and Cal Chuchesta.ryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346509822900888973.post-44780094893214903822011-03-12T14:01:00.001-07:002011-04-01T15:45:17.513-06:0027 years old and The Dismemberment PlanToday is my 27th birthday. Sounds old. But I'm embracing it!<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">One of my favorite bands of all time is playing a show tonight in Seattle. <a href="http://www.showboxonline.com/sodo/eventdetail.php?id=30023&venue_id=891">http://www.showboxonline.com/sodo/eventdetail.php?id=30023&venue_id=891</a> They broke up about 10 years ago but are doing a short reunion tour. I wish I was there! But I'm happy to be in Rexburg with friends! </div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Without further ado. From Burke, VA. The Dismemberment Plan. </div></div>ryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346509822900888973.post-57783158526662579332011-02-14T00:11:00.000-07:002011-02-14T00:11:00.027-07:00Happy Valentines Day<iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/l9-NOIalUYU?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>ryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346509822900888973.post-79062744316411524322011-01-14T17:46:00.000-07:002011-01-14T17:46:08.318-07:00The InterfaceOne of the coolest websites for great new live music sets! New sets regularly.<br />
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<a href="http://www.spinner.com/interface/">http://www.spinner.com/interface/</a>ryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346509822900888973.post-7942850734526116322010-12-24T01:54:00.000-07:002010-12-24T01:54:09.465-07:00Merry Christmas!<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Cse1DOztjks?fs=1" width="425" frameborder="0" height="344"></iframe>ryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346509822900888973.post-67083059667010652010-12-09T20:59:00.010-07:002010-12-09T21:06:58.670-07:00My Favorite Music 2010<div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This is a list, in no particular order, of my favorite albums and songs of the year. I included a few YouTube clips for a taste of some of these songs. Look the rest up to!</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">*Note, I did not include any songs from an album that made the list.</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Vampire Weekend - Contra</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The National - High Violet</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Walkmen - Lisbon</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beach House - Teen Dream</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Arcade Fire - The Suburbs</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">MGMT - Congratulations</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Songs</span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Band of Horses - "Laredo"</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Surfer Blood - "Swim"</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Morning Benders - "Excuses"</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Radio Dept. - "Heaven's On Fire"</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Local Natives - "Sun Hands"</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Wavves - "Post Acid"</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">PS I Love You - "Facelove"</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span><iframe frameborder="0" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_BdIkVhIitw?fs=1" width="480"></iframe></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Smith Westerns - "Weekend"</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Women - "Eyesore"</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Free Energy - "Free Energy"</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - "Bottled In Cork"</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VoOZn3x7Smk?fs=1" width="425"></iframe></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Deerhunter - "Helicopter"</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The New Pornographers - "The Crash Years"</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Tallest Man On Earth - "Burden of Tomorrow"</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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Curren$y - "The Day"<br />
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</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Yeasayer - "O.N.E."</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Hot Chip - "Take It In"</div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LLYLXDtNy2k?fs=1" width="425"></iframe></span>ryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346509822900888973.post-45774907300495113792010-12-03T13:07:00.001-07:002010-12-24T01:49:23.193-07:00We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;">OK, I wasn't planning on posting more than once a week, but this is just too much darn fun...</div><div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Death Cab, what a band. As a teenager I used to go to bed with my headphones on listening to, not an Ipod, but the radio. I would listen to the hour of Pink Floyd on the classic rock station every Monday night. I would listen to the top 10 most requested songs of the day on the alternative station. But my favorite thing to listen to was the local music show every Sunday night. I would lay in the dark and hear songs by Modest Mouse, Elliott Smith, Carissa's Wierd, and of course Death Cab For Cutie. </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes came out the week after my 16th birthday. I can vividly remember hearing the above song one of those nights and feeling blown away by the beauty and power of the music. I have loved this album ever since. From the "Title Track" to "405", to the energetic "Company Calls", to the sad and fragile "No Joy in Mudville". Death Cab has come a long way since being a little indie band from Bellingham, WA (where I used to live.) I have come a long way to from that teenager falling asleep to the radio. But I will never forget how the music made me feel and how it makes me feel today. </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I was able to see Death Cab perform live in Seattle when I was 20 and it was a great show! I continue to listen to their music today. </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">PS How bout them running short!</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Earl</span></span></div></div>ryward26http://www.blogger.com/profile/08308512952659520530noreply@blogger.com0