December 2010
17 posts
Want a free Yaesayer live album? →
“Dear Wonderful Fans, To celebrate the close of 2010, your amazing support, and numerous requests, we have decided to unlock the Yeasayer vault and release this live show recorded at the lovely Ancienne Belgique in Brussels. We are letting you, the fans, name the price. See you in 2011.
Much Love, Yeasayer”
Watch Belle & Sebastian's live Glasglow holiday... →
Check out a 7-song Christmas EP from Sufjan... →
Top albums of 2010 sampler (Updated Dec 20)
There are so many blogs I follow in order to aggregate the content I find useful. They all produce massive “top albums of 2010” lists. Unlike last year, where I posted many of them separately, I thought I’d wait and put them all in one post. I’ve also included the top 10 from each list as a preview.
Each list contains some I agree with and some I don’t...
Billboard introduces Social 50 into artist... →
I’m often baffled by the disconnect between what many blogs deem “worthwhile albums,” and which albums are top-sellers. You would think Billboard and Pitchfork exist in different realities to look at their top album lists.
Well, to partially balance their reliance on sales to rank “top” albums, Billboard introduced The Social 50 earlier this month.
From the press...
Captain Beefheart, Don Van Vliet, passed away at... →
Watch Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros / Roger... →
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros have finally figured out that “Home” is over, and play “40 Day Dream” instead.
Meanwhile, Conan gets Waters to say, “If you don’t eat your meat, you can’t have any pudding! How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat?!”
Watch 7 improvised performances from Brian Eno →
Hear many Christmas songs that stand on their own...
Basement Jaxx - "Dracula"
Wye Oak - “Civilian”
In advance of...
Dangerous Minds deconstructs The Rolling Stones'... →
Electric Sea Spider - “Crayons”