December? Already?
- Thom Yorke - Cymbal Rush
- Bill Evans - Who Can I Turn To?
- Beastie Boys - What Comes Around
- Hinkley - Estate Sale
- Rogue Wave - Falcon Settles Me
- Norman Blake - Macon Rag
- Pretenders - Lovers Of Today
- Cowboy Junkies - Walking After Midnight
- CSN - Wooden Ships
- Beck - Readymade
Remember when a year took, like, forever ?
I have a list for you – here’s the Uncut top 10 albums of 2008:
10. Paul Weller – 22 Dreams
9. Kings Of Leon – Only By The Night
8. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
7. Neon Neon – Stainless Style
6. Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
5. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
4. Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago
3. TV On The Radio – Dear Science,
2. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
1. Portishead – Third
interesting. two oldies, one 90’s band, and a bunch of stuff i don’t know anything about.
we almost saw Bon Iver, when they opened for Wilco a few months ago. but we lingered too long in the parking lot with our beer and brats.
speak ipod:
1. Leonard Cohen “If It Be Your Will”
2. The Soul Rebels “Funky Rebels”
3. Cat Stevens “How Can I Tell You”
4. Kurt Elling “All Is Quiet”
5. Eddie Palmieri “Nada De Ti”
6. Steely Dan “Do It Again”
7. The Persuasions “It’s Gonna Rain”
8. Eddie Palmieri “Our Routine”
9. James Brown “It’s A Man’s World”
10. James Brown “Get Up, Get Into It”
ipod gets in ruts, but it’s hard to complain.
Later gators –
hey, just wanna say I’m enjoying Rob’s top 10.
I kinda fell out of the pop universe somewhere in the 80’s. Since then it’s been mostly jazz and whatever weird shite drumming leads me to.
Hanging out here is a big treat because y’all have been paying attention for the last couple of decades. It’s all good stuff. Cleek’s college of musical knowledge!!
Elbow and Portishead, especially, are knocking me out.
Thanks!!
and i just grabbed the Bon Iver.
Yeh, that Portishead album is pretty special. If you like it then check out ‘In Rainbows’ by Radiohead – it’s a similar vibe.
And the Elbow album is superb – it’s taken them 4 albums to establish themselves as a world-class band, but they got there in the end. Friends of mine used to rave about them, but I didn’t ‘get’ their earlier stuff.
I just grabbed ‘TV on the Radio’ – I’ll report back if it’s any cop. :)