From Megan,
"It's late, and it's long, and it's probably one of the least interesting entries, but for the record, here it is......."
25 Artists Of Megan's Decade, incl. favorite album & track(s):
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (Skinny Love)
Eastmountainsouth - Eastmountainsouth (Hard Times; So Are You To Me)
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Do You Realize??)
The Long Winters - When I Pretend To Fall (Blue Diamonds; Cinnamon)
Low - Things We Lost In the Fire (Sunflower)
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor (Kick, Push; Daydreamin', with Jill Scott)
*The New Pornographers - Challengers (Myriad Harbour; Adventures In Solitude)
Moby - Hotel (Spiders)
Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News (The World At Large)
PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea (A Place Called Home; The Mess We're In, with Thom Yorke)
Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block (Amsterdam)
The Postal Service - Give Up (Such Great Heights)
R.E.M. - Accelerate (Hollow Man)
Radiohead - In Rainbows (Nude)
Regina Spektor - Begin To Hope (Fidelity; Better)
She & Him - Volume One (Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?)
Sigur Ros - () (Untitled #4, a.k.a. Njosnavelin)
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand (Killing The Blues)
Shout Out Louds - Our Ill Wills (Time Left For Love)
Sufjan Stevens - Come On Feel The Illinoise (Casimir Pulaski Day; Chicago)
The Swimmers - People Are Soft (A Hundred Hearts; Save Me (From The Brightness))
**Tegan & Sara - So Jealous (You Wouldn't Like Me; I Know I Know I Know)
U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind (Elevation)
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (M79)
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Pot Kettle Black)
*most difficult to identify favorite anything - solid anyway, anyhow, anywhere - my favorite artist of the decade
**most difficult to identify favorite tracks - equally solid from start to finish
3 Soundtracks of Megan's Decade:
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, Interference - Once
Various - Garden State
Various - O Brother, Where Art Thou?
50 (Additional) Singles of Megan's Decade:
Alexi Murdoch (Orange Sky)
Beck (E-Pro)
Beck (Lost Cause)
Belle & Sebastian (Funny Little Frog)
Beyonce (Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It))
Bishop Allen (Clementines)
Bishop Allen (The Same Fire)
Bjork, with Thom Yorke (I've Seen It All)
The Blind Boys of Alabama (I Shall Not Walk Alone)
Bright Eyes (Land Locked Blues)
Britney Spears (Circus)
Califone (The Orchids)
Caribou (Eli)
Cat Power (Living Proof)
The Clientele (The Violet Hour)
Eddie Vedder (Hard Sun)
Elivs Perkins In Dearland (Shampoo)
Feist (1 2 3 4)
Frou Frou (It's Good To Be In Love)
Gnarls Barkley (Crazy)
Imogean Heap (Hide and Seek)
India Arie (The Heart Of The Matter)
Iron & Wine (Woman King)
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter (Doralee)
Kings Of Convenience (Cayman Islands)
MGMT (Time to Pretend)
M.I.A. (Paper Planes)
M. Ward (Chinese Translation)
Madonna (Don't Tell Me)
The Minus 5 (Days of Wine & Booze)
My Morning Jacket (Knot Comes Loose)
Neko Case (Things That Scare Me)
The New Pornographers (The Laws Have Changed)
Nikka Costa (Everybody Got Their Something)
Old 97's (Designs On You)
Old 97's (Question)
OutKast (Hey Ya!)
Pink (So What)
R.E.M. (Imitation Of Life)
Rachel Ries (Our Summertime)
Rachel Ries (Unkind)
The Raconteurs (Steady As She Goes)
Rhett Miller, with Rachael Yamagata (Fireflies)
Sia (Breathe Me)
T.I., with Rihanna (Live Your Life)
The Twilight Sad (Walking For Two Hours)
Voxtrot (The Start Of Something)
Wilco (Handshake Drugs)
The Wrens (Hopeless)
Yo La Tengo (Black Flowers)
Monday, January 04, 2010
Sunday, January 03, 2010
Janneken Smucker Decade End Songs
1. Paper Planes, MIA
2. I’m the Man Who Loves You, Wilco
3. Crazy in Love, Beyonce
4. House of Cards, Radiohead
5. The Way We Get By, Spoon
6. Time to Pretend, MGMT
7. Chicago, Sufjan Stevens
8. Yoshimi vs the Pink Robots, Flaming Lips
9. Dard-e-Disco, from the soundtrack to Om Shanti Om,
10. North American Scum, LCD Soundsystem
11. Single Ladies, Beyonce
12. No Cars Go, Arcade Fire
13. Gold Digger, Kanye West
14. Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken, Camera Obscura
15. You Know I’m No Good, Amy Winehouse
16. Give It, X-Press 2, featuring Kurt Wagner
17. Seven Nation Army, White Stripes
18. 1234, Feist
19. Hey Ya, Outkast
20. Milkshake, Kelis
21. M79, Vampire Weekend
22. This Mess We’re In, PJ Harvey featuring Thom Yorke
23. Season of the Shark, Yo la Tengo
24. Rehab, Amy Winehouse
25. This Town, Rufus Wainwright
26. American Boy, Estelle
27. I’ve Seen it All, Bjork with Thom Yorke
28. Spiders (Kidsmoke), Wilco
29. Oxford Comma, Vampire Weekend
30. Playground Love, Air
31. California, Rufus Wainwright
32. Young Folks, PB&J
33. New Slang, The Shins
34. Lost Cause, Beck
35. Don’t Make Me a Target, Spoon
36. Kings, Bitter Bitter Weeks
37. Myriad Harbor, New Pornographers
38. Ms. Jackson, Outkast
39. Tiger Phone Card, Dengue Fever
40. Up With People, Lambchop
41. Miss You Much, Lykke Li
42. Do You Realize?, Flaming Lips
43. Portland, Oregon, Loretta Lynn featuring Jack White
44. In the New Year, The Walkmen
45. Jump, N.E.R.D.
46. Float On, Modest Mouse
47. Cherry Chapstick, Yo la Tengo
48. We Float, P.J. Harvey
49. Come On Feel the Illinoise, Sufjan Stevens
50. Last Night, The Strokes
51. Sing Me Spanish Techno, New Pornographers
52. Touch the Sky, Kanye West
53. Suspended from Class, Camera Obscura
54. Falling Slowly, Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
55. Night Nurse, Britta and Dean
56. California, Phantom Planet
57. Everything in its Right Place, Radiohead
58. Caroline and I, The Go-Betweens
59. Telephone, The Stratford Four
60. Australia, The Shins
61. Feel Good Inc., Gorillaz
2. I’m the Man Who Loves You, Wilco
3. Crazy in Love, Beyonce
4. House of Cards, Radiohead
5. The Way We Get By, Spoon
6. Time to Pretend, MGMT
7. Chicago, Sufjan Stevens
8. Yoshimi vs the Pink Robots, Flaming Lips
9. Dard-e-Disco, from the soundtrack to Om Shanti Om,
10. North American Scum, LCD Soundsystem
11. Single Ladies, Beyonce
12. No Cars Go, Arcade Fire
13. Gold Digger, Kanye West
14. Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken, Camera Obscura
15. You Know I’m No Good, Amy Winehouse
16. Give It, X-Press 2, featuring Kurt Wagner
17. Seven Nation Army, White Stripes
18. 1234, Feist
19. Hey Ya, Outkast
20. Milkshake, Kelis
21. M79, Vampire Weekend
22. This Mess We’re In, PJ Harvey featuring Thom Yorke
23. Season of the Shark, Yo la Tengo
24. Rehab, Amy Winehouse
25. This Town, Rufus Wainwright
26. American Boy, Estelle
27. I’ve Seen it All, Bjork with Thom Yorke
28. Spiders (Kidsmoke), Wilco
29. Oxford Comma, Vampire Weekend
30. Playground Love, Air
31. California, Rufus Wainwright
32. Young Folks, PB&J
33. New Slang, The Shins
34. Lost Cause, Beck
35. Don’t Make Me a Target, Spoon
36. Kings, Bitter Bitter Weeks
37. Myriad Harbor, New Pornographers
38. Ms. Jackson, Outkast
39. Tiger Phone Card, Dengue Fever
40. Up With People, Lambchop
41. Miss You Much, Lykke Li
42. Do You Realize?, Flaming Lips
43. Portland, Oregon, Loretta Lynn featuring Jack White
44. In the New Year, The Walkmen
45. Jump, N.E.R.D.
46. Float On, Modest Mouse
47. Cherry Chapstick, Yo la Tengo
48. We Float, P.J. Harvey
49. Come On Feel the Illinoise, Sufjan Stevens
50. Last Night, The Strokes
51. Sing Me Spanish Techno, New Pornographers
52. Touch the Sky, Kanye West
53. Suspended from Class, Camera Obscura
54. Falling Slowly, Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
55. Night Nurse, Britta and Dean
56. California, Phantom Planet
57. Everything in its Right Place, Radiohead
58. Caroline and I, The Go-Betweens
59. Telephone, The Stratford Four
60. Australia, The Shins
61. Feel Good Inc., Gorillaz
Janneken Smucker Year End
Best Songs of the Year:
1. Lust for Life, Girls
2. Save Me, St. Vincent
3. Knotty Pine, David Byrne with Dirty Projectors
4. Stillness is the Move, Dirty Projectors
5. Young Adult Friction, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
6. Quick Canal, Atlas Sound featuring Laetitia Sadier
7. Zero, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
8. Lisztomania, Phoenix
9. Two Weeks, Grizzly Bear
10. Summertime Clothes, Animal Collective
11. The Fear, Lily Allen
12. Warm Heart of Africa, The Very Best featuring Ezra Koenig
Best Albums of the Year:
1. Dirty Projectors, Bitte Orca
2. St. Vincent, Actor
3. Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Pains of Being Pure at Heart
4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It’s Blitz
5. The Swimmers, People Are Soft
6. Grizzly Bear, Veckatimist
7. Girls, Album
8. Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
9. Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion
10. Various Artists, Dark Was the Night
1. Lust for Life, Girls
2. Save Me, St. Vincent
3. Knotty Pine, David Byrne with Dirty Projectors
4. Stillness is the Move, Dirty Projectors
5. Young Adult Friction, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
6. Quick Canal, Atlas Sound featuring Laetitia Sadier
7. Zero, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
8. Lisztomania, Phoenix
9. Two Weeks, Grizzly Bear
10. Summertime Clothes, Animal Collective
11. The Fear, Lily Allen
12. Warm Heart of Africa, The Very Best featuring Ezra Koenig
Best Albums of the Year:
1. Dirty Projectors, Bitte Orca
2. St. Vincent, Actor
3. Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Pains of Being Pure at Heart
4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It’s Blitz
5. The Swimmers, People Are Soft
6. Grizzly Bear, Veckatimist
7. Girls, Album
8. Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
9. Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion
10. Various Artists, Dark Was the Night
Saturday, January 02, 2010
Amber Friesen (Year End & Decade)
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2009 albums
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1. Riceboy Sleeps -- Jonsi & Alex
2. Merriweather Post Pavilion – Animal Collective
3. Middle Cyclone -- Neko Case
4. The XX - XX
5. Lungs – Florence + The Machine
6. My Maudlin Career – Camera Obscura
7. Walking on a Dream – Empire of the Sun
8. Beacons -- Ohbijou
9. Two Suns -- Bat for Lashes
10. Found Songs -- Olafur Arnalds
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2009 Songs
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1. 24-25 – Kings of Convenience
2. My Girls – Animal Collective
3. Foreground – Grizzly Bear
4. Cosmic Love – Florence + The Machine
5. Sabali – Amadou & Mariam
6. Moths Wings – Passion Pit
7. Tightrope – Yeasear
8. Last Dance – The Ravonettes
9. 1901 – Pheonix
10. Shampoo – Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johanson
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Most (personally) influential musicians of the decade (with favorite
album noted)
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1. Sigur Ros ("Takk...")
2. Kings of Convenience ("Riot on an Empty Street")
3. The Shins ("Wincing the Night Away")
4. Neko Case ("Fox Confessor Brings the Flood")
5. Iron & Wine ("Our Endless Numbered Days")
6. The New Pornographers ("Challengers")
7. Jose Gonzalez ("Veneer")
8. Radiohead ("In Rainbows")
9. Arcade Fire ("Funeral")
10. The Postal Service ("Give Up")
2009 albums
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1. Riceboy Sleeps -- Jonsi & Alex
2. Merriweather Post Pavilion – Animal Collective
3. Middle Cyclone -- Neko Case
4. The XX - XX
5. Lungs – Florence + The Machine
6. My Maudlin Career – Camera Obscura
7. Walking on a Dream – Empire of the Sun
8. Beacons -- Ohbijou
9. Two Suns -- Bat for Lashes
10. Found Songs -- Olafur Arnalds
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2009 Songs
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1. 24-25 – Kings of Convenience
2. My Girls – Animal Collective
3. Foreground – Grizzly Bear
4. Cosmic Love – Florence + The Machine
5. Sabali – Amadou & Mariam
6. Moths Wings – Passion Pit
7. Tightrope – Yeasear
8. Last Dance – The Ravonettes
9. 1901 – Pheonix
10. Shampoo – Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johanson
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Most (personally) influential musicians of the decade (with favorite
album noted)
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1. Sigur Ros ("Takk...")
2. Kings of Convenience ("Riot on an Empty Street")
3. The Shins ("Wincing the Night Away")
4. Neko Case ("Fox Confessor Brings the Flood")
5. Iron & Wine ("Our Endless Numbered Days")
6. The New Pornographers ("Challengers")
7. Jose Gonzalez ("Veneer")
8. Radiohead ("In Rainbows")
9. Arcade Fire ("Funeral")
10. The Postal Service ("Give Up")
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