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My favorite albums of 2008

// December 31st, 2008 // No Comments » // Adventure and Music

1. Stay Positive – Hold Steady
2. Real Emotional Trash – Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
3. Tell Tale Signs – Bob Dylan
4. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
5. Oracular Spectacular – MGMT
6. The Stand Ins – Okkervil River
7. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
8. Electric Arguments – The Fireman
9. At Mount Zoomer – Wolf Parade
10. We Started Nothing – Ting Tings

Honorable Mention (because it kicks ass) – Live @ Shea Stadium – The Clash

New U2 album on the “Horizon”

// December 18th, 2008 // No Comments » // Music

U2 announced today that their 12th studio album, “No Line on the Horizon” will be released this March; on the 2nd in Europe, and on the 3rd here in the US. According to various reports, the band was in London recently filming the video for the first single, “Get On Your Boots”, so I’d imagine we may see that sometime in late January.

In addition, Pitchfork reports that U2 will also be contributing a track to the new War Child benefit album, Hero, which is set for February release.

Me Too

// December 10th, 2008 // 1 Comment » // Music

Favorite Albums of the last 34 years..

// August 19th, 2008 // No Comments » // Adventure and Music

A recent post on Bready’s blog got me thinking, and so, without further ado, here is a listing of my favorite record from each year I’ve been alive:

1974 – From The Mars Hotel – Grateful Dead
1975 – Blood On The Tracks – Bob Dylan
1976 – Turnstiles – Billy Joel
1977 – Going For The One – Yes
1978 – Some Girls – Rolling Stones
1979 – London Calling – The Clash
1980 – Remain In Light – Talking Heads
1981 – Reckoning – Grateful Dead
1982 – Combat Rock – The Clash
1983 – War – U2
1984 – Unforgettable Fire – U2
1985 – Little Creatures – Talking Heads
1986 – Graceland – Paul Simon
1987 – Joshua Tree – U2
1988 – Past Masters Vol 2 – The Beatles
1989 – Stone Roses – Stone Roses
1990 – Lawn Boy – Phish
1991 – Achtung Baby – U2
1992 – A Picture of Nectar – Phish
1993 – Zooropa – U2
1994 – Parklife – Blur
1995 – The Bends – Radiohead
1996 – Billy Breathes – Phish
1997 – OK Computer – Radiohead
1998 – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea – Neutral Milk Hotel
1999 – Flaming Lips – Soft Bulletin
2000 – Kid A – Radiohead
2001 – Stephen Malkmus – Stephen Malkmus
2002 – Last Broadcast – Doves
2003 – Chutes Too Narrow – The Shins
2004 – Funeral – Arcade Fire
2005 – Separation Sunday – The Hold Steady
2006 – Boys & Girls In America – The Hold Steady
2007 – In Rainbows – Radiohead
2008 – Stay Positive – The Hold Steady

Wow

// July 14th, 2008 // No Comments » // Music and Technology

Radiohead’s latest video, “House of Cards” was released online today. They describe it thusly:

In Radiohead’s new video for “House of Cards”, no cameras or lights were used. Instead, 3D plotting technologies collected information about the shapes and relative distances of objects. The video was created entirely with visualizations of that data.

It’s got an eerie beauty. Check it out for yourself above.

The Hold Steady at Rams Head Live

// June 28th, 2008 // 1 Comment » // Adventure and Music

The Hold Steady
Rams Head Live
Baltimore, MD
June 27, 2008


Constructive Summer
You Can Make Him Like You
Your Little Hoodrat Friend
Chips Ahoy!
Navy Sheets
Bangin’ Camp
Hot Soft Light
Joke About Jamaica
Same Kooks
Lord, I’m Discouraged
Stay Positive
Sequestered In Memphis
Sweet Payne
Hornets! Hornets!
Yeah Sapphire
Slapped Actress
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Don’t Let Me Explode
Stuck Between Stations
Hot Fries
One For The Cutters
Killer Parties