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December 2011
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Dec 31st
2011 was great and that only means 2012 will be better.
Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
Another Top Concert Moment
I’m not sure I mentioned this in my top/favorite concerts of the year, but seeing Thurston Moore’s “Psychic Hearts” performed twice is one of the top moments of those shows. First, on May 20, Thurston encored his acoustic set with an acoustic rendition that had me singing along. Then, on August 12, Sonic Youth broke this baby out on one of their encores, and holy crap. It...
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My Shows of 2011
I did a mega-post last year where I listed every show I saw in 2010 on my old tumblr, but that was lost to the annals of time when I deleted it. So I’m doing the same thing now and listing every show I saw in 2011. This might be my last post of the year, but we’ll see. So here goes. Dec. 31, 2010/Jan. 1, 2011: Titus Andronicus, Real Estate, Julian Lynch, Andrew Cedermark at 285 Kent,...
Dec 30th
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Top/Favorite 15 Shows of 2011
1. Sonic Youth at Williamsburg Waterfront on Aug. 12 In what could be Sonic Youth’s final U.S. show, Thurston, Kim and company brought the house down with my favorite setlist out of my four Sonic Youth shows. It was the perfect mix of young and old, highlighted by “Brave Men Run,” “Kill Yr Idols,” “Starfield Road,” “Sugar Kane” and...
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Dec 23rd
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Big Troubles - “Sad Girls” Really no need to explain why this video was one of my favorites of the year.
Dec 23rd
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rickyeatacid: laurent from pastaprimavera created this beautiful video for ‘being underwater and everything being quiet and still’ using old family footage he had this to say about it A video I made from some video tape of an old family trip to the Oregon coast. It was at night. The music is by Ricky Eat Acid. For some reason watching these tapes made me think of his LP “seeing little ghosts...
Dec 22nd
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The Babies - “Caroline” Live at 285 Kent in Williamsburg, Dec. 20, 2011. Last night, The Babies were just overwhelmingly solid. The new songs sound so great and they really have a great, great raw energy. They have come a long way from Death By Audio in August 2009. I can’t wait to see them open for Real Estate in January in D.C.
Dec 22nd
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The Babies - “Breakin’ The Law” Live at 285 Kent in Williamsburg, Dec. 20, 2011.
Dec 22nd
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Youth Lagoon - “17” Trevor Powers sneaked up on me at the beginning of this fall. His Youth Lagoon project had been recommended to me over and over again (mostly by Emily and Kyle) but I’d never really taken the time to listen. Then, I pulled an all-nighter writing an almost-2,000 word article for the newspaper and listened to The Year of Hibernation exclusively. I was hooked,...
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Tonight
Tonight marks my return to Brooklyn for the first time since the end of September/beginning of October. Even though it’s just for an overnight, it’s still something. The Babies, Widowspeak and Dive are playing at 285 Kent tonight, so, logically, that’s where I’ll end up. I’m a huge Babies fan and the self-titled was one of my favorites of the year. I saw Widowspeak in...
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Top Song of 2011: Cloud Nothings - "Forget You All...
Earlier today I posted about my favorite album of the year, Real Estate’s wonderful Days. Now, my song of the year, which I unveiled last night on the radio. Check that out here. SONG OF THE YEAR: Cloud Nothings - “Forget You All The Time” Anyone that knows me knows I love Cloud Nothings. I have all the physical copies of all releases. I have the Insound page where I can...
Dec 17th
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Top Album of 2011: Real Estate - Days
I thought it would be appropriate to write up my top album and top song of the year after announcing them on yesterday’s In Afternoon Air because both are pretty sick and really meant a lot to me. So first off, my album of the year. See my list and listen to my show here. ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Real Estate - Days For anyone that knows my sister and I, it’s no secret that Real Estate is...
Dec 17th
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Top/Favorite 25 Songs of 2011
as heard on In Afternoon Air (Dec. 16, 2011) 1. Cloud Nothings - “Forget You All The TIme” - Cloud Nothings 2. Real Estate - “Green Aisles” - Days 3. Washed Out - “Amor Fati” - Within and Without 4. Youth Lagoon - “17” - The Year of Hibernation 5. Big Troubles - “Misery” - Romantic Comedy 6. Wye Oak - “Holy Holy - Civilian 7. La...
Dec 17th
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Top/Favorite 25 Albums of 2011
as heard on In Afternoon Air (Dec. 16, 2011) 1. Real Estate - Days 2. Cloud Nothings - Cloud Nothings 3. Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation 4. Big Troubles - Romantic Comedy 5. Julian Lynch - Terra 6. The Babies - The Babies 7. La Big Vic - Actually 8. Yuck - Yuck 9. Fucked Up - David Comes To Life 10. Wye Oak - Civilian 11. total babes - swimming through sunlight 12. Vivian Girls - Share...
Dec 17th
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Dec 16th
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