Selecting 53 MP3’s to summarize an entire year sort of feels like picking 53 touchdowns that defined an NFL season or 53 scenes that defined a year of cinema (cue the “wtf is up with these metaphors” comment). But considering my 10 year career with ESPN and my honorable appointment to the Academy, the music […]
Håkan Hellström: While I don’t speak Swedish, I wouldn’t be representing the Goteborg and Swedish music scene without mentioning the indie-pop star Håkan Hellström. Shuffling around between several bands in the 90’s and early 00’s, Håkan (pronounced ho-kahn) made his solo debut in 2000. Since then, he’s acquired quite the following. His performance at Way […]
Inside Cafe Mono in the Norweigan capital of Oslo, as a girl explained to me some extreme acts that domestic death metal bands had pulled, including animal mutilation and church burning, I remembered why I am not that into the genre. However, there is no doubt that Scandanavia yields some of the best metal on […]
And likewise, here are our favorite albums thus far of the year. Gorilla Manor | Local Natives [Frenchkiss] Big Echo | Morning Benders [Rough Trade] A Sufi and A Killer | Gonjasufi [Warp] This Is Happening | LCD Soundsystem [DFA] Teen Dream | Beach House [Sub Pop] Forgiveness Rock Record | Broken Social Scene [Arts […]
We’ve reached midway through 2010 and the ever-accelerating rate of songs being released upon the blogosphere has delivered many gems in the last six months. Here are a few of our top picks. Let’s hope the second half of the year is just as bountiful. “Love Cry” | Four Tet | There is Love in […]