Tag: music
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A few album ratings – Part 4
********** 10 Rufus Wainwright – Out of the Game (2012) ********* 9 David’s Lyre – Picture of Our Youth (2012 February) ********* 9 A Winged Victory for the Sullen (2011 September) – Project by Adam Wiltzie of Stars of the Lid & Dustin O’Halloran ********* 9 Gotye – Making Mirrors (2011 August) ********* 9 Carbon…
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A few album ratings – Part 3
********* Bon Iver – Bon Iver ********* Adele – 21 ********* Tori Amos – Night of Hunters (The Sin Palabras instrumental is exactly the same, just without words. Just as good to hear it this way.) ********* Foster the People – Torches ********* Metric – Fantasies ********* Parachute Musical – Kill It Cut It Down…
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SPIN’s 30 Best Fall Tours (full list)
A one-page, condensed list of SPIN’s 30 Best Fall Tours: Skrillex (9/2-11/12, *Skream Benga, Nero, et al) Portishead (10/1-10/27) Cymbals Eat Guitars (9/20-10/27) Wilco (9/13-10/5) Battles (10/1-11/1) Kanye West and Jay-Z (10/29-12/18) Feist (10/29-12/6) Beirut (9/21-11/13) Das Racist (9/12-11/7) EMA (10/7-10/30) Blink-182/My Chemical Romance (Now-10/8, *Manchester Orchestra, Matt & Kim) Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks…
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A few album ratings – Part 2
Since the Rate Your Music feed doesn’t work, here is my second installment of a few albums I’ve enjoyed lately. If it’s rated a 7, that’s mainly because there are four or five tracks on the album that aren’t as good as the rest of the album – but I listen to the good tracks frequently.…
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Foo Fighters – Wasting Light track ratings
The new Foo Fighters album came out on Tuesday. I practically passed out while listening to it for the first time on a stationary bike today. I had heard a couple of the first singles before, but I still haven’t read any reviews, so here’s my own quick Wasting Light first listen rating for each…
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Soundtracks are underappreciated
A few years ago, I posted a journal entry on Last.fm about film scores (from 2001: A Space Odyssey to The Dark Knight) and why I like so many of them. Here’s a little update – adding Benjamin Button, The Social Network, and Tron: Legacy.