Another Rainy Saturday

While writing about Chairlift earlier this week, I got to thinking about what other great songs there were that appeared in Apple iPod commercials. Then, that got me to thinking “what in the hell ever happened to Caesars?” So, I put together a listicle of my 10 favorite songs to be featured in iPod commercials. The [...]

 Continuing from my post earlier about my 10 favorite singles of 2011, here’s the companion, 10 favorite albums of 2011. As always, feel free to argue in the comments. 10. The Vaccines, What Did You Expect from the Vaccines?, Columbia (“Post Breakup Sex”) 9. Don’t Talk to the Cops, Regular Show, self-released (“Big Ass Head”) [...]

 It is inevitably that time when nearly all other publications are posting their annual best of the year list. I always both love and dread this time of the year. I love that it’s a chance to reflect on the year whose end is fast approaching and reading through other lists is a good opportunity [...]

After just posting my top 10 singles list of the year, I thought I’d post the albums list as well. They’ll be below, omitting any commentary. 10. Congratulations by MGMT (song: “Flash Delirium”)  

I’ve mostly tried to shy away from writing about End of Year things this year because this site hasn’t even been around for a year. My ballot for the Village Voice’s Pazz and Jop poll is due very soon, so I thought I’d post both my singles and albums list here, free of any commentary [...]