Martin Anderson (Trekky Records)
1. Hiss Golden Messenger- Poor Moon
2. Lambchop- Mr. M
3. Bowerbirds- The Clearing
4. Matthew E. White- Big Inner
5. Tift Merritt- Traveling Alone
6. Patterson Hood- Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance
7. Sharon Van Etten- Tramp
8. The Human Eyes- Guiding Eyes for the Blind
9. Frank Ocean- Channel Orange
10. Menomena- Moms
11. The Tallest Man on Earth- There's No Leaving Now
12. The Bad Plus- Made Possible
13. Damien Jurado- Maraqopa
14. Horseback- Half Blood
15. David Byrne & St Vincent- Love This Giant
Thomas Costello (The Human Eyes, Embarrassing Fruits)
Wymond Miles- Under The Pale Moon
Mac Demarco- Rock N Roll Nightclub
Thee Oh Sees- Putrifiers II
Lotus Plaza- Spooky Action At A Distance
Gunn-Truscinski Duo- Ocean Parkway
Spider Bags- Shake My Head
The Men- Open Your Heart
Jessica Bailiff - At the Down-turned Jagged Rim of the Sky
Andy Stott- Luxury Problems
Grimes- Visions
1. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
2. The Weather Station - All Of It Was Mine
3. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
4. Beach House - Bloom
5. Bowerbirds - The Clearing
6. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
7. Mount Eerie - Clear Moon
8. Bill Fay - Life Is People
9. Hammer No More The Fingers - Pink Worm
10. Lambchop - Mr. M
11. Grizzly Bear - Shields
2. Twin Shadow "Confess"
4. Jenny Besetzt "Only"
5. Lost in the Trees "A Church That Fits Our Needs"
6. Squarepusher "Ufabulum"
7. Wood Ear "Steeple Vultures"
8. Dinosaur Jr. "I Bet On Sky"
9. The Sea and Cake "Runner"
10. Hi Ho Silver Oh "Big Rocks"
Comedy albums:
Tim Heidecker "Titanic And Other Songs"
Kreayshawn "Somethin' 'Bout Kreay"
Lovable creations:
Travis Diehl's "Prism of Reality"
Katie Zickefoose's "New Work"
Catherine Edgerton's "fall tour hoodie" (no link available)
Joey Shanks' "Sci-Fly project"
New Releases
Tame Impala- Lonerism
Useless Eaters- C'est Bon!
White Fence- Family Perfume 2
OFF!- OFF!
Sic Alps- Sic Alps
Action Bronson- Blue Chips
Frank Ocean- Channel Orange
Thee Oh Sees- Putrifiers II
Ty Segall & White Fence- Hair
DIIV- Oshin
Ariel Pink- Mature Themes
Reissues
GZA- Liquid Swords
Sleep- Dopesmoker
Blue Note 1960's series
New Music
Ty Segall &White Fence - Hair
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Mature Themes
Lotus Plaza - Spooky Action at a Distance
Hiss Golden Messenger - Poor Moon
Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet on Sky
Guided By Voices - Let's Go Eat the Factory
Mac Demarco - Rock n Roll Nightclub EP
Wild Nothing - Nocturne
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Reissues:
Archers of Loaf - Vee Vee (best album to ever come out of Chapel Hill?)
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything/Loveless/EPs 1988-1991
Best Discoveries/Rediscoveries:
The Wipers (how had I not heard these dudes yet?)
Early Faces (right when Rod joined...basically the best drinking music a man could ask for) http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Larry & The Blue Notes (sweet early 60s Texas garage band) http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Pentagram (FUUUCK Yeah. Better than Sabbath?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Best movies I saw this year:
The Comedy http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Last Days Here (insane doc about the singer for pentagram and his struggles with drugs and subsequent triumphant return) http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Teen A Go Go (documentary about the Fort Worth/Dallas 60s garage band scene) http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Notables:
The Best Show on WFMU was playing in my earbuds almost every day.
The First song on the new Neil Young and Crazy Horse album is literally 30 min long (I got through about 20)
Tim Heidecker's "Titanic" BOB DYLAN song is 15 min long (I got through all 15).
Midtown Dickens: Home
Lambchop: Mr M
Grizzly Bear: Shields
Dirty Projectors: Swing Lo Magellan
Bowerbirds: The Clearing
Sean Rowe: The Salesman and the Shark
Kym Register (Midtown Dickens)
1. Downton Abbey
2. Lost in the Trees - A Church That Fits Our Needs
3. Hope For Agoldensummer - Life Inside the Body
4. Bowerbirds - The Clearing
5. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
6. Menomena - Moms
7. Imperial Teen - Feel The Sound
8. Your Heart Breaks - Harsh Tokes & Bong Jokes
9. Spider Bags - Shake My Head
10. Matthew E. White - Big Inner
11. Tame Impala - Lonerism
12. The Weather Station - All of it Was Mine
1. Hiss Golden Messenger - Poor Moon
2. Lambchop - Mr. M
3. Lost in the Trees - A Church That Fits Our Needs
4. Matthew E. White - Big Inner
5. Joe Pug - The Great Despiser
6. Bowerbirds - The Clearing
7. Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
8. Sarah Jaffe - The Body Wins
9. American Aquarium - Burn. Flicker. Die.
10. The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth
Honorable Mention:
The Human Eyes - Guiding Eyes for the Blind
Cody Chesnutt - Landing on a Hundred
PJ Harvey- Let England shake
Sharon Van Etten- TrampNeil Young- Psychedelic Pill ("I used too walk like a giant across this land")
Santigold- Master of My Make-believe
What I'm listening to now:
Eels- Souljacker
Eels- The Man- Tomorrow Morning
Bob Marley- The Anthalogy
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals- III/IV
The National- "Thirsty" for the next National album... no joke
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