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The AWESOMEst 2010 Year End List
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Happy Xmas to all! I hope you all got good presents. I'll give you one of my own, the best one of the day, #38.
#38 - Interpol
Interpol's 2007 effort Our Love To Admire was not liked by critics to put it kindly. Personally, I never had a problem with it. Interpol came back hardcore this year, with a self-titled release, and it ... didn't get great reviews either. However, I don't listen to music critics, I listen to music. Paul Banks' monotonous vocals are hard to adapt to at times, but then there's other times when the music is so good that it doesn't matter who is singing or how. It's weird how this band was one of the hottest things in the world about five years ago, and now people are surprised when they release a good album. Goes to show how hard consistency is in today's music world.
mORE tO cOME lATER
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Sis, I am not here for this. NOT AT ALL.
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Interpol i love that band! They were good this year
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ANNNNNDDDDDDDD IM BACK. I'm obviously not having a very busy Xmas, which I'm completely fine with. And who benefit out of this? You do!
#37 - Parkway Drive
This is a metalcore band from Australia. They're playing a show with Set Your Goals in February so I decided to check out their album Deep Blue. It's very well structured for a metalcore album, and avoids alot of the tired cliches of the genre (such as every song having the exact same breakdown). There isn't much more to say besides that this won't be the last Australian artist on the list. As for recommending this band? I'm not going to. I'll just enjoy the show.
36 and 35 are very close, so as soon as I figure that out I'll let you know.
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Craaaaazy - I was going to do a similar idea by doing a top 40 "music acts" list based on singles/albums
So naturally, I'm a big fan of this.
#1 - completely agree about MGMT. Everyone is all like "so what if there is no kids or time to pretend" - well so what in ****ing deed.
#2 - BSS is amazing. Thanks for recognizing that
#3 - new Interpol, besides "Barricade" and maybe a few others, lost me. I've always been a big fan of them so I has the sad a little.
Can't wait for the rest.
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MGMT's album wasn't THAT bad. I liked the title track, which was snubbed from being a minor hit on Alternative. As for Interpol, I've never liked them, not one bit — excluding, perhaps, "PDA". Their next single is "Lights". I know that because I am Tobias, and Tobias Is God™, and He keeps track of songs charting and going for adds on Mediabase and FMQB.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Johnald.
MGMT's album wasn't THAT bad. I liked the title track, which was snubbed from being a minor hit on Alternative.
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Right? Meggy keeps on hating up a storm.
Speaking of, Titus Andronicus is in the top 5, right?
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Great stuff, O! I didn't listen to the Interpol album enough, but I feel they have been unfairly bashed for quite a few years. They deserve more credit, even though their liveshows are still the worst. And, I haven't heard the other band listed, but you sell them quite well. Will give that a listen.
Happy to hear that you like Titus Andronicus, Bart. They are the greatest.
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so im out of internet for the month (don't ask). but now we can use our phones to go on the internet. eat it at & t. no images for obvious reasons. this will be a short update anyways. just dont wanna fall behind here when i have a long ways to go. 1500 characters left lets do this. #36 - Tokyo Police Club i know what youre thinking "oh heres another indie rock band how effin original thats all hes gonna have is this stuff". well shut up. there will be other stuff later. tokyo police club are one of those bands that i had always heard were great but never checked out untill this year. yes there are others. they sound like the decemberists, but less pretentious. to me thats a formula for success. favourite food and wait up are my favs check em out now. ill try to find a stable net connection tomorrow. if that doesnt happen then there shall be another phone update.
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Interpol
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This has pretty quickly become the most unique (and most uniquely awesome) year-ender going. The fact that you're continuing this, despite the loss of internet...that is amazing.
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Amazing how you're still going on with no interent. Simply AMAZING!
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"Interpol" was a pretty good album really, considering only hearing it once.
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I haven't heard the latest Tokyo Police Club album, but I liked the album they put out a few years ago quite a bit. I should give it a listen.
The real story, though, is that you continue to do your list on your phone. That's so great. You're an inspiration to us all, O!
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You are the man for still posting.
TPC is an amazing band. "Bambi" and "Wait Up" were big hits this year in Toronto - so it's great to see them still getting so much love.
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So I found a computer to post #35. I might have to change the whole one at a time thing, but I got a lot to say here.
#35 - Eminem
I couldn't put Em in the Hall of Shame, I just couldn't do it. Yet, going from my all time favorite rapper to not even top 30 on a year ender is pretty sad. Recovery was weird for me. I like that he's matured, but I also think he's best when he's rapping about doing drugs and killing people. Not Afraid is certainly catchy, but come the **** on Marshall who are you trying to kid. The relapse happens after the recovery, and it will happen, be sure of it. What put Em on the list is the absolutely wonderful 'Love The Way You Lie'. It's the only song on the album that sounds like the classic Slim Shady I grew up with. So much anger and longing and love all mashed together. I'm also a fan of No Love, but the 'Lil Wayne song' on every rappers album is usually one of the highlights.
#34 will probably come by phone later.
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This thread is the Breaking Bad of year-end threads. Serialized plotting, with new developments each post.
Anyway, nice take on Eminem. I'm not entirely sure if I agree with your main point, but I do agree that "No Love" was a lot better than "Not Afraid."
Great stuff, O!
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Sis, don't be afraid to use the NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY.
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I feel like my last update was a tad negative, i dont wanna hate on someone that i rank. There are others to hate on. Im on my phone again. Thats why this is all one big block of text. studies have shown that this style turns off most audiences. #34 - My Chemical Romance. Heres another band that has fallen far, but not because of a downgrade in talent, but because of increased competition. MCR were red hot after The black parade. they could have taken the easy route and did the exact same thing on the next record so they could have it out in two years. they looked at the material and decided they werent the type of people to make music this depressing. so they scratched all their hard work, played fallout 3 sometime along the way, then started over. the result is a supposed captured radio broadcast from a post apocalyptic future hosted by 3 dog, or whatever they call him on the album. the standout is sing, which encourages you to sing for the ones who hate your guts. mcr performing in the capitol wasteland is a great image to go with the album.
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Eminem
I really liked Recovery , so much better than Relapse IMO
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