January 31, 2011

Song of the Day: “Black” by 6 Day Bender

A little “mountain rock” from 6 Day Bender in honor of my old buddies down in Charlottesville:

You can grab the full album on emu.

January 29, 2011

Song of the Day: “The Magnificent Seven” by the Clash

…because sometimes the Clash got a little funky…

DL it here.

January 28, 2011

Song of the Day: “Hung Up On My Baby” by Isaac Hayes

Some classic 70s soul-funk for your Friday.

This one is probably most famous for being sampled in the Geto Boys tune “My Minds Playing Tricks on Me,” which is most likely why this song caught my ear.

That actually happens to me a lot with old school hip-hop tunes. I seek out the songs they sample and end up enjoying those even more than the tunes they’re sampled in. Might have to post a few more of those later.

Have a funky Friday.

January 23, 2011

Song of the Day: “The Plan” by Built to Spill

A Built to Spill classic:

I was reminded of this one after the Topspin folks posted this live cover by Bad Books:

Pretty solid, but also — as my buddy Gibs said — ambitious.

January 22, 2011

My Favorite Music of 2010: Part 2, Tracks & EPs (and Honorable Mentions)

This is basically the spillover from my last post on my favorite albums from 2010. That post was getting a little long so I thought I’d do Part II to feature some of my favorite stand-alone tracks, EPs, and a few albums that I’m throwing into the “honorable mention” category.

January 21, 2011

Song of the Day: “Walkabout” Atlas Sound w. Noah Lennox

I just came back across this on shuffle and had to post it:

This will be stuck in my head for the rest of the day. Happy Friday!

Download:
Atlas Sound (i.e. Bradford Cox from Deerhunter)
Noah Lennox aka Panda Bear (from Animal Collective)

January 11, 2011

My Favorite Music of 2010, Part 1: Albums

I’ve been blogging on and off for a good 4+ years with music being one of my main topics, yet I’ve never really jumped on the wagon for the “best of the year” listing ritual. I’m not really sure why. Maybe I never found the lists all that compelling or maybe I just wasn’t all that into the process of it.

But for some reason that I can’t really pinpoint, this year I felt the need to look back at 2010 and put together a list of my favorite music. I guess there was a lot of great music that came out last year, or maybe it’s that I’m really starting to feel the urge to blog about music again. Whatever the reason, I’ve officially decided to jump into the list game, albeit in my own way (without any specific numbers or hierarchy).

I originally had one, giant post so I’ve decided to split it into 2 parts. Part 1 is for all my favorite full albums of 2010. Check it…