Get the hell out of here, cold months! (the winter mix) |
"My Winter with Fictional Brothers" - Winter 2008/20091. Little Joy - The Next Time Around2. Friendly Fires - Paris3. White Denim - IEIEI4. Franz Ferdinand - No You Girls5. The Besnard Lakes - Cedric'...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:43:00 GMT |
Chriss Top 10 Albums of 2008 |
Unlike most (OK, every) music publication, I like to reserve my judgment for a year's best music until that year actually ends. Because you never know when you're going to, like, fall in love with ...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:49:00 GMT |
Standards |
Today the line at the coffee shop is long and slow. The colorful holiday menu is larger than normal, plump with with cheerfully-worded limited-time drink flavors, so the slow crawl of progress may be ...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:07:00 GMT |
the fall mix (not featuring The Fall) |
"Good Choices, Bad Decisions" - Fall 20081. The Futureheads - The Beginning of the Twist2. Noah and the Whale - 5 Years' Time3. TV On the Radio - Golden Age4. Iggy Pop - The Passenger5. Primal Scream ...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:51:00 GMT |
The summer mix... |
(it isn't fall in L.A. yet, right?)"Grindstone Nosediving" - Summer 20081. These New Puritans - C. 16th2. Tokyo Police Club - Nature of the Experiment3. Brendan Canning - Hit the Wall4. Wolf Parade - ...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:52:00 GMT |
Last season, for the musically interested |
"'08 is O.K." - the mix for Spring 20081. Great Northern - Our Bleeding Hearts2. Tokyo Police Club - In a Cave3. The Futureheads - Radio Heart4. The Mountain Goats - Lovecraft in Brooklyn5. Hercules &...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:57:00 GMT |
This was Coachella 2008. |
Christ I hate HTML! Just pretend nothing is wrong here, OK?..tr>So this last weekend was, of course, the latest iteration of one of the premier music festivals in the nation - and, OK, probably the wo...
Posted by on Thu, 01 May 2008 20:14:00 GMT |
Relocation |
One last heave on the latch and the rust cracks and snaps splintering to the ground, the iron door groaning and heaving slowly out into the night. He hasn't been up here in ages. Apparently, neither h...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:43:00 GMT |
what I listened to this winter (abridged) |
I'm going to start posting my seasonly mixes here, because why not. Anyway here it is for Winter 2007/2008:1. Professor Murder - Dutch Hex2. British Sea Power - Down on the Ground3. Iron and Wine - Wh...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:03:00 GMT |
Chriss Year in Music 2007: The Top 10 Albums |
2007 was a hell of a year for music. From the beginning of the year (and even earlier thanks to online leaks) our ears were aroused, assaulted, and challenged by musicians stepping up their game in pr...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:40:00 GMT |
