15×15 lists: ABOUT | MUSE | SINGER-SONGWRITER | GUILTY PLEASURES | RADIOHEAD | BEST SONGS PT 1 | PT 2 | PT 3 | PROMISING (The image is from Wordle. Thanks Wordle.) Nothing like a few vacation days to get the ol’ elielioh caught up. I have to admit, this whole 15×15 list was a [...]
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Also tagged beach house, crystal castles, deerhunter, delta spirit, frightened rabbit, japandroids, mgmt, santigold, shugo tokumaru, the antlers, the xx, vampire weekend, white denim, yeasayer
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15×15 lists: ABOUT | MUSE | SINGER-SONGWRITER | GUILTY PLEASURES | RADIOHEAD | BEST SONGS PT 1 | PT 2 | PT 3 It’s a bad sign for a best-of-genre list when its writer has to look up what the genre actually is. “Singer-songwriter” is one of the crappier genre names out there, since there [...]
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Also tagged andrew bird, beck, bright eyes, david gray, elliott smith, fiona apple, iron & wine, jack johnson, john mayer, m. ward, nick cave & the bad seeds, ray lamontagne, regina spektor, the mountain goats
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For those insomniacs out there who need some mellow grooves to lull them to sleep, I’ve put together a playlist of soothing (if sometimes somber) songs to pass out to. Enjoy!
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This was hard. Much harder than I thought it would be. I listened to about 75 albums from 2008, but there were so many more that I thought I “should” listen to, to be fair. Well, time ran out, and here’s what I ended up with. I’m happy with it. I’d really appreciate your comments. [...]
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Also tagged amadou & mariam, au, beach house, crystal castles, cut copy, deerhunter, delta spirit, department of eagles, dr. dog, elbow, fleet foxes, frightened rabbit, fuck buttons, jay reatard, kanye west, portishead, santigold, shugo tokumaru, sigur ros, the cool kids, the dodos, the raconteurs, the walkmen, tv on the radio
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