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, bon iver, crystal castles, deerhunter, delta spirit, japandroids, mgmt, santigold, shugo tokumaru, the antlers, the xx, vampire weekend, white denim, yeasayer
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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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First off, let me say, I’m not very good at taking pictures, apparently. I need some better skills and/or a better camera. Or just get to shows earlier or something. Anyway, I resolve to improve the quality of photos on this blog. This right here is just poor. So, on with the review. This is [...]
“Song of the day” is back in full effect after a month of slacking! Ok, it wasn’t all slacking. A lot of that month I spent working on my year-end top albums list and year-end compilation. While I was working on those, I came across a band I can’t stop listening to these days: Frightened [...]
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, bon iver, crystal castles, cut copy, deerhunter, delta spirit, department of eagles, dr. dog, elbow, fleet foxes, 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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