Comments for timfalconer.com http://timfalconer.com Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:59:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Middle-aged teenager picks his albums of the year (2011 edition) by Bill R http://timfalconer.com/middle-aged-teenager-picks-his-albums-of-the-year-2011-edition/#comment-48 Bill R Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:59:33 +0000 http://timfalconer.com/?p=728#comment-48 Tim, Nice bunch of tunes. Since you asked, here it is, a list, my list, a list that can only be called mine (I would think): 14 addictive long-players, alpha-sorted: The Black Keys, El Camino Earth, Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light (2010) The Living Kills, Faceless Angels Lower Dens, Twin-hand Movement (2010) Mogwai, Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will Meredith Monk, Songs of Ascension The Psychic Paramount, II Radiohead, The King of Limbs: From the Basement Steve Reich, Double Sextet (2010) Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, Marble Son The War on Drugs, Slave Ambient Gillian Welch, The Harrow & The Harvest Wooden Shjips, West Wye Oak, Civilian 3 gut-puncher reissues: Miles Davis, Bitches Brew Live (Sony) Jimi Hendrix, “Voodoo Child (Slight Return),” from In the West Gil Scott-Heron (R.I.P.) & Jamie XX, “NY Is Killing Me,” from We’re New Here 25 gob-smacker tunes: Death in Vegas, “Your Loft My Acid,” from Trans-love Energies John Cale, “Castrofunk,” from Extra Playful Anna Calvi, “Jezebel” The Cave Singers, “Clever Creatures,” from No Witch Lana Del Ray, “Video Games” b/w “Blue Jeans” Fitz & The Tantrums, “Moneygrabber,” from Pickin’ Up the Pieces Gang of Four, “I Party All the Time,” from Content Hank & Cupcakes, “Ain’t No Love,” from Hank & Cupcakes EP (2010) Julia Hülsmann Trio, “Rond Point,” from Imprint (ECM) Garland Jeffries, “The Contortionist,” from The King of In Between Ivan Julian, “A Young Man’s Money,” and “The Waves,” from The Naked Flame Kavinsky & Lovefoxxx, “Nightcall,” from Drive OST Low, “Nothing But Heart,” from C’mon David Lynch (with Karen O), “Pinky’s Dream,” from Crazy Clown The National, “Squalor Victoria,” from Beacon Theatre, Dec. 12, 2011 Neumann, “The Family Plot,” from The Family Plot R.E.M., “All the Best,” from Collapse into Now The Rapture, “How Deep Is Your Love?” from In the Grace of Your Love The Raveonettes, “Ignite,” Raven in the Grave” The Suzukis, “Are You Happy with Yourself?” from The Suzukis Chris Whitley, “On the High Lonesome,” from Note of Hope: A Celebration of Woody Guthrie Wilco, “One Sunday Morning,” from The Whole Love Wire, “Please Take,” from Red Barked Tree Tim,
Nice bunch of tunes. Since you asked, here it is, a list, my list, a list that can only be called mine (I would think):

14 addictive long-players, alpha-sorted:

The Black Keys, El Camino

Earth, Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light (2010)

The Living Kills, Faceless Angels

Lower Dens, Twin-hand Movement (2010)

Mogwai, Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will

Meredith Monk, Songs of Ascension

The Psychic Paramount, II

Radiohead, The King of Limbs: From the Basement

Steve Reich, Double Sextet (2010)

Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, Marble Son

The War on Drugs, Slave Ambient

Gillian Welch, The Harrow & The Harvest

Wooden Shjips, West

Wye Oak, Civilian

3 gut-puncher reissues:

Miles Davis, Bitches Brew Live (Sony)

Jimi Hendrix, “Voodoo Child (Slight Return),” from In the West

Gil Scott-Heron (R.I.P.) & Jamie XX, “NY Is Killing Me,” from We’re New Here

25 gob-smacker tunes:

Death in Vegas, “Your Loft My Acid,” from Trans-love Energies

John Cale, “Castrofunk,” from Extra Playful

Anna Calvi, “Jezebel”

The Cave Singers, “Clever Creatures,” from No Witch

Lana Del Ray, “Video Games” b/w “Blue Jeans”

Fitz & The Tantrums, “Moneygrabber,” from Pickin’ Up the Pieces

Gang of Four, “I Party All the Time,” from Content

Hank & Cupcakes, “Ain’t No Love,” from Hank & Cupcakes EP (2010)

Julia Hülsmann Trio, “Rond Point,” from Imprint (ECM)

Garland Jeffries, “The Contortionist,” from The King of In Between

Ivan Julian, “A Young Man’s Money,” and “The Waves,” from The Naked Flame

Kavinsky & Lovefoxxx, “Nightcall,” from Drive OST

Low, “Nothing But Heart,” from C’mon

David Lynch (with Karen O), “Pinky’s Dream,” from Crazy Clown

The National, “Squalor Victoria,” from Beacon Theatre, Dec. 12, 2011

Neumann, “The Family Plot,” from The Family Plot

R.E.M., “All the Best,” from Collapse into Now

The Rapture, “How Deep Is Your Love?” from In the Grace of Your Love

The Raveonettes, “Ignite,” Raven in the Grave”

The Suzukis, “Are You Happy with Yourself?” from The Suzukis

Chris Whitley, “On the High Lonesome,” from Note of Hope: A Celebration of Woody Guthrie

Wilco, “One Sunday Morning,” from The Whole Love

Wire, “Please Take,” from Red Barked Tree

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