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Fikak! Best of 2010!
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
It's that time again, skillets. 2010 has been filled with new babies, school, work, and, unfortunately, maybe a little less blogging than we would've liked, but the end of the year is upon us, and Howard Hughes insatiable hunger for the mother of all list-making opportunities is not to be denied. And so Fikak's first "best of" list as a triumvirate will cap off 2010 with our 10 favorite albums and 10 favorite tracks from the past 358-ish days. Maybe next year we'll do 11. Enjoy, and tell your friends.
ALBUMS!
a.k.a "I DON'T EVEN LISTEN TO RAP. MY APARTMENT IS TOO NICE TO LISTEN TO RAP IN."
10. Arcade Fire The Suburbs
"We Used To Wait"
09. Girl Talk All Day
"Jump on Stage"
08. Junip Fields
Junip: "Always"
07. Local Natives Gorilla Manor
"Who Knows, Who Cares"
06. Gorillaz Plastic Beach
"Rhinestone Eyes"
05. Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
04. Big Boi Sir Lucious Left Foot
"Shine Blockas'' ft. Gucci Mane
03. Salem King Night
02. Sleigh Bells Treats
01. The National High Violet
TRACKS!
a.k.a. "I HAVE WORKED WITH CHRIS MARTIN AND THE MAN IS A GENIUS. AS A PERFORMER AND A SONGWRITER HE IS ON THE SAME LEVEL AS JOHN LENNON."
08. Black Keys "Sinister Kid"
07. Broken Bells "The High Road"
06. Cee-Lo "Forget You"
05. KanYe West "Monster"
New Music; AKA: Completely Overwhelmed
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Life has been busy as of late, and so have some of the best bands that are out there. I literally can't keep up with all the music that's been released recently, and I'm experiencing some anxiety over making sure all these albums get a fair shake. Thought I'd share some very vague first impressions from this carnival of musical awesomeness:
- The National High Violet - Probably my frontrunner for album of the year at this point. Great album, and it gets better with every single listen. In other words, it's the balls.
- Gorillaz Plastic Beach - You might recall me expressing my boredom with this album back in early March. You've probably also seen this thing get nearly universal acclaim everywhere else. Well, there's an easy explanation for that: I'm an idiot, and I got a hold of the fake leak with a bunch of remixes of b-sides, etc. Forgive me. This thing is legit.
- Medications Completely Removed - It's a little more poppy than you might expect, but it's probably the best thing yet from the guys who used to be in Faraquet.
- Minus the Bear Omni - I think this is a pretty solid bunch of songs, but it's definitely not what you expect (or maybe want) from a MTB album. The synth/guitar-shredding ratio is just way out of whack. Not sure what they were shooting for here, but I'm not giving up on it yet.
- Band of Horses Infinite Arms - I'll go ahead and say it. I was about 90% sure this album was going to totally suck. And you know what, I think I was absolutely wrong. These guys are definitely in a different place than they were back in 2006, but aren't we all? Besides, I'm a sucker for those Beach Boys-ish harmonies and Ben Bridwell's voice.
- Broken Social Scene Forgiveness Rock Record - I think the consensus on this one is that nobody knows what the crap is going on with BSS. But, at the same time, nobody ever really knows what's going on with these guys, and that's kinda what makes them awesome. I'm reserving judgement until a later date.
- Jonsi Go - This has been out for a few weeks, but I haven't had a chance to say much about it. So here you go: It's really friggin' good. Get it. The end.
- The New Pornographers Together - Just got a hold of this, but it sounds like it's right on par with everything else these guys have done, which is saying a lot.
Gorillaz on Colbert
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Gorillaz gave an actual real-life performance in the flesh, sans holograms, on Colbert last Thursday. It's been a busy/crazy weekend, but don't worry, this hasn't gone stale yet:
| The Colbert Report | Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
| Gorillaz - Stylo | ||||
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New (and Semi-New) Music Roundup 3/6/10
Saturday, March 6, 2010
The Weekend = get caught up on new music. Gonna keep this short and sweet:
- New Rogue Wave album Permalight was released this week. After extensive listening, I find it to be a pretty solid pop/rock record all the way through, even the semi-cheesy tracks ("Permalight" & "Good Morning"). Favorite track, so far, "Right With You":
- Peter Gabriel's indie cover album, Scratch My Back, is mostly just kinda weird, but his cover of Bon Iver's "Flume" is really, really cool:
- Really looking forward to Broken Social Scene's Forgiveness Rock Record (out May 4). Check out the first released track, "World Sick":
- Broken Bells self-titled album hits stores next week, and they've released the second best song on the album, "Vaporize", as a single since the last time I mentioned them:
- Last but not least, Spoon were on Letterman recently. "Got Nuffin'":
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