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"
Girl Talk: All Day
Sunday, November 21, 2010
I love it when bands do this. Seriously, when it comes down to it, all the anticipation, expectations, and hype that come with the waiting for the next great album, movie, etc. is at worst extremely detrimental and at best completely worthless. Something is going to be either good or bad regardless of what we expect it to be, and 9 out of 10 times the only impact expectations have on any new release is that of increasing the disappointment. Probably the greatest thing that's happened in the realm of music since Radiohead said "Hey, our new album is absolutely nothing like all the stuff we've done that made you love us" was when Radiohead said "Hey, we finished our new album that you weren't even really sure that we were working on and we're releasing it tomorrow. Also, you can download it for nothing." Remember that? Maybe the coolest thing ever. Last week marked the 2nd time Girl Talk has done it since then. I didn't post it then because all the traffic created a wormhole on their label's website, and any efforts to download it would have been fruitless anyway. Things seem pretty stable now though, and they've even posted multiple mirrors in case it happens again. Oh, and the album itself? It's called All Day, and it totally lives up to the expectations that you didn't get to have.
The New Howard Hughes
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Just thought this was extremely relevant because of the resurface of a certain person who shall not be named. I will give hints though. He went off on a flurry of posts earlier, even though it could almost be called a 'fury'. Although not much has really happened since his vaporization into wherever, I really would like to clue this individual into a few things that occurred since. First -
Belle and Sebastian came out with something new. Honestly, it's pretty much the standard from them but always enjoyable. Major highlight is the song with Norah Jones. Here ya go, Howard.
Belle & Sebastian - Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John (Feat. Norah Jones) by nixsantos
The next update has to be a little upbeat. I know Howard is a fan of this band but since he has been in Russia for the past 8 months I wanted to make sure he knew what was happening. I have pretty much stomped this band down the throat of Kyle for a bit now and, honestly, it's completely allowed because of their awesomeness. It's ok, Howard, we understand, just don't let it happen again. I'll give ya my personal fav.
!!! 08. Even Judas Gave Jesus A Kiss by imaginechris2
The next song I know you've heard. I posted it on my facebook page and I really didn't get the response I was hoping for. I know I have some sketchy tastes in tunes but, truthfully, don't we all? Just go with the flow and get the album from this band. Not disappointing in the least. I've heard worse from many better.
04 - Lovesick Teenagers by Spatziba
The next entry comes from someone I'm really not sure you have explored yet. They have an EP and are getting ready to blow people's heads off like Rambo here pretty soon with an LP. Our boy Washed Out did a super dope remix of one of their songs and they had a video on the Pitchfork.tv site. Which, of course, makes them the coolest of the cool. Enough booyah.
Small Black - Photojournalist by Ragged Words
The next song, HOWARD!!!!!!!, comes from the recommendation of Kyle. It has the beats every college chick dreams of, the rhymes every junior college basketball player understands, and the distortion all of us dorks enjoy.
Salem, "Trapdoor" by selftitledmag
Last, and certainly not least, I wanted to put this on here just to put some variety on here. Just go with it, Howard. It may not be your style but it rocks. Plus, you almost gave us carte blanche to post what we felt like. Why stop now? Meow?
Some of the People, All The Time by taurenhunter
FOE - A Handsome Stranger Called Death (Com Truise Remix)
Friday, November 12, 2010
This song is pretty decent but the main reason I put this up was for the cover art. Seriously!?! Just look at it. You'd think this was a poster for some terrible early 80's horror flick. I don't know. That's about it. Happy Friday!! P.S. - it's getting to be about that time. Start dusting off your copies of ELF and have your passion fruit spray close by.
FOE - A Handsome Stranger Called Death (Com Truise RMX) by Com Truise
Conan's 5 Reasons to Watch 'Conan'
Monday, November 8, 2010
Conan O'brien listed 5 reasons we should all watch 'Conan' for EW. Reason #5 was my personal favorite:
“You’re going to see me slowly resent Andy less over the course of the first year on the air. Because you know it was him that f—ed up. I was doing fine before he came back to reunite the magic. I think people will love to watch a guy slowly start to forgive somebody over the course of 150 shows.”
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