timyoung.net - 12/23/2008
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Seasons greetings! You don’t have to feel the package to find out what we’ve got for you because I’m sure you already know that it’s the second part of our festive countdown of our favourite music from 2008. Joy! You can hear to the podcast here: You can also download the podcast using ...
t-sides.com - 12/17/2008
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t-sides.com —
Usually T-Sides is a stickler for not releasing
any sort of "Best of the Year" list until
the year is actually over. However, because I had to write-up my list earlier than that for Bullz-Eye, and perhaps maybe a little bit because I wanted to be part ...
T-Sides’ 2008 in Review: Albums
awmusic.ca - 12/24/2008
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awmusic.ca —
I use the word “overrated” in a different
light. I personally see if it as a positive
thing for a band or artist to be labeled with the word overrated. In my opinion it’s better to be “overrated” then “underrated”, sure it’s nice to say someone say ...
AWmusic’s Overrated Acts of 2008
warpedrealitymagazine.com - 12/27/2008
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warpedrealitymagazine.com —
+ ATLAS SOUND , LET THE BLIND LEAD
THOSE WHO CAN SEE BUT CANNOT FEEL [Kranky/4AD] “I
heard a voice through a great cloud of agony and sickness. The voice was asking questions. It seemed to be opening and closing like a concertina. The words ...
Best of 2008
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... What does any of this have to do with the contrast podcast? Well, today is the second of three installments of the Festive Fifty, so you know it's going to be a really good one (go here to get it). It also made me think of two songs that Tim, the producer/creator extraordinaire of the cp, gave to me last summer when we did our CD swap. I think Tim does such a fantastic job--and it is a job/hobby, or "jobby" as it were--putting the podcast together each week that I wanted to show a little appreciation. So here are two ...
Wrangler For Higher By Male
GIMME TINNITUS blogspot —
... Orchestra, Pan American, and Joan of Arc. The resulting album, All Are Welcome is coming out on Other Electricities in Februray and is filled with postrock/experimental/jazzy goodness. Listen: "Wrangler For Higher" (box.net mp3) Other Electricities is here. Other Electricities eMusic page is here. Consider CLICKing - The Best Of 2008: Part 2 of The Contrast Podcast "Festive 50"... here. - The Best Of 2008: The #1 download from Stereogum for 2008 if ??Marnie ...
Contrast Podcast festivities continue
It All Started With Carbon Monoxide —
... Part two of the Contrast Podcast Festive Fifty is up and I reckon it’s probably one of my favourite episodes, including tunes from Frightened Rabbit, The Airborne Toxic Event, Vampire Weekend, Ida Maria, Hello Saferide and DeVotchKa. ...
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reel-around-the-fountain.blogspot.com 12/12/2008 — So there's no particular order here, because I loved all these albums the most at some point. Also, I think it's interesting to note that 4 out of the 5 top albums here are debuts. It just goes to show what we're facing in the future, and it doesn't ...
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stereogum.com 11/13/2008 — The Woodies , the Paris, France, the Vampire Weekend are the everywhere. A few nights ago they treated the crowd at La Cigale in the 18th arrondissement to a cover of Plastic Bertrand's classic "Ça Plane Pour Moi." It suits them well, and it's no ...
AWmusic’s Top Albums of 08: #1-10
awmusic.ca 12/14/2008 — Time for THE final 10. I hope you enjoy it and if you disagree, please feel free to express those disagreements. Especially if I didn’t include one of your favorites, I need some more albums to check out as the year finally closes. Anyway if ...
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villagevoice.com 1/21/2009 — In an enervated year for music, when pop was rightfully eclipsed by Far More Important Matters, Vampire Weekend were as close as our little community got to a polarizing controversy. Why, this very newspaper felt obliged to run two opposed reviews of ...
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hifipopcorn.blogspot.com 1/9/2009 — Another fucking album list to glance at, just because I made one to give myself a New Year's Eve buzz... Looking at it, I think the top (baker's) dozen or so are ones which I'll still be listening to in years to come. That's a successful year, I ...
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filter-mag.com 12/2/2008 — Filter's Top 10 of 2008, Day 2: Ra Ra Riot by Staff | 12.02.2008 The Rhumb Line from Syracuse orchestral rockers Ra Ra Riot may end up on some people's end-of-year list. Their stunning debut album is a testament of tenacity, a band so motivated, even ...
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media.www.diamondbackonline.com 12/1/2008 — What started in a New York apartment could continue in a high-end, state-of-the-art studio. Or, it could end up right back in the apartment. This is the story of Vampire Weekend, New York's uber-indie rock success story. In one year, the band went ...
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reel-around-the-fountain.blogspot.com 12/29/2008 — As I sit here, in an empty house on a humid New Year’s eve eve eve, eating leftover ham like I have every day for the past week, it seems this is the only way I could possibly round out this year in a fulfilling way. All these songs are different; all ...
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