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Friday, January 20th, 20121 – VARIOUS ARTISTS – Those Byrds Have Flown: A Byrdsian Tribute I’m not sure a download-only compilation of previously released tracks should be considered POOPworthy but this collection of 25 songs done in the style of circa 1965-66 McGuinn, Crosby, Hillman and two Clarks has artwork, liner notes, and tons of smarts. Tuneful and [...]
Michael Hodgkiss Poop ’11
Thursday, January 19th, 2012The Year 2011 This year’s picks was simple for me. Well only during the last few weeks of the year when true gems “were dropped” onto the market.I would love to put Numbers 1-9 as only one record, EL CAMINO by The Black Keys, as this recording was the” best of the best” by a [...]
Jeff Schwartz Poop ’11
Thursday, January 19th, 2012After a 1 year absence I do return to the banter, the chatter & pontification as we all love to do once a year …I realize that no one even noticed my absence, no concern what-so-ever as to why no list from yours truly, that’s OK, not a problem as I see how you folks [...]
Richard Allen Poop ’11
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012Favorite Things ~ 2011 ALBUMS Buy New or Used via Amazon FareWell Poetry ~ Hoping for the Invisible to Ignite (Gizeh) This music is dangerous. It invites us to pass through the raging fire so that we might stand on the ravaged side, patting the flames on our singed clothes and glaring triumphantly at [...]
Ken Beck PoOP ’11
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012At the end of the year when I go back and figure out what musically excited me and throw all the titles onto the digital paper, I can’t help but feel self-conscious about how narrow my tastes continue to be, even at age 42. Thankfully this year I can finally say that I have broadened [...]
It’s time for PoOP – Call for submissions
Saturday, December 31st, 2011Dear leader and fearless PoOPmeister Mark Rosen writes: Yes, it’s time to POOP. This year’s list will be the 25th Annual edition of POOP. The rules remain the same: limit yourself to that which will fit on 2 sides of a page, leaving a small margin where the inside binding will go. send me an [...]
Bill Still Poop ’10
Saturday, January 29th, 2011Buy New or Used via amazon 1. Mi Ami : Steal Your Face ( bought this unknowing of the band strictly on cover art. quickly became my favorite grating noisy annoying masterpiece. previous members were “Black Dice” also very good.) Buy New or Used via amazon 2. Wooden Shjips : Vol. 2 (saw them ATP [...]
Kevin Falahee Poop ’10
Saturday, January 29th, 2011ALBUMS Buy New or Used via amazon 1) Titus Andronicus – The Monitor Buy New or Used via amazon 2) Male Bonding – Nothing Hurts Buy New or Used via amazon 3) The Dream – Love King Buy New or Used via amazon 4) Fang Island – Fang Island Buy New or Used via amazon [...]
John DeLaire Poop ’10
Saturday, January 29th, 2011I don’t think I’ll make it this year. I think I’ve heard only one new thing Brian Wilson does Gershwin and Mom said if you don’t have anything nice to say. Oh wait a minute Crowded House “The Intriguer” sounds to me more of a group effort that a Finn project,very polished, melodic with nothing [...]
Scott Dell’Amore Poop ’10
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Duncan Clark Poop ’10
Friday, January 28th, 2011Buy New or Used via amazon 1. THE IMAGINED VILLAGE – Empire & Love: The project is premised on the belief that traditional folk music was never intended to be static or relegated to history in the form that a generation finds it. It was meant to be poked, adapted, stretched and reflective of the [...]
Eric Fine Poop ’10
Friday, January 28th, 2011Is it me or is it getting harder and harder to get my POOP out? Pun very much intended. I know everything seems much harder these days. One of the benefits of being on the other side of 40, I guess. Nonetheless, I somehow managed to get in it, just under the wire. My soft [...]
Jim Finnigan Poop ’10
Friday, January 28th, 201121st Century Schizoid POOP by Jim Finnigan New Paltz, that’s the place we be livin’ If we ain’t puffin’ blunts, we be chasin’ women Magnum Man & Bighead 2010 THOUGHTS Buy New or Used via amazon A good year for music, I thought. My album of the year is Three Bonzos and A Piano’s Hair [...]
John Greak Poop ’10
Friday, January 28th, 2011Wish I had something interesting to say; alas, the only news I have is that 2010 was a pretty – I said pretty – good year for new music. These are my 15 fave raves, in some particular order. Buy New or Used via amazon 1. Ted Leo/Pharmacists – The Brutalist Bricks Buy New or [...]
Andrew Stewart Poop ’10
Friday, January 28th, 2011Buy New or Used via amazon 1. The Black Keys / Brothers (sounds like: John Lee Hooker + Hendrix + T. Rex). This fuzz-laden, distortion-heavy, heartbroken blues-rock masterpiece hits you like a gut punch. Goddamn. Buy New or Used via amazon 2. The Tallest Man On Earth / The Wild Hunt (sounds like: Dylan + [...]
Jim Meyers Poop ’10
Thursday, January 27th, 2011I wasn’t going to write a screed about how I didn’t give new artists enough of a chance and how I tend to be contented within a cocoon of comfort. I have been able, or perhaps, more aptly, unwilling to embrace new acts. I swore this year I would investigate, instigate and embrace the new. [...]
Kent B Poop ’10
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011Buy New or Used via amazon Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings – I Learned the Hard Way Of course, it’s a little retro, but she doesn’t mimic the Motown or Stax mold. The songs are subtle with no killer bridges or gloss; yet they slowly take hold. It’s mature music about love and relationships [...]
Dan Wilmer Poop ’10
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011Buy New or Used via amazon Black Keys – Brothers I really thought the last Black Keys record, “Attack and Release,” was pretty darn good. But the Black Keys guys take it to the next level on “Brothers.” You’ve got three killer songs to start things off: “Everlasting Light,” “Next Girl,” and “Tighten Up.” This [...]
Mark Zip Poop ’10
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011Buy New or Used via amazon Robyn – “Body Talk” [Konichiwa/Cherrytree ] The three shortish CDs/longish EPs which go to make up this release were by far my most loved and listened to items over the year. The combination of dance and pop is nothing new, of course, but the addition of Robyn’s nasty attitude [...]
Mark Rosen Poop ’10
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011Buy New or Used via amazon 1 – THE BLUE SHADOWS – On the Floor Of Heaven Unreleased in the US until this year, this 17 year old record out of Canada (sweetened with a bonus disc of extras) is a real alt-country classic. Great melodies falling somewhere between the Beatles and the Burritos, ringing [...]
Peter Aaron Poop ’10
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011Buy New or Used via amazon Swans – My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky (Young God) Back after 13 years, and still on their own plane entirely. Epic, beautiful, and, yes, LOUD. Like earlier editions via Gira’s later Angels of Light. Sorry, kids: older = wiser. Buy New or Used [...]
Ken Beck Poop ’10
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011Buy New or Used via amazon 1. JUNIP – Fields [Mute] Jose Gonzales reforms his old band of Swedes who have a thing for 70s keys and synths that John Paul Jones must have leant them. Buy New or Used via amazon 2. THE BESNARD LAKES – The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night [Jagjaguwar] [...]
Rich Allen Poop ’10
Friday, January 21st, 2011Favorite Things ~ 2010 ALBUMS Buy New or Used via amazon Daniel Bjarnason ~ Processions (Bedroom Community) 2010’s list begins with a one-two punch from the Bedroom Community label: two albums released on the same January day. As the director of the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Bjarnason had won numerous national awards for his insightful [...]
Irv Rosen Poop ’10
Thursday, January 20th, 2011What I Listened to in 2010 Greetings from my new home in Florida. I must admit that I did not listen to much music this year – first I was preoccupied with selling my house and then by the actual move. In fact, my sound system has not been hooked up since probably August or [...]
Tony Lopez Poop ’10
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011Buy New or Used via amazon 1. THE ABOVE – The Above Buy New or Used via amazon 2. THE SADIES – Darker Circles Buy New or Used via amazon 3. NICK CURREN & THE LOWLIFES – Reform School Girl Buy New or Used via amazon 4. STEVE WYNN & THE MIRACLE 3 – Northern [...]
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