Car Seat Headrest

PoOPlists, PoOPlists 2018 January 10, 2019

Dan Wilmer Poop 2018

Thirteen Albums for 2018 Buy New or Used via Amazon Rent via iTunes [?] 1. Car Seat Headrest – Twin Fantasy. With Twin Fantasy, Car Seat Headrest re-recorded an early-career opus. More than a re-release, it’s been totally transformed and really marks the first time this music is reaching ears beyond Bandcamp groupies. For me, it’s a revelation of soaring melodies, shout-along choruses and rocking guitar riffs. Classic rock influences are worn proudly throughout, such as the Kinks, The Who, ELO, and many others (the Lowry Organ on “Cute Thing” is a particularly nice touch). My favorite album of…

PoOPlists, PoOPlists 2017 January 29, 2018

Jim Meyers Poop 2017

Last year at this time I was as ill as this Country appears to be now. I felt like I was dying and just didn’t care about much of anything except my misery and myself. My plague passed, the Nation’s (Not The National, that’s an entirely different story) I fear may be nearing terminal status. Where are the protest singers? Where are the protest songs? I’m seeing Pussy Riot in May so maybe that will be the first in what I hope is a burgeoning musical Resistance. That being said, somewhat clumsily, I admit, I included a few titles from…

PoOPlists, PoOPlists 2016, Yearly PoOP Analyses January 25, 2017

Main Poop Analysis 2016

Dear POOPster:
So . . . there seems to be some agreement that 2016 could have been a tad better. If I may speak for many of you here, fuck you 2016, fuck you for so many reasons. As we approach the end of the world as we know it, we will have to find strength in the little things, as trivial as they might seem right now. And what could be more trivial than the 30th Annual(!) POOPlist.

PoOPlists, PoOPlists 2016 January 25, 2017

A Mystery Contributor Poop 2016

Mourn – Catholic Gilrfriends – Car Seat Headrest – Exploded View – Pinegrove – DIIV – Angel Olsen – Ty Segall – Brian Eno – Radiohead

PoOPlists, PoOPlists 2016 January 24, 2017

Andrew Stewart Poop 2016

Car Seat Headrest – Frank Ocean – Kevin Morby – Chance the Rapper – Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam – Andy Shauf – Parquet Courts – Pinegrove – Lucy Dacus – Hiss Golden Messenger

PoOPlists, PoOPlists 2016 January 23, 2017

Dan Wilmer Poop 2016

16 Albums for 2016 Dan Wilmer, Alexandria, VA Egad, what a year. Good music helped…a bit. Buy New or Used via Amazon Rent via iTunes [?] 1. Car Seat Headrest – Teens of Denial. I like a lot of the other albums on this list, some a whole bunch. This is on a whole different level. “Fill in the Blanks” offers a punky rev-up to get things started, while mod-influenced songs like “Connect the Dots” seem destined to be featured in a future Wes Anderson movie. But the real highlights are tracks like “Drunk Drivers / Killer Whales,” and “Joe…

PoOPlists, PoOPlists 2016 January 22, 2017

Tom Whalen Poop 2016

Albums 1. Kanye West, The Life of Pablo 2. Kvelertak, Nattesferd 3. Car Seat Headrest, Teens of Denial 4. Nails, You Will Never Be One of Us 5. Danny Brown, Atrocity Exhibition 6. The Avalanches, Wildflower 7. Heron Oblivion, Heron Oblivion 8. Bon Iver, 22, A Million 9. The Julie Ruin, Hit Reset 10. Metallica, Hardwired… To Self-Destruct Apologies: Angel Olsen, My Woman; Nicolas Jaar, Sirens; Mean Jeans, Tight New Dimension; Preoccupations, Preoccupations; Diarrhea Planet, Turn to Gold It’s good that we got life-affirming, politically charged music this year–we needed it. This is the uncynical take….

PoOPlists 2016 January 12, 2017

Fix Poop 2016

Greetings & welcome to 2017! It’s that time of year when I gush about the various bits of music, news, etc that entertained or informed me during 2016 and left me… pondering, laughing, crying, fuming – feeling alive basically. I’m including you because I believe you’ll enjoy, be mildly interested, or at least not upset. In fact lots of you have received such a message in the past. If this is the first time your receiving I hope you don’t mind my sharing and invite and encourage you to share your bits with me + tell me what you think…

PoOPlists, PoOPlists 2015 January 27, 2016

Don Cohen Poop 2015

PoOPlists, PoOPlists 2015 January 26, 2016

Bernadette Lange Poop 2015

Car Seat Headrest || Donnie Trumpet & The Social E || periment || Father John Misty || Grimes || Joanna Newsom || Kamasi Washington || Natalie Prass || Sufjan Stevens || Susanne Sundfor || Tame Impala || The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die || U.S. Girls || Unknown Mortal Orchestra || Vince Staples || Wolf Alice

PoOPlists, PoOPlists 2015 January 24, 2016

Tom Whalen Poop 2015

As with Sun Kil Moon last year, a single, sharp voice made the year for me—Father John Misty’s album is all at once great entertainment, giddy yet devastating satire, somber true-life folk. New friend Barnett and old friend Finn took me similar places, small stories, less-than-small stakes, real voices. The deservingly ubiquitous Lamar album totally mystified me at first but was impossible to shake off, blossoming the more I played it and talked about it.