via Open Letter From OK Go – OK Go. A really good primer from one of the OK Go boys on the state of the music industry today. And why EMI / Capitol will not let YouTube enable the embedding code on their videos. OK Go – This Too Shall Pass from OK Go on Vimeo.
Rich Allen Poop 2009 PDF If you click the link above (and your browser has scripting enabled for scribd.com) the document will open in a child window at www.scribd.com. Look for the button to read it full page If you right (Mac: “apple” key) click on the link you can above you can choose to download it to your computer and read it locally If you need a PDF reader, there are several decent free readers. To avoid bloat on your system it’s best to stay away from Acrobat Reader. Instead, we highly recommend Foxit Reader and the even lighter…
09 was an interesting year. Since this is my second year of POOP I did a better job of noting what I listened to throughout the year and managed to actually get a larger list together this time around. These albums are in no particular order, they are just the 10 that I came back to the most often over the course of the year in general. Buy through amazon OR @ eMusic 1. Illinois: The Adventures of Kid Catastrophe I referenced this album last year, at that time only a few “chapters” were available, finally this…
The POOP for 2009, in no particular order: Buy New or Used through amazon Neko Case – Middle Cyclone Buy @ amazon OR Buy @ eMusic Tom Russell – Blood and Candle Smoke Buy New or Used through amazon Little Walter – The Complete Chess Masters 1950-1967 Buy New or Used through amazon Joe Henry – Blood from the Sky Buy @ amazon OR Buy @ eMusic Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women Buy New or Used through amazon Allan Toussaint – Bright Mississippi Buy @ amazon OR Buy @ eMusic Lee Fields and the Expressions – My World Buy @ amazon OR Buy @…
Buy New or Used from amazon 1) Various Artists Take Me To The River: A Southern Soul Story 1961-1977 (Ace/KentRecords) Pricey import that matches the hype. Almost uniformly slow-burning but still the best soul box since Rhino’s 1997 Beg, Scream & Shout!, hands down. Buy through amazon OR @ eMusic 2) Tinariwen Imidiwan: Companions (World Village) After 2007’s comparatively studio-driven Aman Iman: Water is Life, Mali’s masters of desert psych-blues strip it back down to the roots. Heady and addictive. Buy New or Used through amazon 3) Various Artists Where the…
This Year’s Best Indie Rock and Alt Country Buy New or Used through amazon OR @ eMusic 1.Drummer – Feel Good Together “Four drummers, not drumming.” This side project of mostly Akron-based musicians is led by Patrick Carney, the drummer from the Black Keys. The triumphant anthems on this record were my favorites by far this year. Buy New or Used from amazon OR @ eMusic 2.Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix The 4th record from these guys finally proves that French Rock n Roll isn’t an oxymoron. Get it at eMusic 3.Surf City – Surf…
09 was an interesting year. Since this is my second year of POOP I did a better job of noting what I listened to throughout the year and managed to actually get a larger list together this time around. These albums are in no particular order, they are just the 10 that I came back to the most often over the course of the year in general. Buy through amazon OR @ eMusic 1. Illinois: The Adventures of Kid Catastrophe I referenced this album last year, at that time only a few “chapters” were available, finally this…
Buy from amazon OR @ eMusic Ray Barbee meets the Mattson 2 – s/t Buy New or Used through amazon The Embassadores – Coptic Dub Download from eMusic Emilie Proulx – La Lenteur Alentour Buy through amazon OR @ eMusic Lhasa De Sela – Lhasa Buy New or Used through amazon Lay Low – Farewell Goodnights Sleep Buy through amazon OR @ eMusic John Doe & The Sadies – Country Club Buy through amazon OR @ eMusic Ceu – Vagarosa Buy through amazon OR @ eMusic Jeb Loy…
Try his dreader than dread Blood and Fire release Jesus Dread (unfortunately, the CD appears to be out of print) Find it at amazon.com (1972-1977) OR Download it from eMusic (much cheaper!)
Thanks to Lazygal
Try as I might, 2009 seems to be the year I officially entered old-fartdom. I could only find one single new studio recorded release that I felt enthusiastic enough about to include on this list. Buy New or Used through amazon 01. Kraftwerk – Remasters (Astralwerks) Buy New or Used through amazon 02. Tom Waits – Glitter & Doom (Anti) Buy New or Used through amazon 03. Tom Waits – Orphans (vinyl version) (Anti) Buy @ amazon OR Buy @ eMusic 04. Charles Mingus – Mingus Ah Um: 50th Anniversary Edition (Columbia Legacy) Buy at Hip-O Select 05….
Buy New or Used from amazon 1) Various Artists Take Me To The River: A Southern Soul Story 1961-1977 (Ace/KentRecords) Pricey import that matches the hype. Almost uniformly slow-burning but still the best soul box since Rhino’s 1997 Beg, Scream & Shout!, hands down. Buy through amazon OR @ eMusic 2) Tinariwen Imidiwan: Companions (World Village) After 2007’s comparatively studio-driven Aman Iman: Water is Life, Mali’s masters of desert psych-blues strip it back down to the roots. Heady and addictive. Buy New or Used through amazon 3) Various Artists Where the…
THE BEST OF 2009 Buy @ amazon OR @ eMusic 01. The Reigning Sound – Love and Curses Buy through amazon OR through eMusic 02. Black Hollies – Softly Towards The Light Buy through CD Baby OR through eMusic 03. Wau Y Los Arghhhs!!! – ¡¡¡Viven!!! Buy through amazon OR through eMusic 04. The A-Bones – Not Now! Buy through amazon OR through eMusic 05. King Khan & The Shrines –What Is?! Buy through amazon OR through eMusic 06. Ty Segall – Lemons Buy through amazon…
A bit late on this one: She passed Jan 01 of breast cancer. I have been a fan, on and off, since “La Llorona” was released in ’97. And the latest CD makes my PoOPlist for 2009. Very sad. And she was born in Big Indian, NY Her site: Lhasa de Sela
In among the numbers: LP sales up 33% A Big Music Year for Jackson, Boyle, Swift, Digital Downloads… and Vinyl? | Nielsen Wire (hat tip: Lazygal, dangerouslyirrelevant, Mashable)
I had really hoped against hope that this most obvious of all the hits on the Major Lazer record would be selling shedloads by now, but it was not to be. But “Keep It Going Louder” has yielded two very distinctive vids. The first is somewhat normal, the other is … not. Major Lazer Keep It Goin’ Louder feat. Nina Sky and Ricky Blaze official music video (October 09) Directed by Eric Wareheim. Oddly captivating, dunno why.
poop o mine 09 just as I thought the country had turned a great corner, I come to realize it’s more fucked than ever. Now I gotta intelligently (a word obsolete in our manner & discourse) disinter what sucked from what didn’t (a line harder & harder to discern as my eyes and interest flee south). Hell man, I’m not Glenn Beck the great anesthesia stooge. I can’t lead you from the darkness. so I don’t know what the best of the worst was. I’m going on what made an impact. What shielded me and mine from the madness coming…
Funny and insightful, Christopher R. Weingarten (he of the 1000 twittered album reviews) has “a solemn tribute to the once-hot-shit trends that (mostly) won’t be joining us in the ’10s” New York Music – The Decade in Music Genre Hype Serves as a sobering grounding for those of us compiling our PoOP lists this week… right?
Quoting: But we know from America’s noble effort to stop child pornography, not to mention China’s ignoble effort to suppress online dissent, that it’s perfectly possible to track content. Op-Ed Guest Columnist – Ten for the Next Ten – NYTimes.com
The POOP for 2009, in no particular order: Buy New or Used through amazon Neko Case – Middle Cyclone Buy @ amazon OR Buy @ eMusic Tom Russell – Blood and Candle Smoke Buy New or Used through amazon Little Walter – The Complete Chess Masters 1950-1967 Buy New or Used through amazon Joe Henry – Blood from the Sky Buy @ amazon OR Buy @ eMusic Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women Buy New or Used through amazon Allan Toussaint – Bright Mississippi Buy @ amazon OR Buy @ eMusic Lee Fields and the Expressions – My World Buy @ amazon OR Buy @…