Pitchfork just (somewhat prematurely) released their list of the top 500 tracks of the decade as part of their ongoing P2K: The Decade in Music series. But I guess someone had to kick off the end of the decade lists that are sure to start permeating our lives starting now. Regardless, it’s quite a feat for anyone to take on. When these things do inevitable come around, I love to turn them into playlists for my own bizarre entertainment. You see, I love lists, of any kind really. And these are my favorite kind. So I thought I’d take my playlist of Pitchfork’s top 50 tracks of the decade and put them up here. I’m sure someone will come along and put up all 500 somewhere, but that level of obsessiveness is for another fool to deal with. Enjoy.
Today is Earth Day, the one day a year elementary school kids are made to show their “green-ness” through poster competitions. You can show your support for Mother Earth in whatever way you please now that you’ve surpassed a 4th grade education. Maybe ride a bike, sing with the birds, or actually throw something in your recycling bin? To help get you in the mood, I’ve put together a little playlist of bands/songs who’s titles at least are directly inspired by all things natural. And if you’re interested in making every day Earth Day, Mr. Father Earth himself, Robert Redford, tells you how… Making Every Day Earth Day (Huffington Post)
This right here is a test pressing of the new 3LP box set, Animal Crack Box, from Animal Collective of live material that was “recorded live to MiniDisc at various locations over the course of the course of the first three years or so of the band.” Right now it’s up for auction on eBay for charity by the Catsup Plate label it’s being released on.
from the Ebay listing:
“We never know what to do with test pressings here at Catsup Plate. Fairly soon after we approve them we have commercial copies of the record, so the test pressing usually go into a box somewhere. Save them for the grandkids or something like that.
And to overload this post just enough on this band that in my opinion keeps getting better and better, check out this video of the now classic My Girls…
I’ve been in a very summery music mood lately.. as you may have noticed. I can feel spring coming in the air and am doing all I can to make it feel like summer in my head. The band Air France has helped me do this better than anyone else. But with only two EPs to their name, I’ve been searching for anything else they’ve had their hands in. They don’t do many remixes, but the ones they do have their signature sound all over them. They’ll do just fine for now…
The Take Away Shows have been around for a while thanks to the French music blog La Blagotheque, but every time I see a new one I fall in love with them again. Stylistically, they’re exactly what I want. That’s all thanks to the mastermind and primary filmer Vincent Moon. I thought I’d share some of my favorites… but there are so many more with artists like Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective, Jens Lekman, Sufjan Stevens, and there’s even one with Jason Mraz!!!
In a funk because it’s Tuesday and your 3 day weekend is over and you’re staring at a computer screen and 40 degrees isn’t nearly as warm as it should be and your eyes won’t stop bleeding? I have the cure! A musical spectrum’s worth of high energy tunes to recharge your human batteries. Turn it up and make your ears bleed too.
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