It's summation time again - my annual wrap for the year that's just passed us by. Behold, yet another sampler of the creme de la creme of what many of you have already made your acquaintance with in the past 365 days, but relax, for those of you who aren't up to speed or were merely holding out for a shortcut I've got you covered. I'd say a good 80% of the time the most immediate thing that greats you on any given day is one of my Mystery Monday banners. I honestly need to rectify that, because as much fun as said weekly randomness, I know you're looking for unique posts with actual nomenclature and titles attached (what a concept, I know). Slowly but surely, I think I'll get there, even if it means tweaking my personal schedule a tad.
Generally speaking, the first half of this year's compendium emphasizes the "pop" angle of things, but not entirely. I tried to design the song-to-song transitions as smoothly as I could, albeit if anomalies arise that just comes with the territory (and since you're not playing his back on vinyl or 8-track you can always zap it to the next cut). I'm pressed for time to elaborate on any particular artist, but that's what the original write-ups are for, and if time allows later in the week I might even plug in links to the full record each song is derived from. Keeping with Best of the Blog tradition, I've included a handful of exclusive songs by artists I haven't covered previously, noted with an asterisk, the last one (track 24) being even more of a curveball than usual. Have at it, and naturally. a fruitful New Year.
01. Durango 95 - Great Buildings
02. Laughing Stock - The Boy Who Never Sleeps
03. Waxing Poetics - Hermitage
04. Three Hour Tour - 'Til the Next Time
05. Upangybottoms - Christine
06. Life Without Principle - Find Yourself Inside
07. The Cradle - It's Too High
08. The Clergy - Pieces
09. Fear of Strangers - Shopping For a Dog
10. Agitpop - Straight Through To Nashville
11. Hunters & Collectors - Tow Truck
12. The Weeds - Replaced
13. The Acid Casualties - Point Me at the Sky
14. What is This? - Days of Reflection
15. Nu Este - From This Side of the Window
16. Fictions - Fixation
17. Accent - We Are Lost*
18. Life in General - The Fog
19. Toby Redd - More Time
20. U.S. Mods - Jumping Off Niagara Falls
21. Moon - The Never Room
22. Invisible Pedestrian - Ordinary Taxpayer
23. To Heaven a Jet - Castles*
24. Company Of State - Dark*
5 comments:
Sweet! Thanks
I am struggling to actually listen to everything posted on your blog, so this is well-appreciated!
Excellent! i was surprise by Durango 95 when you originally posted it, and of course, most anything by Three Hour Tour is great!!
I am loving this! Thank you!
usually willing to listen to anything but this mound o shiite is such a waste o time which is saying a lot because I have nothing but time to waste...maybe if I was 12 and wacking regularly I might dream that some day it will all be so sweet...it was never to be.
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