LOGANMIX2009: Don't Look Back
2009 was the year of the front-loaded indie album. And, um, chillwave.
In regards to the former: a majority of the critically acclaimed albums this year were crushingly disappointing. Not due to overwhelming hype, but on account of the unreachable expectations set by astonishing singles set at the two-spot (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fever Ray, Phoenix, Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective are all guilty of this crime). "Two Weeks" is NPR catnip, but the rest of the album is a bore. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix would have been the perfect record had it ended after track "1901."
As for the later: I think it is reasonable to say that I keep fairly abreast of the various musical trends from year to year, but by the time I had heard of the genre chillwave, it had already been permanently submerged by a backlash of monstrous proportions. Consider it the "Clap Your Hands Say Yeah" of 2009: another signpost of the internet's exponentially growing autophobia.
As for me, I will keep on dishing out amuse-bouches of stale electroclash and minimal techno.
It may be strange and a little bit frightening, an acquired taste but very enlightening. A hint of this and a drop of that, lick your lips and don’t look back:
1. Amuse Bouche - Fischerspooner [Entertainment]
2. 1901 - Phoenix [Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix]
3. Hazel (Radio Edit) - Junior Boys [Hazel Single]
4. Raindrops - Basement Jaxx [Scars]
5. One Day - The Juan Maclean [The Future Will Come]
6. Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs [It's Blitz]
7. This Must Be It - Röyksopp [Junior]
8. Songs Remind Me Of You - Annie [Don't Stop]
9. Leave It - The Field [Yesterday and Today]
10. Sleep Alone - Bat For Lashes [Two Suns]
11. Growls Garden - Clark [Totems Flare]
12. Infinity - The XX [The XX]
13. Graven Wood - The Clientele [Bonfires on the Heath]
14. Quick Canal (feat. Laetitia Sadier) - Atlas Sound [Logos]
15. Stay Alive - The Pains of Being Pure At Heart [The Pains of Being Pure At Heart]
16. All of My Days and All of My Days Off - A.C. Newman [Get Guilty]
Happy New Years Everybody!
In regards to the former: a majority of the critically acclaimed albums this year were crushingly disappointing. Not due to overwhelming hype, but on account of the unreachable expectations set by astonishing singles set at the two-spot (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fever Ray, Phoenix, Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective are all guilty of this crime). "Two Weeks" is NPR catnip, but the rest of the album is a bore. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix would have been the perfect record had it ended after track "1901."
As for the later: I think it is reasonable to say that I keep fairly abreast of the various musical trends from year to year, but by the time I had heard of the genre chillwave, it had already been permanently submerged by a backlash of monstrous proportions. Consider it the "Clap Your Hands Say Yeah" of 2009: another signpost of the internet's exponentially growing autophobia.
As for me, I will keep on dishing out amuse-bouches of stale electroclash and minimal techno.
It may be strange and a little bit frightening, an acquired taste but very enlightening. A hint of this and a drop of that, lick your lips and don’t look back:
1. Amuse Bouche - Fischerspooner [Entertainment]
2. 1901 - Phoenix [Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix]
3. Hazel (Radio Edit) - Junior Boys [Hazel Single]
4. Raindrops - Basement Jaxx [Scars]
5. One Day - The Juan Maclean [The Future Will Come]
6. Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs [It's Blitz]
7. This Must Be It - Röyksopp [Junior]
8. Songs Remind Me Of You - Annie [Don't Stop]
9. Leave It - The Field [Yesterday and Today]
10. Sleep Alone - Bat For Lashes [Two Suns]
11. Growls Garden - Clark [Totems Flare]
12. Infinity - The XX [The XX]
13. Graven Wood - The Clientele [Bonfires on the Heath]
14. Quick Canal (feat. Laetitia Sadier) - Atlas Sound [Logos]
15. Stay Alive - The Pains of Being Pure At Heart [The Pains of Being Pure At Heart]
16. All of My Days and All of My Days Off - A.C. Newman [Get Guilty]
Happy New Years Everybody!
posted by d l wright at 1/02/2010 10:14:00 PM
1 Comments:
Thanks L-Train, I've been looking forward to your top ten and this. Look for mine in a couple of days.
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