I couldn't be bothered with punctuality or write-ups or images this year. Sorry.
ten favorite songs
(mp3s! hooray!)
10. "Daniel" by Bat for Lashes
9. "Heart Skipped a Beat" by The xx
8. "Gold Guns Girls" by Metric
7. "Where There Is Light" by VNV Nation
6. "Young Adult Friction" by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
5. "Lisztomania" by Phoenix
4. "Quiet Little Voices" by We Were Promised Jetpacks
3. "Growing Old Is Getting Old" by Silversun Pickups
2. "Apollo and the Buffalo and Anna Anna Anna Oh!" by Sunset Rubdown
1. "Deus Ex Machina" by Pure Reason Revolution
twelve favorite albums
(Because music > math.)
12. The Loud Wars by So Many Dynamos
11. Daisy by Brand New
10. Fever Ray by Fever Ray
9. Other Lives by Other Lives
8. Hometowns by The Rural Alberta Advantage
7. No More Stories... by Mew
6. Intuit by Ramona Falls
5. Controlling Crowds (Pts. I-IV) by Archive
4. Swoon by Silversun Pickups
3. Hazards of Love by The Decemberists
2. Amor Vincit Omnia by Pure Reason Revolution
1. Dragonslayer by Sunset Rubdown
five favorite shows
(All occurred in Los Angeles except for that one. Total shows attended = 21.5)
The Decemberists @ the Hollywood Palladium (May 19)
Sunset Rubdown @ the Echoplex (June 23)
The Weakerthans @ the Roxy (July 22)
Apoptygma Berzerk @ the 9:30 Club (Washington D.C., September 2)
Mew @ the Henry Fonda (December 14)
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4 comments:
Yay!
I admit I am (pleasantly) surprised to see that "Lisztomania" made it. And of course your top three songs/top four albums are basically infallible.
What? No Fever Ray in your shows list?!
Although that Mew show>everything.
More observations: upon revisiting the list, though, I am also surprised that neither "Controlling Crowds" nor "Where There Is Light" made an appearance on the song list. But now I'm just nitpicking, and honestly, it's not like our lists don't already bear a frightening resemblance to one another.
"Controlling Crowds" is certainly more than worthy of a spot on the songs list, but I intentionally left it off to avoid my song list too closely mirroring my album list. "Where There Is Light," on the other hand, I just forgot. Insert flailing and angst here. I'm fixing it now.
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