From Blown Speakers

Tuesday, December 18, 2007
get your robin hood on, put some pressure on the man

I think I said that I'd "throw something together" when it came to songs and year-end retrospectives, but I'm actually trying to throw something else together that is about 100 times more exciting, so, if you like lists, here's what I sent into Eye Weekly for their critics poll:

1 MIA feat. Bun B and Rich Boy/"Paper Planes (Street Mix)" (XL/Beggars Group) 100
2 LCD Soundsystem/"All My Friends" (DFA) 90
3 LCD Soundsystem/"Someone Great" (DFA) 80
4 UGK feat Outkast/"International Players Anthem" (Jive) 70
5 The New Pornographers/"Myriad Harbour" (Last Gang/Matador) 60
6 Feist/"1 2 3 4" (Interscope) 50
7 Justice/"D.A.N.C.E." (Ed Banger/Vice) 40
8 Kanye West feat. Young Jeezy/"Can't Tell Me Nothin' (Remix)" (Def Jam) 30
9 Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse/"Valerie" (Sony) 20
10 Animal Collective/"Fireworks" (Domino) 10

I should note that I think Amy Winehouse's live cover of Valerie (from the Back to Black single) is about twice as good as the one from Version, but it wasn't a single. Speaking of, here are some other non-singles that got a lot of plays (in no particular order):

Dntel feat. Jenny Lewis – Roll On
Jim James & Calexico – Goin' the Acapulco (Bob Dylan)
Black Kids – I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You
Mutators – What Cuts Want
The Clips – Kassel
Bison – Wartime
Radiohead – House of Cards
Land of Talk - Young Bridge
White Lung - Local Garbage (actually, I guess this was a single)
Wilco - Hate it Here
Wu-Tang Clan - Campfire
Yo Majesty - Club Action (Bagraiders Sailing to Baltimore Edit)

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posted by Quinn @ 4:06 p.m. Comments:4

Thursday, December 06, 2007
i wish that we could talk about it

It's that time of the year when best-of lists become as ubiquitous as "holiday" (nee "christmas") sales at your favourite big box retailer. I'll still probably throw something together for songs and shows and maybe something else, but quite frankly, my albums list is pretty boring. If, for some reason, you were curious, this is what I sent in to Chart (in all its Chart formatted glory):

1. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - Sound of Silver (DFA)
2. M.I.A. - Kala (XL)
3. HANDSOME FURS - Plague Park (Sub Pop)
4. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - Strawberry Jam (Domino)
5. RADIOHEAD - In Rainbows (independent)
6. LES SAVY FAV - Let's Stay Friends (Frenchkiss)
7. KANYE WEST - Graduation (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
8. MARNIE STERN - In Advance of the Broken Arm (Kill Rock Stars)
9. SATURDAY LOOKS GOOD TO ME - Fill Up the Room (K)
10. JUSTICE - Cross (Ed Banger/Vice)

If, for some reason, you would like to read more about records that, for the most part, other people have already talked to death, I'm doing the first five for the January Off-Centre and LCD Soundsystem for the January Chart.

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posted by Quinn @ 2:41 p.m. Comments:7