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The 111 Best Albums of 2013

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Here it is, the 111 best albums of 2013…as voted on by YOU.  If you don’t like the list…change your listening habits.  Have a great 2014.

  1. Arctic Monkeys – AM
  2. The National – Trouble Will Find Me
  3. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
  4. The Arcade Fire – Reflektor
  5. Kanye West – Yeezus
  6. Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
  7. Haim – Days Are Gone
  8. David Bowie – The Next Day
  9. Jason Isbell – Southeastern
  10. CHVRCHES – Bones of What You Believe
  11. Foals – Holy Fire
  12. My Bloody Valentine – m b v
  13. Paul McCartney – New
  14. Burial – River Dealer
  15. Phoenix – Bankrupt!
  16. Lorde – Pure Heroine
  17. The Strokes – Comedown Machine
  18. Queens of the Stone Age – Like Clockwork…
  19. Okkervil River – The Silver Gymnasium
  20. Said The Whale – Hawaii
  21. Danny Brown – Old
  22. Phosphorescent – Muchacho
  23. Volcano Choir – Repave
  24. Empire of the Sun – Ice on the Dune
  25. The Field – Cupid’s Head
  26. Foxygen – We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors
  27. White Lies – Big TV
  28. A$AP Rocky – Long Live A$AP
  29. Sky Ferreira – Night Time My Time
  30. Drake – Nothing Was The Same
  31. Savages – Silence Yourself
  32. Olafur Arnalds – For Now I Am Winter
  33. James Blake – Overgrown
  34. Deerhunter – Monomania
  35. Paramore – Paramore
  36. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2
  37. Frank Turner – Tape Deck Heart
  38. Local Natives – Hummingbird
  39. Nine Inch Nails – Hesitation Marks
  40. Peace – In Love
  41. Small Black – Limits of Desire
  42. Superchunk – I Hate Music
  43. Caitlin Rose – The Stand-In
  44. Disclosure – Settle
  45. The Civil Wars – The Civil Wars
  46. Chance The Rapper – Acid Rap
  47. Charli XCX – True Romance
  48. Mikal Cronin – MCII
  49. Fall Out Boy – Save Rock N Roll
  50. Atoms for Peace – Amok
  51. The Naked And Famous – In Rolling Waves
  52. Earl Sweatshirt – Doris
  53. Sleigh Bells – Bitter Rivals
  54. Autre Ne Veut – Anxiety
  55. Skylar Grey – Don’t Look Down
  56. Ra Ra Riot – Beta Love
  57. Nils Frahm – Spaces
  58. Cayucas – Bigfoot
  59. Eels – Wonderful Glorious
  60. Everything Everything – Arc
  61. Front Bottoms – Talon of the Hawk
  62. Kisses – Kids in LA
  63. King Krule – 6 Feet Beneath The Moon
  64. John Moreland – In The Throes
  65. The O’s – Thunderdog
  66. Panthu Du Prince and Bell Laboratory – Elements of Light
  67. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – S/T
  68. Calexico – Spiritoso
  69. Tedeschi Trucks Band – Made Up Mind
  70. Lonely Forest – Adding Up The Wasted Hours
  71. Streetlight Manifesto – The Hands That Thieve
  72. Pearl Jam – Lightning Bolt
  73. Neko Case – The Worse Things Get
  74. Avicii – True
  75. Beyonce – Beyonce
  76. Bill Callahan – Dream River
  77. M.I.A. – Matangi
  78. Hookworms – Pearl Mystics
  79. Franz Ferdinand – Right Thoughts Right Words Right Action
  80. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away
  81. The Beatles – On The BBC Volume 2
  82. The Knife – Shaking The Habitual
  83. J. Cole – Born Sinner
  84. Frightened Rabbit – Pedestrian Verse
  85. Shearwater – Fellow Travelers
  86. Gov’t Mule – Shout!
  87. The Deer Tracks – The Archer Trilogy Pt 3
  88. Deafheaven – Sunbather
  89. Yo La Tengo – Fade
  90. Tegan & Sara – Heartthrob
  91. New Order – Lost Sirens
  92. Eisley –  Currents
  93. Panic! At The Disco – Too Weird To Live,Too Rare To Die!
  94. Half Moon Run – Dark Eyes
  95. Blood Orange – Cupid Deluxe
  96. Jay-Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail
  97. Juliana Barwick – Nepenthe
  98. The Lone Below – The Lone Below
  99. Lanterns on the Lake – Until The Colours Run
  100. Renaissance – Grandine Il Vento
  101. Patty Griffin – American Kid
  102. Bells> – Fundamentals
  103. Anna Calvi – One Breath 
  104. Leagues – You Belong Here 
  105. Night Beds – Country Sleep 
  106. Hiss Golden Messenger – HAW 
  107. Lights – Siberia 
  108. Daughter – If You Leave 
  109. Air Marshal Landing – You Used To Be Me 
  110. Austin Lucas – Stay Reckless 
  111. Tom Morgan – Orange Syringe

The 11 Best Reasons to Buy The 111 Best Music Lists of the 2000s

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GBU 2000s front cover FINAL

It’s been one week since the release of our first book and the reception has been incredibly unexpected.  I thank everyone who has purchased the book…and am giving the stink eye to everyone who has not.  If you haven’t picked up a copy yet…here are some amazing points at why you should.

 The 11 Best Reasons to Buy The 111 Best Music Lists of the 2000s:

  1. There are 111 lists – where most books go to 100 ours does them 11 better and goes to 111.
  2. It features many good artists including: Arctic Monkeys, Beck, The National, Wilco, and Radiohead
  3. It features many bad (ass) artists including:  The Black Keys, The Strokes, The White Stripes, The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and the Foo Fighters
  4. It features unknown artists including: The Dirtbombs, Jay Reatard, Assemblage 23, Mr. Lif, and the Great Lake Swimmers
  5. It cost less money ($12.95) than a concert ticket and it lasts longer
  6. Reading makes you smarter.  This book will make you 111 times smarter.
  7. It makes for a great Christmas gift and a belated Hanukkah gift for all your Jewish friends
  8. It is proven to kill flies if you hit them hard enough with it
  9. It is a great conversation starter for a boring New Year’s party (or any party for that matter)
  10. It is the perfect guide for making a ’00s playlist for a ’00s-themed party.
  11. There’s a secret ending just like in the Marvel movies which hints at a bigger story.  Sorta.

Buy The 111 Best Music Lists of the 2000s…now!!!

 

 

 

 

The 11 Best Songs By the National

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This week saw the announcements of two highly anticipated upcoming releases.  On SNL this weekend, Kanye West previewed two new tracks from his new album, while on Monday, Microsoft announced that their new console, Xbox One, was coming soon.  When Kanye first went solo, he was considered a better producer than a rapper.  It’s like he knew that.  Since then on every album he’s upped his rap game along with his studio production…as if his inferiority complex has compelled to be the best in the rap game.  At the same time, when Microsoft introduced their first game console, they were going up against major players with the Sony Playstation and the Nintendo.  Both consoles seemed unstoppable and Microsoft was predicted to be a nothing more than a novelty in a couple of years.  But Microsoft took up the gauntlet and took the Xbox from rookie hype to team leader.  Sometimes in order to be the best you have to start on the bottom and fight your way up.  There’s nothing like proving your the best in the game than beating out everyone in your path to get there.

Here are the 11 Best Songs By The National:

  1. Conversation 16 (High Violet)
  2. Mistaken For Strangers (Boxer)
  3. Slipping Husband (Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers)
  4. Anyone’s Ghost (High Violet)
  5. Bloodbuzz Ohio (High Violet)
  6. Brainy (Boxer)
  7. Think You Can Wait (Think You Can Wait)
  8. Available (Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers) 
  9. So Far Around The Bend (Dark Was The Night)
  10. Terrible Love (High Violet)
  11. John’s Star (The National)
Buy The National’s new album, Trouble Will Find Me…now!!!

 

The 11 Best Songs By The National

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 I get a lot of crap from people that my lists are all wrong.  But these lists are by no means definitive.  They are my opinion of the best songs by a band.  I listen to the entire catalogue by a band before doing a list, so the music is fresh in my head.  I usually rate it on listenability, originality, how has it held up over the years.  My lists change.  If you look at bands that have been featured many times on my site, you will notice that the lists are different.  I even don’t agree with myself.  But that’s kind of the whole point.  This site isn’t about me forcing my opinion on you…it’s about everyone sharing their opinions of a band.  I love it when people submit their own lists.  That’s the fun of it. 

 But the one thing that has to stop…check the date of my lists before getting pissed that I neglected to include a song that hadn’t been released when my list was made.

 Here Are the 11 Best Songs By the National:

 

1.  Slipping Husband (Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers)

2.  Mistaken For Strangers (Boxer)

3.  Available (Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers)

4.  Son (The National)

5.  Brainy (Boxer)

6.  Cherry Tree (Cherry Tree EP)

7.  Abel (Alligator)

8.  John’s Star (The National)

9.  So Far Around the Bend (Dark Was The Night)

10.  Trophy Wife (Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers)

11.  Pretty in Pink (Daytrotter)

 Buy The National’s new album, High Violet…now!!