Well it is 2012. And I’m a little late on my list, but I figure that if everyone and their brother can put out a top ten “whatever” list, I figure I’ll give you mine. These aren’t too obscure and should be added to any collection.
- The Girls album, “Father, Son, and Holy Ghost”. If you wonder why this is on so many “best of” lists it is TOTALLY worth it. Put on the song Just a Song, Vomit, or Forgiveness (I suggest with some good headphones) and then tell me you don’t love it. Oh and the background story is pretty good too.
- Seeing Bon Iver live for the new nearly perfect album “Bon Iver” and taking away a memory of a crazy rendition of Blood Bank that I can still hear the riff on even though it is from the old album.
- M83’s “Hurry Up We’re Dreaming” album is so good it also deserves to be on all the lists it is on this year. Though I wish it wasn’t and it would have been easier to get concert tickets. Steve McQueen is a great anthem song that is addictive.
- “Lorelai” from Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues album. I may steal this name for my first child. This song somehow caught me up in the whole Fleet Fox frenzy.
- Washed Out had me at “Feel it all Around” last time. But now “Before” from Within and Without just kind of made me a lifer. I hear this song and I feel like all the clouds part and all is clear. I can’t even make out half the words, but it somehow sounds like clarity and the back beat makes me bounce while I walk.
- Wild Nothing’s “Gemini” is from 2010. But it is an album that I played a lot this year and somehow makes the cold winter feel a little sunnier. I’ll be playing this one through next Spring I’m sure.
- Real Estate’s “Days” . Loved the first album, but I think the second is even better. The whole thing is like hazy nostalgia. It is the sound I wish would play as you are wandering around your old home town.
- Foster the People’s “Torches”. Sure it is kind of cheesy but it really makes me happy and instantly improves a boring work day.
- Wilco’s “The Whole Love”. I like the new album (still letting it grow), but the more I listen to them, the more I’m happy to be able to call Chicago a part of my life. Not sure that makes sense, but it does to me.
- “Long Time to Lose It” by The Wooden Birds has the line “I guess I’m just a kid with a bended line…” which seems to sum up a lot of what I think often times. I forget how old I am.
I’m proud to say that these choices are pretty optimistic when I look at them. Guess the “feeling” of 2011 was optimistic.
And so a new year is here.
Here is to a year full of some new inspiration and some continued optimism.
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