i admit that i love the independent newspaper. i always pick it up when i am out and love that it does feel like a bit of an unerground magazine for the ultra hip and cool. but i have a major beef with their latest issue that talked about the best of 2007. one of their music reviewers put out his best 25 albums of 2007. now, i consider myself to be fairly up to the moment on all of the latest music happenings, even if they arent all depeche mode, but this list was retarted. out of the 25 artists he named as the best, i recognized 8--EIGHT, I TELL YOU!! who wants a list with groups that nobody but . 0000023% of the population has heard about? all it does is make you feel that much more out of it and like perhaps you have been living under a rock for all of last year and how could you possibly have missed that great new album by caribou?? (yes.) so, here is the list he had (the * will be by the ones i recognized):
1. arcade fire*
2. iron & wine
3. dinosaur jr.*
4. of montreal
5. feist
6. the shins*
7. grinderman
8. caribou
9. the new pornographers*
10. the national
11. the white stripes*
12. baroness
13. memomena
14. thurston moore
15. holy f*#k (yes, it was spelled like that, and secondly, what the h!?)
16. okkervil river
17. bishop allen
18. eddie vedder*
19. norah jones*
20. richard hawley
21. the clientele
22. low
23. the broken west
24. animal colletive
25. queens of the stoneage*
now, i dont know this reviewer, and i'm sure he is a super swell dude, but for the love!! i'm not asking for albums by danity kane or t-pain or even britney spears for that matter, just throw us a bone!
6 comments:
I only know like 3 names on this list. I am so out of it!
Hi- You probably dont know me. I am friends with Megan and Annie. I got your link off of Annie's blog. Your are Hilarious! - and yes it is totally a popularity contest:)
Dang! it is a popularity contest? I'm so going to lose since you guys showed up. haha Lame list. I do love Fiest though don't know to many others.
brandee--i totally know you as the gorgeous brunette who married megan's first love from junior high (and didnt kena marry the one from high school? she is gonna kill me) now i can lurk your blog!
BTW hooker, Kevin was my love from 5th grade...I had moved onto pining for Derek by the time I had hit middle school. Get your time lines straight if you are going to go out there spreading rumors about me!
-k- Seriously, I am so excited you started a blog! I love it! You guys are hilarious. Megan, you better pipe in once in a while!
(-from - (Malea) , yeah, just incase you don't know who the heck Bagiera is!!!!)
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