Farfalle Vendetta

From Sub Pop’s Top 10 of 2011 Artist Edition

Greg Dulli of The Twilight Singers and The Gutter Twins

1. Louis CK at Mahalia Jackson Theater/New Orleans 10.6.11 
2. The 2011 World Series
3. Breaking Bad/Season 4
4. Prince at the Forum/Inglewood 4.30.11
5. Vetiver/The Errant Charm
6. Drive
7. Blake Griffin/Los Angeles Clippers
8. Metronomy/English Riviera
9. Curb Your Enthusiasm/Palestinian Chicken
10. Dam Funk at One Eyed Jack’s/New Orleans 10.3.11

http://www.subpop.com/channel/blog/top_10_of_2011_artist_edition

Song for Every Year Meme

You’re supposed to pick a favorite album for each year you’ve been alive. You can pick a record based on what you like now or what you would have picked that year assuming you were old enough to care.

Also, here’s a helpful way to find out which albums were released for pretty much any year, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_in_music, although it’s far from complete.

1980: Devo, Freedom of Choice

1981: Tom Tom Club, self-titled

1982: Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Imperial Bedroom

1983: Stevie Ray Vaughn, Texas Flood

1984: Tie: REM, Reckoning; Prince & the Revolution, Purple Rain

1985: Talking Heads, Little Creatures

1986: The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead

1987: Suzanne Vega, Solitude Standing

1988: Pixies, Surfer Rosa

1989: Beastie Boys, Paul’s Boutique

1990: The Replacements, All Shook Down

1991: U2, Achtung Baby

1992: Screaming Trees, Sweet Oblivion

1993: Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream

1994: Heatmiser, Cop and Speeder

1995: Radiohead, The Bends

1996: The Afghan Whigs, Black Love

1997: Buena Vista Social Club, self-titled

1998: Neutral Milk Hotel, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

1999: Wilco, Summerteeth

2000: Jurassic 5, Quality Control

2001: Built to Spill, Ancient Melodies of the Future

2002: The Decemberists, Castaways & Cutouts

2003: Placebo, Sleeping With Ghosts

2004: Blonde Redhead, Misery Is a Butterfly

2005: Belle & Sebastian, Push Barman to Open Old Wounds

2006: The Twilight Singers, Powder Burns

2007: Andrew Bird, Armchair Apocrypha

2008: Gutter Twins, Saturnalia

2009: Coconut Records, Davy

2010: Black Dub, self-titled

2011: The Twilight Singers, Dynamite Steps

http://www.avclub.com/articles/geeky-list-time-pick-an-album-for-every-year-youve,8828/

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This little exercise also introduced me to some of the raddest band names I had never heard before, such as… Bucks Fizz, Desperate Bicycles, Witchfinder General, Witchfynde, Stormwitch, Hawkwind, Hawklords, Prefab Sprout, Beat Farmers, Brand Nubian, Spear of Destiny, Harem Scarem, Leftover Salmon, Dog Fashion Disco, and Bruce Willis.

Observation #2, Mission of Burma has been around for a long time.

Observation #3, for certain years this was very tough. There was a lot of stiff competition.

Observation #4, I have missed a lot of new music the past few years and need to catch up.  This was a good reminder.

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December 4, 2011:

I originally posted this back in March, in the pre-history of this blog, and I’m reposting it because I think it’s a cool meme and because, as I mentioned, my answers for some of the recent years may change if I got back in the habit of listening to more music.  Well, I have been listening to a lot more.  So, maybe I’ll revisit it.