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Top 10 Favorite Tracks of 2014 (so far)

Posted on 8/12/14 at 9:23 pm
Posted by kidbourbon
Member since Jul 2009
1306 posts
Posted on 8/12/14 at 9:23 pm
Try not to put multiples from a single album, if you can avoid it.

And, again, I certainly won't discourage honorable mentions if you wanna go more than ten deep.

Clap your hands say yeah - Coming down
Afghan Whigs - It kills
Spoon - Let me be mine

Jenny Lewis - She's not me
Future Islands - a song for our grandfathers
Coldplay - Ink

The Roots - Tomorrow
Phantogram - The day you died
Foster The People - Coming of Age
RAC - Let Go


HM:
Disclosure - Latch
Ariana Grande - Problem*
Hollywood - Penguin Prison (RAC remix)
Nickel Creek - Hayloft
The New Division -- Kids**




*I'd have never made it as a hipster
**Song from 2012, but didn't hear it until this year, so I'll allow myself this one cheat. Thanks Amazon Kindle Fire commercial!

Posted by kidbourbon
Member since Jul 2009
1306 posts
Posted on 8/12/14 at 10:47 pm to
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the new pornographers- brill bruisers


I didn't know they had a new album out.* Awesome.


*Looks like it drops in two weeks. Good enough. I really like NPs.
Posted by The Seaward
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2006
11345 posts
Posted on 8/12/14 at 10:49 pm to
I love the NPs too. The other track they released is awesome as well. It's call War on the East Coast (it's a Dan song).
Posted by kidbourbon
Member since Jul 2009
1306 posts
Posted on 8/12/14 at 10:52 pm to
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The Seaward


You seem like you keep up with new music pretty well. How many albums would you estimate you listen to in an average year? I'm just curious.

Last year I kept steady at about an album a week, but I've dropped off a bit this year. I may have listened to 20 thus far. Gonna try and close strong. I think new music is good for the soul.
Posted by It's White
Member since Dec 2012
102 posts
Posted on 8/12/14 at 10:52 pm to
Sun Kil Moon- Ben's My Friend

Definitely had a death cab phase, so this song is pretty cool
Posted by kidbourbon
Member since Jul 2009
1306 posts
Posted on 8/12/14 at 10:52 pm to
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I love the NPs too. The other track they released is awesome as well. It's call War on the East Coast (it's a Dan song).


Will check it out.
Posted by kidbourbon
Member since Jul 2009
1306 posts
Posted on 8/12/14 at 10:53 pm to
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Definitely had a death cab phase, so this song is pretty cool


I had one of those as well.
Posted by The Seaward
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2006
11345 posts
Posted on 8/12/14 at 10:57 pm to
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You seem like you keep up with new music pretty well. How many albums would you estimate you listen to in an average year? I'm just curious.


It's hard to say and I really haven't kept up as well this year as in the past. I'd say I've probably really listened to (more than once or twice) 15-20 new releases so far this year. I'm always discovering old stuff in addition to that as well.
Posted by kidbourbon
Member since Jul 2009
1306 posts
Posted on 8/12/14 at 11:24 pm to
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It's hard to say and I really haven't kept up as well this year as in the past. I'd say I've probably really listened to (more than once or twice) 15-20 new releases so far this year. I'm always discovering old stuff in addition to that as well.


I'm the same way. When I listen to a band I like that's been around for a while, I try to back-listen to all their stuff. For example, the first Spoon album I ever heard was Transference in 2010. I loved it and decided to go back and listen to all their albums, and now they're one of my very favorite bands. So, such projects can be worthwhile, and I usually find myself trying to strike a balance between listening to new stuff, and taking a band-at-a-time approach.

I have a friend -- [link=(he has a music blog)]https://www.bdogsmusicblog.com/[/link] -- who probably listens to 10 albums a month without breaking a sweat. He works for a record company, though, so music is sort of his job.
Posted by It's White
Member since Dec 2012
102 posts
Posted on 8/13/14 at 9:35 am to
Thanks for the link, I'm enjoying bdog's posts.
Posted by kidbourbon
Member since Jul 2009
1306 posts
Posted on 8/13/14 at 12:23 pm to
Yeah, it's good stuff.

He does basically nothing at all in the way of trying to get traffic to his site -- I think it's just a labor of love for him -- so I try to pimp it out when appropriate because I think it's a good resource. At least I use it that way.

Here's the FB page for his site. I find it a touch easier to navigate: LINK
This post was edited on 8/13/14 at 12:29 pm
Posted by kidbourbon
Member since Jul 2009
1306 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 2:22 am to
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the war on drugs- red eyes


I'll add this as an HM
Posted by The Seaward
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2006
11345 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 7:41 am to
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I'll add this as an HM


I've listened to this song at least 100 times and I still love it. Probably my favorite song since at least 2010.
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
66982 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 7:45 am to
I can't listen to new music because Baton Rouge has no radio stations that play it.

Because of this, my favorite new song so farthis year is a country song by the Zack Brown Band "That's Just How It Goes When You're Gone"
Posted by kidbourbon
Member since Jul 2009
1306 posts
Posted on 8/19/14 at 7:16 pm to
Just two people have ten favorite songs?

Okay okay, list just five.
Posted by NachoReb
ITP ATL
Member since Feb 2012
2358 posts
Posted on 8/19/14 at 7:44 pm to
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The New Division -- Kids**


Their song "Shallow Play" is awesome
Posted by The Seaward
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2006
11345 posts
Posted on 8/19/14 at 9:56 pm to
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kidbourbon


just a heads-up, the new NP album is streaming on iTunes radio.

LINK
Posted by TreyAnastasio
Bitch I'm From Cleveland
Member since Dec 2010
46759 posts
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:13 pm to
Phish
Waiting All Night
Winterqueen
555

War On Drugs
Red Eyes
Ocean Beyond The Waves
Burning

Real Estate
Horizon
Crimes

Umphreys
No Diablo

Dawes
From A Window Seat
Posted by kidbourbon
Member since Jul 2009
1306 posts
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:45 pm to
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just a heads-up, the new NP album is streaming on iTunes radio.

LINK



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