What better way to spend your blizzard? Part 8, baby!
#30: “THE BEST OF TIMES” by SAGE FRANCIS.
An intimate conversation between a man and his 13-year-old self. “Don’t listen to them when they tell you these are your best years… and when you think you got it all figured out and then everything collapses – trust me kid – it’s not the end of the world.” With Kanye West putting Bon Iver on […]
Here comes the Top 40!
#40: “THE HIGH ROAD” by BROKEN BELLS.
“The dawn to end all nights. That’s all we hoped it was…” For whatever reason, that line always gives me a shiver. I’m not even sure I know what it means, but it sounds amazing, doesn’t it? The video’s pretty amazing too… a sort of dream-walking odyssey perfectly tuned to the song’s dark, mysterious atmosphere.
#39: “WRITTEN IN REVERSE” by SPOON.
I’ve had a […]
And the countdown marches on…
#50: “YOU MUST BE OUT OF YOUR MIND” by THE MAGNETIC FIELDS.
You have to love a guy unafraid to rhyme “on your knees, yeah” with “anesthesia”. A great song about not letting bygones be bygones sung in Stephen Merritt’s strangely incisive Eeyore deadpan. After releasing a their feedback heavy 2008 album Distortion, the Magnetic Fields returned with Realism the stripped-down acoustic yin to its predecessor’s clanging yang.
#49: “THE SKY’S […]