It's about that time where we start thinking of what holiday parties we will attend/skip and the resolutions we will give up by February. With it being the end of the year, it also means that it's time for the LCB staff to share their thoughts on the year. Over the next couple weeks we will be recapping the year by listing our favorites in the world of sports and entertainment. We all know that listing something as the "BEST" is both ridiculous and absurd, considering it's all due to taste and viewpoints on topics that are absolutely unquantifiable. But we will try our best to do just that. Last in the recaps, our picks for the best album of 2009.
Langston: I have to go with Dark Was The Night, a compilation benefiting the Red Hot Organization. It includes tracks from some of the best indie musicians, most notable LCB favorites: Spoon and David Byrne. I understand that a few of you may think I am taking the easy road out by picking a compilation as my favorite, but I haven't gone more than a day or two since buying the digital copy without listening to the album. And if there is anything I look for in an album, it's replayability (word?). Word.
If the music from Feist, Grizzly Bear, Arcade Fire, or The National don't do it for you; check out Mastodon's Crack the Skye or A Place to Bury Strangers' Exploding Head.
Teach: I'm not sure I can pick one, so I'm just going to list the few that albums that have gotten the most play from me throughout the year. First, there's Fun's Aim and Ignite, which Deckfight named his second best album of the year. Second, there's Dr. Dog's Fate. These two albums make me think of sitting in the backseat of my parents' car, riding to some distant relative's house, listening to my parents blast the sounds of their first kiss, their first beer, and their first slow dance. The line "I'm gonna marry you out of common sense," from Dr. Dog's song "100 Years," is one of the best lines in a love song I've heard in a long time; and while neither of these albums could be considered revolutionary, it just seems common sense to name two poppy albums the best of 2009, one of the happiest and sappiest years of my life. Cheers to the past. Looking forward to tomorrow.
Langston: I have to go with Dark Was The Night, a compilation benefiting the Red Hot Organization. It includes tracks from some of the best indie musicians, most notable LCB favorites: Spoon and David Byrne. I understand that a few of you may think I am taking the easy road out by picking a compilation as my favorite, but I haven't gone more than a day or two since buying the digital copy without listening to the album. And if there is anything I look for in an album, it's replayability (word?). Word.
If the music from Feist, Grizzly Bear, Arcade Fire, or The National don't do it for you; check out Mastodon's Crack the Skye or A Place to Bury Strangers' Exploding Head.
Teach: I'm not sure I can pick one, so I'm just going to list the few that albums that have gotten the most play from me throughout the year. First, there's Fun's Aim and Ignite, which Deckfight named his second best album of the year. Second, there's Dr. Dog's Fate. These two albums make me think of sitting in the backseat of my parents' car, riding to some distant relative's house, listening to my parents blast the sounds of their first kiss, their first beer, and their first slow dance. The line "I'm gonna marry you out of common sense," from Dr. Dog's song "100 Years," is one of the best lines in a love song I've heard in a long time; and while neither of these albums could be considered revolutionary, it just seems common sense to name two poppy albums the best of 2009, one of the happiest and sappiest years of my life. Cheers to the past. Looking forward to tomorrow.
2 comments:
actually i threw Fun. as 2nd, but hey, who's counting? me apparently.
January 5, 2010 at 9:48 AMguess that shows what a close reader i am
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