Andrew ([info]perspectivism) wrote,
@ 2007-10-26 14:13:00
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Most amazing music this year...for me


[updated w/ youtube links]

SONG: 1. "Portions for Foxes" (*Lorelai!) 2. "Girlfriend" * (as featured in Big Love!) 3. "The Jeep Song" (*Veronica!) 4. "The Needle Has Landed" *

LBUM: 1. Pinkerton * (had to eventually become my most played...yay Orientalism!) 2. Forever *  (best youtube comment: What the hell is a PGP key?) (this album is still universally overlooked as "obviously" a band's greatest triumph...as Pinkerton once was)

WHOLE CORPUS: The National * (a band I've known for maybe a year; thanks to [info]willmagic) 

JUST THEIR RECENT WORK: 1. Her Space Holiday (The Young Machines, the remix album, and The Past Presents the Future) 2. Ben Lee (Awake Is The New Sleep and Ripe)

INCREASINGLY CONVINCED spans the best career in world history: R.E.M. *

SEXY STARBUCKS GIRL: A Fine Frenzy

SUDDENLY STARTING TO APPRECIATE after years of exposures: Pinback *



HONORABLE MENTIONS that I keep enjoying surprisingly more as this decade goes on: Aqua, Frank Black, Bjork, Blink-182, Counting Crows, Ben Folds, Jesus & Mary Chain, Kent, Ladytron, The Magnetic Fields, Panic! At The Disco, Regina Spektor, the new TMBG (now "The Else"), TV On The Radio, Young Galaxy



FAR & AWAY THE BEST PORTABLE MUSIC PLAYER + INTEGRATED LEECHER AND SERENDIPITOUS EXPLORER: Sansa Connect + YMU (their integration is truly astounding)

PRETTIEST (HORRIFICALLY UNRELIABLE) PORTABLE MUSIC PLAYER THAT I WENT THROUGH 2 OF: the now-impossible-to-find-because-too-many-returns-made-unprofitable Creative Zen V Plus 8GB

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[info]halfempty
2007-10-26 07:23 am UTC (link)
I just got that National album 2 weeks ago and it's all I listen to anymore.

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Boxer or Alligator, it doesn't even matter which ;)
[info]perspectivism
2007-10-26 07:31 am UTC (link)

awesome!!

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[info]perspectivism
2007-10-26 07:56 am UTC (link)

Also, you mentioned trouble listening during commutes. Get some CLOSED headphones. They make a phenomenal difference in cities. Don't be afraid to look like a roving DJ ;)

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[info]perspectivism
2007-10-26 07:58 am UTC (link)

A joy of Wisconsin is that high-end earbuds sound almost as good as closed DJ-style cans.

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[info]michaelduff
2007-10-27 02:35 am UTC (link)
Now do a friends-only version with mp3 links!

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[info]michaelduff
2007-10-27 02:39 am UTC (link)
Also, even I have an iPod for god's sake.

You're such a design whore I thought you'd have one in each color.

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[info]perspectivism
2007-10-27 06:30 am UTC (link)

hahahaha

I countersignal via pseudoPods...because:

Instead of mp3s, it's way more convenient (for me) to rent DRM'd music from YMU. Their catalog is tremendous -- practically complete -- and everything is so seamless.

Downloads just fly through the ether (any wireless network) to my Sansa. I haven't docked it at a PC in weeks, and I swap out songs all the time (I don't even know when it's doing it!).

Apple won't work with YMU or Rhapsody. They have their own business model.

The biggest inconvenience is actually that I can't put "my" music files online for you...that's the power of DRM technology (and why they can afford to lease practically every song every recorded for a few dollars a month).

Design whore note: Both pseudoPods I've bought are IMO more beautiful & way more functional (thus getting some extra elegance points!) than the iPods. Pity about the first one being such a fragile, unstable design.

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[info]resipisco
2007-10-28 05:27 am UTC (link)
<3 Her Space Holiday, especially The Young Machines, ever since I heard him on the Suicide Girls Burlesque Tour DVD. (Can't make any other music rec'ds from it though.)

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[info]perspectivism
2007-10-28 07:04 am UTC (link)

Cool!

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