Comments on: The best of music, 2009 http://aubreyklein.com/the-best-of-music-2009/ Portfolio, Blog, Awesomeness Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:22:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: tArvis http://aubreyklein.com/the-best-of-music-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-392 tArvis Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:28:59 +0000 http://aubreyklein.com/?p=568#comment-392 It's sad to say but I probably only bought 9 albums in 2009... and some of them were flops. Here's a hand full of goodin's if you're sittin' around in April (2010) looking back to 2009 and wondering what a guy who still buy cd's thought was worth sending his hard earned $ on. • Aesop Rock - None shall Pass best rapper alive (for real) and this album sounds very california if that makes sense • Andrew Bird - Noble Beast / Useless Creatures this guy plays every stringer instrument & whistles like nobodies business. Seriously like a songbird. I've seen him twice, he records and loops riffs played live and layers them up into something amazing. • Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion & Fall be Kind EP I know this is mind control music but I love it! Certainly not for causal listening, but it satisfies my thirst for experimental music. • The Decemberists - Hazards of Love I know right? But it is a pretty damn good album and I love the Rake song. • Lord Newborn & the Magic Skulls - self titled ABSOLUTELY a must buy. It's mostly instrumental pieces but it is funky. It will make you dance. • Regina Spektor - Far I'm a sucker for her and her whimsical song writing . She's like a cute Russian Billy Joel. • Tanya Morgan - Brooklynati A pretty good Indie-hop group. But I only really like the first half of the album. And if you don't like hip- hop forget about it they're not for you. To sum it up I highly recommend Lord Newborn, Animal Collective and Aesop Rock. As a side note the videos for Animal Collective's "Summertime Clothes" and Aesop Rock's "Coffee" are great. It’s sad to say but I probably only bought 9 albums in 2009… and some of them were flops.
Here’s a hand full of goodin’s if you’re sittin’ around in April (2010) looking back to 2009 and wondering what a guy who still buy cd’s thought was worth sending his hard earned $ on.

• Aesop Rock – None shall Pass
best rapper alive (for real) and this album sounds very california if that makes sense
• Andrew Bird – Noble Beast / Useless Creatures
this guy plays every stringer instrument & whistles like nobodies business. Seriously like a songbird.
I’ve seen him twice, he records and loops riffs played live and layers them up into something amazing.
• Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion & Fall be Kind EP
I know this is mind control music but I love it! Certainly not for causal listening, but it satisfies my thirst
for experimental music.
• The Decemberists – Hazards of Love
I know right? But it is a pretty damn good album and I love the Rake song.
• Lord Newborn & the Magic Skulls – self titled
ABSOLUTELY a must buy. It’s mostly instrumental pieces but it is funky. It will make you dance.
• Regina Spektor – Far
I’m a sucker for her and her whimsical song writing . She’s like a cute Russian Billy Joel.
• Tanya Morgan – Brooklynati
A pretty good Indie-hop group. But I only really like the first half of the album. And if you don’t like hip-
hop forget about it they’re not for you.

To sum it up I highly recommend Lord Newborn, Animal Collective and Aesop Rock. As a side note the videos for Animal Collective’s “Summertime Clothes” and Aesop Rock’s “Coffee” are great.

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]]> By: Adam http://aubreyklein.com/the-best-of-music-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Adam Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:03:01 +0000 http://aubreyklein.com/?p=568#comment-47 To make sure I retain some independence, I'm going to do a best of the decade list. And not just music. I'll accept your conclusions on this list, mostly because Teflon gives me an erection. However, I'll note that you were a genre-nazi. In the words of Hot Rod, "Why don't you try to open that mind of yours?" To make sure I retain some independence, I’m going to do a best of the decade list. And not just music. I’ll accept your conclusions on this list, mostly because Teflon gives me an erection. However, I’ll note that you were a genre-nazi. In the words of Hot Rod, “Why don’t you try to open that mind of yours?”

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