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Top 10 Valentine’s Day Love Tunes
Posted by chelseadavison Feb, 12, 2010 @ 11:00 amA few days ago I covered the top ten crush songs, however, for those of you actually in a relationship and who need some music (whether to sweeten the mood of a date or to add to a special mix CD), here are the Musicology top 10 love songs for Valentine’s Day 2010:
10. I’ve Been Loving You Too Long by Otis Redding
9. Sea of Love by Cat Power
8. Best Accessory by The Digital Pickup Line
7. I Never by Rilo Kiley
6. The Way I Am by Ingrid Michaelson…
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Top 10 Crush Songs
Posted by chelseadavison Feb, 11, 2010 @ 1:30 amBecause Valentine’s Day is this weekend, I thought I’d compile a list of the best songs about crushes. This is not sappy “I love you more than anything” music, this is “I think I might like you? Do you like me? Eh?” music. So, any of you romantic musicologists who maybe haven’t locked down that Valentine yet, the right song or mix cd given in the next day or so may just be your ticket to someone’s heart, bed, and iPod.
The list is in order of intensity of affection… from low to high.
10. If You Think You Need Some Lovin’ by Pomplamoose
9. Haiku by Tally Hall
8. El Scorcho by Weezer
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Top 5 Musicals that Rock
Posted by chelseadavison Jan, 27, 2010 @ 12:05 pmThe rock musical is a genre in theatre often attempted and seldom well executed. Too often does the term refer to a jukebox musical, where the songs of a particular band are simply collected and set as the score to tell a shaky story… Here, I cite ABBA’s Mamma Mia!, Queen’s We Will Rock You, Billy Joel’s Movin’ Out, Rock of Ages, Elvis’ All Shook Up, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons’ Jersey Boys, etc. However, the best rock musicals are not just songs loosely tied together–they are epic journeys that leave you reeling in the same way a great concert does. When they are well done, you forget that you’re sitting in an audience and that people don’t usually burst into song. Instead, it seems natural that the only way so much emotion and power could possibly be expressed …
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Music Legal Cases of the Year
Posted by chelseadavison Dec, 19, 2009 @ 1:25 pm
Billboard has analyzed the top five legal cases in music of the year and how they will affect the future of music in America. I’m sure it’s not shocking to learn that all five are issues over copyright and illegal sharing/downloading/distributing. Ever since Napster, downloading and digital rights has been the hot issue of the music scene… I just wish we [aka: the system] were making better and faster progress creatively resolving the problem.
Almost a decade after the major labels launched their legal assault on Napster, courts are still writing the rules of the road for the music business’s digital future.
Companies can’t set out to build a business based on their users’ infringement of copyright, courts had already ruled. But the precise …
Top Music of 2009
Posted by chelseadavison Dec, 09, 2009 @ 11:58 pm
After consulting with some of my indie [read: hipster] friends we compiled a list of 2009’s top music. It’s only our first draft so I’d love to hear your feedback!
Best Albums of 2009:
01. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
02. The Dear Hunter – Act III: Life and Death
03. Arctic Monkeys – Humbug
04. Passion Pit – Manners
05. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart – The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
06. Annabel – Each and Everyone
07. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
08. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
09. The Decemberists – The Hazards of Love
10. Matt and Kim – Grand
11. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Why There Are Mountains
12. Baroness – Blue Record
13. Sleepy Sun – Embrace
14. Kid Cudi – Man on the Moon: The End of Day
15. Japandroids – Post-Nothing
16. Ramona Falls – …
ListOlogy: Best songs with names in the title
Posted by Ology Staff Oct, 29, 2009 @ 11:59 amI found this awesome listicle via our friends at the Australian music blog Album of the Week. Here’s a teaser:
It’s hard to find anything more validating in this world than having a song written expressly about you. Here’s a little list we’ve compiled of some of our Favourite Songs With Peoples Names In The Title.
Alison – Elvis Costello
He’s always been pretty tight-lipped about the identity of the song’s namesake, but there’s no mistaking the fact that this soul-soaked ballad of regret is the Elvis Costello version of an apology. Apology accepted. (Gentlemen: take note.)
Angie – Rolling Stones
Rumoured to have been about Mick’s relationship with David Bowie’s then-wife Angie, the desperation in Jagger’s vocals is so …
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The Best Of The Best
Posted by seanstebner Sep, 29, 2009 @ 5:13 pmEarlier this month, Absolutepunk.net released their Absolute 100 for 2009. The Absolute 100 is a list of the lesser-known bands AP.net deems worthy of your attention. I’ve decided to sift through the madness and highlight the artists who shine above the others. The best of the best, if you will.
Top 20 Matador Albums of All-Time
Posted by Mimi Kim Jul, 05, 2009 @ 1:08 pm
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Matador Records, Pop Tarts Suck Toasted made a list of the top Matador records. We’ve highlighted the top 3 albums, but head over to Pop Tarts Suck Toasted for the rest.
For the past few years it has seemed like Matador Records and the 4th of July went hand in hand, with Matador artists normally taking over the wonderful, free River to River show celebrating our Nation’s birth. This year instead of one of the brilliant members of the Matador stable we’re being given Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band which while exciting and fun is far removed from the usual Matador excitement. Still, this being the 20th anniversary of Matador Records we thought now we would be a good time to look back …
Listology: The 5 Dumbest Prefixes to the Word “Punk”
Posted by tmushett Mar, 05, 2009 @ 6:36 pmYou’re probably familiar with “cyberpunk,” a genre of sci-fi that mixes the flagrant nerdery of “cyber” with the undirected anger of “punk.” But what you may not know, is that there is a whole world of literature where varying species of geeks and dweebs attach their favorite descriptive prefix to a a genre once defined by its desire to tear down the government and Establishment Society. I guess, one fantasy leads to another…
5. Postcyberpunk
What it is: The mission of cyberpunk was completed, so maybe we’re all postcyberpunks now. You know? Like it’s the postcyberpunk condition we’re living in. Or maybe we are counter to the cyberpunks? Like addressing the critiques leveled at them by a few well-spoken but anachronistic precyberpunks.
Band that would define this genre, were it a genre of punk and not sci-fi:
Lightning Bolt…
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D: Albums I’m Thankful For
Posted by chelseadavison Feb, 19, 2009 @ 10:57 pm
There are certain albums that have changed my life and today, I just want to say thank you to those artists and to the forces in my life that allowed me to encounter/enjoy them. Please list your own list of albums worthy of giving thanks!
1. I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning by Bright Eyes
2. Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin
3. In Utero by Nirvana
4. XO by Elliott Smith
5. Kid A by Radiohead
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