Looking upon the completed version of this “best of” list, I realized that I’ve moved on.  Already ready to proclaim the Beach House, Lindstrøm & Christabelle, Charlotte Gainsbourg, King Midas Sound, and Tracey Thorn (revisit) that I’m listening to right now to be my “favorites” of the moment.
But I guess that is the point: media [...]

Two things I really like about the end of the year–making comprehensive mixes of the music of the last 12 months, and giving cheap presents. This is a way for me to do both. Well, here they are–the first two products of about two weeks (off and on, mind you) of narrowing my year-end favorites [...]

More of the best from this year…grab it here.(128kb mp3, 61MB)

1. The Shouty Track-Lemon Jelly from ‘64-’95
2. Rock and Roll-Edan f. Dagha from Beauty and the Beat
3. Tale from Black-Tunng from This Is Tunng…Mother’s Daughter and Other Songs
4. Episodes (Diphenhydramine)-Pela from All in Time
5. The Runaround-The Sugarplastic from Will
6. Ringodom [...]

The initial blurpy synth sounds suggest a detour into Anti-Pop territory for Cyne, but then the skittering hi-hat/drum and walking bass enter and recontextualize the sound into a Roots-worthy vamp. Two white boys from Florida twiddle the knobs for West African MCs Akin and Cise Star, who contribute casually delivered and relentlessly positive rhymes, including [...]