| The Top 50 Albums of 2010 (#40-31) (Sponsored by Admiral Cigarettes) | December 21, 2010 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk5Bqn6VlF0&feature=related Sponsored by the cigarette that even David Robinson enjoys. 40. James Blake – CMYK/Klavierwerke EP’s – [R&S Records] James Blake is smart enough to know that if you’re going to reshape bass music in your own indie-influenced image, including a few R&B samples might be a good idea. Hence, CMYK didn’t just win over […]
| The Top 50 Albums of 2010 (#50-1) – Sponsored by the Arthur Murray Party | December 20, 2010 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlrN3tt62BI You’re always welcome at an Arthur Murray dance party. 50. DaVinci – The Day the Turf Stood Still – [SWTBRDS] A cursory skim of The Day the Turf Stood Still might convince you that DaVinci is the latest underground talent from New York, but the longtime Fillmore resident reps San Francisco through and through. […]
| The 50 Best Albums of 2009 (#25-1) | December 31, 2009 |
Brought to you by our sponsors, Brother Love and The Honky Tonk Man. 25. Diamond District – In The Ruff [Mello Music Group] Taking artists at their word is a notoriously tricky enterprise. Even allowing for 100 percent sincerity, intentions and ambitions are often discordant with the final results. Luckily, anyone attempting to assess Diamond […]
| The 50 Best Albums of 2009 (#50-1) | December 30, 2009 |
Brought to you by our sponsor: “Piper’s Pit.” 50. Exile – Radio [Plug Research] Best known for producing 2006’s acclaimed collaboration with Blu, “Below the Heavens,” Exile emerged as a viable creative force in his own right on “Radio,” a found-art opus that found him re-configuring taped snippets of everything from old commercials to evangelical […]
