Top 100 Albums of 2016
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 6, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Honorable Mention: #100: Above Water by Gibbz #99: Muzik by Delorean #98: Lonely Is a Lifetime by The Wild Feathers #97: iii by Miike Snow #96: Let Them Eat Chaos by Kate Tempest #95: Good Will Prevail by GRiZ #94: Blackstar by David Bowie #93: Everything You’ve Come To Expect by The Last Shadow Puppets […]
Category top 10 albums by year, top 10 lists, z.slideshow · Tags Against the Current, AlunaGeorge, Anthony Hamilton, AURORA, Band of Skulls, Bastille, Bear Mountain, Bear's Den, Big Black Delta, Big Gigantic, Birdy, BJ the Chicago Kid, Bloc Party, Blossoms, Bon Iver, Broods, Chairlift, Chance The Rapper, Childish Gambino, Corinne Bailey Rae, D.D Dumbo, Daughter, David Bowie, Delorean, Dragonette, Ed Harcourt, Empire of the Sun, Fitz and the Tantrums, Foxes, Francis and the Lights, Frightened Rabbit, Gibbz, Green Day, GRiZ, Harriet, HONNE, HÆLOS, Illenium, Izzy Bizu, J. Cole, Jagwar Ma, Jake Bugg, James Vincent McMorrow, Jim James, John Legend, Johnnyswim, Joseph, Justice, Kaiser Chiefs, Kaleo, Kate Tempest, Kent, KiD CuDi, King Arthur, Kings of Leon, Kishi Bashi, Kristin Kontrol, Kygo, Lady Wray, Ladyhawke, Lissie, Local Natives, M83, Majid Jordan, Messa, Michael Kiwanuka, Miike Snow, Mystery Jets, Myzica, Nada Surf, Night Riots, No Wyld, OneRepublic, Opeth, Oscar, Paper Route, Peter Bjorn and John, Phantogram, Poliça, Ra Ra Riot, Radiohead, Rihanna, Run the Jewels, Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop, Santigold, Savoir Adore, School of Seven Bells, She Is We, Shearwater, Sia, Sleigh Bells, Solange, St. Lucia, STRFKR, Suede, Swet Shop Boys, Tall Heights, Tegan and Sara, The 1975, The Besnard Lakes, The Boxer Rebellion, The Colorist & Emilíana Torrini, The Dear Hunter, The Head and the Heart, The Jezabels, The Last Shadow Puppets, The Lumineers, The Naked and Famous, The Pineapple Thief, The Temper Trap, The Weeknd, The Wild Feathers, Thrice, Turin Brakes, Vaults, Wet, White Lies, Wild Belle, Wild Nothing, Wiz Khalifa, Wye Oak, Yeasayer, Yuck
Top 100 Songs of 2016
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 3, 2017 · Leave a Comment
#100: Pacifico by Majid Jordan #98: Swooner by The Zolas #96: Come Alive by The Jezabels #94: Faint Of Heart by Tegan & Sara #92: So Much Sky by The Temper Trap #90: Touch by Shura #88: Sometimes by Oscar #86: Hell’s Kitchen Angel by MAX #84: Drive It Like You Stole It by Sing […]
Category top 10 lists, top 10 songs by year, z.slideshow · Tags ANOHNI, Banks, Banks & Steelz, Banners, Bastille, Bat For Lashes, Bear Mountain, Bear's Den, Big Black Delta, Big Gigantic, Birdy, Bishop Briggs, BJ the Chicago Kid, Blossoms, Broods, Cardiknox, Chance The Rapper, Childish Gambino, Declan Mckenna, Fitz & The Tantrums, Foxes, Francis and the Lights, Frightened Rabbit, Gibbz, Green Day, Hannah Georgas, Highasakite, HONNE, Izzy Bizu, Jake Bugg, Jarryd James, Jim James, Kaleo, Kanye West, Kate Tempest, Kent, King Arthur, Kings of Leon, Kishi Bashi, Kristin Kontrol, Lady Wray, Ladyhawke, Lissie, Lizzo, M83, Majid Jordan, Marian Hill, MAX, Michael Kiwanuka, Miike Snow, Night Riots, No Wyld, OneRepublic, Oscar, Panic! At The Disco, Poliça, PVRIS, Rachel Platten, Radiohead, Rihanna, School of Seven Bells, Shearwater, Shura, Sia, Sing Street, Sleigh Bells, St. Lucia, Suede, Swet Shop Boys, Tegan & Sara, The Head and the Heart, The Heavy, The Jezabels, The Lumineers, The Temper Trap, The Tragically Hip, The Weeknd, The Zolas, Tove Lo, Viola Beach, Wet, White Lies, Wintersleep, Yeasayer, Yuck
DESIGN: 2016 In Music
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 31, 2016 · Leave a Comment
2016 IN MUSIC: Two-disc mix of song favorites from 2016 for friends and family sent during the holidays. Edition of 60 Handprinted on a Kelsey Excelsior 5×8 Table Letterpress Tracklisting: Disc 1 1. “Stranger Things” • Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein • 01:08 • Stranger Things OST, Vol 1, Lakeshore Records 2. “Can’t Let Go, […]
Category cd jackets, design, letterpress, portfolio · Tags ANOHNI, Banks & Steelz, Bat For Lashes, Bear's Den, Big Black Delta, Bishop Briggs, BJ the Chicago Kid, Chance The Rapper, Childish Gambino, Foxes, Francis and the Lights, Gibbz, Hannah Georgas, Izzy Bizu, Jim James, Kaleo, Kanye West, Kate Tempest, Kent, Kishi Bashi, Kyle Dixon, Lady Wray, M83, Michael Stein, No Wyld, Poliça, Portishead, PVRIS, Radiohead, Rihanna, Shearwater, Sia, Sleigh Bells, Solange, St. Lucia, Swet Shop Boys, The Head and the Heart, The Tragically Hip, The Weeknd, Wet, Wintersleep, Yeasayer
Top 100 Albums of 2013
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 10, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Honorable Mention: #100: The Silver Gymnasium by Okkervil River. #99: Monkey Mindsin the Devil’s Time by Steve Mason #98: Weekend by The Sounds. #97: Reflektor by Arcade Fire #96: Beyond Wilderness by Gold & Youth #95: Amok by Atoms for Peace #94: Edward Sharpe& The Magnetic Zeros by Edward Sharpe& The Magnetic Zeros #93: Trouble […]
Category top 10 albums by year, top 10 lists, z.slideshow · Tags Aloe Blacc, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Armin Van Buuren, Atlas Genius, Atoms for Peace, Barbarossa, Bastille, Beady Eye, Biffy Clyro, Birds of Tokyo, Black Blinds, Black Joe Lewis, Black Rebel Motorcyle Club, Blue October, Booker T., Born Ruffians, Brendan Benson, BT, Camera Obscura, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Chapel Club, Charles Bradley, Chelsea Wolfe, CHVRCHES, City and Colour, Coheed & Cambria, Cold War Kids, Cults, Cut Copy, Daft Punk, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Deer Tick, Editors, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, eels, Empire of the Sun, Fitz and the Tantrums, Foals, Frank Turner, Frightened Rabbit, Gin Wigmore, Gold & Youth, GRMLN, guards, Har Mar Superstar, Hockey, Holy Ghost!, How to Destroy Angels, Indians, Iron & Wine, Ivan & Alyosha, Jake Bugg, Janelle Monáe, Jim James, John Legend, Junip, Juveniles, KiD CuDi, Kings of Leon, Kodaline, KT Tunstall, Lissie, Local Natives, London Grammar, Lorde, Ludovico Einaudi, Matt Pond, Midlake, Miles Kane, Neko Case, Neon Neon, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Okkervil River, OneRepublic, Ours, Pearl Jam, Pendentif, Phoenix, Placebo, Portugal. The Man, Post War Years, Queens Of The Stone Age, Ra Ra Riot, Shearwater, Shout Out Louds, Sigur Rós, Sky Ferreira, Sleigh Bells, Smith Westerns, Snakadaktal, Stereophonics, Steve Mason, Surfer Blood, The Airborne Toxic Event, The Black Angels, The Boxer Rebellion, The Civil Wars, The Courteeners, The Dear Hunter, The Features, The Head and the Heart, The Joy Formidable, The Jungle Giants, The Love Language, The Naked and Famous, The National, The Neighbourhood, The Sounds, The Strokes, The Veils, The Virgins, The Weeknd, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Tom Odell, Ty Segall, Volcano Choir, Washed Out, White Lies, Wildlife, Young Galaxy, Youngblood Hawke, Yuna
DESIGN: 2013 In Music
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 31, 2013 · Leave a Comment
2013 IN MUSIC: Two-disc mix of song favorites from 2013 for friends and family sent during the holidays. Edition of 50 Handprinted on a Kelsey Excelsior 5×8 Table Letterpress Tracklisting: Disc 1 1. “A Whistling Tune from a Lonely Man” • Clint Mansell • 00:40 • Stoker OST, Milan Records 2. “Young and Beautiful” • […]
Category cd jackets, design, letterpress, portfolio · Tags Aloe Blacc, Arctic Monkeys, Barbarossa, Bastille, Black Joe Lewis, Booker T., Capital Cities, Caveman, CHVRCHES, Clint Mansell, Daft Punk, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Empire of the Sun, Har Mar Superstar, How to Destroy Angels, Iron & Wine, James Blake, Janelle Monáe, Jay-Z, Junip, Justin Timberlake, Juveniles, Katy Perry, Lana Del Rey, London Grammar, Lorde, M.I.A, Miles Kane, Miley Cyrus, OneRepublic, Pearl Jam, Ra Ra Riot, Rhye, Sleigh Bells, The 1975, The Civil Wars, The Weeknd, Vampire Weekend
Top 100 Songs of 2013
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 20, 2013 · Leave a Comment
#100: Let Us Move On by Dido #99: City of Angels by Thirty Seconds to Mars #98: Exit Wounds by Placebo #97: Flashbacks, Memories, And Dreams by The Virgins #96: Ready to Go by Guards #95: If I Could Change Your Mind by HAIM #94: After the Fire by Andrew McMahon #93: Close Enough by […]
Category top 10 lists, top 10 songs by year, z.slideshow · Tags Aloe Blacc, Andrew McMahon, Arctic Monkeys, Armin Van Buuren, Avicii, Barbarossa, Bastille, Beady Eye, Birds of Tokyo, Black Joe Lewis, Blue October, Booker T., Born Ruffians, Cage the Elephant, Capital Cities, Caveman, CHVRCHES, City and Colour, Cold War Kids, Coldplay, Cut Copy, Daft Punk, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Dido, Editors, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Empire of the Sun, Fitz and the Tantrums, Gin Wigmore, guards, HAIM, Har Mar Superstar, How to Destroy Angels, I Can Make a Mess, Iron & Wine, Jake Bugg, James Blake, Janelle Monáe, Jay-Z, Jessie Ware, Jim James, John Legend, Joseph Trapanese, Junip, Justin Timberlake, Juveniles, Katy Perry, KiD CuDi, KT Tunstall, Lady Gaga, Lana Del Rey, Local Natives, London Grammar, Lorde, Ludovico Einaudi, M.I.A, M83, Miles Kane, Miley Cyrus, My Chemical Romance, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, OneRepublic, Owl Eyes, Pearl Jam, Placebo, Ra Ra Riot, Rhye, Robin Thicke, Sigur Rós, Sky Ferreira, Sleigh Bells, Steve Mason, Talib Kweli, Tegan & Sara, The 1975, The Airborne Toxic Event, The Boxer Rebellion, The Civil Wars, The Courteeners, The Naked and Famous, The Neighbourhood, The Ruby Suns, The Virgins, The Weeknd, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Vampire Weekend, White Lies, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Youngblood Hawke, Yuna
DESIGN: 2012 In Music
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment
2012 IN MUSIC: Two-disc mix of song favorites from 2012 for friends and family sent during the holidays. Edition of 40 Tracklisting: Disc 1 1. “Water Runs” — Reptar 5:14 | from Body Faucet; Vagrant Records 2. “Dougou Badia” — Amadou & Mariam (ft. Santigold) 3:53 | from Folila; Nonesuch Records 3. “Mind Your Manners” […]
Category cd jackets, design, portfolio · Tags AC Newman, Alex Winston, Amadou & Maria, Among Savages, Andrew Bird, B.o.B, Brandi Carlile, Calvin Harris, Canary Girls, Chiddy Bang, Dry The River, Eight and a Half, Electric Guest, Ellie Goulding, Fun., Grimes, Grizzly Bear, Haley Reinhart, Hannah Georgas, Jake Bugg, K'Naan, Kaki King, Karmin, Kishi Bashi, Lana Del Rey, Lupe Fiasco, Marina and the Diamonds, Of Monsters and Men, Paper Route, Reptar, Sleigh Bells, Tennis, The Heavy, The Tallest Man on Earth, The Wooden Sky, Van She, Yeasayer, Yukon Blonde, Yuna
Top 100 Albums of 2012
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Honorable Mention: #100: Heartbreaking Bravery by Moonface with Sinai #99: Oceania by The Smashing Pumpkins #98: Break It Yourself by Andrew Bird #97: Golden Years by Brothertiger #96: Tramp by Sharon Van Etten #95: Out Of Frequency by The Asteroids Galaxy Tour #94: Cynic’s New Year by Horse Feathers #93: Bear Creek by Brandi Carlile […]
Category top 10 albums by year, top 10 lists · Tags AIR, Alabama Shakes, Alberta Cross, Alcest, Alphabeat, Amy Macdonald, Andrew Bird, B.o.B, Bad Books, Bad Veins, Band of Skulls, Beach House, Bells, Blood Red Shoes, Brandi Carlile, Brendan Benson, Brothertiger, Calvin Harris, Canary Girls, Cat Power, Chairlift, Chiddy Bang, Choir Of Young Believers, Deep Sea Arcade, Delta Spirit, Diagrams, Dr. Dog, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Fang Island, Flo Rida, Gary Clark Jr., General Fiasco, Geographer, Good Old War, Gossip, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Great Lake Swimmers, Grizzly Bear, Haley Reinhart, Heartless Bastards, Horse Feathers, Hot Chip, If These Trees Could Talk, Imagine Dragons, Ingrid Michaelson, Isbells, Islands, Jack White, Jake Bugg, Jenny Owen Youngs, K'Naan, Kathleen Edwards, Keane, Kent, Kimbra, Kinny, Kishi Bashi, Kyte, Ladyhawke, Laleh, Lana Del Rey, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Little Comets, Lord Huron, Marina and the Diamonds, Mark Lanegan Band, Matisyahu, Metric, Michael Kiwanuka, Moonface, Mumford & Sons, Noisettes, Norah Jones, Of Monsters and Men, Paper Route, Passenger, Passion Pit, Punch Brothers, Regina Spektor, Santigold, School of Seven Bells, Sharon Van Etten, Shearwater, Shiny Toy Guns, Silversun Pickups, Sleigh Bells, Smashing Pumpkins, Soft Swells, Soulsavers, Spector, Stars, Suckers, Teyana Taylor, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, The Big Pink, The Crookes, The Enemy, The Gaslight Anthem, The Hives, The Jealous Sound, The Killers, The Maccabees, The Mars Volta, The Mynabirds, The Rasmus, The Royalty, The Shins, The Soft Pack, The Tallest Man on Earth, The Temper Trap, The Ting Tings, The Vaccines, Trampled By Turtles, Tribes, Two Door Cinema Club, Ultravox, Vacationer, Van She, Walk The Moon, Yeasayer, Young Empires, Yuna
Top 100 Songs of 2012
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 14, 2012 · 2 Comments
#100: Always Rains by Janus — #99: Bliss by Blaqk Audio — #98: Cameo Lover by Kimbra — #97: Dour Percentage by Of Montreal — #96: oOoO by Oberhofer — #95: Alone by Trampled By Turtles — #94: Who’s Feeling Young Now? by Punch Brothers — #93: Good As New by Vacationer — #92: Wishes […]
Category top 10 lists, top 10 songs by year · Tags AC Newman, Aimee Mann, Alex Winston, Alphabeat, Amadou & Mariam, Among Savages, Andrew Bird, B.o.B, Bat For Lashes, Beach House, Blaqk Audio, Brandi Carlile, Brendan Benson, Calvin Harris, Canary Girls, Chairlift, Chiddy Bang, Choir Of Young Believers, Diamond Rugs, Dr. Dog, Dry The River, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Eight and a Half, Electric Guest, Ellie Goulding, Flo Rida, Fun., General Fiasco, Good Old War, Gossip, Great Lake Swimmers, Grimes, Grizzly Bear, Haley Reinhart, Hannah Georgas, Here We Go Magic, Ingrid Michaelson, Jake Bugg, Janus, Japandroids, Jenny Owen Youngs, K'Naan, Kaki King, Karmin, Kathleen Edwards, Kimbra, Kishi Bashi, Kyte, Lana Del Rey, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Linkin Park, Little Comets, Lupe Fiasco, Marina and the Diamonds, Mark Lanegan Band, Matisyahu, Michael Kiwanuka, Mumford & Sons, Noisettes, Oberhofer, Of Monsters and Men, Of Montreal, Paper Route, Passion Pit, Paul Banks, Punch Brothers, Red Wanting Blue, Reptar, Santigold, Scissor Sisters, Shearwater, Sleigh Bells, Soulsavers, Suckers, Tanlines, Tennis, Teyana Taylor, The Heavy, The Lumineers, The Maccabees, The Rasmus, The Shins, The Tallest Man on Earth, The Ting Tings, The Vaccines, The Wooden Sky, Trampled By Turtles, Tribes, Ultravox, Vacationer, Van She, Walk The Moon, Wintersleep, Yeasayer, Young Empires, Yukon Blonde, Yuna
DESIGN: 2010 In Music
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 31, 2010 · Leave a Comment
2010 IN MUSIC: Two-disc mix of song favorites from 2010 for friends and family sent during the holidays. Edition of 35 Tracklisting: Disc 1 1. “Sins of My Youth” — Neon Trees 3:39 | from Habits; Mercury Records 2. “The High Road” — Broken Bells 3:51 | from Broken Bells; Columbia Records 3. “I Won’t […]
Category cd jackets, design, portfolio · Tags Aloe Blacc, Arcade Fire, Band of Horses, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Broken Bells, Cee Lo Green, Dum Dum Girls, Free Energy, Frightened Rabbit, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Groove Armada, Interpol, Kanye West, Kids of 88, Kyte, Linkin Park, Lissie, Midlake, Minus the Bear, Mystery Jets, Neon Trees, Paper Tongues, Ra Ra Riot, Ryan Star, School of Seven Bells, Shearwater, Shout Out Louds, Sia, Sleigh Bells, Stars, Stornoway, Teenage Fanclub, The Naked and Famous, The National, The Roots, Yeasayer
Top 100 Albums of 2010
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 2, 2010 · 4 Comments
(short and sweet and to the point; culled from listening to 502 releases—at time of publishing—from 2010. ask me tomorrow and the list will probably be drastically different, but you have to lock ’em in sometime. click album cover for website) #100: I Speak Because I Can by Laura Marling #99: LP4 by Ratatat #98: […]
Category top 10 albums by year, top 10 lists · Tags Aloe Blacc, Alphabeat, Amy Macdonald, Arcade Fire, Ash, B.o.B, Band of Horses, Beach House, Best Coast, Bettie Serveert, Black Mountain, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Blood Red Shoes, Broken Bells, BT, Cee Lo Green, Chief, Circa Survive, Coheed and Cambria, Delays, Demander, Duffy, Dum Dum Girls, Fitz and the Tantrums, Foals, Francis and the Lights, Free Energy, Frightened Rabbit, Goldfrapp, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Groove Armada, Hellogoodbye, Horse Feathers, Hot Chip, Interpol, Jack Johnson, James, Jenny and Johnny, Jimmy Eat World, Jónsi, Junip, Kanye West, Karen Elson, Kent, KiD CuDi, Kids of 88, Kyte, Land of Talk, Laura Marling, Lifehouse, Lightspeed Champion, Linkin Park, Lissie, Locksley, Marlango, Matt & Kim, Maximum Balloon, MGMT, Midlake, Minus the Bear, Mystery Jets, New Young Pony Club, Paper Tongues, Poets Of The Fall, Portugal. The Man, Ra Ra Riot, Raised by Swans, Ratatat, Ray LaMontagne and The Pariah Dogs, Red Sparowes, Ryan Star, Sara Bareilles, School of Seven Bells, Shearwater, Shout Out Louds, Sia, Sleigh Bells, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Stars, Steve Mason, Stornoway, Surfer Blood, The Black Keys, The Brew, The Drums, The Gaslight Anthem, The Love Language, The Morning Benders, The National, The New Pornographers, The Roots, The Russian Futurists, The Thermals, Tokyo Police Club, Turin Brakes, Two Door Cinema Club, Wayne Jackson, We Are the Fallen, Yeasayer, Zola Jesus
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