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
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 4, 2015 · Leave a Comment
“Are you a good boy or not?” The comparisons are so spot-on that I knew critics before me had made the same parallels before even looking. Ana Lily Amirpour‘s debut feature A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is Jim Jarmusch cool with Quentin Tarantino swagger—an Iranian Vampire Western calling to mind Dead Man and […]
Category film reviews, foreign, horror, romance · Tags A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Aaron Moorhead, Ana Lily Amirpour, Arash Marandi, Dead Man, Dominic Rains, Farsi, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Jim Jarmusch, Justin Benson, Marshall Manesh, Milad Eghbali, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, Rome Shadanloo, Spring, White Lies
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
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
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“If I can see all my friends tonight” The end of LCD Soundsystem was a seminal moment in rock and roll music history. I’m not even a fan of the band and I know this to be true. Frontman James Murphy created something that spoke to the college crowd with a mix of electronic dance […]
Category documentary, film reviews, musical/concert · Tags Arcade Fire, Aziz Ansari, Chuck Klosterman, Donald Glover, Dylan Southern, Echo and the Bunnymen, James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem, Mark Burnett, Morrissey, Nancy Whang, Pat Mahoney, Reggie Watts, Shut Up and Play the Hits, Stephen Colbert, Tyler Pope, White Lies, Will Lovelace
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 16, 2011 · 4 Comments
(short and sweet and to the point; culled from listening to 501 releases—at time of publishing—from 2011. ask me tomorrow and the list will probably be drastically different, but you have to lock ’em in sometime.) #100: Dolly by Fruit Bats — #99: Take the World by She Wants Revenge — #98: Postcards by The […]
Category top 10 lists, top 10 songs by year · Tags Adele, Alexander, Amos Lee, Anna Calvi, Architecture in Helsinki, Arctic Monkeys, Beady Eye, Beirut, Bon Iver, Bright Eyes, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Centro-matic, Charles Bradley, City and Colour, Cold War Kids, Coldplay, Cults, Cut Copy, DeVotchKa, Does It Offend You Yeah?, Feist, Fleet Foxes, Florence and the Machine, Foster the People, Frank Turner, Friendly Fires, Fruit Bats, Givers, Glasvegas, Great Mountain Fire, guards, HoneyHoney, Hunx and His Punx, Iron & Wine, James Blake, John Ralston, Justice, Katharina Nuttall, Lights, Low, Lupe Fiasco, Lykke Li, M83, Mates of State, Middle Brother, Moby, MuteMath, My Morning Jacket, Neon Indian, Nicole Atkins, Noah and the Whale, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Okkervil River, Patrick Wolf, Portugal. The Man, Radiohead, SBTRKT, She Wants Revenge, Smith Westerns, The Antlers, The Black Keys, The Boxer Rebellion, The Civil Wars, The Decemberists, The Duke Spirit, The Features, The Feeling, The Head and the Heart, The Horrors, The Joy Formidable, The Low Anthem, The Roots, The Rosebuds, The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Sorry Kisses, The Sounds, The Twilight Singers, The Veils, Toro Y Moi, Uh Huh Her, Washed Out, White Demin, White Lies, Young Galaxy, Young the Giant, Yuck, Zola Jesus
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 9, 2011 · 9 Comments
(short and sweet and to the point; culled from listening to 501 releases—at time of publishing—from 2011. ask me tomorrow and the list will probably be drastically different, but you have to lock ’em in sometime. click album cover for website) Honorable Mention:
Category top 10 albums by year, top 10 lists · Tags Adele, Alexander, Amos Lee, Architecture in Helsinki, Arctic Monkeys, Beady Eye, Beirut, Ben Howard, Bison, Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, Bombay Bicycle Club, Bon Iver, Bright Eyes, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Centro-matic, Charles Bradley, City and Colour, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Cold Cave, Cold War Kids, Coldplay, Cults, Cut Copy, DeVotchKa, Drake, Dream Theater, Dum Dum Girls, Electric Six, Eskimo Joe, Explosions in the Sky, Feist, Fleet Foxes, Florence and the Machine, Foster the People, Fountains Of Wayne, Frank Turner, Friendly Fires, Friska Viljor, Fruit Bats, Givers, Glasvegas, Holy Ghost!, Hunx and His Punx, Hurricane Bells, Immanu El, Incubus, Iron & Wine, J Mascis, John Ralston, Justice, Kaiser Chiefs, Katharina Nuttall, Kurt Vile, Ladytron, Lenny Kravitz, Little Dragon, Los Campesinos!, Lupe Fiasco, Lykke Li, M83, Manchester Orchestra, Mates of State, Mayer Hawthorne, Middle Brother, Moby, Mogwai, Mother Mother, MuteMath, My Morning Jacket, Neon Indian, Nicole Atkins, Noah and the Whale, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Okkervil River, Patrick Wolf, Peter Bjorn and John, Portugal. The Man, Release the Sunbird, Ryan Adams, SBTRKT, She Wants Revenge, Smith Westerns, Tennis, The Airborne Toxic Event, The Antlers, The Belle Brigade, The Black Keys, The Boxer Rebellion, The Civil Wars, The Dear Hunter, The Dears, The Decemberists, The Dodos, The Drums, The Duke Spirit, The Features, The Head and the Heart, The Horrors, The Kills, The Kooks, The Pierces, The Rifles, The Roots, The Rosebuds, The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Sorry Kisses, The Sounds, The Strokes, The Vaccines, The War on Drugs, Thirteen Senses, Toro Y Moi, Tyler Ramsey, Uh Huh Her, Vanaprasta, VHS or Beta, Washed Out, We Are Augustines, We Were Promised Jetpacks, White Lies, Wilco, Young the Giant, Yuck, Zola Jesus
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 12, 2009 · 7 Comments
(short and sweet and to the point—culled from listening to 417 releases from 2009) The TOP TEN of 2009: 1.) Florence and the Machine: Lungs 2.) Mando Diao: Give Me Fire 3.) The Decemberists: Hazards of Love 4.) Passion Pit: Manners 5.) The Sounds: Crossing the Rubicon 6.) Silversun Pickups: Swoon 7.) White Lies: To […]
Category top 10 albums by year, top 10 lists · Tags ... And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, 1990s, 30 Seconds to Mars, A Fine Frenzy, AIR, Alice in Chains, Alicia Keys, Animal Collective, Athlete, Audrye Sessions, Bad Lieutenant, Balmorhea, Band of Skulls, Bat For Lashes, Bell XI, Ben's Brother, Better Than Ezra, Biffy Clyro, Billy Talent, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, Blakroc, Blue October, Brand New, Breaking Benjamin, Brendan Benson, Bruce Springsteen, Buckley Ward, Calvin Harris, Camera Obscura, Cash Cash, Chevelle, Civil Twilight, David Guetta, Depeche Mode, Doves, Editors, Eskimo Joe, Florence and the Machine, Franz Ferdinand, Gossip, Graham Coxon, Grizzly Bear, Heartless Bastards, Howling Bells, Ian Brown, Jack Peñate, Jamie Cullum, Jay-Z, Jeniferever, John Frusciante, Julian Casablancas, La Roux, Lady of the Sunshine, Manchester Orchestra, Mando Diao, Matt & Kim, Matthew Good, Maxïmo Park, Maybeshewill, Metric, Mew, Moby, Muse, Noisettes, Norah Jones, Oceanship, Paper Route, Passion Pit, Pelican, Phoenix, Porcupine Tree, Reverend and the Makers, Silversun Pickups, Simian Mobile Disco, Starsailor, Super Furry Animals, The Audition, The Avett Brothers, The Big Pink, The Bird and the Bee, The Bravery, The Dear Hunter, The Decemberists, The Enemy, The Fray, The Love Language, The Maccabees, The Mars Volta, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, The Sounds, The Temper Trap, The Twang, The Veils, Tokio Hotel, Watchout! There's Ghosts, We Were Promised Jetpacks, White Lies, White Rabbits, Wild Light, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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