Open Mike Eagle has been featured on here before. This is an incredible performance and makes me endorse him and love him even more. The conversation is even worth watching. If you have never watched any of the KEXP, watch the others. Mac DeMarco, Local Natives, and Spoon are all great. Enjoy.
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End of Year Review 2013
Hello again,
This is now my 4th year making this list. Sometimes I do it for fun and sometimes its therapy. I think that this year it is a little bit of both. I don’t listen to everything so if there is something worth listening to that I didn’t list, let me know. I hope this list is worth looking through and listening to.
Your friend and colleague,
Bojan Jovanovic
Of what I heard, these are my lists…
Top 20 Albums:
- Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
- Arcade Fire – Reflektor
- Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels
- Phoenix – Bankrupt!
- She & Him – Vol. 3
- Wild Belle – Isles
- Danny Brown – Old
- Cayucas – Bigfoot
- Surfer Blood – Pythons
- The Uncluded – Hokey Fright
- Smith Westerns – Soft Will
- Haim – Days Are Gone
- Local Natives – Hummingbird
- Hellfyre Club – Dorner vs. Tookie
- King Krule – 6 Feet Beneath the Moon
- Earl Sweatshirt – Doris
- Quasimoto – Yessir, Whatever
- A$AP Rocky – Long Live A$AP
- Pixies – EP1
- Kurt Vile – Wakin On A Pretty Daze
Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
My #1 album of the year comes from NYC-based Vampire Weekend. This is their third album, Modern Vampires of the City. It is their most complete, mature, and well-rounded album. It has the hodge-podge nature of their self-titled debut album coupled with a more mature sound that defined parts of their sophomore album, Contra. Vampire Weekend made my favorite album of the year where lots of great music came out, but nothing stood out overwhelmingly above the rest (see: Kendrick Lamar – GKMC). I think that I am behind on listening to stuff this year so please tell me what you think. Also, Yeezus sucked. Good day.
Top 55 Songs: (I have provided for the first 21 tracks. It took a long time. Please listen.)
1. Arcade Fire – “Reflektor”
2. Vampire Weekend – “Step”
3. A$AP Rocky ft. Kendrick Lamar, Joey Bada$$, Danny Brown, Yelawolf, Action Bronson, Big K.R.I.T. – “1 Train”
4. Arcade Fire – “Afterlife”
5. Danny Brown – “25 Bucks (ft. Purity Ring)”
6. Vampire Weekend – “Unbelievers”
7. Haim – “The Wire”
8. Run the Jewels – “Sea Legs”
9. The Uncluded – “Bats”
10. Cayucas – “High School Lover”
11. CHVRCHES– “The Mother We Share”
12. Phoenix – “Trying to Be Cool”
13. Local Natives – “Breakers”
14. She & Him – “ I’ve Got Your Number, Son”
15. Danny Brown – “Clean Up”
16. Cults – “High Road”
17. Earl Sweatshirt ft. Frank Ocean – “Sunday”
18. Chance the Rapper – “Juice”
19. James Blake ft. Chance the Rapper – “Life Round Here”
20. Cayucas –“Bigfoot”
21. Open Mike Eagle – “Qualifiers”
22. Busdriver, Open Mike Eagle & milo – “All Pastel Everything”
23. Kanye West – “Black Skinhead”
24. Netherfriends – “Uptown Boys”
25. The Uncluded – “Earthquake”
26. Surfer Blood – “ I Was Wrong”
27. Foxygen – “ Shuggie”
28. A$AP Rocky – “Long Live A$AP”
29. King Krule – “Easy Easy”
30. Danny Brown – “Dip”
31. Shad – “Stylin ft. Saukrates”
32. Kurt Vile – “Never Run Away”
33. Haim – “Forever”
34. Disclosure – “When a Fire Starts To Burn”
35. Beach Fossils – “Generational Synthetic”
36. Phoenix – “S.O.S. in Bel Air”
37. Arcade Fire – “Here Comes the Nighttime”
38. Daft Punk – “Get Lucky”
39. The National – “The Sea of Love”
40. Earl Sweatshirt – “Chum”
41. Portugal. The Man – “Purple Yellow Red and Blue”
42. Big Sean ft. Kendrick Lamar, Jay Electronica – “Control”
43. Surfer Blood – “Weird Shapes”
44. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Sacrilege”
45. Lorde – “Royals”
46. Drake – “Hold On, We’re Going Home”
47. Pixies – “Andro Queen”
48. Mikal Cronin – “Shout It Out”
49. Parquet Courts – “Stoned and Starving”
50. Pusha T ft. Kendrick Lamar– “Nostalgia”
51. TV on the Radio – “Mercy”
52. Albert Hammond Jr. – “St. Justice”
53. Cayucas -“Cayucos”
54. She & Him – “I Could of Been Your Girl”
55. Run the Jewels ft. Big Boi – “Banana Clipper”
Biggest Pleasant Surprises:
Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels
Surfer Blood – Pythons
Haim – Days are Gone
Biggest Disappoint(s):
Local Natives – Hummingbird
Kanye West – Yeezus
Albums that didn’t come out in 2013 but I listened to a lot:
Mac Demarco – 2 (2012)
Lambchop – Mr. M (2012)
Overrated Albums:
Kanye West – Yeezus
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
Albums to look forward to in 2014 with fingers crossed:
Broken Bells – After the Disco (1/14/14)
Death Cab for Cutie – TBA
Fleet Foxes – TBA
Modest Mouse – TBA
The Roots – TBA
Feist – TBA
Outkast – TBA (Possible)
Dr. Dre – Detox…Hahahahahahah
End of Year Lists:
End of Year Review – 2012
End of Year Review – 2012
Hello again,
As many many many people do around this time, I have compiled my favorite music for 2012. This is now the 4th year in a row that I have done this. I have recieved a varying degree of interest from friends, strangers, and robots. I think that I have started to just do it for my sake. I enjoy it. I like to recap the year in music and figure out what I liked the most. I also like to possibly inspire a few people to listen to something new and interesting. As always, this is my list of artists and songs that I have listened to. Remember being a college or high school student with nothing to do for like 5 hours straight? That doesn’t happen anymore. I try to listen to as much stuff as possible, but as you all know life gets in the way. Of what I heard, these are my lists. If there is something missing that you think I should listen to, let me know. I am always looking for something new.
Enjoy.
Top 20 Albums of 2012:
1. Kendrick Lamar – good kid m.A.A.d. city
2. Beach House – Bloom
3. Grizzly Bear – Shields
4. Killer Mike- R.A.P. Music
5. Aesop Rock – Skelethon
6. The xx – Coexist
7. The Shins –Port of Morrow
8. Passion Pit – Gossemer
9. Joey BadA$$ –1999
10. El-P – Cancer 4 Cure
11. Captain Murphy – Duality
12. Yeasayer – Fragrant World
13. Action Bronson – Rare Chandeliers
14. Tame Impala – Lonerism
15. P.O.S. – We Don’t Even Live Here
16. Open Mike Eagle – 4NML HSPTL
17. Miike Snow – Happy To You
18. alt-J –An Awesome Wave
19. Ab-Soul – Control System
20. JJ DOOM – Key to the Kuffs
Kendrick Lamar -good kid m.A.A.d. city
My #1 album of the year comes from Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar. good kid m.A.A.d. city is a concept album that might have ruined concept albums for any other artist for the rest of time. It is really that good. It is unfair to other rappers. He is an incredible wordsmith without sounding too wordy. Something about his music is effortlessly real. This, unlike most things that come out in the 21st century, is an “album”. Listening to these tracks on their own does not do the album justice, it has to be listened to in its entirety. I am really impressed with Kendrick’s ability to put out the album that he wanted to make. I was a little worried when I saw the features and I had a feeling it was going to be a “first major” commercial sounding release. It’s not. It is very good and if you like hip hop and think, “No one makes real hip hop anymore”. You are wrong. This is it. Enjoy.
Top 50 Songs of 2012: (Top 10 Audio/Video at the bottom of Post)
1. Danny Brown – “Grown Up”
2. Grizzly Bear – “Yet Again”
3. Kendrick Lamar – “Cartoons and Cereal”
4. Kendrick Lamar – “Swimming Pools (Drank)”
5. Joey Bada$$ – “Waves”
6. Killer Mike – “Untitled”
7. Grimes – “Oblivion”
8. Tame Impala – “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards”
9. Beach House – “The Hours”
10. The Shins – “Simple Song”
11. Passion Pit – “Carried Away”
12. Tennis – “Petition”
13. alt-J – “Breezeblocks”
14. The xx – “Angels”
15. P.O.S. – “Bumper”
16. David Byrne and St. Vincent – “Who”
17. Yeasayer – “Henrietta”
18. A$AP Rocky – “Goldie”
19. Ab-Soul ft.Danny Brown and Jhene Aiko – “Terrorist Threats”
20. The Shins – “Bait and Switch”
21. Kendrick Lamar – “Backseat Freestyle”
22. G.O.O.D. Music – “Mercy”
23. Miike Snow – “Paddling Out”
24. El-P – “Drones over BKLYN”
25. Passion Pit – “Constant Conversations”
26. Joey Bada$$ ft. Capital STEEZ – “Survival Tactics”
27. Aesop Rock – “Zero Dark Thirty”
28. The Lumineers – “Ho Hey”
29. Action Bronson – “The Symbol”
30. Grizzly Bear – “Sleeping Ute”
31. Sleigh Bells – “Comeback Kid”
32. Open Mike Eagle ft. Has-Lo – “Your Back Pack Past”
33. Yeasayer – “Longevity”
34. Aesop Rock – “Crows 1”
35. JJ DOOM -”Guv’nor”
36. The xx – “Fiction”
37. P.O.S. – “How We Land”
38. Beach House – “Troublemaker”
39. Killer Mike ft. El-P -”Butane”
40. Tame Impala – “Why Won’t They Talk To Me?”
41. Death Grips – “Get Got”
42. Captain Murphy – “The Killing Joke”
43. Lumineers – “Ho Hey”
44. Action Bronson – “Mike Vick”
45. Of Monsters and Men – “Little Talks”
46. Kendrick Lamar – “The Art of Peer Pressure”
47. Two Door Cinema Club – “Handshake”
48. DIIV – “How Long Have You Known”
49. Dirty Projectors – “Gun Has No Trigger”
50. OFWGKTA – “Oldie”
Biggest Pleasant Surprises:
Tame Impala – Lonerism
Joey Bada$$ –1999
alt-J – An Awesome Wave
Biggest Disappoint(s):
Sleigh Bells –Reign of Terror
Lupe Fiasco – Food & Liquor II
JJ DOOM – Key to the Kuffs
Albums that didn’t come out in 2012 but I listened to a lot:
Kendrick Lamar – Section .80 (2011)
Danny Brown – XXX (2011)
Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago (2008)
Overrated Albums:
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Mature Themes
Schoolboy Q – Habits and Contradictions
Death Grips – The Money Store
Albums to look forward to in 2013 with fingers crossed:
Smith Westerns – TBA
Local Natives – Hummingbird
Blackstar – ???
Dr. Dre.-Detox…3 year in a row this has been on my list. He did have a hand in making g.k.m.c. so I have to give him some credit.
Thank you for reading and I hope you have a wonderful holiday season filled with prosperity and happiness.
Your friend and colleague,
Bojan Jovanovic
TOP 10 Songs for 2012
1. Danny Brown – “Grown Up”
2. Grizzly Bear – “Yet Again”
3. Kendrick Lamar – “Cartoons and Cereal”
4. Kendrick Lamar – “Swimming Pools (Drank)”
5. Joey Bada$$ -“Waves”
6. Killer Mike – “Untitled”
7. Grimes – “Oblivion”
8. Tame Impala – “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards”
9. Beach House – “The Hours”
10. The Shins – “Simple Song”
End of the Year Lists (Sorry for the typos)
Busdriver ft. Nocando x Open Mike Eagle – “Werner Herzog”
I love all three of these guys. They never take themselves too seriously and have always put out quality work. Arguments With Dreams is out for free Here I love this video, song, and dance. Enjoy.
Open Mike Eagle ft. Has-Lo – “Your Back Pack Past”
If you have grown out of Gang Starr and Wu-Tang this is not for you. If you like to make fun of those changes in Hip Hop culture, this is. Open Mike Eagle and Has-Lo do a great commentary on the industry and what it has become about. They also are making fun of the guy trying to do it all Madonna style to get big or even be relevant part of it. “Your Back Pack Past” is definitely worth the listen. 4NML HSPTL is good and underrated and under the radar. Enjoy.
Open Mike Eagle ft. Danny Brown – “Cobra Commander”
Open Mike Eagle and Danny Brown are two of my favorite emcees. I am extremely happy that these two have worked together. Surprised? Yes. But, very pleased. I do wish this song was 10 minutes longer. They each have one verse which leaves everyone just wanting more. Danny Brown delivers a herky- jerky, slightly tame verse compared to what he has been known to do. Mike does what has made him one of my favorites, he’s clever, political, and cool. “So all the free thinkers can all your hands up!” It’s gloomy and sort of “Doomsday-ish” The synth laced and heavily layered pounding beat is a suitable content of the track and who these rappers are. Again, just upset by the length of the song and hope this is a preview of future things with these 2. 4NML HSPTL LP will be out June 26th. Pre-order here. Here is “Cobra Commander”. Enjoy
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