It's not out until Christmas Eve where I live, so Uncut Gems will have to remain my most anticipated film of ever for a bit longer. But as massive unabashed fans of Sandler, the Safdie bros, KG, & Daniel Lopatin and his incredible score for Good Time, this was an instant purchase...
The albums that moved us in 2019...
Presenting our favorite songs of 2019:
As we come up on 15 years existing as a blog, we are pleased to present our favorite releases of the decade. When we did this back in 2009 — that list still mostly holds up, with a few exceptions — we got Carles to write the foreword. It's a relic of an era that feels like an eternity ago, but one thing he said still rings true: "We have lived through this. Now we shall reflect upon this".
Almost impossible to follow up the best ALBUMS OF THE DECADE list we've seen this decade (SO FAR), but here are our favorite songs of the past 10 years, lovingly culled from a running list of over 500 tracks, all of which we adore...
We don't feel inspired to make this list every year, but there were some incredible music videos in 2019. These are our favorites:
Presenting the list of our favorite releases from an overwhelming year, posted up way too soon like we always do:
Presenting our favorite songs of 2018*...
We are beyond excited to announce our new endeavor Luminelle Recordings, a record label formed in collaboration with Fat Possum/House Arrest...
Pairing the Simon & Garfunkel influences from Closer to Grey and the breadcrumbs that preceded the release, Chromatics quietly drop The Sound of Silence EP with new track, "Burning Bridges." Listen to the EP in its entirety below + purchase it for $1 here:
It's not out until Christmas Eve where I live, so Uncut Gems will have to remain my most anticipated film of ever for a bit longer. But as massive unabashed fans of Sandler, the Safdie bros, KG, & Daniel Lopatin and his incredible score for Good Time, this was an instant purchase...
L.A. duo Magdalena Bay close out an undeniable banner year with their final glorious single of 2019, as they hint at their formidable versatility with the beautiful and dreamy self-described "emotional indie ballad", "Oh Hell"...
Like-minded L.A. DIY pop luminaries Disco Shrine and Magdalena Bay collab on an empowering new anthem, and like everything these two do, it's a straight up bop.
We don't feel inspired to make this list every year, but there were some incredible music videos in 2019. These are our favorites:
Pat Flegel aka Cindy Lee shares the gorgeous first single and closing track from new LP What's Tonight to Eternity, the follow-up to a couple of our favorite records in recent years (including the devastating Act of Tenderness, one of the best of the decade), coming on Valentine's Day 2020 via Superior Viaduct / W...
Presenting our favorite songs of 2019:
Kelly Lee Owens + Jon Hopkins drop a massive new one that was originally intended to be a KLO remix of a Hopkins track, but blossomed into a more collaborative affair, resulting in something entirely new. KLO talks about working with Hopkins on the sprawling, euphoric dancefloor gem "Luminous Spaces":
The albums that moved us in 2019...