en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/user/rkallerud/journal The Last.fm journal for rkallerud. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/rkallerud/journal/2011/01/26/46fq20_favorite_albums_of_2010_(with_song_highlights) Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:52:39 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/rkallerud/journal/2011/01/26/46fq20_favorite_albums_of_2010_(with_song_highlights) 1. Sleigh Bells—Treats (Rill Rill)
2. Jónsi—Go (Boy Lilikoi)
3. Beach House—Teen Dream (Zebra)
4. Surfer Blood—Astro Coast (Swim)
5. LCD Soundsystem—This Is Happening (I Can Change)
6. Perfume Genius—Learning (Mr. Peterson)
7. The National—High Violet (Runaway)
8. Saycet—Through the Window (Easy)
9. Nana Grizol—"Ruth" (Blackbox)
10. Delorean—Subiza (Real Love)]]> http://www.last.fm/user/rkallerud/journal/2010/01/07/3bm3s8_some_of_my_favorite_albums_of_%2709_(but_not_really_a_top_10_list) Thu, 7 Jan 2010 22:07:56 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/rkallerud/journal/2010/01/07/3bm3s8_some_of_my_favorite_albums_of_%2709_(but_not_really_a_top_10_list) Memory Tapes : Seek Magic
Passion Pit : Manners
JJ : JJ Nº 2
Grizzly Bear : Veckatimest
Deer Tick : Born On Flag Day
Ida Maria : Fortress 'round My Heart
Discovery : LP
The Avett Brothers : I and Love and You
The Antlers : Hospice
Odawas : The Blue Depths
Sonic Youth : The Eternal.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/rkallerud/journal/2007/12/30/1481_top_10_albums_%252B_25_more_%252B_25_songs Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:41:40 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/rkallerud/journal/2007/12/30/1481_top_10_albums_%252B_25_more_%252B_25_songs Panda Bear: Person Pitch
Recommended tracks: Bros, Good Girl / Carrots, Ponytail

Radiohead: In Rainbows
Recommended tracks: Reckoner, Bodysnatchers, All I Need, House of Cards, Jigsaw Falling into Place

Battles: Mirrored
Recommended tracks: Ddiamondd, Rainbow

The Besnard Lakes: The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse
Recommended tracks: And You Lied to Me, Devastation

The Arcade Fire: Neon Bible
Recommended tracks: Keep the Car Running, Intervention, The Well and the Lighthouse, No Cars Go

LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver
Recommended tracks: Someone Great, New York I Love You, All My Friends

Deerhoof: Friend Opportunity
Recommended tracks: +81, Believe E.S.P., Matchbook Seeks Maniac

The Shins: Wincing the Night Away
Recommended tracks: Sleeping Lessons, Australia, Phantom Limb, Sealegs

!!!: Myth Takes
Recommended tracks: Must Be the Moon, Heart of Hearts, Sweet Life, Yadnus, Bend Over Beethoven

Explosions in the Sky: All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
Recommended tracks: Catastrophe and the Cure

25 more recommended albums (with song highlights):
Winterpills: The Light Divides (Hide Me, Broken Arm), Björk: Volta (Wanderlust, The Dull Flame of Desire, Innocence), Menomena: Friend and Foe (The Pelican, Wet & Rusting, Air Aid), Bat for Lashes: Fur and Gold (The Wizard, Prescilla), Band of Horses: Cease To Begin, Wilco: Sky Blue Sky (Impossible Germany), Tegan & Sara: The Con (The Con, Back in Your Head), The Last Town Chorus: Wire Waltz (Wire Waltz, Modern Love, Understanding), Pelle Carlberg: In a Nutshell (Pamplona, I Love You, You Imbecile), Yeasayer: All Hour Cymbals (2080, Sunrise, Wait for the Summer), The Avett Brothers: Emotionalism (Shame, Paranoia in B♭ Major), M.I.A.: Kala (Bamboo Banger, Jimmy), Charlotte Gainsbourg: 5:55 (5:55, The Songs That We Sing, Jamais), Dolorean: You Can't Win (Beachcomber Blues, What One Bottle Can Do), Voxtrot: Voxtrot (Kid Gloves, Steven), Modest Mouse: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Dashboard), Feist: The Reminder (1 2 3 4, I Feel It All), Les Savy Fav: Let's Stay Friends (Pots and Pans), Andrew Bird: Armchair Apocrypha (Plasticities, Heretics, Dark Matter), Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings: 100 Days, 100 Nights (Humble Me), PJ Harvey: White Chalk (The Piano), Okkervil River: The Stage Names, Animal Collective: Strawberry Jam (For Reverend Green), Rihanna: Good Girl Gone Bad (Umbrella, Shut Up and Drive, Rehab), Of Montreal: Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (Gronlandic Edit, A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger, The Past Is a Grotesque Animal)

25 great songs from albums that didn't make the list:
Apostle of Hustle: National Anthem of Nowhere, Apparat: Hailin from the Edge, The Apples in Stereo: 7 Stars, Bears: You Can Tell, Biirdie: Him, The Bird and The Bee: F*cking Boyfriend, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Weapon of Choice, BOAT: I Really, Really Think You Should Rethink Your Life, Brakes: No Return, Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew: F-cked Up Kid, The Brunettes: Her Hairagami Set, The Foundry Field Recodings: Transistor Kids, Freezepop: Do You Like Boys, Grizzly Bear: He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss), Interpol: Rest My Chemistry, Lewis & Clarke: Before It Breaks You, Moon Babies: Weekend a-Go-Go, The Narrator: Surf Jew, The New Pornographers: Myriad Harbor, Rufus Wainwright: Going to a Town, Soko: I'll Kill Her, Spoon: The Underdog, Thurston Moore: Honest James, Travels: The Smell of Kerosene, Vampire Weekend: Oxford Comma]]> http://www.last.fm/user/rkallerud/journal/2007/06/12/1480_midterm_report_card Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:55:30 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/rkallerud/journal/2007/06/12/1480_midterm_report_card If the year ended now. In no particular order. And very subject to change.

!!!: Myth Takes
The Arcade Fire: Neon Bible
Battles: Mirrored
The Besnard Lakes: The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse
Bjork: Volta
Deerhoof: Friend Opportunity
LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver
Panda Bear: Person Pitch
The Shins: Wincing the Night Away
Voxtrot: Voxtrot]]> http://www.last.fm/user/rkallerud/journal/2007/01/10/147z_favorites_of_%2706 Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:05:44 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/rkallerud/journal/2007/01/10/147z_favorites_of_%2706 Just a quick rundown of my top 10 for 2006:

Rather Ripped
Everything All the Time
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
Show Your Bones
The Greatest
First Impressions of Earth
Ships
Imaad Wasif
The Trials Of Van Occupanther
Mr. Beast

And a handful of honorable mentions:

Bob Dylan - Modern Times, Yellow House, Son, We Are The Pipettes, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, The Scourge Of The Sea - Make Me Armored, Makers, The Only Thing I Ever Wanted, What the Toll Tells, YS, Post-War, Foundry Field Recordings - Prompts/Miscues, Get Lonely

So far in 2007, even though I've only heard four tracks, Deerhoof is at the top of list, with The Shins trailing by a nose.]]>