It’s the most wonderful tiiiime of the yeeeeear!!  Lists, Lists and more L-I-S-T-S!!

After perusing the entire internet for every “Album of the Year” list I could find, I’ve finally created an algorithm to determine the undisputed Top Albums of 2013.  Eat your heart out Nate Silver.  It was an enormous undertaking, but I think you’ll agree that I’ve reached the pinnacle of musical list taste-making.  Here are some of the steps taken to deliver such a flawless feature. Continue Reading

Democrats & Republicans.  Arabs & Jews.  Christians & Atheists.  Kim Jong Un.  All united behind LDD – September 2013.

SEPTEMBER 2013

1. Holy Ghost! | Dumb Disco Ideas
2. CHVRCHES | Lungs
3. The Naked and Famous | A Stillness
4. Delorean | Unhold (feat. Caroline Polachek)
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. | If You Didn’t See Me (Then You Weren’t on the Dancefloor) Continue Reading

It’s been 4+ months since kicking off my Best Albums of 2013 list and with the summer already in full swing I belatedly present my midyear update.

1. Cayucas | Bigfoot
2. Vampire Weekend | Modern Vampires of the City
3. Born Ruffians | Birthmarks
4. Cold War Kids | Dear Miss Lonelyhearts
5. Javelin | Hi Beams Continue Reading

“Summertime is here and with the 4th of July just around the corner there isn’t a better music mix to blow yourself off with.  Excuse me, poor word choice….with which to blowoff yourself.  There, that’s better.” – Tobias Fϋnke

JUNE 2013

1. Cayucas | A Summer Thing
2. Surfer Blood | Say Yes To Me
3. Javelin | Friending
4. Tanlines | All Of Me
5. CHVRCHES | Gun Continue Reading

Welcome to the Cuisinart of mixes. It slices, it dices…it even makes julienne fries. More choice cuts than a beef ranch. More slick tracks than RC Pro Am. More phat beats than a genetically modified vegetable garden. Ya dig?

APRIL 2013

1. Daft Punk | Get Lucky
2. Fol Chen| A Tourist Town
3. CHVRCHES | Now Is Not The Time
4. Justin Timberlake | Mirrors
5. ODESZA | Nomadic Firs-Cover Bombs (ODESZA Edit) Continue Reading

Time waits for nobody, so if you haven’t started listening to the best offerings of the 2013 music scene, jump on it.  The first three months present a stacked field and with new albums from Vampire Weekend and Daft Punk just around the corner, the year in music is only going to bet better.

Now for my Top 10 Albums through the Spring of 2013. Continue Reading

FEBRUARY 2013

1. A$AP Rocky | Pheonix
2. Big Boi | Lines (feat. A$AP Rocky & Phantogram)
3. CHVRCHES | Recover
4. Tegan and Sara | How Come You Don’t Want Me
5. Toro y Moi | Cake Continue Reading