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The Erik Review: The 2008 Generic Awards Part Two: Albums of the Year
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008. The 2008 Generic Awards Part Two: Albums of the Year. With apologies to Black Milk, here are the top ten albums of 2008:. 10 Sigur Rós - "Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust" -. 9 Torche - "Meanderthal" -. 8 Fleet Foxes - "Fleet Foxes" -. 7 The Dodos - "Visiter" -. 6 REM - "Accelerate" -. 5 Jacaszek - "Treny" -. 4 Bon Iver - "For Emma, Forever Ago" -. 3 TV on the Radio - "Dear Science," -. 2 Bonnie "Prince" Billy - "Lie Down in the Light" -. Sounds like the album of the yea...
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The Erik Review: The Generic Awards Special: Songs of the Decade
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Friday, December 18, 2009. The Generic Awards Special: Songs of the Decade. The aughts were the first complete decade of the post-Napster era. While file-sharing, iPods, digital files, and musical piracy had an undeniable impact on the music industry and its products, all was far from lost. As these twenty-five tracks demonstrate, the decade had a wide breadth and depth of musical achievement. Without further ado, let's get to this list. How the West Was Won. And Nirvana: Live at Reading. The runaway win...
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The Erik Review
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Friday, March 27, 2009. 1 Bonnie "Prince" Billy - "Lie Down in the Light" (9.5). 2 Chad VanGaalen - "Soft Airplane" (9.1). 3 Bon Iver - "For Emma, Forever Ago" (9.0). 4 TV on the Radio - "Dear Science" (9.0). 5 Sigur Rós - "Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust" (8.7). All-Time High Scores (New Reviews). 1 Dead Mellotron - "Ghost Light Constellation" (9.7). 2 Bonnie "Prince" Billy - "Lie Down in the Light" (9.5). 3 Radiohead - "In Rainbows" (9.3). 4 Pale Young Gentlemen - "Pale Young Gentlemen" (9.1).
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The Erik Review: Dead Mellotron / "Ghost Light Constellation" EP
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Friday, February 20, 2009. Dead Mellotron / "Ghost Light Constellation" EP. Ghost Light Constellation" combines a plethora of disparate elements with such fluidity in a way unseen since "Kid A." Cohesive, masterful, and unique, it is a new artist not only making a name for himself, but challenging all of his contemporaries to reach the same zenith he has. It might be awhile before the challenge is accepted. This album is just that incredible. Any thoughts on Beware? February 21, 2009 at 2:49 PM. 1 Bonnie...
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The Erik Review: The 2008 Generic Awards Part One: Songs of the Year
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Friday, December 26, 2008. The 2008 Generic Awards Part One: Songs of the Year. With apologies to Sigur Rós, here are the best songs from 2008. 10 Fleet Foxes - "White Winter Hymnal" -. 9 Animal Collective - "Water Curses" -. 8 Vampire Weekend - "A-Punk" -. 7 Bon Iver - "Skinny Love" -. 6 Lil Wayne - "A Milli" -. I know. What is "A Milli" doing on this list, right? 5 TV on the Radio - "DLZ" -. 4 Big Boi, featuring Andre 3000 and Raekwon - "Royal Flush" -. 3 Fuck Buttons - "Sweet Love for Planet Earth" -.
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The Erik Review: More May Reviews
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Thursday, May 22, 2008. Consider this my effort at catching up after only one review in April. Scarlett Johansson / "Anywhere I Lay My Head". When I first heard of the concept behind the "Lost in Translation" starlet's debut album - that if would consist almost entirely of Tom Waits covers, with one Johansson-penned original - I rolled my eyes and anticipated the worst. However, when I heard Dave Sitek (of TV on the Radio) would be producing, visions of " Province. Video of title track. I love him most o...
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The Erik Review: Viktor Vaughn / "Vaudeville Villain"
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Saturday, July 28, 2007. Viktor Vaughn / "Vaudeville Villain". V bring the beef like a trucker to Fuddrucker / Delivery to all y'all motherfuckers and bloodsuckers.". Holy Moses, my old earth know me closest / On how I played it back and stayed bent like scoliosis.". It's like a barbecue all swine cookout / To fuck up they plans like a blind man look out.". Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 1 Bonnie "Prince" Billy - "Lie Down in the Light" (9.5). 2 Chad VanGaalen - "Soft Airplane" (9.1). 4 Pale Young G...
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The Erik Review: Sigur Rós / "Ágætis Byrjun"
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008. Sigur Rós / "Ágætis Byrjun". It was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow who wrote "music is the language spoken by angels." Such a statement, while beautiful, rings of hyperbole. After all, music, in particular pop music, is written, composed, and performed by people little different than anyone else. The differences among all humans are seemingly minimal, with genetic variation of less than 1%. How incredible, though, the difference one percent can make. January 23, 2008 at 10:54 PM.
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The Erik Review: DOOM / "Born Like This"
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009. DOOM / "Born Like This". Daniel Dumile was once not only one of hip-hop's greatest working artists, he was also one of its most prolific. Hell, in a two-year span he dropped three of the most original and striking albums the genre has seen this decade ("Take Me to Your Leader" as King Geedorah, "Madvillainy" as Madvillain, and " Vaudeville Villain. But, hey, people don't tune into a DOOM album for the production anyway. His main draw is his labyrinthine and ludicrously great ...
