2009 Favorites: Part Four
Happy NYE to those of you in time zones where it hasn’t happened yet! (Sorry, Australia and thereabouts, I missed you all.) Â I’ll be ringing in the new year on a rooftop in downtown Chicago, freezing in the name of fashion and a good celebration. Â It’s been an interesting year in many respects, and I’ve […]
2009 Favorites: Part Three
Here are some more albums which have seen some pretty heavy play around here this year. In case you’ve missed it, check out albums 11 through 15 and 16 through 20 on my list of favorites from the past year. A.A. Bondy, When the Devil’s Loose. I had waited and waited and waited for this […]
2009 Favorites: Part Two
Here’s the second of four installments of what should really be called “stuff I listened to a bunch this year” but more concisely referred to as “favorites”. Â In case you missed the first post, you can find it here. Â I’ll be back next week with the last two installments. Alec Ounsworth, Mo Beauty. This is […]
2009 Favorites: Part One
So between now and the end of the year, I’ll be bringing you my 20 favorite albums of 2009. Â These 20 albums aren’t in any particular order, aside from the fact that I put them into four groupings of five albums each. Â There’s nothing scientific or measured about this, it’s mostly just an order based […]
Music Memoirs: Looking Back on 2009
Today’s Music Memoirs post asks you to look back on 2009. Feel free to play along. The albums that you love the most While I’m still working on getting my Best of 2009 list up and running, I’ll give you a sneak peak at it now, I suppose. Fortunately for all of us, I wrote […]
Guest Post: Seven Albums That Came Out in 2009 That Mike Listened To and Enjoyed the Most
[ While I’m busy debating what my own Best of 2009 list will be comprised of, enjoy this guest post. It’s a little different in the department of musical fare than you’ll usually see offered by me. -S ] So before you wonder if Sarah has gone all schizophrenic or just decided to listen to […]