I’m 36. I’ve never been to a proper EDM show. I keep my finger on the pulse of what’s “hot” in music, but I rarely click with what is moving on the charts, so to speak. That said, I find EDM to be somewhat harder to keep up with. I honestly have no idea what’s… Read More Disclosure’s back
I really enjoyed Aussie rocker Courtney Barnett’s first album, “Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit,” and not just because its title more or less describes my life. It’s a super catchy, super fun, jangly bit of rock and roll with some pretty poignant and thoughtful lyrics to boot (but not so… Read More Courtney Barnett’s in the groove
I used to sit down at the end of the year to think about my favorite albums of said year, and sometimes I would actually out-think myself, trying to be too cute or clever with my choices. I’d think back to albums I may have listened to once or twice (and liked) but not again… Read More Uhhhhhhh-bsessed
I almost wrote this post in early December along with all the other best-of lists, but something (besides laziness) nagged at the back of my mind, telling me “wait, it’s not the end of the year yet, what if someone (Jay Electronica? Nah!) decides to drop a last-minute album that blows your mind?” Weirdly, my… Read More Surprise? ATR Best of Music 2014 featuring predictability
At the request of my friend Thomas, I looked through all of my old archived blog posts from the last 8 or 9 years and found all of my year-end music lists, which, nowadays, are basically the only thing I make time for writing-wise (cue world’s smallest violin). Some years I listed 15 top albums,… Read More ATR Music: Several years of top 10s
One of these guys released an album in 2013, but it wasn’t the right one. Dear Jay Electronica, First of all, Happy New Year! I’m positive 2014 is going to be a great trip around the sun, and I wish you nothing but the best for this solar orbit. I have to imagine you have… Read More The 20 Best Albums of 2013 and an open letter to Jay Electronica
As promised yesterday, here are the top two tiers of ATR music in 2012. SECOND TIERAimee Mann – Charmer: This album and The Mountain Goats’ new album were linked in my mind this year. Both artists have ties to The Best Show on WFMU (Goats drummer Jon Wurster is part of the comedy duo Scharpling… Read More The top 50 (fifty!) albums of 2012 (part 2)
This wound up being a very good year in music. You wouldn’t know it by looking at my paltry updates this year, but if I’d been able to shake free from my writers block/depression/recession/rut at some point in the last year, I would have Recommended many, many more CDs, mixtapes, EPs and singles than I… Read More The top 50 (fifty!) albums of 2012 (part 1)
You should really be getting more enjoyment out of your music. Why waste time listening to overrated, undertalented rappers just because they’re the ones who get all the attention from the radio stations, blogs and magazines? So for you, my readers, I’m going to call out rappers who are lacking and name some rappers who… Read More Rapper Replacement Program Part 1
Simple concept executed excellently over a very nice little track from ATR favorite Lushlife. His new album, “Plateau Vision,” is available now.
