So I figured it’d be a cool idea to have a list of some albums that we’ve all listened to this year.  Not necessarily a Top 10 list or anything of the like, just a list of some of the music that my fellow Juicers have been gettin’ their swerve on to.

Try to follow the format…or expand if you’d like.

I (Rob) listened to:

Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend : I got made fun of this during the Mayercraft Carrier (Adam I’m looking at you ) for how much I love this album, but it really is that good.  It just has that really nice sound to it.  It kinda reminds me of Paul Simon (not that a statement like that is original, but still), and…I just like it.

Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes:  I have a funny feeling this might be on a lot of our lists. This album is absolutely fantastic.  ”White Winter Hymnal” in particular has been (as I just told Eric) my “Winter Jam”.  I’m digging this renaissance of folk-type music, partly because one, the songs actually tell good stories (Silver Jew’s new album almost falls into the category for this reason, but I wouldn’t really consider them Folky), and two, they’re folk songs that I can actually listen to repeatedly.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! :  I won’t lie, I just started listening to this about a month ago, and as I’ve Juiced about before, I’ve been digging Nick Cave as of late.  His music comes off as a weird mix of Johnny Cash and Tom Waits (more of the latter than the former really), and is just as good as either of them.

David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today : I poked fun at Adam before, but I have to thank him for being the one to introduce me to the music of David Byrne (his solo stuff, not necessarily the Talking Heads).  I haven’t listened to much of Brian Eno’s stuff (although I’ve listened to some of the album’s he’s been part of producing), but I really really like this album.  I just like David Byrne’s voice in general, it has a really nice eerie quality to it.  Combined with Eno’s “beats” if you will, they make a perfect audio combination.

Q-Tip – The Renaissance : Not so well known of a fact;  I LOVE A Tribe Called Quest.  I would love nothing more than if they got back together and just starting churning out albums again.  Until THAT happens though, I am A-OK with albums from Q-Tip if they are of this quality.  This album seriously sounds like what a modern Tribe album would sound like.  It’s an awesome mix of jazz, hip hop, R&B, and soul.

So that’s five albums from me (in no particular order, mind you), that I really liked this year.  I will say that I’m not claiming myself as some sort of accomplished music-reviewer, I’m just listing what I really liked to listen to this year.

So Juice the Blog, what’d you listen to this year?

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Tags: music

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