Best Decade Tournament 2010->: Finals 9/18-9/20

[DeLima]

The Afghan Whigs - Parked Outside

[epilogue]

That's just fantastic. Is the whole album like this? This is right up my alley.

[Heathen]

has anyone pm'd koopee?

[Jorge]

I did

[Heathen]

your trust bubble is about to explode

[epilogue]

I PM'd him. Just in case.

[Heathen]

like your hard cock, I know

[Brett]

That's just fantastic. Is the whole album like this? This is right up my alley.

Yeah, the whole's thing pretty much that.

[Kaius]

like your hard cock, I know

You are filthy

[koopee27]

charles bradley - changes

kp

[William Bloke]

That's just fantastic. Is the whole album like this? This is right up my alley.

Yeah, the whole's thing pretty much that.

Plat had this on his mix in Lament's mix thread, it fit that mood beautifully. I love putting the album on whilst I lie on the couch and close my eyes on a Sunday afternoon. Lovely.

[epilogue]

St Vincent - Bring Me Your Loves

[epilogue]

And because the live version from Letterman is what turned me into a fan, here it is. For anyone who may have missed it:

[Brett]

The Rival Sons song's an alright rocker. Like I said about the Black Keys, that blues-rock-revival stuff's not really my thing, but these guys do a good job of pulling it off. As Koopee said, the singer's got a strong voice, and uses it to full effect.

DeLima apparently can't youtube, so I had to look up his songs. The Queens song doesn't really do much to catch my attention. I like some of their singles, but it appears an entire album wouldn't be enjoyable to me. Actually around the halfway point, it's not too bad. It does a nice little slowdown bit, and then seems like it's going to take off in a new direction, but it doesn't.

Varis picks things back up with Bohren & Der Club of Gore. I really enjoyed this song when it was on Jorge's mix, and it's still good here. I can't dig the whole album, because a whole hour of that's a little lackluster, but in pieces it's nice moody and dark jazz.

"Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks" is slow, quiet indie pop. Is this sung by a different singer than usual? I much prefer Clogs, who share members with The National, but it's totally different music, too. I've heard these guys compared to Tindersticks, which I guess I can see on a totally superficial level, but that's a band I like more, too.

Okay, now onto Afghan Whigs. The song opens up being evocative of ZZ Top, maybe, but slower and probably not as fun. Yeah, that's a pretty good way to describe the vibe I'm getting here. I can definitely get behind some loud, fuzzy, blues-rock when the time's right, but something here's just not doing it for me.

[Heathen]

Matana Roberts - I Am

This is taken from her emotionally powerful conceptual album Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de couleur libres centered around the life of Marie Therese Metoyer (aka Coin Coin), a freed slave from the 18th century.

[dsb1218]

Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues

[BigRedLedbetter]

And at No. 2 I'm going with:

The National - Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks


In a perfect world this would be my mix closer, but we all know this ain't no perfect world.

No way it was lasting until your last pick either. Great song. Just wonderful. Dark, haunting and beautiful.

[bada]

Spoon - Written in Reverse

[Jorge]

Janelle Monáe- "Oh Maker"

[stip]

St Vincent - Bring Me Your Loves

I'll watch the letterman performance later, but I'd be lying if I said I really didn't like this song on the record.