Friday, January 30, 2009

Top 10s Gone Mad

It's the end of January, when KALX holds its Best Of week. I'm missing it by two days (going to be on the air next Tuesday at noon), but I will probably play my Top 10 reissues of the year. Here's a sneak peak at part of what you might hear:

Nathaniel Mayer - (I Want) Love And Affection (Not The House Of Correction) (Vampi Soul)
Sir Victor Uwaifo - Guitar-Boy Superstar 1970-76 (Sound Way)
Rodriguez - Cold Fact (Light in the Attic)
Eduardo Mateo - Mateo Solo Bien Se Lame (Lion)
Hallelujah Chicken Run Band - Take One (Analog Africa)
V/A - Nigeria Special: 1970-1976 (Sound Way)
V/A - Dirty Laundry: The Soul of Black Country (Trikont)
V/A - You Got Yours! East Bay Garage 1965-67 (Big Beat)
V/A - African Scream Contest: Raw And Psychedelic Afro Sounds From Benin And Togo 70's (Analog Africa)
V/A - Authenticité: The Syliphone Years 1965-80 (Sterns)

And my Top 10 new music discs? They seem to change every time someone asks list, but here's the latest list:

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (XL)
MC Chris - MC Chris Is Dead (Self-released)
This Is Ivy League - This Is Ivy League (Twenty-seven)
Flight of the Conchords - S/T (Sub Pop)
She & Him - Volume One (Merge)
Apache - Boomtown Gems (Birdman)
The Submarines - Honeysuckle Weeks (Nettwerk)
Passion Pit - Chunk of Change (Frenchkiss)
The Dodos - Visiter (Frenchkiss)
Thee Makeout Party! - Play Pretend (Teenacide)

(Honorable mentions include Crystal Stilts, Kassin +2, Little Joy, Koushik, High Places, Wallpaper, The Hold Steady, Raphael Saadiq, Megapuss, Time Machine, Santogold, Sonny J, The Lucksmiths, The Vivian Girls, and Yelle.)

How about my Top 14 movies? Here ya go:

Man on Wire
Tell No One
Happy-Go-Lucky
Wall-E
Rachel Getting Married
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
The Band's Visit
The Edge of Heaven
Teeth
Roman de Gare
A Christmas Story
Towelhead
Baghead
The Visitor


And the number one video of a sibling helping to shut down the Israeli consulate in LA.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

we made it!
xoxo,
thee makeout party!

PopPhilosopher said...

yeah, see you at the knockout on feb 4!