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bLISTerd Presents: Koomdogg’s top 11 Albums of 2011

by Koomdogg on Dec 13, 2011 • No Comments

There were a lot of terrific rock albums in 2011, but the one that stood out for me was Fucked Up’s David Comes to Life, and not just because I can’t say the band’s name in front of my mom. The Toronto hardcore act has been around for a decade or so, signed to Matador for the last three. David Comes to Life is a sprawling rock opera about a factory worker in 1970s-era England, but more importantly, it kicks […]

bLISTerd: The Top 100 Albums of the ’90s (90-81)

by MJ on Oct 26, 2011 • 9 Comments

Check out the first 10 titles on the list here I could write a preface to this and each installment in this series, but seriously (to quote the title of one of 1990’s biggest albums), what can I say about the Nineties that a VH-1 soundbite hasn’t already said? Good God, what does that say about my ability to come up with a good soundbite? I’m going back to bed now. Here’s #90-#81. Venture a guess as to what #1 is yet? Pissed off because your favorite album didn’t […]

bLISTerd: The Top 100 Albums of the ’90s (100-91)

by MJ on Oct 25, 2011 • 13 Comments

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Beck’s “Odelay” is one of the best albums of the Nineties. Read on to find out who else made the list.

Spin Cycle: Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks’ “Mirror Traffic”

by Koomdogg on Aug 27, 2011 • No Comments

Album Reviews / Spin Cycle

The Indie Rock ‘Splosion of the 1990s brought us plenty of great music, and Pavement was at the forefront. After the band’s acrimonious split in 1999, frontman Stephen Malkmus wasted little time staking out his solo identity: his first solo album was released in 2001 and three more followed in quick succession before the band improbably reunited last year to cash in on the reunion fever that swept the alt-rock world. But the Pavement reunion was limited to touring. Malkmus […]