Oh man. What a year. Where should I start? I have amassed so much music over the past twelve months that I never thought I could ever even find, let alone be able to enjoy. My palate has expanded quite a bit but what's more astounding is that my library's expanded even more. Let's see exactly how much is there. Going to itunes, file, new smart playlist... I suck at figuring out how to use these so let's hope I can figure this out quickly considering I've got 45 minutes to get this entire article done and who knows if I'll be back tomorrow. Ah, yes, there we go. At the start of this year, I had a thousand songs. I now have 5600. My mind is blown. How did this even happen? (the fact that I'm unfortunately unemployed at the moment might have something to do with it, shhhhhh you never heard that) I don't even pirate and it still happened! I know a ton of ya'll are pirates so if you have a problem with me and my ethics (you'd better not have a problem with me and my arrow though or I'll bite your head off) you can yell ARRRG MATEY and attempt to raid my ship in the replies. Good luck with that though, considering I've got the banhammer.
Anyway, enough rambling. Let's get to my top 30. I didn't even think I'd be able to create a top 30 and was going to settle for a top 10 and this is coming from a guy whose library skyrocketed by 450% in a year. I'm an idiot, I know. Here's the list. I tried to keep it simple and let the music speak for itself. Any of the releases I have super strong feelings about have been reviewed, so you can check out my thoughts on those in the reviews since I decided to hyperlink those. As for the rest, I decided to link directly to the music as best I could. I don't attach a whole lot of emotional appeal to music (if you read my industries of the blind review and nothing else you're probably calling me a dirty liar right now), so I thought it would be best to just list everything and ask you all to discuss as much of it as you'd like at any level of depth you desire and I'll follow you up on it. Sharing is caring after all, and it would be silly of me to selfishly attach personal anecdotes to music in such a totalitarian and finalized way. Music needs as much dialogue as possible if you ask me.
If you're a lazy bum, then shame on you, and at least check out my top 10. If you're even more of a lazy bum, then shame on you some more and I should just ask you to leave, but I'll be courteous and ask you to listen to my top 3 instead. If you're even more of a lazy bum, you should be careful because I'll rage on the inside and it might surface the same way Vesuvius did, but I'll try to contain myself and ask that you listen to Align in Time's Me & My Arrow, my album of the year. Enjoy!
Finally, there are a ton of people I have to thank. First and foremost I'm thankful to God for handing me all these opportunities, musical or otherwise, despite my insistence on being a prodigal son. Next, I'm thankful for all my friends who have supported me in so many ways in being able to discover and enjoy all this music. Zach, Jenna, Paige, and the rest of AAT. You guys all rock my world, literally. Of course I have to be thankful to my co-bosses Eda and Jason and Linda, and especially my mentor Matt for giving me the opportunity to be staff later on this year. I hope I've been able to bring attention to all kinds of deserving artists thanks to you guys. Speaking of those artists, of course I have to thank them too as this list would not exist without all of them, so thanks for all the indefinably amazing music. I love all of my dear readers who have given me so much incredible encouragement. I never thought I was a good writer until you all said I was. Special thanks to Dre for always being around when I needed to chat about certain things.
Hopefully all the years to come will be as great for me as this one was. Actually, maybe I don't, since I'm gonna have to get an external hard drive one of these days, which means I'm gonna need a job, and who the heck wants one of those nowadays? I mean come on. There are all these illegal immigrants doing the jobs Americans don't want to do! But I digress. Keep a good lookout for my next few reviews, I plan on having them all done by the time next year comes around.
Jesus Christ I had to do WAY too much reading before I got to the good part, but it was worth it since my name was mentioned first. ^_^ This overwhelming sense of self-importance I currently harbour is slated to last quite a while, so be prepared for me to be more arrogant than ever for the next several months.
Considering that Bon Iver and M83 were nowhere to be seen on that list, I'm very excited about checking this stuff out.
Looking up Align in Time right now...
Considering that Bon Iver and M83 were nowhere to be seen on that list, I'm very excited about checking this stuff out.
Looking up Align in Time right now...
Finally, a kindred spirit. I love you just for that.
Jesus Christ I had to do WAY too much reading before I got to the good part, but it was worth it since my name was mentioned first. ^_^ This overwhelming sense of self-importance I currently harbour is slated to last quite a while, so be prepared for me to be more arrogant than ever for the next several months.
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