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Oct 09
The Absolute Best Songs of 2009 (75% of it)
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Sep 09
Best Album of 2004 Poll
Best Albums of 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09
We’re finally closing the first half of the decade. So far, we’ve had to make some obvious, almost obligatory choices… as well as some that you may not have expected. Either way, Jeff and I are still relying on your votes and comments, and we thank you for sticking with us this long.
2004 was a crazy year for music. So crazy that I had to take an extra day to finalize this list. There was Kanye West’s debut album, arguably my personal favorite hip hop album ever. Arcade Fire also brought their Funeral that year too (and as you might know, that has been my favorite album of the last 10 years). Brian Wilson chose to finally release his SMiLE, 37 years in the making. I won’t go on… but hopefully you get the point.
As always, I looked through various year-end lists published by some of our favorite publications. The shortlist was created by looking through year-end lists by the Villiage Voice’s Pazz & Jop Poll, Pitchfork, Tiny Mix Tapes, Drowned By Sound, Stylus and PopMatters.
A. Kanye West: The College Dropout
B. Arcade Fire: Funeral
C. Animal Collective: Sung Tongs
D. Brian Wilson: SMiLE
E. Madvillian: Madvilliany
F. Franz Ferdinand: Franz Ferdinand
G. The Streets: A Grand Don’t Come For Free
H. Elliott Smith: From A Basement On The Hill
I. Modest Mouse: Good News For People Who Love Bad News
J. TV On The Radio: Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
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Apr 09
pmaCAST #11: Smile! It’s Longer (Your Mom Did)
pmaCAST #11 The “Smile! It’s Longer (Your Mom Did)” Episode Tracklist
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Apr 09
Franz Ferdinand – Womanizer (Britney Spears Cover)
The boys recently performed their terrific single “No You Girls” on BBC Radio 1, along with a cover of Britney Spears’ “Womanizer.” I’d like to pretend that they were responding my to call for Womanizer Covers. Why else would they do it? Maybe because they think “It’s been the best song out in the last few months.”
Can people start covering “If U Seek Amy” now?
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Feb 09
Franz Ferdinand Have Fun With An iPod
Dance-rockers Franz Ferdinand have their catchy tune, “No You Girls,” stuck in a lot of heads right now, which is the case with any iPod touch commercial. Being advertised is the “funnest” iPod ever, which is kind of offensive to my very fun 30 gig iPod video, but I digress…
The Franz song is pretty darn good, and the commercial is too (like just about everything Apple puts out). Check it out:
Props to Stereogum for the story, and rocketgrande.com for the sweet pic.
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Jan 09
What’s Going On? January 26-February 1
As Perez would say, Completely Gratuitous
Another week, another series of concerts across the globe.
In NYC: If you’re an Andrew Bird kind of guy (or girl), check him out at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Monday night, or, if you’d prefer, the Carnegie Hall on Wednesday!
Wednesday night, I highly recommend you snag some tickets, somehow, to catch the Cold War Kids at the intimate Mercury Lounge. If not, however, buy your tickets way in advance for their April Terminal 5 show- I’ll be at that one for sure.
N.A.S.A. IN N.Y.C.! Thursday night! At (le) Poisson Rouge! Be there. And then stay there until Saturday, catching They Might Be Giants on Saturday for a kids show at 3:00, and an 18+ show at 8:00!
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Jan 09
The REAL MTV- Music on TV
Another week, another recap of music from GG, 90210, and CHUCK. Let’s do this.
Gossip Girl’s fifteenth episode of season two wasn’t particularly music-heavy. They had the smarts to go with brand spankin’ new Franz Ferdinand (No You Girls, You Never Know). Unfortunately, this isn’t that great of a song, and based off of Stereogum’s review, my anticipation for the album has been lower. Still, the chorus is great, and I’m pulling out for what could be a good album- Tonight drops on January 26th.
The episode also used The Faint’s robotic “Mirror Error” to bop along the show. Cool song.
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Jan 09
Franz Ferdinand – No You Girls (Christian Vorbau Remix)
We first heard of Christian Vorbau when he released his quite fantastic remix of Lilly Allen’s “The Fear.” The Killers’ “Human.” That was a couple of weeks ago, now he’s taken a stab at my favorite track off Franz Ferdinand’s newest album, “No You Girls.” If you didn’t think this song was danceable enough, it certainly is now.
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Jan 09
Some Remixes on a Sunday
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It’s Sunday and I’m sort of bummed. Bummed because I can’t go here anymore and download wicked remixes every Sunday afternoon. I’m sure many people here feel the same way, so here’s to keeping the seat warm until Palm’s Out moves over to wordpress!
PS: Wordpress is THE shit. And if you’re still on blogger, go die you need to move your butt over to Wordpress ASAP. You don’t have a single excuse. Hosting is CHEAP (~$10/month) and a domain is even CHEAPER (~10/year). Why are you still on Nazi-Blogger?? While you’re thinking this over, here are some remixes I’ve been feeling lately. Continue reading →
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Dec 08
CONTEST:6 Mixtape Flash Drives, or, Super Cool MP3 Grab Bag #6
I hope you all had a GREAT Thanksgiving/Black Friday/Deadbeat Saturday-and-Sunday Weekend! I had fun avoiding the family (just kidding… well not really) and shopping all weekend; and taking a break from everything. I did miss blogging though!Â
Well PMA is back on its regular schedule and with some cool swag just in time for Christmas! This is the first of FOUR great contests Pretty Much Amazing is holding this month.Â
This week PMA is giving away 6 Mixtape Flash Drives.
What’s old is new again. The Mix Tape Flash Drive is, well, a flash drive that looks exactly like a mix tape! Featuring a retractable USB jack that easily connects to any computer and is compatible with both MAC and PC. Comes with two customizable labels. Holds 512MB of music!
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