The Pelican’s Perch

So what’d you think of this year’s Oscars? I watched up until Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova won best song and I flipped my lid and immediately drove somewhere and got drunk in celebration. Alright, maybe I was already going to a birthday party, but seriously, how awesome was that when they won? [...]

“Bah — 25 to 11 — you’re killin’ me” – Reid
“I want top 10 NOW!” – Chris
I didn’t mean to leave the top 10 off, I just looked at the clock and realized I had to be at soundcheck for our show in like 30 minutes, and I conveniently happened to have all but the [...]

And so we’ve finally arrived, 15 days late. I’m writing this intro after finishing this first part of the list and let me tell you, this is a beast to write. It’s a labor of love and even though it’s a pain to write, I look forward to writing it every year. [...]

Let’s get some people riled up shall we? Of all my lists, this one should be taken with the biggest grain of salt. I’m sure some of these albums on this post are someone else’s favorite movie, so obviously this is simply a post highlighting albums that I thought would highlight the year, [...]

Before we begin…while I was on the ball this year as far as music goes, I can in no way say I was even close to on the ball with movies.  For a while there, I went from watching at least a couple movies a week, to not watching a single new movie for a [...]

Well, it’s finally time for my year end lists. I’m usually more on the ball getting them done the last week of the year, but better late than never. This whole week I’ll be writing all kinds of posts wrapping up the year in music as I heard it. This year [...]

20. We Will Build – “I’m Feeling Very Unsatisfied”

19. Snowglobe – “Happy”

18. The Envy Corps – “Rhinemaide”

 
17. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – “Nashville Parthenon”

 
16. Voxtrot – “Soft and Warm”

 
15. Tuung – “The Wind-up Bird”

 
14. The Little Ones – “Oh, MJ! ”

 
13. Thom Yorke – “Harrowdown Hill”

-Harrowdown Hill was my favorite track off Eraser, but [...]

EDIT: I somehow screwed up the header on the other template, so I temporarily switched it.  I’ll be doing this every now and then out of the blue until I get something I really like.  It’s all trial and error for me, so be patient.  Me wanting to add something cool to my site usually ends [...]

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Sondre Lerche and the Faces Down Quartet – Duper Sessions
I was somewhat surprised when I first learned about this album.  Sondre doing jazz wasn’t too surprising, since his style fits it nicely, but I had no idea he’d been working with a quartet for his next album.  The results were even better than [...]

Well, here we go.  I’ve never been so unsure about a year end list in the three years I’ve been doing this blog.  Nothing blew me away this year to make my decision for the number one album easy.  My top five albums could all be number one, so as you read this list, think [...]