February 12th, 2010 | by Jason Grishkoff | published in playlists | 8 comments
When we published Part One of this series, we had yet to live through the Snowpocalypse that engulfed DC. A work-from-home-days later (and snowball fights and keg drinking) later, and we’re ready for Part Two of our Essential Sounds of Winter series.
February 9th, 2010 | by Jason Grishkoff | published in playlists | 2 comments
Since the New Year, DC has been hammered. We toppled Christmas’s record, with nearby areas reporting up to 3 feet of the fluffy stuff. With another 10-20 inches predicted for Tuesday-Wednesday, we’re pretty sure it’s time to present our Essential Sounds of Winter. So join us as a few of Indie Shuffle’s contributors share the albums that they like to whip out when there’s no choice but to stay indoors.
January 26th, 2010 | by Taylor Fife | published in playlists | no comments
This post contains a Streampad playlist that will allow continuous play of all the tracks therein. What are you waiting for? Open it and listen!
As with my album picks, my top tracks of the year are in no way meant to be comprehensive; rather, just a sampling of songs I listened to a lot this year and thought others might enjoy. Most of these are dance tracks that got heavy play at events I went to this year. None of these songs have been mentioned anywhere on Indie Shuffle in the last year.
January 24th, 2010 | by Taylor Fife | published in playlists | no comments
This post contains a Streampad playlist that will allow continuous play of all the tracks therein. What are you waiting for? Open it and listen!
As with my album picks, my top tracks of the year are in no way meant to be comprehensive; rather, just a sampling of songs I listened to a lot this year and thought others might enjoy. Most of these are dance tracks that got heavy play at events I went to this year. None of these songs have been mentioned anywhere on Indie Shuffle in the last year.
January 19th, 2010 | by Taylor Fife | published in playlists | 4 comments
This post contains a Streampad playlist that will allow continuous play of all the tracks therein. What are you waiting for? Open it and listen!
While assembling a top list for 2009 I found that there were four albums that really blew me away and stuck with me for the entire year. Trying to choose another six seemed a little silly to me, so here are my top four, with an honorable mention category for number five. Lhasa de Sela and Jay Reatard put out fantastic albums in 2009 and both died young in early 2010. I highly recommend checking out “Lhasa” and “Watch Me Fall.”
January 16th, 2010 | by Taylor Fife | published in playlists, remixes | no comments
This post contains a Streampad playlist that will allow continuous play of all the tracks therein. What are you waiting for? Open it and listen!
Considering some of my favorite releases of the year were not studio albums I decided to split my top 10 into two parts: five full-length studio albums and five other releases. Part one is for the others, namely mixtapes, remix albums, and singles remixed. This list is in no way supposed to be comprehensive; rather, it’s just a sampling of some things I thought were particularly entertaining or interesting last year.
January 9th, 2010 | by J Meagher | published in playlists | 1 comment
Before I was utilizing several external hard drives, streaming websites, compact discs, and the radio (the radio sucks/blows) to get my music fix. Since I’ve upgraded one of the coolest things for me has been keeping track of my listening habits. So the result of this is my top ten listened-to songs of the last year, which actually turned out to really surprise me. These haven’t necessarily been released this year, or aren’t all the most critically acclaimed albums, but give them a shot, there are some true gems here.
January 8th, 2010 | by J Meagher | published in playlists | 1 comment
So last year I got a laptop for La Navidad and it pulled my ass out of the stone-age, allowing me to put ALL of my music on one device and keep track of it. The result of this is my top ten listened-to songs of the last year, which actually turned out to really surprise me. These haven’t necessarily been released this year, or aren’t all the most critically acclaimed albums, but give them a shot, there are some true gems here
December 29th, 2009 | by el gringo rico | published in hip-hop, playlists | 9 comments
Lists are fun when used in moderation. Here is a list entailing my opinion of the best 10 hip hoppers this decade. Note that the specific albums are not my choices for top albums of the decade. I’m trying to highlight the artists themselves: how they transcended hip hop and created, in most cases, several timeless albums. Sadly and honorably not included in this top 10 are my honorable mentions: Brother Ali, Dead Prez, Common Market, RJD2, Binary Star, Super Chron Flight Brothers, K’naan, Jedi Mind Tricks, The Grouch (& The Living Legends Crew), Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Pharoah Monche, Common.
December 28th, 2009 | by el gringo rico | published in hip-hop, playlists | 4 comments
Lists are fun when used in moderation. Here is a list entailing my opinion of the best 10 hip hoppers this decade. Note that the specific albums are not my choices for top albums of the decade. I’m trying to highlight the artists themselves: how they transcended hip hop and created, in most cases, several timeless albums. Sadly and honorably not included in this top 10 are my honorable mentions: Brother Ali, Dead Prez, Common Market, RJD2, Binary Star, Super Chron Flight Brothers, K’naan, Jedi Mind Tricks, The Grouch (& The Living Legends Crew), Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Pharoah Monche, Common.
