I’ve had a full week to reflect on all that was last year, and I’ve come to the conclusion that a lot of good came out of 2008. There were solid albums from new acts, great albums from old acts, and some of the down-and-dirtiest shows I’ve ever been to. Here are my Top Ten albums and live shows (that I attended) in the past year. Let me just say that ‘09 better bring it if it wants to keep up.
Entries tagged as ‘lotus’
Newcomer Emily’s Best of 2008
January 7, 2009 · 2 Comments
Categories: "best of"
Tagged: andrew bird, beach house, born ruffians, deerhunter, dr. dog, drive-by truckers, eric clapton, grace potter & the nocturnals, grizzly bear, jackie greene, kurt vile, lotus, neil young, new mastersounds, of Montreal, perpetual groove, radiohead, tea leaf green, the avett brothers, the dodos, the felice brothers, the ruby suns, the walkmen, umphrey's mcgee, wilco, yonder mountain string band
Festival News: Langerado lineup announced…finally
December 9, 2008 · 1 Comment
Feel free to call shenanigans on me…though a day late, the Langerado lineup was announced, as promised last night, at 11:05 EST this morning. (more…)
Categories: festival · festivals · in the future · news
Tagged: against me!, death cab for cutie, disco biscuits, girl talk, gym class heroes, langerado, lotus, matisyahu, snoop dogg, the egg, the heavy pets, thievery corporation, umphrey's mcgee
November Playlist
November 3, 2008 · Leave a Comment
So here’s the deal. The first Monday of every month, I’m going to post a playlist, and keep that entry on the frontpage for the whole month. That playlist is going to have one song for every day of that month.
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Categories: ...of the month · playlist
Tagged: animal collective, bassnectar, dj rekha, ekoostik hookah, eoto, estelle, jens lekman, jj grey and mofro, kanye west, keller williams, lcd soundsystem, lotus, manic street preachers, moe., people under the stairs, phish, radiohead, sonic youth, sound tribe sector 9, spoon, string cheese incident, STS9, t-pain, tea leaf green, the bridge, the disco biscuits, the egg, the grateful dead, the hush sound, umphrey's mcgee, yelle
Album Review: Lotus’ “Hammerstrike” a Bore
October 14, 2008 · 3 Comments
Categories: Uncategorized
Tagged: age of inexperience, behind midwest storefront, bellwether, fox theatre, hammerstrike, hampton, lotus, mercury lounge, nomad, phish, the strength of weak ties, theatre of living arts
