Category: Top Five

1/14/11 Top Five

So busy lately, but here goes:

  1. Fitz and the Tantrums – Winds of Change
  2. Daft Punk – End of Line (from Tron Legacy)
  3. The Black Keys – Lengths
  4. The Decemberists – Don’t Carry it All
  5. Atomic Tom – Maybe I’m Wrong

I’m not sure what to think seeing as #1 is from an NPR show.  If you don’t listen to Marketplace you should (just for the awesome music).  Tron Legacy was great, especially since The Dude was in it.  Black Keys are the underrated band of last decade, Decemberists can thank Kenny for their appearance here and I just like the mellowness of the Atomic Tom song.

Top Five (12/17/2010)

What no Kanye?

  1. Matisyahu – Miracle
  2. Cee Lo Green – F*ck You
  3. Atmosphere – My Songs
  4. Jeremy Messersmith – A Girl, A Boy and a Graveyard
  5. 2AM Club – Worry About You

Ok, I missed the boat on this one, but Happy Hanukkah!  My favorite Jewish Reggae Artist is back this holiday season with a pretty good song (thanks NPR!) and a quality video featuring Matisyahu as Santa.  Enjoy “F*ck you”.  I thought I had all of Atmosphere’s discography but had missed this gem.  If you don’t know Jeremy Messersmith, you should.  It’s very mellow music from a Minnesota artist who has great videos from Eric Powerup [http://www.ericpowerup.net/], who does some of the coolest animations and papercraft videos around.  Finally, 2AM Club…I’m not as keen on the chorus as the verses, but overall the song is good.  Never heard of the group until a Benzi mixtape but I think this song is worth a listen.

Top Five (12/10/10)

You know you want it.

  1. Kanye – Dark Fantasy
  2. White Buffalo – Damned
  3. Frank Turner – I Still Believe (this is Molly’s pick…you’ll dig it)
  4. Jimmy Eat World – Here it Goes
  5. The Roots feat. John Legend – The Fire

Kanye’s new album is seriously awesome; not sure if there isn’t  a song I don’t love (douche?  yes; brilliant artist? yes).  Kenny found this one and it’s awesome; in his words, Eddie Vedder-ish (I agree).  Molly found the Frank Turner song, it’s punky, UK hipster music with tattoos.  4. is an old Jimmy Eat World song, I just found it a few weeks ago and it’s risen to a current fav.  How can you have a top five without the Roots (first ever concert when I was 16 btw).

Top Five (12/03/10)

A new top five for the weekend.

  1. Kanye West (feat. Pusha T) – Runaway
  2. Civil Twilight – Human
  3. The Naked and Famous – Young Blood
  4. Mike Posner – Open Up Your Eyes
  5. John Butler Trio – Revolution

If you haven’t heard Kanye’s new album (I know, he’s a dick) you should definitely find a copy to listen to.  It’s a masterpiece.  Civil Twilight is mellow gold, but good enough that I listened to the whole album on long runs.  Naked and Famous I found only recently (awesome, especially you’re into Passion Pit).  Mike Posner, nuff said.  John Butler Trio: that dudes a dirty looking hippy, but the music is top notch.

Tbo out.

Reviving the Top Five (11/12/2010)

Back at the University of Vermont (UVM.edu) I posted my top 5 songs every week on what is probably the closest precursor to this site that there ever was (something like http://bsad.uvm.edu/jthibaul which was created with Microsoft Frontpage; thank goodness UVM taught me something useful in technology…NOT).

Anyway, a friend suggested I revive it.  So here goes (thanks, Tyler).

Top 5 songs (that I’m currently digging):

  1. Kings of Leon – Radioactive (from my current favorite album)
  2. The Roots – Right On feat. Joanna Newsome, STS
  3. Post Human Era – Building the Machine (found this one yesterday)
  4. Atomic Tom – Take Me Out
  5. Phantogram – Mouth Full of Diamonds