Dead Confederate's WRECKING BLAHG: Lists Of Things

Lists Of Things

December 19, 2009

Dead Confederate's Favorite Albums of 2009

Brantley

1. Vic Chesnutt - At The Cut
2. Mastodon - Crack The Skye
3. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
4. A Place To Bury Strangers - Exploding Head
5. Mew - No More Stories...
6. Alberta Cross - Broken Side Of Time
7. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
8. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
9. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
10. Lil Wayne - No Ceilings
11. The Antlers - Hospice
12. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
13. Girls - Album
14. Dark Was The Night (compilation)
15. Volcano Choir - Unmap

Hardy

1. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
2. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
3. Vic Chesnutt - At The Cut
4. A Place To Bury Strangers - Exploding Head
5. Gift Horse - Gift Horse
6. Twin Tigers - Grey Waves

Jason

1. Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
2. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
3. Baroness - Blue Record
4. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
5. Mastodon - Crack The Skye

John

1. The Antlers - Hospice
2. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
3. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why Are There Mountains
4. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
5. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm

Walker

1. Alberta Cross - Broken Side Of Time
2. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
3. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
4. Twin Tigers - Grey Waves
5. Vic Chesnutt - At The Cut

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December 15, 2008

The End is Here...

2008 is almost over. Here is how my year end list wound up (if anyone cares...at all)

Favorite Show Played: Our record release show right here at the 40 Watt of course. It was a great line-up with Gift Horse, Kuroma and Twin Tigers also being on the bill. It was also FREE, so that made it interesting. And lets not forget the fact that Wax Fang played the after party at Secret Squirrel later that night. It was awesome.

Favorite Show I Attended: This would have to be when Monotonix played at our / Mercer's party at SXSW. They were the first of like 15 bands and the sound guys quit before they were even done. The night got so mixed up and rediculous that us and Dark Meat never even got aound to playing our sets, hence this falling into the catagory of show attended rather than show played.

Favorite Festival: All festivals are fun for the most part, but I am gonna go with this years Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, TX. We played the after party at Mohawk which was great, but the actual festival was killer too. Check it out next year, I'm sure they'll have it again...they better.

Favorite Random Band We Played With: Star Death and White Dwarfs. Yes, that's one band. We played with them in Chicago and they slayed! The band is headed up by Wayne Coyne's nephew who is also a Flaming Lips roadie. This kind of explained their psychedelic-pop songs and odd arrangements as well as their insane homemade light show that Wayne helped them build. Awesome.

Favorite Record of 2008: Microcastle by Deerhunter. This record is simply fantastic. I was sad to see however that the cover of Microcastle made Pitchfork's list of "Worst Album Covers" for 2008 seeing as it had my likeness on it. Oh well. Its killer.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it....

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December 11, 2008

Another Year-End List, like you needed one...

My list will not impress you with an in-depth knowledge of new music or obscure taste. This is just the stuff I really listened to the most. These were my jams. These albums burned a hole in my stereo.

Brantley's 20 Favorite Albums of 2008:
Beck - Modern Guilt
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Boris - Smile
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
Deerhunter - Microcastle
Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead
Kanye West - 808's & Heartbreak
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
M83 - Saturdays=Youth
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Neon Neon - Stainless Style
The Notwist - The Devil You + Me
R.E.M. - Accelerate
T.I. - Paper Trails
TV On The Radio - Dear Science
The Whigs - Mission Control

Best Release You Missed:
Twin Tigers - Curious Faces, Violet Future EP

5 albums from '07 that became favorites in '08:
A.A. Bondy - American Hearts
Burial - Untrue
Dizzee Rascal - Maths + English
Justice - (Cross)
Modeselektor - Happy Birthday!

Favorite Album AND Favorite Album Cover:

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September 22, 2008

Band Picks: Albums/Books From Summer Tour '08

Now that Summer is all wrapped up, and Fall Tour is about to begin, I thought we should post some of our favorite books and albums from our last tour. Here they are:

Brantley's Picks:
Book: Chuck Klosterman - "IV: A Decade Of Curious People And Dangerous Ideas"