Friday, December 31, 2021

2021 Album of the Year - Evripidis and his Tragedies - Neos Kosmos

My final post of 2021 for my favorite album of 2021!  

Back in 2016, when "Bedrooms" was my Song of the Year, I knew Evripidis and His Tragedies was something special.  With his new album "Neos Kosmos", we find Evripidis firing on all my favorite cylinders!  From the indie-synthpop awesomeness of opener "Girlfriend" to the perfect indie pop collabs "Bitter" (feat. The Ballet!) & "Wild Reeds" (feat Max from The Smittens!) to the dreamier moments like "Nos volvimos a encontrar" and "The Back of His Neck", every track is a winner!  Also featuring some of the great tracks Evripidis gave us in 2020, "The Reason" (one of my top tracks of 2020!) and "Your Dreams", another great indie pop collab!  

While the pop is what pulls me in, what keeps me mesmerized and in love is the lyrics and storytelling.  Evripidis has a real gift with that and it holds me and lets me get lost every time.  Getting lost in an album is one of life's great pleasures and with "Neos Kosmos" I get just that!

And let's not forget the journey to actually own his fantastic album on vinyl (one of only a handful of physical records I purchased this year)!  This ended up being the record I've probably spent more on than any other record in my collection!  It took 3 trips to the States & two return trips to Spain before landing in my hands!  The album is too good, so it was all worth it in the end.

For the love of POP!, please give this album a listen.  You can thank me later!  

Happy New Year and much love to all in 2022!  


Neos Kosmos

Evripidis and His Tragedies

Neos Kosmos (2021)

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

2021 - Top 10 Songs of the Year

My Top 10 tracks of 2021!!! Congrats to the amazing Class Actress for capturing my top spot with her synth-epic "Airwaves"! 

 1. Class Actress - Airwaves

 
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2. Agnes - Selfmade

 
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3. Randolph's Leap - Up in Smoke

 
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4. Molly Burch - Took a Minute

 
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5. Ruby - Electric Fence

 
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6. Desire - Zeros

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7. Danz CM - Don't Stop

 
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8. Spellling - Always

 
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9. Glüme - Get Low

 
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10. rentboy - Boys Talk

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

2021 - Top Songs of the Year pt. 3

Top 20 POP! 

 11. Ora the Molecule - Die to Be a Butterfly

 
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12. Agnes - 24 Hours

 
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 13. Shoestrings - Expectations

 
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14. Lo Moon - Dream Never Dies

 
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15. Number One Popstar - I Hate Running

 
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16. Dubstar - Hygiene Strip

 
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17. Michelle Gurevich - No One Answer

 
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 18. Marina - Purge the Poison

 
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19. Jessie Ware - Impossible

 
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 20. Jessie Ware - Hot N Heavy

Monday, December 27, 2021

2021 - Top Songs of the Year pt. 2

21. Sally Shapiro - Fading Away

 
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22. Annie & Richard X - April

 
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23. Pearl & the Oysters - Soft Science

 
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24. Wet Leg - Chaise Longue

 
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25. Sasha and the Valentines - Don't You Love Me

 
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26. Oh Baby - High Teens

 
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27. Evripidis & his Tragedies - Wild Reeds

 
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28. Electric Youth - Modern Fears (Pilotpriest Come True Version)

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29. Molly Burch feat. Wild Nothing - Emotion

 
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30. The Catenary Wires - Mirrorball

Sunday, December 26, 2021

2021 - Top Songs of the Year pt. 1

It's that time of year again! My favorite songs of 2021! This year we have a Top 40 to share! Here are the first 10. 

31. Chrystabell - Suicide Moonbeams

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32. Annie feat Jake Shears - Neon Lights

 
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33. Hana Vu - Aubade

 
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34. Number One Popstar - Forever 21

 
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35. Violet Chachki & Allie X - Mistress Violet

 
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36. Still Corners - White Sands

 
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37. Litany & Oscar Scheller - Playlist

 
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38. Frida Hyvönen - A Funeral in Banbridge

 
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39. Immersion feat Laetitia Sadier -Riding the Wave

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40. Claud - Gold

 


Saturday, December 25, 2021

Logan Lynn - It's Christmas, Motherfuckers!

We all needed a new Christmas anthem in our lives, and here it is! New track from Logan Lynn off "Kill Rock Stars Winter Holiday Album Volume 2"!

Friday, December 24, 2021

Sarah Nixey - Toyland

Beautiful rendition of the ageless Xmas song "Toyland" by Sarah Nixey. In honor of my sis-mas-Crys and one of our fave childhood films, "Babes in Toyland" (1961)!

Thursday, December 23, 2021

2021 - EPs of the Year

My favorite EPs of 2021 featuring the glorious return of Little Majorette as my #1!

1Waves

Little Majorette

Waves (2021) [EP]

2Night Drive

122 North

Night Drive (2021) [EP]

3Neon Nights

Annie

Neon Nights (2021) [EP]

4More Sad Music

Jessica Winter

More Sad Music (2021) [EP]

5Identität EP

Das Beat

Identität EP (2021) [EP]

6ep2

Isla Invisible

ep2 (2021) [EP]

7And the World Will Turn

Tatiana Hazel

And the World Will Turn (2021) [EP]

8Hey Genius

Oh Baby

Hey Genius (2021) [EP]

9Sense Memory

Class Actress

Sense Memory (2021) [EP]

10Cambiando

Chelsea Dawn

Cambiando (2021) [EP]