Dig your feet into the sand until you reach the cool layer just below the surface. Feel the sweat of your beer bottle slowly drip over your knuckles. Smell the hot charcoal and cool cocoa butter. Lean your head back, close your eyes, and watch the sun through the pink of your eyelids.
Summer is gone but not forgotten. Here are some tunes to help you remember.
Devon already weighed in with his favorites of the year so far. I considered being patient (we’re 2/3 of the way there – dammit!), but here’s my list anyway.
Let’s Wrestle – In The Court of the Wrestling King
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart – s/t
The Drums – EP
Cymbals Eat Guitars – Why There Are Mountains
Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career
Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
God Help the Girl – s/t
My Teenage Stride – monthly singles (I know it’s cheating)
Not to be confused with Uncle Scrooge and his mischievous nephews, Ducktails chooses not to cut through the late summer haze but instead embrace it like a long and sweaty hug. Landscapes LP out now.
So 2009 is a little more than half-way over (and there was much rejoicing). Anyhow, with the year rapidly moving by, there existed a need to document the records that have been occupying my turntable and iPod like the Germans did France circa 1940 [too soon? No, it's never too soon!]. While I did go through the effort of culling the releases of the year into this list; the efforts required to actually reflect enough to number them was far too great only being this far into our orbit around the sun. However, I was willing to expend enough effort to dig around on the internet and find videos for all of the records – hooray. Without further ado, the list:
Future of the Left – Travels with Myself and Another
