Posted: March 9th, 2010 
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Videos and reflections on the passing of Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous and news about the re-formation of an old Tex-Mex band, featuring the late lead singer’s son on vocals.
 Appreciating a cold, clear winter’s night driving across Minnesota and walking across the lake under the full moon.  A new film and soundtrack album inspired by Kerouac’s novel “Big Sur” got me thinking about my own trip to that coastal region. Heard some music tonight that took me back a few years, and I started thinking of a short list of songs that stand out from the past decade. Nothing too obscure here, these are just the hits that seem to represent parts of the last 10 years, in quasi-chronological order: St. Germaine – Rose Rouge The Strokes – Last Nite Outkast – Heya Neko Case – Deep Red Bells MGMT – Time to Pretend M.I.A. – Paper Planes Bon Iver – Skinny Love Cloud Cult – Everybody Here Is a Cloud Interestingly, the artist/album that I would say is the biggest stand-out for me from the zeroes is Arcade Fire/Funeral, but that album truly worked best as a single entity and there’s isn’t one There is a wonderful poem about Levon Helm in this week’s New Yorker. And if, unfortunately, you don’t know who Levon Helm is, I suggest you watch these two videos: |
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