hacklog

Play Rockbusters online with Mr Pilkington.

3D U2 concert film, opens Jan 23!?! Why did no one tell me about this!?!

Musically, I thought 2007 was pretty great. Album of the year? Sky Blue Sky for sure with Hold Steady’s Boys and Girls in America a close second. Honourable mentions to Arctic Monkeys, Amy Winehouse (Back in Black was actually released in the UK in ‘06 but whatever), Bright Eyes, Arcade Fire, and Iron & Wine’s best album yet.

Top songs…

1. Either Way – Wilco

2. Stuck Between Stations – The Hold Steady

3. Back in Black – Amy Winehouse

4. Do Me a Favor – Arctic Monkeys

5. Four Winds – Bright Eyes

6. Flightless Bird, American Mouth – Iron & Wine

7. Friday Night at the Drive-in Bingo – Jens Lekman

8. Unless It’s Kicks -Okkervil River

9. No Cars Go – Arcade Fire

10. Please Read the Letter – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

New Radiohead album’s probably a B- in my books after 3 or 4 listens. Download here for free. I mean, for whatever price you decide is fair. Ahem.

Favorite track so far is House of Cards:

Bored of all my current music today so I succumbed to the lure of iTunes.

San Fransisco’s Two Gallants…

Nordic melancholy (best kind, obviously) from Swedish composer Eric Enocksson…

A little dusty Americana from Londoner Michael J Sheehy formerly of Dream City Film Club…

Caribou’s latest album Andorra, which Mojo describe as “vertiginous psych-pop from Canuck genre crushers”. Can’t top that…

Melody Day:

Haven’t really given any of it a good listen yet. Probably all crap. Oh well, at least I offloaded some of that annoying cash.
I’m going to pick Jessi’s brain next week and figure out how she puts the music right on her site so cleverly. Probably a plug-in or some such doohickey.