december...
31.12.2021
top ten records
i know i don't really post about new music on here much, but i do actually listen to some new music too i promise !! loll and to prove it, here's my 2021 top 10 list we compile each year for my job at the record shop ( and since it's for the shop i did include the last two as vinyl reissues as opposed to new releases technically hehe )
i've been obssesssed with the new grouper record shade since it came out in october, my boss gave me one of the promo cds to check out early and i wouldn't give it back loll i think my fav track is the last one "kelso (blue sky)" i accidentally snapped one of my strings tuning and re-tuning my guitar to the tuning for this song lol oops
also special shoutout to this slowed & reverbed vid for erika de casier's "someone to chill with" ( off sensational ) it's somehow maybe even vibier than the og ???!? good ass track either way. honorable mention too for maybe music vid of the year, her track "busy"...
another standout for me this year was the new saint etienne record i’ve been trying to tell you super vibey downtempo stuff. and even aside from the music, they put out a little film with it too that was pretty cool, i got the cd+dvd combo from work for it. they have a track called "pond house" where they sampled an old natalie imbruglia track "beauty on the fire" off the criminally underrated ep ( specifically this euro release with bonus non-album tracks, two of which are produced and co-written by sneaker pimps !! my fav "cold air" from the y tu mamá también soundtrack ) of the same title. so ya pretty sick record for multiple reasons loll
so all that being said, i made a little playlist here of some of my fav 2021 releases, including a track or two from each of the records above along with some other tracks that dropped this year that i liked !! i know a few tracks are just singles for upcoming releases, and there are a couple tracks from reissues that came out this year, and a couple are straight up full albums/eps but my blog my rules so deal with it hehe..
honorable mention to a couple more vinyl reissues from this year i was very stoked about: kathleen edwards 2002 album failer out for the first time on vinyl, pretty timely since i just got into her this year. and pernice brothers 2001 album the world won't end reissued on joe pernice's own label ashmont records
lastly, just wanna say how i'm really looking forward to seeing a couple of these artists next year !!! i heard from a little birdy that grouper is supposed to play at one of my fav venues in austin next year so i'm just dyingggg waiting for that she hasn't played austin in like almost a decade i feel like, so this will be a real treat. also very excited to see snail mail again next year in may !! they're always great live and i just love them as people so always nice to get to say hey :) both erika de casier and tirzah are from overseas but are doing north american tours next year so i'm VERY tempted to travel for those... i'd love to go to mexico for tirzah in may around my bday :00 and idk where for erika but we've been joking about canada lol we're just trying to avoid the la and ny crowds tbh loll bummed i missed the umbrellas when they were in austin last month :// i happened to be playing a show the same night ( with young guv and clear acid shoutout both of them, got some trax on the playlist ;) ) so i didn't get a chance to catch them, but hopefully they'll be back sooner rather than later !!
happy new year and please send me ( alliwantedwasyou.blog@gmail.com ) anything i didn't mention that u think is a 2021 must hear i know i missed some stuff !!! :)
21.12.2021
metal firecracker
once we rode together
in a metal firecracker
you told me i was your queen
you told me i was your biker
you told me i was everything
once i was in your blood
and you were obsessed with me
you wanted to paint my picture
you wanted to undress me
you wanted to see me in your future
all i ask
don't tell anybody the secrets
don't tell anybody the secrets
i told you
all i ask
don't tell anybody the secrets
don't tell anybody the secrets
i told you
once you held me so tight
i thought i'd lose my mind
you said i rocked your world
you said it was for all time
you said that i would always be your girl
we'd put on zz top
and turn 'em up real loud
i used to think you were strong
i used to think you were proud
i used to think nothing could go wrong
all i ask
don't tell anybody the secrets
don't tell anybody the secrets
i told you
all i ask
don't tell anybody the secrets
don't tell anybody the secrets
i told you
ok i know i've made a lot of lucinda posts over the past few months, but she's just got too many good ass songs that have really been hitting and deserve a post lol this track is no exception !! the chorus is just sooo undeniably catchy "all i ASKKKKK" so good lol songmeanings user tooloud says it nicely
"often the hardest thing about losing someone is losing that bit of yourself they take with them. so all you ask is that they don't tell anybody the secrets you told them."
so i was trying to get my hands on that interview cd pictured above, and of course the only copy for sale on discogs was like $12 for no case and "poor" graded media so obviously i couldn't in good conscience get that one loll so i figured maybe i'll hit up a couple people that have it logged in their discogs collection to see if someone would be willing to rip me the mp3s, but to no avail.. in fact one guy said that he wouldn't because 1. he didn't know how to and 2. it's illegal..... lmfao what a b*tch
but FINALLY my roomie sam hit me up last night saying he had a surprise and lo and behold....it was some flacs of the cd lollll apparently there was ONE person on soulseek that had it, however they were barely online to seed the files and when sam did catch them once they logged off before he got to finish downloading em cuz the files were kinda big lol he said he even set alerts to let him know when this person went online !! very thankful for sam's perseverance on getting these, otherwise i would be waiting til mid-january to get some mp3s from someone on rateyourmusic who said they could rip it once they get back to their cd collection lol
so without further ado, i am excited to announce i have officially uploaded the lucinda williams talks with jeff tweedy of wilco cd onto youtube and you can listen to it right here !! it's nothing crazy, but still cool to hear the two of them just kinda shoot the shit over music stuff
note: this post was originally started 14.11.21, however i decided to hold off on posting til i got my hands on the interview
end of december posts...
