Random 2010 music detritus in my head ...
In my last column of 2010, I talked a bit about the great local and touring music I encountered in the course of my job. No column this week, as I've been a bit walled in by holidays, but I thought maybe I should get my last thoughts on 2010 music out before I turn my attention to 2011.
In a lot of ways, this was the year of the video for me. I really didn't think about music videos much before, but in the course of writing, I found myself paying more attention to them, and indeed, found the quality to be much improved, probably through a combiantion of more easily available technology and the overall rise in know-how that's come with YouTube's explosion. The two videos I singled out in my column were by locals Hey Now Morris Fader, and Brooklun musician Kate Tucker, who played here last summer:
Of course, I made no secret in real life that my favorite video of the year was Cee Lo Green's "Fuck You." Seriously, it's rare that I've ever been so enraptured by a pop song:
It wasn't just artists that were putting together videos, though. There were seemingly an endless amount of videos based on Lady Gaga's "Telephone." For my money, though, one of them beat the one by the staff of NPR:
Amanda Palmer easily dominated by musical year, though. We saw her perform twice at the Oberon -- once in Cabaret, and once in a cabaret -- and we acquired the Evelyn, Evelyn and Amanda Palmer Performs The Popular Hits Of Radiohead On Her Magical Ukulele. But while I enjoyed both, neither felt like they had the energy or power of her precevious album or her work with Dresden Dolls. But then "Map of Tasmania" came out, and it was all over. Crazy, fun and salacious. Great stuff.
I'm sure there was more. There always is. But I'm excited to see what the new year brings.
In a lot of ways, this was the year of the video for me. I really didn't think about music videos much before, but in the course of writing, I found myself paying more attention to them, and indeed, found the quality to be much improved, probably through a combiantion of more easily available technology and the overall rise in know-how that's come with YouTube's explosion. The two videos I singled out in my column were by locals Hey Now Morris Fader, and Brooklun musician Kate Tucker, who played here last summer:
Of course, I made no secret in real life that my favorite video of the year was Cee Lo Green's "Fuck You." Seriously, it's rare that I've ever been so enraptured by a pop song:
It wasn't just artists that were putting together videos, though. There were seemingly an endless amount of videos based on Lady Gaga's "Telephone." For my money, though, one of them beat the one by the staff of NPR:
Amanda Palmer easily dominated by musical year, though. We saw her perform twice at the Oberon -- once in Cabaret, and once in a cabaret -- and we acquired the Evelyn, Evelyn and Amanda Palmer Performs The Popular Hits Of Radiohead On Her Magical Ukulele. But while I enjoyed both, neither felt like they had the energy or power of her precevious album or her work with Dresden Dolls. But then "Map of Tasmania" came out, and it was all over. Crazy, fun and salacious. Great stuff.
I'm sure there was more. There always is. But I'm excited to see what the new year brings.
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