After watching Midnight in Paris this weekend, I thought The Modern Lovers were appropriate.

“Well some people try to pick up girls
And get called assholes
This never happened to Pablo Picasso
He could walk down your street
And girls could not resist his stare and
So Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole.”

Enough with all those elitist music blogs and people who critique music for a living, now it’s time for a man of the people. It’s my Top Ten of 2011. 

10. Dirty Beaches - Badlands

Fave Song! Lord Knows Best:

9. Timber Timbre - Creep On Creepin’ On

Fave song! Bad Ritual:

8. Wilco - The Whole Love

Fave Song! Born Alone:

7. Wu Lyf - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain

Fave Song! Spitting Blood

6. Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind of Fix

Fave song! Lights Out, Words Gone

5. Crystal Stilts - In Love With Oblivion

Fave Song! Shake the Shackles:

4. Cat’s Eyes - Cat’s Eyes

Fave Song! Face in the Crowd:

3. The Black Keys - El Camino

Fave Song! Lonely Boy:

2. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver

Fave Song! Minnesota, WI:

1. Cults - Cults

Fave song! Abducted:

BOOFEST 2011: The Mixtape is finally here. Now you can dance away the ghouls hovering by your bed, party with the zombies at your door, and learn how to properly shave a werewolf—all by listening to this one record! It’s a steal! 

Click here for the download and, if you like the bands, please consider purchasing their albums, tee-shirts and Trapper Keeper stickers. Cover art by Charlie Pieper/Young Monsters.

The tracklist if you’re still, somehow, still on the fence:

1. Lost My Bride on Mischief Night - The Eons
2. Walking With A Ghost - Tegan And Sara
3. Creep On Creepin’ On - Timber Timbre
4. fright night - Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
5. Trick or Treat (From the film Trick or Treat) - Fastway
6. God Save the Runaways - The Secret History
7. Dinner with Drac - John Zacherle “The Cool Ghoul”
8. Ghost of John - The Hentchmen
9. I Am a Demon and I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll - Sweatmaster
10. Ghostbusters - Run DMC
11. Garden of the Dead - Pine Hill Haints
12. Halloween - The Misfits
13. Ain’t No Grave - Johnny Cash
14. Do They Know It’s Hallowe’en? - North American Hallowe’en Prevention Initiative

Goose Hut - Bad Time

My old roommate has a music video. And it’s awesome. And there’s shirtless dudes for those of you who love shirtless dudes. And beer for those of you don’t like shirtless dudes, but love beer. 

Cults - Abducted.

I cannot stop listening to this song. 

mightyflynn:

“Diamond Dreams” - Country Joe West

h/t eyebleaf

(AP photo)

That’s it. Call all the record labels, cancel all the concerts. Music can only go downhill.

More from Diamond Dreams here.

So very, very excited for the new Art Brut album.

(via ComicsAlliance)

Bust Out Brigade - The Go! Team

From now on, when I imagine myself in training montages I will use only this song. This will also be the song that I play on repeat during the rare occasion that I’m not stuck in traffic.

paulscheer:

Amazing New Pornographers video directed by Tom Scharpling (BEST SHOW WFMU)

w/ the most amazing cast….

Cast: Jon Wurster, Julie Klausner, Kevin Corrigan, Wyatt Cenac, Horatio Sanz, Ted Leo, John Hodgman, Bill Hader, Paul Rudd, Todd Barry, Donald Glover, Esther Crowe, Michael Lisk, Gabe Delahaye, Max Silvestri, Jay Norton, David Rosenblatt, and Terre T. 

Found this GuitarWorld magazine from 2000 while cleaning out my childhood closet. Apparently, the new millenium was bereft of decent music. According to the magazine, the future of rock would be defined by Korn, Bush, Creed, Powerman 5000, and Third Eye Blind.

How right they were.