Shout Out To T-Sides Blog: Her Fave Music Of 2009

While our resident film critic Chris Cabin is gearing up for music in 2010, the KCB looks to the T-Sides for help recapping some good tunes from 2009 to start this weekend. While I'm not familiar with everything on her list, I was really into the new Dirty Projectors and Neko Case and I'm glad that I know at least some new music since my iPod must be screaming at me to stop listening to Strung Out and, I don't know, old New Found Glory.

Just as a taste, here's her 5 through 10:
10. (tie) Dan Auerbach, Keep It Hid
10. (tie) Dodos, Time To Die
9. Kurt Vile, Childish Prodigy
8. Akron/Family, Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free
*7. Dirty Projectors, Bitte Orca
*6. Wild Beasts, Two Dancers
**5. The Jobz, S/T

She's got the good reasoning for all her picks so I suggest you check out her Top 5, those asterisks/footnotes, and other picks here: T-Sides 2009 In Review.

Where does Animal Collective fall on her list? Read to find out, but check out their video from their past year effort for "My Girls" below. I suggest listening to it after watching Avatar (click to read Chris Cabin's review).

New Neko Case single!!

So as cold of a day as it is today (pretty damn chilly for the city), I was going to get udon noodles at Foodworks to cheer my body up. Upon return I see that for every blog post of Neko's new single, ANTI will donate 5 bucks to Best Friends Animal Society.

Donation not withstanding, there are few artists better for the cold, desolate weather (the cliched isolation even though you're in an urban environment). Seeing her in Central Park on an early summer evening was pretty awesome...

Here's the single, called "People Got A Lot of Nerve": http://www.anti.com/media/download/708

It's a heavenly song on the first couple listens so far, per usual. Her voice has such a fat tone to it.

Check out the EPK for her new album, Middle Cyclone (order on Amazon here), which comes out March 3rd.