AllMusic Loves… (music, duh)

This post is meant more for its archival purposes than for any sort of reading material you might be interested in. AllMusic has gotten in the habit of posting these informal ‘Best Of’ lists for years past, but each list is just a blog post. It can be hard to track down each list, so here’s my attempt at keeping a current rundown of their posts:

AllMusic Loves 1956

AllMusic Loves 1965
AllMusic Loves 1968

AllMusic Loves 1974
AllMusic Loves 1977
AllMusic Loves 1979

AllMusic Loves 1980
AllMusic Loves 1984
AllMusic Loves 1985
AllMusic Loves 1987
AllMusic Loves 1988

AllMusic Loves 1990
AllMusic Loves 1993
AllMusic Loves 1997
AllMusic Loves 1999

AllMusic Loves 2000
AllMusic Loves 2001
AllMusic Loves 2002
AllMusic Loves 2003
AllMusic Loves 2004
AllMusic Loves 2005
AllMusic Loves 2006
AllMusic Loves 2007
AllMusic Loves 2008
AllMusic Loves 2009
AllMusic Loves 2010

Portishead at Coachella 2011?!

please let this possibility become a reality once again

According to the new @PortisheadClub Twitter account, there’s a possibility of Portishead playing at the 2011 edition of Coachella! This is too much for me to handle. The triple knockout of Kraftwerk, Portishead, and Prince in 2008 comprises what I consider to be the best night of music I’ve ever experienced.

Update: So whoever is running that account is claiming to have confirmed that No Doubt, The Strokes, and Soundgarden are also playing Coachella this year. This sounds like a long-shot in my opinion.

The B-52s – Dance This Mess Around

The cover of the self-titled debut album by The B-52s

This song comes from one of my ten “desert island” albums: the self-titled debut album from The B-52s. The album was one of my family’s road-trip tapes when I was younger, and I adore it for many reasons, most of which are alive in this song. It’s kitsch, it’s camp, it’s weird, it’s emotional, but most of all, it’s incredibly pop.

I mean, who else could pull off screaming, “WHY DON’T YOU DANCE WITH ME?! I’M NOT NO LIMBURGER!”

The B-52s – Dance This Mess Around