Colin
the man-machine
My top 15 of 2009
1 TIMBER TIMBRE - S/T
2 ATTACK IN BLACK - Years (By One Thousand Fingertips)
3 EVENING HYMNS - Spirit Guides
4 ST. VINCENT - Actor
5 HANDSOME FURS - Face Control
6 DANIEL, FRED & JULIE - S/T
7 YO LA TENGO - Popular Songs
8 ANDREW VINCENT - Rotten Pear
9 DOG DAY - Concentration
10 VA - Friends In Bellwoods 2
11 LIGHTNING DUST - Infinite Light
12 JULIE DOIRON - I Can Wonder What You did With Your Day
13 DOUG PAISLEY - S/T
14 VETIVER - Tight Knit
15 SHOTGUN JIMMIE - Still Jimmie
My top 15 reissues of 2009
1 ROYAL CITY - 1999-2004
2 VA - Fly Girls! B-Boys Beware: Revenge Of The Super Female Rappers!
3 THE FEELIES - Crazy Rhythms
4 KRAFTWERK - Autobahn
5 DEATH - ...For The Whole World To See
6 BUDDY HOLLY - Memorial Collection
7 VA - Boogaloo Pow Wow
8 PETE DELLO - Into Your Ears
9 JACQUES DUTRONC - Et Moi Et Moi Et Moi
10 BILLY CHILDISH - Archive From 1959
11 THE VASELINES - Enter The Vaselines
12 PEANUT BUTTER WOLF - 45 Live
13 BOB DYLAN - New Morning
14 ELVIS COSTELLO - Live At The El Mocambo
15 IRON AND WINE - Around The Well
My favourite artists are: Constantines, The Replacements, Julie Doiron, Yo La Tengo, Kraftwerk, Timber Timbre, PS I Love You, Eric's Trip, Attack in Black, Royal City
My all-time favourite album is: ERIC'S TRIP - Love Tara
The first album I ever bought was: WEEZER - The Blue Album
On Saturday nights, I throw down to: Bocce, Slow Hand Motem, Why?, Mantler
On Sunday mornings, I recover to: ARTHUR RUSSELL - Love Is Overtaking Me
The show that made me fall in love with/believe all over again in music was: Julie Doiron with Shotgun & Jaybird at the Velvet Elvis
My favourite albums so far this year are: OWEN PALLETT - Heartland, SPOON - Transference, JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD - Heavy Days, CARIBOU - Swim, MANTLER - Monody, BEACH HOUSE - Teen Dream, THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS - Together, SAM AMIDON - I See The Sign, DANIEL ROMANO - Workin' for the Music Man, WOLF PARADE - Expo 86, JIM GUTHRIE - Now, More Than Ever (reissue), FOREST CITY LOVERS - Carriage, MINOTAURS - The Thing, BABY EAGLE - Dog Weather, PASTOR T.L. BARRETT AND THE YOUTH FOR CHRIST CHOIR - Like a Ship (Without a Sail) (reissue), CANNON BROS - s/t EP, FREDERICK SQUIRE - March 12
The best show I've seen so far this year is: Thrush Hermit reunion at Lee's Palace. Probably the best show I've ever seen.
The band that should come out of retirement is: The Deadly Snakes (they played a show in Portland last year and I missed it!!!)