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Tom’s Top 10’s: Most Anticipated Albums of 2015

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Tom Emanuel

Any year that kicks off with Kanye West and Paul McCartney collaborating on a Stevie Wonder-esque ballad is going to be a year of surprises. A mere week into the new year, it’s tough to say what curve balls 2015 … Continue reading →

Posted in Top 5's | Tagged 74 Is the New 24, Albums of 2015, avant-pop, Belle & Sebastian, Brian Wilson, chamber pop, Classic Rock, Colin Meloy, Daft Punk, EDM, electronic, Ellis Ludwig-Leone, Fokus, Georgio Moroder, Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance, Hand. Cannot. Erase., Hollywood, indie, indie pop, Jens Lekman, Josh Ritter, Just a Dream, Liam Hayes, No Pier Pressure, Nobody's Empire, One Way Out, Parasites, Plush, power pop, prog, progressive rock, San Fermin, singer-songwriter, Slurrup, Steven Wilson, The Cat with the Cream, The Decemberists, The Party Line, Tobias Jesso Jr., True Love, What a Terrible World What a Beautiful World | 3 Comments

Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 2013

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Tom Emanuel

And so, 48 days and 240 albums later, we come to the last of my Top 5 Albums of [xxxx] (until my inevitable Top 5/10 of 2014, that is). This list took all of five minutes to put together, mostly … Continue reading →

Posted in Top 5's | Tagged blues rock, Charge, Classic Rock, Daft Punk, David Ford, Electric Soft Parade, electronic dance music, electronica, Fanfare, folk, French house, Idiots, Jonathan Wilson, NEW, Paul McCartney, power pop, Random Access Memories, Top 5 Albums of 2013 | Leave a comment

Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 2001

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Tom Emanuel

2001 was a big year for me. It was the year my grandfather passed away, giving me my first experience with the death of a family member. It was the year my political consciousness was awakened by the September 11th … Continue reading →

Posted in Top 5's | Tagged Ben Folds, Daft Punk, Discovery, Driving Rain, electronica, Elton John, French house, Interstella 5555, Paul McCartney, Rockin' the Suburbs, Songs from the West Coast, Tenacious D, Top 5 Albums of 2001 | Leave a comment

Track Spotlight: Pentatonix, “Daft Punk”

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Tom Emanuel

Heyyyyy, have I mentioned yet that I love Daft Punk? Since their spectacular, well-deserved Grammys sweep last weekend, I’ve been listening to the French duo pretty much non-stop – AND I’ve convinced my brother to cosplay them with me next … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Daft Punk, Digital Love, electronica, French house, Get Lucky, Harder Better Faster Stronger, house, Pentatonix | 6 Comments

Track Spotlight: “Get Lucky” at the Grammys

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Tom Emanuel

As a general rule, I do not care about the Grammys – historically they’ve kind of been a joke. But Daft Punk’s performance of “Get Lucky” (and the fact that Daft Punk picked up both Record and Album of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Track Spotlights | Tagged 2014 Grammys, Daft Punk, Get Lucky, Harder Better Faster Stronger, Nile Rodgers, Pharrell Williams, Stevie Wonder | 1 Comment

Tom’s Top 10 of 2013

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Tom Emanuel

Ladies and gentlemen, after a month of feverish catch-up, I present to you… my Top 10 Albums of 2013! 10. Alone Aboard the Ark (The Leisure Society) Comparisons to Belle & Sebastian and the Divine Comedy give you a good … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Top 5's | Tagged Albums of 2013, Alone Aboard the Ark, Best Albums of 2013, Charge, Daft Punk, David Ford, Days Are Gone, Electric Lady, Electric Soft Parade, Evil Friends, Family Tree: The Branches, Fanfare, Foxygen, Haim, Idiots, Janelle Monáe, Jonathan Wilson, Leisure Society, Modern Jesus, NEW, Paul McCartney, Portugal. The Man, Pythons, Radical Face, Random Access Memories, Surfer Blood, Vampire Weekend, We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic | 3 Comments

Album Review: Daft Punk, “Random Access Memories”

Posted on December 25, 2013 by Tom Emanuel

I first came across Daft Punk in high school, where a classmate used them as incidental music to their end-of-semester project. In thrall to the Classic Rock back catalog at the time, I had little truck with French duo’s dance … Continue reading →

Posted in Album Reviews | Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, Albums of 2013, Beyond, C.S. Lewis, Daft Punk, disco, electronica, Georgio by Moroder, Get Lucky, Giorgio Moroder, Give Life Back to Music, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, HAL, house, Instant Crush, Julian Casablancas, Lose Yourself to Dance, Nile Rodgers, Panda Bear, Paul Williams, Pharrell Williams, Stanley Kubrick, The Game of Love, Thomas Bangalter, Touch | 6 Comments

Album Review: Kanye West, “Yeezus”

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Tom Emanuel

There are a lot of similarities between Kanye West and Richard Wagner. Before you balk at such an odd analogy, hear me out. Both are acknowledged as giants by friend and foe alike, responsible in many ways for revolutionizing their … Continue reading →

Posted in Album Reviews | Tagged Albums of 2013, Black Skinhead, Blood on the Leaves, Bound 2, Carleton, Charlie Wilson, Daft Punk, Frank Zappa, Guilt Trip, hip-hop, I'm In It, Kanye West, New Slavery, Nina Simone, rap, Richard Wagner, Strange Fruit, Yeezus | 5 Comments

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