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Last Active 11-02-22 4:56 am Joined 12-31-08
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| klap 4 2017
merry christmas u filthy animals | 30 | | Jay Som Everybody Works
if my memory serves me right you were easy to break
RIYL (Sandy) Alex G, Stef Chura, Los Angeles Police Department, riding blog hype | 29 | | Bicep Bicep
RIYL hot, nasty, badass speed | 28 | | Alvvays Antisocialites
traded my rose-colored shades for a wide lens
RIYL decoupling the ball and chain, Veronica Falls, Haerts, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, bad Tinder dates | 27 | | Grizzly Bear Painted Ruins
a perfect man is not hard to find
RIYL Fleet Foxes, the sunset set at the second largest stage at a festival, TV on the Radio, feeling more well read than your friends | 26 | | Fazerdaze Morningside
I ran out of dreams and now I sit inside my room and think
RIYL Beach Fossils, Quilt, Jay Som, twee as fuck | 25 | | St. Vincent MASSEDUCTION
I’m so glad I came, but I can’t wait to leave
RIYL sex, drugs, rock ‘n roll | 24 | | Hundred Waters Communicating
half of my battle is caught in your shadow
RIYL off-kilter pop, Jane Weaver, Bat for Lashes, stormy seas, that Skrillex production money | 23 | | Ratboys GN
a physically demanding body is helpful in a pinch
RIYL Rilo Kiley, playing dive bars, Waxahatchee, $5 PBR + shot specials | 22 | | Broken Social Scene Hug of Thunder
survival by the soundtrack made of our short lives / making sense of hologram ecology / I’ll be up crying listening to Grace / and hiding in the pages adding up to me
RIYL collaboration, mid-‘00s comebacks, Canada, talking trash under my window | 21 | | Future Islands The Far Field
it’s a hand, it’s a hold, it’s a shield
RIYL consistency, Dan Deacon, tasty bass lines, Samuel T. Herring not rapping | 20 | | Peach Pit Being So Normal
though we didn’t talk much how’d your evening go? / you barely spoke a word to me besides that slurred hello / but I happened to see without even tryin’ / how she laughed with you, just like I used to
RIYL the best new band you haven’t heard yet, Foxing, sweet Canadian guitar indie rock, being called daddy | 19 | | Jason Isbell The Nashville Sound
did she leave a trail of crumbs so you could find her when you’re what you could become? / or did she know you well enough to realize that garden just won’t grow?
RIYL Drive-By Truckers, the best lyricist of his generation, Sturgill Simpson, Neko Case | 18 | | Thunder Dreamer Capture
went so long to live along with those untrue / but you always knew
RIYL Midwestern emo, Big Thief, the Districts, American Football | 17 | | Do Make Say Think Stubborn Persistent Illusions
RIYL post-rock in the year of our Lord 2017 that doesn't suck | 16 | | Kevin Morby City Music
And Jesus came to me, he put a song into my ears / he said let it fall right out your mouth for the whole world to hear / and so I opened wide and out came a tide
RIYL roots music, Singing Saw, narratives, Kurt Vile | 15 | | Iglooghost Neo Wax Bloom
I’m glad you find it silly how I scribble through the grit
RIYL ADHD | 14 | | Destroyer Ken
off in the corner, doing poet’s work
RIYL Frog Eyes, Jens Lekman, neurotic Canadians | 13 | | Cigarettes After Sex Cigarettes After Sex
hollowed out pianos left in the dark
RIYL cigarettes after sex | 12 | | The War on Drugs A Deeper Understanding
I’ve been turnin’ up the dial, but I hear no sound
RIYL Route 66, Dire Straits, fundamental backbeats, amber waves of grain | 11 | | Weaves Wide Open
crack a beer on the way if you think it’s okay feel like a hot air balloon
RIYL female-fronted power pop, Charly Bliss, fuzzy melodies | 10 | | (Sandy) Alex G Rocket
turns out the kid had a few bags of heroin, deep in his stomach / he swallowed a razor / see I got some stories, hey why don’t you write that into a song? Maybe your fans will dig that
RIYL your favorite folk artist’s Uncle Tupelo phase, Jay Som, Kevin Morby, weird Americana | 9 | | Sylvan Esso What Now
what can we do to get you on the news?
RIYL Chairlift, eight-inch platform boots, electro, falling in love making music | 8 | | Beach Fossils Somersault
I’m thinking of you fondly when I’m on the train / I really hate your poetry, you hate mine the same
RIYL klapcore, Wild Nothing, Craft Spells, Real Estate | 7 | | Charly Bliss Guppy
does he love me most now that his dog is toast?
RIYL Wavves, the Courtneys, Diet Cig, that summer right after you graduate high school | 6 | | Blue Hawaii Tenderness
learning how to be alone without you and happy to be with me
RIYL Empress Of, break-ups, Braids, Majical Cloudz | 5 | | Spoon Hot Thoughts
you and me dreaming ‘bout full medical and dental
RIYL angular, taut, jagged, cool | 4 | | Violents and Monica Martin Awake and Pretty Much Sober
pagan cynic, constant critic
RIYL electro pop, Jessie Ware, Lyla Foy, Mr. Little Jeans | 3 | | The Horrors V
nothing left to lose when there’s nothing left to find
RIYL Depeche Mode, gnashing of teeth, grinding of gears, the Raveonettes, eyeliner | 2 | | Marika Hackman I'm Not Your Man
tried to hold my tongue but you yanked it from my grip
RIYL Laura Marling, Wolf Alice, Courtney Barnett, undermining the patriarchy | 1 | | Blood Cultures Happy Birthday
I been talking to you in my dreams
RIYL bedroom pop, Bibio, Youth Lagoon, summer | |
klap
12.25.17 | yay
some honorable mentions: Charlotte Gainsbourg, British Sea Power, Roc Marciano, Wand, Bedouine | calmrose
12.25.17 | just checked 1 the other day, wonderful album | luci
12.25.17 | lol’d at many of these, nice to see charly bliss and blue hawaii love | klap
12.25.17 | People really slept on that Blue Hawaii imo | someguest
12.25.17 | congrats on the first testosterone-free sputnik list klapper | klap
12.25.17 | What I’ve done four end of year lists before this one | someguest
12.25.17 | ha
basically my way of saying I've heard none of these. probably mistakes I'll regret at a later time. | klap
12.25.17 | I imagine you’d like 3, 13, 15, 18, 19 but I don’t see u round these parts no mo so shooting in the dark here. 4 is legit too | someguest
12.25.17 | I'll give one (or more) a jam and check back. | JamieTwort
12.25.17 | You Know Me from 18 is a total jam. | theacademy
12.26.17 | 4 fucking rips lmao
a hard 5 | kris.
12.26.17 | cool didn't know you fucked with isbell | Dewinged
12.26.17 | those write-ups lol, nicely done klap | klap
12.26.17 | Acad spread the gospel
Kris isbell is the man | RadicalEd
12.26.17 | Nice list.
Forgot about 4 on mine. | Winesburgohio
12.26.17 | nice lyricsheet nerd
i'm wary about everything about 20 in so many ways but Tommy's Party is so entrancing despite encapsulating everything that i dislike in the album; it's a confusing time for me | klap
12.26.17 | Rly? Plz do tell. I do think their EP from last year was better but the album really surprised me. And that closer is 👌 | Sowing
12.26.17 | love your yearly installment...always brief, always funny, and always full of some slightly under the radar music I know I'll enjoy if I give it a chance. blood cultures is next on my list. | klap
12.26.17 | My man. You would definitely enjoy Ratboys, Beach Fossils, and Sylvan Esso too. | klap
12.26.17 | 1-4 in general actually too | Orb
12.26.17 | 1, 12, 13, 14, 29. Love em. | cylinder
12.26.17 | Lit a cigarette and gave you a kissss | Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.26.17 | i gotta check 6 and 3 | Winesburgohio
12.26.17 | update: listened 2 it in the car while driving aimlessly and I Was Wrong Whoopsadaisie. as much as i love songs that describe the transition from bewilderment to aching sadness when u lose a close friend without explanation, i like to think of Tommy's Party as a bi-boy ballad because We've All Been There | klap
12.27.17 | lol ya it could go both ways | Winesburgohio
12.27.17 | alternate reading: the song is about alcohol from the vantage point of a recovering alcoholic. feel free to @ me. thanks. | Aids
01.07.18 | @ me | Lord(e)Po)))ts
01.07.18 | klap for straight dankeness
fire emoji | Lord(e)Po)))ts
01.07.18 | i was a little disappoint with 9 and actually had my expectations vastly exceeded by 6 | Lord(e)Po)))ts
01.07.18 | ha ha 69
buhbruh | Lord(e)Po)))ts
01.07.18 | featured | theacademy
01.07.18 | congrats on the feature | klap
01.08.18 | @Aids
Ya tenderness is lit |
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