i have that on vinyl.

best of 2010.

ihtov — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 06:00:03 +0000

Best of 2010

1. LCD Soundsystem “This Is Happening”

2. Titus Andronicus “The Monitor”

3. Local Natives “Gorilla Manor”

4. Beach House “Teen Dream”

5. Hot Chip “One Life Stand”

6. Kanye West “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”

7. The National “High Violet”

8. Arcade Fire “The Suburbs”

9. Superchunk “Majesty Shredding”

10. Sleigh Bells “Treats”

11. Jonsi “Go”

12. Broken Bells “Broken Bells”

13. Surferblood “Astrocoast”

14. Grinderman “Grinderman 2″

15. Wavves “King of the Beach”

16. The Walkmen “Lisbon”

17. Vampire Weekend “Contra”

18. Best Coast “Crazy For You”

19. Sufjan Stevens “The Age of Adz”

20. Deerhunter “Halcyon Digest”

21. Swans “My Farther Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky”

22. The New Pornographers “Together”

23. Fang Island “Fang Island”

24. Dr. Dog “Shame, Shame”

25. The Roots “How I Got Over”

26. No Age “Everything In Between”

27. Liars “Sisterworld”

28. Tame Impala “Innerspeaker”

29. Chidlish Gambino “Culdesac”

30. Spoon “Transference”

31. Punch Brothers “Antifogmatic”

32. Gorillaz “Plastic Beach”

33. Conspiracy of Owls “Conspiracy of Owls”

34. Broken Social Scene “Forgiveness Rock Record”

35. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists “The Brutalist Bricks”

36. How To Dress Well “Love Remains”

37. Stereolab “Not Music”

38. Frontier Ruckus “Deadmalls & Nightfalls”

39. Male Bonding “Nothing Hurts”

40. Abe Vigoda “Crush”

41. J Roddy Walston & The Business “J Roddy Walston & The Business”

42. The Soft Pack “The Soft Pack”

43. Girl Talk “All Day”

44. Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore “Dear Companion”

45. Neil Young “Le Noise”

46. The Lions Rampant “It’s Fun To Do Bad Things”

47. Gil Scott-Heron “I’m New Here”

48. Crystal Castles “Crystal Castles”

49. Menomena “Mines”

50. The Morning Benders “Big Echo”

Honorable Mentioned

Admiral Radley “I Heart California”

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti “Before Today”

Band of Horses “Infinite Arms”

Belle & Sebastian “Write About Love”

Black Francis “Nonstoperotik”

The Black Keys “Brothers”

Blitzen Trapper “Destroyer of the Void”

The Books “The Way Out”

The Fall “Your Future, Our Clutter”

Free Energy “Stuck on Nothing”

Freelance Whales “Weathervanes”

The Gaslight Anthem “American Slang”

The Hold Steady “Heaven Is Whenever”

Joanna Newsom “Have One On Me”

Les Savy Fav “Root For Ruin”

Let’s Wrestle “In The Court of the Wrestling Let’s”

The Mantles “Pink Information”

Red Sparowes “The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies the Answer”

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings “I Learned The Hard Way”

She & Him “Volume Two”

Shipping News “One Less Heartless To Fear”

Small Black “New Chain”

The Sword “Warp Riders”

The Thermals “Personal Life”

Tokyo Police Club “Champ”

Ty Segall “Melted”

Warpaint “The Fool”

Wolf Parade “Expo 86″

Women “Public Strain”

Yeasayer “Odd Blood”

the one that you want

ihtov — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:18:27 +0000

Here is the first mix of the new year, titled “the one that you want.”

1) Maritime – Parade of Punk Rock T-Shirts
2) PS I Love You – Facelove
3) St. Vincent – Save Me From What I Want
4) Diamond Rings – All Yr Songs
5) Broken Bells – The High Road
6) Charlotte Gainsbourg – Heaven Can Wait
7) Owen Pallet – Lewis Takes Action
8 ) The Besnard Lakes – Albatross
9) Jay Reatard – Pull Down The Shades (Chris Knox cover)
10) Titus Andronicus – Four Score and Seven
11) Cymbals Eat Guitars – Wind Phoenix (Proper Name)
12) The Tindersticks – Black Smoke
13) Grooms – Thumbs
14) Surfer Blood – Floating Vibes
15) Spoon – Written In Reverse
16) Japandroids – Wet Hair
17) Broken Social Scene – Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day)
18) Vampire Weekend – I Think UR A Contra
19) Yo La Tengo – Coloured
20) Vic Chesnutt – Flirted With You All My Life

In other news related to IHTOV, it is evident that not much posting goes on around here. We’re trying to change that. That’s right, “we.” In the near future (which, for this site, is probably a month or so), IHTOV will be welcoming a new voice to the sporadic updates on the blog, which will (maybe) increase the amount of updating. Once every thing is settled, we plan on updating 3 times a week, but I wouldn’t hold your breath. This thing is definitely a spare time hobby.

In the mean time, take a look at the mix and give some of those songs a chance. The grand majority of that mix is new music (with the exception of Maritime and Broken Social Scene– who is due for a new record this year).

I’d link stuff/embed YouTube videos/etc., but I am lazy and you know how to Google. However, if I had to pick a single song on the whole thing, though, I’d say I must highly recommend Titus Andronicus. Their new album, The Monitor, is due out March 9th from XL. It is decidedly kick ass.

Finally, this mix contains two of the music world’s recently dearly departed: Jay Reatard and Vic Chesnutt. RIP to both of them. Let’s hope 2010 is a year where we get lots of exciting music (Pavement reunion tour! LCD Soundsystem’s new album!) and not one like 2009 where we lose a giant bunch of talent (Michael Jackson, Chris “Spacewolf” Feinstein, Teddy Pendergrass just to name a select few).

ihtov — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:13:35 +0000

I found an old, undated mix. It is pretty good.

1) The Flaming Lips – Waitin’ For A Superman
2) LCD Soundsystem – Never As Tired As When I’m Waking Up
3) Mazzy Star – Fade Into You
4) Yo La Tengo – Stockholm Syndrome
5) Superchunk – Phone Sex
6) Harvey Danger – Happiness Writes White
7) The National – Slow Show
8 ) Death Cab For Cutie – You Can Do Better Than Me
9) Modest Mouse – Trailer Trash
10) Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
11) The Decemberists – July! July!
12) The Shins – New Slang
13) Built To Spill – Else
14) Wilco – I’m Always In Love
15) The Wrens – She Sends Kisses
16) Eliott Smith – Thirteen
17) Ryan Adams – The Sun Also Sets
18) Band of Horses – The Funeral
19) Radiohead – All I Need

deadend summer [nov mix]

ihtov — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:15:51 +0000

I make a mix of new music every month. Here is Nov. 2009′s mix, titled “deadend summer.”

1) Frightened Rabbit “Swim Until You Can’t See Land”
2) Bear In Heaven “Lovesick Teenagers”
3) Real Estate “Fake Blues”
4) Beach House “Norway”
5) Surfer Blood “Swim”
6) Drummer “Buddyscapes”
7) King Khan & BBQ Show “Invisible Girl”
8 ) White Denim “Radio Milk How Can You Stand It”
9) Thao with The Get Down Stay Down “Easy”
10) Vampire Weekend “Cousins”
11) Passion Pit “Little Secrets”
12) Tegan & Sara “Hell”
13) Neon Indian “Deadbeat Summer”
14) Dirty Projectors “Cannibal Resource”
15) The Black Heart Procession “Witching Stone”
16) Built To Spill “Oh Yeah”
17) Animal Collective “What Would I Want Sky”
18) Neko Case “Prison Girls”

queen city rnr

ihtov — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:19:33 +0000

I usually spend the majority of my Tuesday being domestic and listening to WOXY, and right now they are spinning a track (“The Little Patton”) from Cincinnati’s The Seedy Seeds. This fantastic band recently cleaned up at the Cincinnati Entertainment Awards (including beating out my good friends The Lions Rampant in a couple categories), and this reminds me that I do not talk enough about all the great music being made back in Cincy these days. While I’ve never lived in Cincinnati proper, my hometown is closer to downtown than a lot of the people who live in Ohio with Cincinnati addresses, so I feel well connected to the city and the music. Back in high school and even through a bit of the college years, I spent a lot of my time watching my friends play music around the city. Now that I’ve moved South, I don’t get the chance to catch as many bands as I used to, but there are a few great bands that I make the trip to see.

For the time being, here is a quick list (meaning incomplete) of awesome bands from Cincinnati worth your time. Maybe later today I’ll come back with some band links, mp3s, videos, pictures, or something. But don’t count on it; you know how to use Google.

The Lions Rampant
The Seedy Seeds
Frontier Folk Nebraska
You, You’re Awesome
Brian Olive
Buffalo Killers
Bad Veins
The Read
The Frankl Project
thistle
500 Miles to Memphis

teen dream

ihtov — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:36:07 +0000

I’ve encountered my first 2010 release in Beach House‘s Sub Pop debut release Teen Dream. Some of the blogs that I read are already saying nice things about the duo’s third full-length album, and I must agree with them.

Beach House is an indie band in all the polite senses of the word, and their songs really do sound like lush dreams. Victoria Legend has a fantastic voice that warrants both Nico and Mazzy Star comparisons, but she is more accessible with a blue-collar sensibility that feels natural instead of pretentious. The instrumental compositions offered up by Victoria and bandmate Alex Scally are nuanced yet satisfying, textured like a surrealistic landscape oil painting, but without the stagnation that can so easily accompany bands who play slower music meant to fill both space and time. Sure, this is a great headphone record, but also one that translates well to the old fashioned stereo (and I am thankful for a vinyl release).

“Norway” is the first single off Teen Dream, and it is readily available across the internets. Teen Dream hits US stores on January 26, 2010 in vinyl and CD formats. Also, according to Pitchfork, the album “will be released with a DVD containing a video for every song.”

Best of 2009

ihtov — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:30:24 +0000

Top 25 Albums of 2009
1) Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
2) Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion
3) The Antlers – Hospice
4) Wilco – Wilco The Album
5) Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
6) Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. 2
7) The Pains of Being Pure At Heart – S/T
8 ) Drummer – Feel Good Together
9) Built To Spill – There Is No Enemy
10) The Thermals – Now We Can See
11) Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
12) The xx – S/T
13) Bear In Heaven – Beast Rest Forth Mouth
14) Yo La Tengo – Popular Songs
15) Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport
16) White Denim – Fits
17) Jason Lytle – Yours Truly, The Commuter
18) Lil Wayne – No Ceilings mixtape
19) V/A – Dark Was The Night
20) Bad Veins – S/T
21) Do Make Say Think – Other Truths
22) Cymbals Eat Guitars – Why There Are Mountains
23) Frontier Folk Nebraska – Pearls
24) Ben Gibbard & Jay Farrar – One Fast Move or I’m Gone
25) The Flaming Lips – Embryonic

Honorable Mention:
Daniel Johnston – Is And Always Was
Califone – All My Friends Are Funeral Singers
The Dead Weather – Horehound
Pissed Jeans – King Of Jeans
Japandroids – Post-Nothing
We Were Promised Jetpacks – These Four Walls
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Eating Us
The Very Best – Warm Heart of Africa
Blackroc – S/T
Ha Ha Tonka – Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South
Real Estate – S/T
The Big Pink – S/T
Andrew Bird – Noble Beast
St. Vincet – Actor
jj – No 2
Tortoise – Beacons of Ancestorship
Vic Chestnutt – At The cut
The Mantles – S/T
Justin Townes Earle – Midnight at the Movies
Karen O and the Kids – Where The Wild Things Are
A Place To Bury Strangers – Exploding Head

Top 5 EPs of 2009
1) Blitzen Trapper – Black River Killer
2) Animal Collective – Fall Be Kind
3) Modest Mouse – No One’s First and You’re Next
4) Death Cab For Cutie – The Open Door
5) Superchunk – Leaves In The Gutter

Best Covers Compilation of 2009:
Score! 20 Years of Merge Records

Most Disappointing Album of 2009:
Jay Z – The Blueprint 3

Best Trend of 2009:
Supergroups (Monsters of Folk, Them Crooked Vultures, Drummer, etc.)

Worst Trend of 2009:
Lo-Fi (Wavves et al.)

Worst Band of 2009:
Owl City

Favorite Song of 2009:
Dirty Projectors – Stillness Is The Move

Revitalized (now with nudity!)

ihtov — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:01:19 +0000

new flaming lips video? overrated. nudity isn’t shocking anymore, so this is passe. additionally, wayne’s obession with vaginas is childlike- and i mean that not as in ‘immature’ but as in ‘childlike wonder and fascination’- which is kind of awkward and creepy since he has a gray beard. riding bikes naked sounds uncomfortable, and the actors in this video definitely appear uncomfortable. All in all, this certainly isn’t a ‘nudity as beauty’ video if its trying to be one, and the viewer knows this with the camera’s obsession with female asses proves this. i do, though, like the organic feel of the video as a whole. finally, sure, wayne being pushed through the woods in his giant hampster ball by a bunch of naked people is fun, but no one ever needed to see his penis, especially since it is not made out of a space gun like flaming lips songs seem to imply it should be. overall, it was underwhelming, and if you’re looking for a video with nudity, i suggest checking out the Girls “XXX” version of “Lust for Life” if only for the part where one of the actor’s uses another actor’s penis as a microphone to sing the lyrics to the song. the Girls video is campy and adorable in all the best ways. plus, gay porn is the new porn, right?

You can view “Watch The Planets” at http://www.nme.com/video/bcid/49582897001

You can view “Lust for Life (XXX version)” at http://www.buddyhead.com/girls-–-“lust-for-life”-video-xxx-version/

Both are very much NSFW.

[ADVANCE]

ihtov — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:35:37 +0000

These albums aren’t officially out yet, but they probably exist on your local torrent sites. I suggest giving them a spin.

The Hold Steady – Stay Positive

Javelins (members of Thunderbirds Are Now!) - Heavy Meadows

Deerhunter – Microcastle

Damien Jurado – Caught In The Trees

Also, as a reminder, The Cool Kids dropped a new 6-song mix tape yesterday titled “That’s Stupid.” I’m about to give that a listen right now; maybe I’ll write some more about it later.

UPDATE: The mix tape rules.

Super short post today as I’m swamped with school work. However, with the announcement of a fall tour in support of Feed The Animals, you can expect a Girl Talk-heavy post tomorrow.

Best of 2008 (so far).

ihtov — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:15:18 +0000

Sunday marked the halfway point for the 2008 MLB season, and, since baseball is still technically America’s pastime, I figured this means it would be a good time to post a current best of the year list. Obviously, being a music blog, there is going to be quite a bit of list posting. Now, I have not sat down and thought about this list whatsoever which means it’s a completely arbitrary list. These will be listed in no particular order and without ceremony. Videos coming shortly as I am slow to YouTube.

No Age – Nouns
[video place holder for Eraser while I figure out how to embed MTV videos]

Titus Andronicus – The Airing of Grievances

Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs

Re-Up Gang – We Got It For Cheap, Volume 3 (mix tape)

Girl Talk – Feed The Animals

Ratatat – LP3

Beach House – Devotion

Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend

The Cool Kids – Cool Ass Ninjas (mix tape)

Sigur Rós – Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

I’m at work for another 3 hours or so which means I’ll probably continue to edit this posting. I’ll try to add some links or videos or something to opiate the masses as the day drags on.