A RECAP

I have reached the halfway point on my top twenty record albums of the year 2013 (according to me). Just thought I would take a moment here and list numbers 20 through 11 before I continue later with the TOP TEN. My choices are based on originality (how fresh does it sound? to my ears?), longevity (how many times do I play it?, flow (consistency is key here) and basically I ask myself if it’s a fantastic album. Perhaps I can’t form a real emotional attachment to it or maybe it has 1 or 2 flaws that I just can’t overlook. Finally, is it an album I couldn’t possibly bring myself to part with? There’s my criteria. Anyway, here’s the halfway list:

20 ICEAGE—–YOU’RE NOTHING
19 CROCODILES—–CRIMES OF PASSION
18 TY SEGALL—–SLEEPER
17 THE FLAMING LIPS—–THE TERROR
16 THEE OH SEES—–FLOATING COFFIN
15 FUZZ—–FUZZ
14 BOMBINO—–NOMAD
13 MAZZY STAR—–SEASONS OF YOUR DAY
12 TEGAN & SARA—–HEARTTHROB
11 FOXYGEN—–WE ARE THE 21ST CENTURY AMBASSADORS OF PEACE & MAGIC

stay tuned for more later…….

Foxygen is Number 11 on my list

We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic is a super cool album by this band called Foxygen. They are number eleven. And that’s not so shabby if you ask me.

Ain’t that a really cool album cover? I think so. So I feel that this band sounds like the Kinks with Syd Barrett as lead singer. If Syd’s solo career was a success and he didn’t abuse LSD so much, his band might have sounded this way. There’s that hippie, summer love, Mamas and the Papas kind of groovy vibe going here on this record. Yet it’s sarcastic at times. Like in the song “San Francisco,” there’s this refrain, “I left my love in San Francisco (that’s okay, I was bored anyway).” Makes me laugh when I hear those lines.

Anyways, its two guys named Jonathan and Sam. They’re an American indie rock duo that formed in Westlake Village, California. Its actually quite refreshing listening to these guys. Bringing back some more psychedelic rock to 2013. Check out this video below. Good stuff man!