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…….

Thee Oh Sees (Number 16 on my 2013 best albums list)

EYES….VAMPIRE LOOKING TEETH….AND STRAWBERRIES???

Who are the THEE OH SEES? A band? really?

FLOATING COFFIN is a rather peculiar name for an album!!

But they are on my top 20 list of best albums of this year!!

Why?

I love garage music (punk in particular) and psychedelic music too! This San Francisco group delivers the goods to a really fun record. It’s “heavy” man. A friend at work reminded me how cool this band is when she told me her son is into them and caught them at a live show recently.

They are fun. I like to think of Pink Floyd with Syd Barrett (Interstellar Overdrive era) and another space rock band called Hawkwind (these guys inspired bands like Monster Magnet).

Anyway you got these space guitar feedbacks, crunching fast guitar thrashes and the lead singer guitarist, John Dwyer has such a captivating high pitch voice that it makes you wanna run through a forrest or something.

Here, give it a listen:

(oh and they’re kinda weird in a Flaming Lips sorta way….later)