RockyRaccoon

So I met Tim last night at the Wilco/My Morning Jacket/Bob Dylan concert we went to at Merriweather Post Pavillion in Maryland. We just both happened to go there by chance. My first time meeting another member of the SF community. Cool stuff. AND, bonus, the concert was phenomenal. Awkward prom date photo of the two of us Less awkward photo of us with me asking my wife what she wants me to do for the photo.

I don't know why, but I was just fascinated with it.

1. Don't Treat Me Bad - Firehouse (1990) (I love Firehouse more than anyone should) 2. Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons (2009) 3. Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles (1967) 4. In My Head - Your Vegas (2007) 5. The Middle - Jimmy Eat World (2002) 6. Sour Cherry - The Kills (2008) 7. Sweet Sour - Band Of Skulls (2012) 8. Up All Night - Slaughter (1990) 9. House Of Pain - Faster Pussycat (1989) 10. All Shook Up - Elvis Presley (1957)

Deafheaven's "Sunbather" is a revelation. It's like a whole new genre of music. Imagine Kevin Shields joined Explosions In The Sky and they collectively decided to start playing metal. That's what this is, it's incredible. Top 10 album of 2013 so far.

Yea, I can understand that. That's been the number one complaint about the album.

"Sweet Sour" - Band Of Skulls (2012) "In My Head" - Your Vegas (2007) "Sour Cherry" - The Kills (2008)

This whole thing is just crazy. They call him a monster right there on the cover of the magazine. The headline didn't say "Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Our Hero", it was about how this kid became what he became. This is quite literally judging a book (or in this case, a magazine) by it's cover. Read the article. Then judge. Honestly, if you're an American and you already know how to pronounce Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and were able to recognize his photo, Rolling Stone had little to do with making him famous.

1. So What'cha Want - Beastie Boys (1992) 2. High and Dry - Radiohead (1995) 3. Never Let Me Go - Florence + The Machine (2011) 4. Skyfall - Adele (2012) 5. Kyrie - Mr. Mister (1986) 6. Change Is Hard - She & Him (2008) 7. Dead Melodies - Beck (1998) 8. Halo - Depeche Mode (1990) 9. Falling Down - Oasis (2008) 10. Up In Flames - Coldplay (2011)

1. 1904 - The Tallest Man On Earth (2012) 2. Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy - Jack White (2012) 3. Anna Sun - Walk The Moon (2012) 4. Neon Knights - Black Sabbath (1980) 5. No Tell Lover - Chicago (1978) 6. Wynona's Big Brown Beaver - Primus (1995) 7. Flash Light - Parliament (1977) 8. Roll On Down the Highway - Bachman - Turner Overdrive (1975) 9. Personality - Lloyd Price (1959) 10. Arnold Layne - The Pink Floyd (1967)

1. Book Of Love - The Monotones (1958) 2. Get A Job - The Silhouettes (1957) 3. Don’t Worry Baby - Lorrie Morgan and The Beach Boys (1996) 4. Queen Of Hearts - Juice Newton (1981) 5. I Can Sing A Rainbow/ Love Is Blue - The Dells (1969) 6. Would I Lie To You - Charles & Eddie (1992) 7. Rebel-Rouser - Duane Eddy (1958) 8. Alley- Oop - The Hollywood Argyles (1960) 9. To Know Him Is To Love Him - The Teddy Bears (1958) 10. Teardrops - Womack & Womack (1988)

As much time as you need, really. I haven't really decided on a time limit yet. As for the second part of your comment, that's perfect. I want this to be albums that really mean something to you, not necessarily just albums that are just good albums. They should have a personal connection to you. Though this reminds me of something. Anybody who would like to participate in this but hasn't yet, say something here. This way I can get a general idea as to how many people are going to do this, then I can make a judgement on how long to keep this going.

Finally got to listen to Boards Of Canada's new album and it's beautiful.

"Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy" - Jack White (2012) "Anna Sun" - Walk The Moon (2012) "1904" - The Tallest Man On Earth (2012)

Portugal. The Man's new album, a collaboration with Danger Mouse, is fantastic

The Sad Thing Is, We Like It Here - Shaimus (2009) Track Listing: 1. Interview 2. Turn The Other Way 3. All The Good Ways 4. Tie You Down 5. Heads Or Tails 6. Don't Want The Story 7. Let Go 8. Like A Fool 9. While We're Young 10. Stuck Around I first learned about Shaimus from the video game Rock Band. Their song "Like A Fool" was a free song you could download and play, and from then on, I loved them. The entire reason their song was on Rock Band was because two of the members of the band actually worked for the video game company. Virtually no one has heard of them, which is awful, because they're fantastic. Some of the best indie rock I've ever heard. This album has no bad tracks, every song is great. Once I got to know this band, I followed them constantly, from their appearance in the movie "The Roommate", to actually personally interviewing them over the phone on a radio show I had in college. Their great guys and made great music. As of now, sadly, they've decided to part ways after three albums, but this album will always hold a special place in my heart. I actually have the physical CD of this signed by all four members of the band. I love this album. Highlights: "Like A Fool", "Let Go", "Turn The Other Way", literally every song on this album.

So I'm watching some Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame concert and Bruce Springsteen is doing "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" with U2 and this song is not within Bruce's range. Not at all.

Oh man. Tons of pre-90s stuff. Good list though.

You lucky man. I've given up on trying to see him, I've accepted the fact that I'll never be able to see him before he dies.

I did something I never thought I could do. I made a list of my top 100 favorite albums of all time. I felt tired once I had finished it. Feedback is always appreciated, I'd be interested to hear what some of you have to say about the list.

Oh this is some good stuff. This is gonna be good.

1. Midnight City - M83 (2011) 2. Breathing Underwater - Metric (2012) 3. Need Some Air - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (2007) 4. Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast - Airbourne (2007) 5. Round And Round - Ratt (1984) 6. Open My Eyes - The Nazz (1968) 7. You Keep Me Hanging On - Vanilla Fudge (1967) 8. Tequila - The Champs (1958) 9. Underdog, The - Spoon (2007) 10. Sparrow, The - Mastodon (2011)

Blood On The Tracks- Bob Dylan Track Listing: 1. Tangled Up In Blue 2. Simple Twist Of Fate 3. You're A Big Girl Now 4. Idiot Wind 5. You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go 6. Meet Me In The Morning 7. Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts 8. If You See Her, Say Hello 9. Shelter From The Storm 10. Buckets Of Rain This album means a lot to me. Bob Dylan is one of my absolute favorite artists and I think that this is him at his most honest and most pure. I've personally covered "Simple Twist Of Fate" and "Tangled Up In Blue" at plenty of shows and the rest of the album is something I can never get tired of. The absolute pure beauty of "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" and "Buckets Of Rain" is incredible. I never really liked the movie Jerry Maguire too much, it was ok, but when the credits started and "Shelter From The Storm" started playing, I don't know, it just felt perfect. Because everything about this album is perfect. It's beautiful, meaningful, and yet can still be fun. I will never stop listening to this album. Highlights: "Simple Twist Of Fate", "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go", "Shelter From The Storm", "Buckets Of Rain" If you like this you may like: the rest of Bob Dylan's discography, The Band, The Avett Brothers, The Tallest Man On Earth, Joni Mitchell

Hey everyone, So I had an idea for something we could do as a site, I got this from another music forum and I thought it would be great for us. Essentially what we are creating is the "Songfactors [insert number here] Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". Each of us will nominate five albums that we each have a deep, personal connection with. Along with each nomination, you will write why you chose that album, what it means to you, why it means so much to you, along with your favorite tracks off the album and maybe even a "if you like this, you may like x". After we've finished, we'll have a nice collection of albums that mean a lot to our community, and we'll probably make it into a post for the website. Now there are two very important things about this that are very different from what we're used to, and this is the key to this entire thing: 1. This is not like our normal top tens or SF Choice things as there will be no voting on the albums. We're just nominating them and coming up with a conglomerate list of all the albums that mean a lot to us. For example, if we have 10 people participate, each nominating five albums, we'll have the "Songfactor's 50 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". We'll just sort them by decade on the post on the site. 2. These albums should have a deep, personal connection to you. In other words, we're trying to avoid this looking like "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums" list. The nominations shouldn't be "Oh man, you've gotta listen to Sgt. Peppers" just on principle. I want to avoid the obvious, perhaps even cliched, albums on everyone's "must hear" list. Obviously you have to hear "Sgt. Peppers", that's like saying you need to see "The Godfather" before you die. That being said, that doesn't mean you can't nominate that album. If that album has a deep, personal meaning or connection to you, by all means, nominate it. Instead of "This album is the Stones at their absolute best", I want, "when I was dealing with depression, this album is what really helped me" or "when I had the best summer of my life, I was listening to this album". I want these albums to be personal and special to the people nominating them. I want them to meaningful, because then we'll create a meaningful list. There are no restrictions on what album you nominate, provided it means something to you. If you are just absolutely wild about Warren Zevon's Greatest Hits and it means a lot to you, nominate it. If an instrumental drum album recorded in Zimbabwe was the soundtrack to the best year of your life, nominate it. The nominated album are on a first come first serve basis. Once someone nominates an album, you cannot nominate the same album. This is to provide some variety to the list. However, that doesn't mean you can't say something about that album. Say I nominate "Sticky Fingers" and you were thinking about nominating it, you can still add to the description, saying why that album means so much to you and it will not count towards your five albums. The more albums and the more descriptions we can have, the more detailed and meaningful this list can be. Does this make sense? I think this could end up being really cool. I'm going to go ahead and make my nominations in a few minutes (at least, a couple of them) as an example. You don't have to nominate all five at once, take some time and think about it. Also, if you would like to nominate an album and write a description later, that's fine too. This is something I'd like us to take our time on because if we do, this could be really awesome. As far as a time limit on nominating and stuff, we'll figure that out later, once it's decided on, I'll post something about it. There will be plenty of time to do it. Let me know if there are any questions! This should be fun. NOMINATE YOUR ALBUMS

Oh holy crap, that's a tough question. In all honesty, given a lot of time, I could probably do a comprehensive top 100+ albums of the decade so far based on the ratings I do for albums on my blog (shameless plug), but off the top of my head, some of the big standouts: "Random Access Memories" - Daft Punk "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming" - M83 "Yeezus" - Kanye West "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" - Kanye West "The Carpenter" - The Avett Brothers "Babel" - Mumford & Sons "The 20/20 Experience" - Justin Timberlake "Hummingbird" - Local Natives "Blunderbuss" - Jack White "All At Once" - The Airborne Toxic Event "There's No Leaving Now" - The Tallest Man On Earth "'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!" - Godspeed You! Black Emperor Those are just off the top of my head. There's been so much good music, especially within the past two years.

"Breathing Underwater" - Metric (2012) "Midnight City" - M83 (2011) "Need Some Air" - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (2007)