#1051 White Denim – D

I am going to try to speed through the rest of the extras on the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. I do not want to be doing this in 2021. I have about 30 albums left in two weeks. That is approximately three albums a day. Luckily some of them I have […]

#1050 PJ Harvey – Let England Shake

PJ Harvey again? This is her fourth album on the list. I will admit that they got progressively better. Her eight studio album Let England Shake was released in 2011 and was honoured many awards. The best songs are “Hanging in the Wire”, “On Battleship Hill”, “In the Dark Places”, and all the other songs. […]

#1049 The Black Keys – Brothers

The Black Keys so far have not been a favourite of mine. Maybe their sixth album Brothers will change it. The album cover is kind of interesting. This is an album by The Black Keys. The name of this album is Brothers. I wonder what they were thinking when they created it. Wait. I am thinking […]

#1048 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs

The Suburbs is the third studio album of Arcade Fire. This is an album that I know well. I used to listen to it a lot in Budapest with my best friend. I miss those days. I miss feeling that connection with another person. I miss feeling known. I have felt alone for the past […]

#1047 Janelle Monáe – The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe debut studio album The ArchAndroid was released in 2010. It received mostly critical acclaim. Critics compared Monáe to Prince, Michael Jackson, and David Bowie. The album is filled with many genres such as neo soul, alternative R&B, psychedelic pop, and psychedelic soul. I did not like anything on this album. This is probably […]

#1046 Beach House – Teen Dream

Beach House is a band that I have heard of and I have listened to their music. I have heard their third album Teen Dream before today. I am not sure why I don’t listen to them more often. The duo Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally compose the music, but for the most part Legrand […]

#1045 John Grant – Queen of Denmark

John Grant released his debut album Queen of Denmark in 2010 to critical acclaim. Grant along with Chris Pearson formed The Czars, an American alternative rock band, in 1994 in Denver. Grant went solo after the band dissolved in 2006. The songs I liked were “Where Dreams Go to Die”, “Outer Space”, “TC and Honeybear”, “It’s Easier”, “Caramel, […]

#1044 Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West released his fifth album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy to controversy over the album cover, which was his ingenious plan. If you want to make a hit album you need something besides the music. You need some great marketing. Obviously, we know that if you do anything provocative in the USA, then certain […]

#1043 The National – High Violet

The National‘s fifth album High Violet was released in 2010 to critical acclaim. I remember listening to them in Hungary. I have not listened to them in years. It will be interesting to hear them again. It is hard to believe it has been 10 years since its release and 7 years since I left […]

#1042 Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest

I have listened to Deerhunter in the past, but I do not remember them at the moment. I am sure that I listened to 2010’s Halcyon Digest. This was the last album their bassist Josh Fauver appeared on. They seem to have a problem with bassist dying; their first bassist died too. The band describes […]