When you’ve got Kanye West and Tron blowing up the spot. it’s tough to remember how much good stuff came down the pike this year. Thankfully our esteemed ChinaShop contributors have been making some lists (and checking ‘em twice), and are here to jog your memory. Every weekday from now until the New Year we’ll be turning out our Best Of 2010 accolades, as seen through the hungry eyes and ears of our esteemed legion of contributors. Peruse these lists, take notes, click links, download our MP3s, write us back, tell us we’re completely full of it or applaud us on our sagely advice. Just promise you’ll love us in the morning. So now without further ado, our first Best Of list after the jump.
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Moody Mondays Moody Mondays: Ken Jordan of The Crystal Method
As Bob once said, “A mellow mood has got me,” (doo doo doo doo) “so let the music rock me.” Well, Ken Jordan from The Crystal Method is feelin’ the same flow on this post-holiday Moody Monday. Ease your way back into the work week with these “mellow” selections. Enjoy!
Daily Dots Daily Dots: Flying Lotus, Thom Yorke, Dr. Marten, Massive Attack, LCD Soundsystem, Asher Roth, Gogol Bordello and Phoenix free MP3s
Today’s bloggin best…
- Flying Lotus replaces Thom Yorke leak with a flash player. URB
- Massive Attack kick off major film project for Heligoland. Dazed Digital
- Punks jump up, throw out back! Dr. Martens turns 50. Format Mag
- More LCD Soundsystem behind-the-scenes video. Fader
- Asher Roth’s manager arrested for tween endangerment. SOHH
- Noel Gallagher talks about getting his ass kicked onstage. Billboard
- Gogol Bordello is giving away a free song. GogolBordello
- And Phoenix is giving away and entire live album. WeArePhoenix
Music Home Video
Home Video are Collin Ruffino and David Gross, transplants from the misunderstood landscape of New Orleans, now living in the brooding brownstones of Brooklyn, New York. Here they revel in a self-created world of references to Edward Gorey, Massive Attack, The Brothers Quay, Smashing Pumpkins, and a dusting of Chopin, references that they have been collecting for nearly ten years.
Contributors Music I Want My $2…ChinaShop Catches Up With Paper Route
Gavin, drums (on left)
Chad, bass and keyboards
JT sings and samples
Andy sings and plays guitar
The Paper Route play their second SXSW, and this year have taken a slightly less intense schedule, playing two shows instead of four. Big fans of the music festival/conference/freebie schmoozefest, the Nashville quartet is enjoying their time in Austin. Even when I told them that Allen’s boot shop sold hats that said “Nashville Sucks,” they had nothing bad to say about the city. Ascribing the hats to a long-running country music rivalry of which the Paper Route wants no part, they proclaimed to be “hurt” and “disappointed” over their city’s treatment. “You can be there and not really know that country exists,” Chad says.
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