Rankstravaganza: Top 30 tracks by artists not represented on the best albums...
You think I could limit myself to just a list of my top albums of 2010? No way, man. For the last six months, I’ve been obsessively, compulsively ranking my most-played songs of the year, using a...
View ArticleRankstravaganza 2010: Top 30 tracks yadda yadda yadda, No. 20-11
And we’re back, still counting down my favorite tracks of the year … or at least those by artists not represented on my ranking of albums of 2010. You can read all about the whole convoluted reasoning,...
View ArticleRankstravaganza: Top 30 tracks yadda yadda yadda, No. 10-1
And now the exciting conclusion to Rankstravaganza 2010, featuring the 10 songs I listened to most … other than songs from my Top 15 favorite albums of the year. Just go with it. Before we get started,...
View ArticleHalftime Report: My favorite 15 tracks of 2011 thus far
I realize I may need to turn in my official Snobby Blogger membership card, but the iTunes play-count function doesn't lie. Continue reading →
View ArticleRankstravaganza: My 30 favorite tracks of 2011
I don’t know about you, but for me, 2011 was not a year of discovery. Most of the songs that bubbled their way to the top of my most-played tracks from last year were by bands I already knew and …...
View ArticleRankstravaganza: My 10 favorite tracks of 2011 by Bay Area acts
I’ve only had a year and some change to really immerse myself in the Bay Area music scene, and I’m still feeling my way around and discovering new things daily. So I would never dare to say the...
View ArticleHalftime Report: My 15 favorite songs of 2012 thus far
Wow, I am late getting this up. Everybody knows “best of the year so far” posts are supposed to by up by July 1, no exceptions! I have an excuse, though: My right hand was wrapped up in a splint …...
View ArticleRankstravaganza: My 30 Favorite Tracks of 2012
Here is this year’s obligatory list-making, by the numbers: 3 Bay Area acts 6 solo female artists 2 re-united ’90s bands A ton of vaguely folky indie rock—no surprise Just 2 hip-hop tracks—I apologize...
View ArticleHalftime Report: My 15 favorite songs of 2013 thus far
Weird, right? The year’s already half over. I say this every July, but this year really and truly has been zipping by even faster than the normal zippiness. So far in 2013, I’ve only made a couple of...
View ArticleRankstravaganza 2013: My 30 Favorite Songs of the Year
Once again, I’m turning this in a few days past deadline. No matter! It’s still not too late to celebrate 2013, which in my musical estimation was a year of songwriters singing about specific places,...
View ArticleRankstravaganza 2014: My 30 favorite songs of the year
I basically haven’t posted anything new to this blog since my 2013 year-end roundup. It’s been a busy year full of new challenges and responsibilities, but I’ve continued to listen to new music and...
View ArticleRankstravaganza 2015: My 25 favorite songs of the year
Ha! You thought this blog was done for. Surprise! I’m back. (Fair warning, though: There might not be another post until New Year’s Eve 2016. I am, however, staying somewhat active with posting both...
View ArticleRankstravaganza 2016: My Top 30 Favorite Songs of the Year
The past year was nothing if not a "low-flying panic attack" ... . Continue reading →
View ArticleRankstravaganza 2017: My Top 30 Songs of the Year
Even the shittiest of years can produce moments of musical transcendence. The tumult of 1968 gave us Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison, Sweetheart of the Rodeo and Bookends, for starters. Stephen Foster...
View ArticleRankstravaganza: My 30 Favorite Songs of 2018
"Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything is awful!!!" That, my friends, was 2018, in all its mortifying, capricious, senseless absurdity. I can think of no better soundtrack.
View ArticleA Very Belated Rankstravaganza: My 30 Favorite Songs of 2019
Fourteen of the 30 tracks below are either by a female solo artist, a band with a frontwoman, a male-female duo, someone who doesn't subscribe to binary gender identifiers, or a Canadian...
View ArticleRankstravaganza: My 30 Favorite Songs of 2020
What can one say about 2020 other than, “Good riddance”? I can think of one thing: There was some damn good music released this year. Is it because 2020 was a particularly fruitful year, with talented...
View ArticleRankstravaganza: My 30 Favorite Songs of 2021
On the whole, I'd say these songs are a hopeful bunch, rooted in the possibility of muddling through somehow and reclaiming a semblance of fellowship, cohesion, progress, and well-being. Perhaps 2022...
View ArticleRankstravaganza: My 30 Favorite Songs of 2022
If you're a Dad Rock and '90s Nostalgia aficionado, have I got 30 tunes for you to check out. The post Rankstravaganza: My 30 Favorite Songs of 2022 first appeared on All The City Lights.
View ArticleRankstravaganza: My 30 Favorite Songs of 2023
When I tally up my most-played artists of the last year, the vast majority of my Top 10 is basically indistinguishable from my Top 10 most-payed artists from 20 years ago. Is it my fault they insist on...
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