Archive for the ‘Best of’ Category

Ford & Lopatin – the OTHER best of 2011

Posted on January 12th, 2012, by Monk 2! 4!

Ford & Lopatin – Channel Pressure This album is mental insane. I’m not even going to go into detail. Just download this fuckin thing. This is dead set my equal best album of 2011.

2011 was a bangin year in music

Posted on December 22nd, 2011, by Monk 2! 4!

The Best Album of 2011 Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx – We’re New Here What is it: The all round awesome Jamie xx takes the freshly recorded vocal stems from Gil Scott-Heron’s 2010 album I’m New Here, fucks with them on a foundation of UK underground garage, electro and dubstep and creates a cohesive collection [...]

Covers

Posted on December 12th, 2011, by Monk 2! 4!

Three of the best covers ever right? The Man Who Sold The World – Nirvana (David Bowie) Hurt – Johnny Cash (Nine Inch Nails) Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley (Leonard Cohen)

Tremé

Posted on November 26th, 2011, by Monk 2! 4!

Tremé is a neighbourhood of New Orleans. As Im sure you’re aware, Hurricane Katrina fucked that city up royally. I just finished Season 1 of a new HBO show, Tremé, that captures everything that makes New Orleans awesome. The spirit of the people, the food and of course the music. I have to live in [...]

Inspiration

Posted on October 30th, 2011, by Monk 2! 4!

Champions. Strive to be this good. Schumacher Loeb Rossi

Soundcloud

Posted on October 12th, 2011, by Monk 2! 4!

Just some half ass tracks that I’m never gonna finish, so I’m just gonna throw ‘em out there. http://soundcloud.com/savetwofour

lol

Posted on April 24th, 2011, by Monk 2! 4!

I’m so postmodern that I just don’t talk anymore, I wear different coloured t-shirts according to my mood. I’m so postmodern that I work from home as a surf life saving consumer hotline. I’m so postmodern all my clothes are made out of sleeping bags, I don’t need pockets, I’m a pocket myself. I’m so [...]

Pitchfork’s 10/10 albums

Posted on February 3rd, 2010, by Monk 2! 4!

It always interests me to observe what other people consider to be brilliant music. Pitchfork is well known for it’s reviews, and often it cops a lot of flack for them too. However I was intrigued to know what Pitchfork considered to be the perfect album, as shown by a 10/10 album review. This list [...]

My favourite song of 2009

Posted on January 25th, 2010, by Monk 2! 4!

© Photo by Drivebymedia I consider narrowing down an entire year’s worth of top quality music to honestly highlight one track as the absolute best track of the year to be pretty much impossible. So many good songs came out last year, from one or two songs on an average album to standout albums full [...]

The “Hidden” Best of 2009

Posted on January 13th, 2010, by Monk 2! 4!

In this best of list, I want to take a different spin again and instead of the best of the best albums of 2009 I want to highlight the “hidden” best of 2009. I’d like to promote those albums that I found fantastic, but with the amount of big name releases in 2009, most of [...]

What is a good song to sing along to?

Posted on January 11th, 2010, by Monk 2! 4!

On the way to and from Jessica and Jason’s wedding a whole bunch of us caught a bus from Athelstone to the Belair Country Club. The question that arose for me was… What is a good song to sing on the bus when you have a lot of people, a lot of loud people and [...]

Disappointments of 2009

Posted on January 7th, 2010, by Monk 2! 4!

With everyone publishing their best of lists for 2009, I figured I’d turn the tables and write a different kind of “Top 2009” list – the big disappointments of 2009. Whether it was a trumped up solo effort of a member of an established band or an album that promised big things and then failed [...]