Rumors of a Sufjan Stevens/National Xmas collaboration album have surfaced. While it has yet to be officially confirmed, Bryce and Aaron Desner played some songs on the BBC that seem to do all but that. check them out here.

http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/12/19/stream-sufjan-steven-and-the-nationals-christmas-songs/

(perhaps a new years resolution can be to blog more. ha)

Because I'm going to see a living legend tonight.

My Albums of 2010

Here we are at the end of the year. Every music critic and music blog has comprised their own list of the top albums of 2010. Well, that's not exactly what this is. More so, this is just a list of music I spent considerable time with over the last year. By no means am I saying that these are the best of the year. Just that when I think back on 2010, these are the albums I remember listening to. In no particular order, they are:

Delorean - Subiza

Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles

Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt

Woods - At Echo Lake

The National - High Violet

Four Tet - There is Love in You

Sufjan - Stevens Age of Adz

Hot Chip - One life stand

How to Dress Well - Love Remains

Sleigh Bells - Treats

Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid

Titus Andronicus - The Monitor

Arial Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today

Beach House - Teen Dream

Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Food: The Son of Chico Dusty

Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest

LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Baths - Cerulean

Black Keys - Brothers

Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record

Efterklang - Magic Chairs

Josh Ritter - So Runs the World Away

The Morning Benders - Big Echo

Jonsi - Go

Owen Pallett - Heartland

Tame Impala - Innerspeaker

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

4/29

http://hypem.com/track/1062000/White+Hinterland+-+Cataract

More Mellow and Less Mellow

I made 2 playlists for a friend the other day. I thought it they were good so I've decided to make it a little known pleasures compilation. Some of these songs are revisits, but they're good so you shouldn't mind. :)

I'm in Brooklyn right now. I really like this place. I've already been exposed to so much new music in the last two days. Stay tuned for new stuff up here.

Thanks for checking this blog out, and go make some music of your own.
JH

Artist – Song – Album

More Mellow

1. The XX – Heart Skipped A Beat – XX
2. Real Estate – Beach Comber – Real Estate
3. St. Vincent – The Strangers – Actor
4. Joanna Newsom – Good Intentions Paving Company – Have One On Me
5. Local Native – Airplanes – Gorilla Manor
6. Charlotte Gainsbourg – Heaven Can Wait – IRM
7. Broken Bells – Float – Broken Bells
8. Animal Collective – What Would I Want? Sky – Fall Be Kind EP
9. Patrick Watson – Big Bird in A Small Cage – Wooden Arms
10. Beach House – Norway – Teen Dream
11. Atlas Sound – Walkabout (w/ Noah Lennox) – Logos
12. Four Tet – Angel Echoes – There is Love in You
13. Cults – Go Outside – Cults 7”
14. Beach House – 10 Mile Stereo – Teen Dream
15. Lykke Li – Dance Dance Dance – Youth Novel
16. Owen Pallett – Lewis Takes Action – Heartland
17. Bear in Heaven – You Do You – Beast Rest Forth Mouth

Less Mellow

1. Animal Collective – Daily Routine/Phase One Remix – By Nick the Neck
2. Broken Social Scene – World Sick – Forgiveness Rock Record
3. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Home – Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
4. Frightened Rabbit – Swim Until You Can’t See Land – The Winter of Mixed Drinks
5. Gorillaz – Rhinestone Eyes – Plastic Beach
6. Neon Indian – Deadbeat Summer – Psychic Chasms
7. Neutral Milk Hotel – King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1 – In The Airplane Over the Sea
8. Old Crow Medicine Show – Caroline Tennessee Pusher
9. Panda Bear – Bros – Person Pitch
10. Phoenix – 1901 – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
11. Roky Erickson – Goodbye Sweet Dreams - Goodbye Sweet Dreams (w/ Okkervil River)
12. Tor/Sufjan Stevens – Star of Wonder/None Shall Pass – Illinoize
13. Vampire Weekend – Horchata – Contra
14. Wild Beasts – Hooting & Howling – Two Dancers
15. Woods – Down This Road – Songs of Shame
16. Yeasayer – Ambling Alp – Odd Blood

PS

Look out for 2 other compilations coming soon.

"Missed Gems and Revisits" is done and ready to burn. It's a hodge-podge of great stuff from the last 2 years that I didn't hear until just recently and a few of my favorite songs I just wanted to share with everyone.

Also, there should be an high energy mix coming sometime near this weekend in celebration of Gen's b-day.

Fall is for COLORS

Hi everyone!

Its been a while since I've visited this page. I've become absorbed in school and was feeling a bit stagnant with my music. That definitely changed over the last few weeks. I've been flooded with great stuff and couldn't wait till after midterms to share it. Everything on this mix is relatively new,(like within the last 6 months) with the exception of the Dodos song. Some are the popular singles, some are not. I always try to avoid a mix just full of hits. It ends up feeling more like MTV Jock Jams than High Fidelity. :) In the past, I've tried to mix up tempos by placing radically different songs back to back. With Fall is for COLORS, I wanted to make something that flowed a little smoother. So, the energy picks up after the first song, gets into that hip dancing electro stuff the kids are loving these days then slips back into more mellow "indie" stuff (sorry for the inane and useless description). Initially, I started and ended this compilation with two bands I'm absolutely in love with right now, The xx and The Antlers. But I had this Mastodon single that I just had to use. Clearly it doesn't fit comfortably anywhere in the mix, so I threw it in last. Kind of as a joke, but also kind of a challenge to you the listener to find something in Metal that you appreciate. If you know me, you know I'm not much of a metal head myself. But I think this single is just brilliantly done. There's a lot to it. Ok, well I think that's all I have for now. Enjoy the cd! The title is an obvious play on the Virginia state motto, and my love for this time of year. As always, please support music. Buy it, make it, hear it, whatever. Just give back in your own way. Thanks for visiting, Love Ya'll!

1. The xx - VCR
2. Girls - Lust for Life
3. Delorean - Big Dipper
4. Passion Pit - To Kingdom Come
5. Gossip - Heavy Cross
6. The Hood Internet - Fleetwood Mac V. Daft Punk
7. Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Young Adult Friction
8. YACHT - Physic City
9. Dead Man's Bones - Pa Pa Power
10 The National - So Far Around The Bend (Dark Was The Night benefit compilation)
11 The DoDo's - Fools
12 Why? - The Blackest Purse
13 Built to Spill - Nowhere Lullaby
14 Fever Ray - When I Grow Up
15 Volcano Choir - Husks and Shells
16 The Antlers - Kettering
17 Mastodon - Oblivion