My.Top.50.Songs/Albums.of.2013

My.Top.50.Songs/Albums

of

2013

What a year of GREAT music and here is MY list of 2013.  Can not wait to hear what is going to come out in 2014.  To download the TOP.10.Songs.of.2013, go to my website at: www.JDN73.com and click on PODCAST and then click on the SMALL PURPLE MIC that say's, subscribe.  It should download on your iTunes Podcast.

Here is my list, until next year...

CHEERS!

##.  Artist - "Song" - Album

50.  Empire of The Sun - "Alive"
49.  Whitey - "No More Right or Wrong"
48.  Sir Sly - "Where I'm Going"
47.  La Femme - "Welcome America" - Psycho Tropical Berlin
46.  Vampire Weekend - "Diana Young" - Modern Vampires of The City
45.  Pulp - "After You"
44.  CSS - "Into The Sun"
43.  Austra -" Forgive Me" - Olympia
42.  Daft Punk - "Doin' It Right (feat. Panda Bear)" - Random Access Memory
41.  Ducktails - "Letter of Intent"
40.  Hadouken! - "Stop Time"
39.  Gold Fields - Happy Boy" - Black Sun
38.  Jee Day - "Sum of Love"
37.  Bumblebeez - "Next to You (feat. Maria)
36.  Summer Camp - "The End" - Summer Camp
35.  Maya Jane Coles - "Burning Bright (feat. Kim Ann Foxman)"
34.  Rihanna - "Stay (feat. Mikky Ekko)"
33.  Classixx - "All You're Waiting For"
32.  Phoenix - "Trying To Be Cool" - Bankrupt!
31.  Lady Gaga - "Gypsy" - ARTPOP
30.  NYPC - "Things I Like" - NYPC
29.  Franz Ferdinand - "Goodbye Lovers and Friends" - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
28.  IAMX - "Fire and Whispers" - Volatile Times
27.  Holy Ghost! - "Dumb Disco Ideas" - Dynamics
26.  Glass Candy - "Beautiful Object" 
25.  !!! - "Slyd" - Thr!!er
24.  Bloc Party - "Obscene" - The Nextwave Sessions - EP
23.  Valerie June - "Somebody To Love" - Pushin' Against a Stone
22.  Arcade Fire - "It's Never Over (Oh Orpheus)" - Reflektor
21.  Trentemøller - "Never Stop Running (feat. Jonny Pierce)"
20.  Cut Copy - "Let Me Show You Love" - Free Your Mind
19.  O.M.D. - "Dresden" - English Electric
18.  The Strokes - "Welcome To Japan" - Comedown Machine
17.  The Sounds - "Funeral" - Weekend
16.  Adult. - "Tonight, We Fall" - The Way Things Fall
15.  Chromatics - "Cherry"
14.  The Killers - "Shot At the Night"
13.  Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Slave" - Mosquito
12.  Editors - "Two Hearted Spider" - The Weight of Your Love
11.  Depeche Mode - "Should Be Higher" - Delta Machine
10.  Disclosure - "Confess To Me (feat. Jessie Ware)" - Settle
09.  Jake Bugg - "Broken" - Jake Bugg
08.  Foals - "Late Night" - Holy Fire
07.  Jagwar Ma - "What Love" - Howlin
06.  Savages - "Flying To Berlin" - Silence Yourself
05.  Lorde - 'Buzzcut Season" - Pure Heroine
04.  Grouplove - "Shark Attake" - Spreading Rumours
03.  Blood Orange - "On the Line" - Cupid Deluxe
02.  Arctic Monkeys - "Stop the World I Wanna Get Off With You" - AM
01. White Lies - "Big TV" - Big TV

Coachella.(Saturday).2011.Videos

Here are some of the Artist I saw on Saturday.

Foals - "Two Step, Twice"

Two.Door.Cinema.Club.

Yelle - "La Musique"

Empire.of.the.Sun - "Breakdown"

Coachella.(Saturday).2011.

Coachella.(Saturday).2011

Indio, Palm Springs, Ca

April.16.2011

Compared to yesterday, the traffic was lite. It kind of scared me a bit because I never seen it like this on Avenue 50 and it's Saturday. The new wristband is working. They won't let you drive up to the parking lots unless you show your wristband. I wonder if they do the same on the people who walk to the venue?

I was here a little early because it was quick to get in. I went to checkout the shirts once again, but nothing. So I went to get something to eat and I got this FCVKd up salad. I should of taken a photo of this somewhat Greek Salad. It was just lettuce chopped up into little pieces sprinkled with a couple of tomatoes and a pita. $8.00 for this salad, but you know what, it was okay. The dressing was good.

I went to checkout The Twelves at the Sahara Tent and they where...Awesum! They played a classic Blackstobe song that was remixed ("Me & Madonna") maybe by them. Then they dropped another remix by The Black Kids "I Am Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You", The Teenagers "Sunset Beach" and The Rapture "House of Jealous Lovers". My kind of music.

Went to see Foals and of course they where great. Yannis (Lead Singer) did his crazy stuff (stage dive into the crowd more then once). I thought he was gonna climb the rafters when he jumped onto the speakers and took off his guitar, but he staged dived once again. The crowd was a bit tamed until Two Door Cinema Club. People pushed there way in and some pushed there way out after Foals. This is when people start becoming dickheads. I thought this place was about peace and love? Watching the people trying to get out was FCVKd up. I thought it was gonna be a rough crowd watching this,but it was not to bad. Two Door Cinema Club tore it up. They had to get more security for all the crowd surfing going on. You know you won the crowd over when you need backup.

After that madness, I went to the Gobi Tent to checkout, Yelle. She came out with this costume that looked like a shag rug (dark green) and she wore this bright orange leopard print tights underneath. At least, she wasn't wearing some kind of saran wrap outfit like the lead singer of Glasser. Oh yea, say Glasser (BORE!) and what the FCVK was her and the band wearing? It looked as if they wanted a Safari theme as Yelle. At least Yelle was...simple and there new album (it's good by the way) is called "Safari Disco Club". It was great to hear some of the new stuff. The album was released two weeks ago and I cannot wait to see her again in May at the Music Box.

Wire (BORING!). Big Audio Dynamite (ZZZZZ). Thank God for Empire of the Sun, some excitment and entertainment. The only thing interesting about B.A.D. was that Mike Jones (Lead Singer) came out with this fancy outfit that made him look like one of the members of the Rat Pack. Royalties from Clash album it seems. Nice. Of course, you had a douchebag shout out a Clash song. Empire of the Sun was up next after B.A.D. at the Outside Stage and they killed it. The only thing different from this show from the others I've seen was Luke Steele (Lead Singer) was hiding behind a curtain and it showed his silohuette. It dropped and the crowd went crazy. I thought the crowd was gonna be crazy here, but it was not as bad at all compared to Lollapalozza last year. Lolla was insane. I stayed for a half an hour because I wanted to catch Suede, I mean, The London Suede.

This is my first time watching Suede and Brett Anderson kicked a$$! I have no idea why I never saw them in the 90's. I remember them being compare to The Smiths. I did not see the connection. Maybe they (Morrissey & Brett) are vegans, but it was a releaf to see a guitar band so connected to the crowd, compared to Wire and B.A.D (I guess they where there to collect). At Suede, you saw people bouncing up and down and singing along. Suede played hit after hit and they sounded amazing. Another great performance to wrapped up Saturday night.

FOALs (LiVE!).@el.Rey (los Angeles, CA)

Foals

@el.Rey

Monday

October.18.2010

I went straight the the shirt stand and they all SCVK a$$. The girl must of thought I was crazy because I was there for awhile just looking. I really want a Foals shirt, so I ended up buying the black one that had some crazy flower design on it.

The El.Rey Theater was packed and that's a good sign because last time I saw them (2 years ago) it was easy for me to get up front. This time, it was a challenge. Thank God I followed this couple and I got to the floor. I pretended that I was with them and I followed them until they stopped in the middle. Perfect. I over heard that Esben and the Witch just finished and Foals where next. DAM! I was hoping to catch Esben. They where another band to watch out for. Oh well.

While I was waiting for Foals, these kids started talking to me about bands and if I had seen Foals before. I told them that I have and they are gonna be in for a great show. I got them excited. I asked them where they were from. One was from San Jose and the other from Temecula. I was like, "Wow. You guys just drove from there to here?". They said, "No. We go to school here in L.A.". I was about to say. They both go to USC to study Business Communications. Cool. I suggested that they need to go see "Two Door Cinema Club" at the Music Box (Fonda). "That's another show you need to see. I recommend. I saw them at the Troubadour and I was impress". "I guess we need to go after all", they said.

Foals once again kicked some major a$$! Yannis Philippakis (Lead Singer) was getting crazy. He was climbing the side of the stage, throwing himself into the crowd and climbing down from the back of the balcony. He was on a mission. I do not know if he was frustrated with the crew (workers at the theater) because a bunch of people started to get on stage. It was out of control fun. The new music sounded amazing and once they played the old stuff, that's when people got crazy. My new friends pushed to the front, while I stayed behind. No way am I going in there.

I have no idea why, but tonight I was having really bad gas. I was holding it all night, but my stomach was acting up because of the build up. So I had to and boy was it was smelly. I was trying not to laugh because you can hear the people around me complaining and covering up there noses. I was doing the same so they won't think it was me. The smell was that bad. Back to Foals. If you have not heard of them, you need to. Once you have, you need to see them live. it's a MUST! So, pick up the new album, "Total Life Forever" because you are missing out on a great performance from a really great band. Here is a video of the show where Yannis climbs the rafters.

Maximum Balloon -Maximum Balloon-

I was hoping to love this album by David Sitek (Guitarist of TV on the Radio, Record Producer [Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Liars, Foals and so on]) side project, Maximum Balloon, but not really. I played it twice and I was finding myself deleting more songs that I thought they where okay the first time around. David Byrne (Talking Heads), Holly Miranda and Little Dragon where being deleted. The standout track (which I think she should do a solo album for fun) is Karen O's "Communion". Thats a MUST DOWNLOAD! A MUST!!!!! I like the album cover the most. It reminds me of that French film "The Red Ballon".

David Sitek took a risk in making a dance album and I like artists that step out from there comfort zone. So kudos.

FOALS - Total Life Forever-

One of the albums that I have been waitin 4 and it’s out; Foals “Total Life Forever”. There has been no album out this year that I can listen 2 start 2 finish.......UNTIL NOW. FOALs (do not call them the Foals Bcause I got sum comments from sum fans on YouTube sayin “they do not like that”. Okay. Relax.) has done it. I was workin on my website last nite (check it out) and the background was Foals album. My ears main focus was hearin the album. Every track was.....GOOD. I never use these words but this album is..........A MASTERPIECE! This might B the album of the year (well 4 me). Well done Luke Smith (from the band “Clor”). Luke Smith is the producer of this amazin album that U need 2 buy......NOW!