Music Geek: 50 Essential Albums/My Summer Music

The first day of summer: http://dandy-jon.deviantart.com/art/The-First-Day-of-Summer-462573811

Summer Music Entry:
So, its summer around here, as much as I don’t want to acknowledge it, haha. I’m more a fall & winter kind of guy. I am not a big fan of humid weather, but one thing I do like in the summer is listening to certain songs and albums that bring back good memories and ones that create new ones. I figured why not make a music geek entry sharing my favorite music that I tend to play more around this time of year than any other time, these are my ‘summer’ songs/albums, although I do enjoy these all year round its just that they take on a different meaning around this time for me. There is no theme to this music entry other than these are albums I really enjoy during the summer. So, these albums range from punk to metal to alternative to folk to whatever. Also, I included mentioning my 3 favorite songs from each album.

Enjoy. 🙂

50. Zombina and the Skeletones – Monsters On 45

ZOMBIE HOP/ RED PLANET/ COUNTING ON YOUR SUICIDE

49. M83 – Before the Dawn Heals Us

TEEN ANGST/ DON’T SAVE US FROM THE FLAMES/ A GUITAR AND A HEART

48. Tsunami Bomb – The Definitive Act

DAWN ON A FUNERAL DAY/ 5150/ MY MACHETE

47. NOFX – The War On Errorism

FRANCO UN-AMERICA/ THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH & SKATE/ WHOOPS I OD’D

46. Bloodsucking Zombies from Outer Space – Monster Mutant Boogie

TECHINCOLOUR TERROR/ CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST/ MUTANT MONSTER BOOGIE

45. T.S.O.L. – Dance With Me

CODE BLUE/ SOUND OF LAUGHTER/ DIE FOR ME

44. Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast

HALLOWED BE THY NAME/ THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST/ RUN TO THE HILLS

43. Neko Case – Middle Cyclone

THIS TORNADO LOVES YOU/ I’M AN ANIMAL/ MIDDLE CYCLONE

42. Star Fucking Hipsters – Until We’re Dead

TWO CUPS OF TEA/ ZOMBIE CHRIST/ THIS WAL-MART LIFE

41. Hole – Celebrity Skin

PETALS/ BOYS ON THE RADIO/ MALIBU

40. The Casualties – On the Front Line

TOMORROW BELONGS TO US/ WE DON’T NEED YOU/ SOUNDS FROM THE STREETS

39. Wednesday 13 – Transylvania 90210: Songs of Death, Dying, And the Dead

THANK YOU SATAN/ BURIED BY CHRISTMAS/ I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE

38. The Brains – Zombie Nation

WE GOTTA GO/ WE’LL RISE/ UNDEAD NATION

37. Dead Kennedys – Frankenchrist

MTV GET OFF THE AIR/ JOCK-O-RAMA/ SOUP IS GOOD FOOD

36. The Clash – The Clash

JANIE JONES/ JAIL GUITAR DOORS/ I FOUGHT THE LAW

35. GBH – Leather, Bristles, Studs & Acne

SICK BOY/ SLIT YOUR OWN THROAT/ RACE AGAINST TIME

34. Joey Ramone – Don’t Worry About Me

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD/ DON’T WORRY ABOUT ME/
I GOT KNOCKED DOWN (BUT I’LL GET UP)

33. The Offspring – Ixnay on the Hombre

ALL I WANT/ THE MEANING OF LIFE/ GONE AWAY

32. AFI – Sing the Sorrow

THE LEAVING SONG/ SILVER AND COLD/ THIS TIME IMPERFECT

31. The Sounds – Living In America

FIRE/ ROCK N ROLL/ RIOT

30. City and Colour – Sometimes

SOMETIMES (I WISH)/ CASEY’S SONG/ SAM MALONE

29. The Distillers – Coral Fang

HALL OF MIRRORS/ BEAT YOUR HEART OUT/ DRAIN THE BLOOD

28. Black Flag – Damaged

TV PARTY/ RISE ABOVE/ POLICE STORY

27. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever to Tell

MAPS/ BLACK TONGUE/ Y CONTROL

26. Tiger Army – Music From Regions Beyond

PAIN/ AS THE COLD RAIN FALLS/ WHERE THE MOSS SLOWLY GROWS

25. Flogging Molly – Drunken Lullabies

IF I EVER LEAVE THIS WORLD ALIVE/ DRUNKEN LULLABIES/ THE KILBURN HIGH ROAD

24. The Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette

LOVE SONG/ SMASH IT UP (PARTS 1 & 2)/ MELODY LEE

23. Pansy Division – Total Entertainment!

HE WHIPPED MY ASS IN TENNIS (THAN I FUCKED HIS ASS IN BED)/
SPIRAL/ WHO TREATS YOU RIGHT

22. The Cramps – Bad Music For Bad People

HUMAN FLY/ GARBAGEMAN/ GOO GOO MUCK

21. Pixies – Bossanova

ROCK MUSIC/ VELOURIA/ THE HAPPENING

20. The Subways – All or Nothing

LOSTBOY/ GIRLS & BOYS/ I WONT LET YOU DOWN

19. Anti-Flag – Die For the Government

FUCK POLICE BRUTALITY/ YOU’VE GOT TO DIE FOR THE GOVERNMENT/
YOUR DADDY WAS A RICH MAN, YOUR DADDY’S FUCKING DEAD

18. The Raveonettes – Pretty In Black

MY BOYFRIEND’S BACK/ RED TAN/ HERE COMES MARY

17. Elliott Smith – Either/Or

2:45 AM/ ANGELES/ BETWEEN THE BARS

16. HorrorPops – Hell Yeah

GHOULS/ WHERE THEY WANDER/ PSYCHOBITCHES OUTTA HELL

15. Tim Armstrong – A Poet’s Life

AMONG THE DEAD/ TRANSLATOR/ HOLD ON

14. The White Stripes – White Blood Cells

HOTEL YORBA/ DEAD LEAVES AND THE DIRTY GROUND/ LITTLE ROOM

13. Koffin Kats – Koffin Kats

GRAVEYARD TREE/ NEEDLES & BLADES/ ONE REVIVED

12. Marilyn Manson – The Golden Age of Grotesque

THIS IS THE NEW SHIT/ DOLL-DAGGA BUZZ-BUZZ ZIGGETY-ZAG/ SPADE

11. Alkaline Trio – Goddamnit

CRINGE/ SOUTHERN ROCK/ COP

10. The Cure – The Cure

THE END OF THE WORLD/ LOST/ BEFORE THREE

9. Smashing Pumpkins – Zeitgeist

TARANTULA/ BLEEDING THE ORCHID/ UNITED STATES

8. Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros – Streetcore

REDEMPTION SONG/ LONG SHADOW/ GET DOWN MOSES

7. The Adicts – Sound of Music

EASY WAY OUT/ CHINESE TAKEAWAY/ JOKER IN THE PACK

6. Misfits – Project 1950

MONSTER MASH/ THIS MAGIC MOMENT/ RUNAWAY

5. Plasmatics – Maggots: The Record

YOU’RE A ZOMBIE/ THE DAY OF THE HUMANS IS GONE/ BRAIN DEAD

4. Ramones – Pleasant Dreams

7-11/ THE KKK TOOK MY BABY AWAY/ ITS NOT MY PLACE (IN THE 9 TO 5 WORLD)

3. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Belong

BELONG/ MY TERRIBLE FRIEND/ EVEN IN DREAMS

2. Rancid – Indestructible

SPIRIT OF ’87/ ARRESTED IN SHANGHAI/ INDESTRUCTIBLE

1. Zwan – Mary Star of the Sea

DECLARATIONS OF FAITH/ EL SOL/ COME WITH ME

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This was a fun list to compile.

-Dandy Jon-

The Top 50 of 2012: REVISED. A Music Geek. Entry

2012, for me was a good year when it came to music, discovering great albums, good new bands, wonderful EP’s and some must have Reissues, this was a hard blog to write, I have made it a tradition for myself to write an annual ‘best of’ music list, my inner music geek can’t resist, keep in mind, this is just a personal music geek blog, something I usually write for myself and for friends and people who like my art, anyways, I’ll continue on here. Usually my ‘best of’ music posts usually only contain 15 albums, but this year has been excellent and an exception, all year there has been some truly great releases from different genres, so I decided to write a top 50, this was a very, very, VERY hard blog to put together but I needed to let my inner geek out and go through my music collection and select my favorites of the year.

This is a revised list, some albums are rearranged from the previous list. My top five EPs and Reissues are on the previous entry, as well as list of my least favorite albums of 2012, to read the previous list go here: https://dandyjon.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/the-top-50-of-2012-a-music-geek-blog/

The Top 50 of 2012: REVISED List
The albums and my top 3 favorites songs from each album.

50. School of Seven Bells – Ghostory

LOVE PLAY/ LOW TIMES/ SCAVENGER

49. The Mahones – Angels & Devils

ANGELS & DEVILS/ SHAKESPEARE ROAD/ THE REVOLUTION STARS NOW

48. William Control – Silentium Amoris

WE ARE LOVERS/ I AM YOUR JESUS/ TRUE LOVE WILL FIND YOU IN THE END

47. Glen Hansard – Rhythm And Repose

YOU WILL BECOME/ BIRD OF SORROW/ WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO

46. Stars – The North

THE THEORY OF RELAVITY/ BACKLINES/ A SONG IS A WEAPON

45. Ministry – Relapse

GHOULDIGGERS/ KLEPOTOCRACY/ DOUBLE TAP

44. Brad Sucks – Guess Who’s a Mess

COME BACK/ IN YOUR FACE/ THE FIRST THING ABOUT ME

43. Angels of Liberty – Pinnacle Of The Draco

MONSTER IN ME/ TALK ABOUT NOTHING/ EAT THE SUN

42. Jay Brannan – Rob Me Blind

BEAUTIFULLY/ GREATEST HITS/ THE STATE OF MUSIC

41. Harrison Wilde – Prologue

LONESOME ROAD/ TIL DIE/ RACIST SCUM

40. Young Prisms – In Between

TO TOUCH YOU/ DEAD FLOWERS/ MIDNIGHT’S WHEN

39. DIIV – Oshin

PAST LIVES/HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN/HOME

38. Echo Lake – Wild Peace

ANOTHER DAY/ BREATHE DEEP/ IN DREAMS

37. The KVB – Always Then

CAPTIVES/ WAITING FOR THE FALL/ DREAMS

36. Sigur Rós – Valtari

VARUO/ VALTARI/ EG ANDA

35. My Dying Bride – A Map of All Our Failures

KNEEL TIL DOOMSDAY/ LIKE A PERPETUAL FUNERAL/ ABANDONED AS CHRIST

34. Cradle Of Filth – The Manticore And Other Horrors

THE ABHORRENT/ FOR YOUR VULGAR DELECTATION/ MANTICORE

33. The Magnetic Fields – Love at the Bottom of the Sea

ANDREW IN DRAG/ ALL SHE CARES ABOUT IS MARIACHI/ YOUR GIRLFRIEND’S FACE

32. The Cult – Choice of Weapon

THE WOLF/ A PALE HORSE/ LUCIFER

31. Night Sins – Night Sins

PLAYING DEAD/ SPECTRAL BLISS/ SHOOT ME UP

30. Black Marble – A Different Arrangement

A GREAT DESIGN/UK/LIMITATIONS

29. Anti-Flag – The General Strike

THE NEOLIBERAL ANTHEM/ I DON’T WANNA/ RESIST

28. Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra – Theatre Is Evil

SMILE (PICTURES OR IT DIDN’T HAPPEN)/ LOST/ THE BED SONG

27. Cygnets – Dark Days

LEAVE THE PROPHETS DEAD WHERE THEY LIE/ DREAD CITY/ DARK ROMANTIC

26. Ringo Deathstarr – Mauve

WAVE/ RIP/ PLEASE DON’T KILL YOURSELF

25. Xiu Xiu – Always

HI/ JOEY’S SONG/ I LUV ABORTION

24. Christian Hansen – C’mon Arizona

MA-ME-O/ HURRY UP AND DIE/ I HATE PUNK ROCK

23. The Adicts – All the Young Droogs

HORRORSHOW/ ALL THE YOUNG DROOGS/ WILD

22. Logan Lynn – Tramp Stamps and Birthmarks

HOLOGRAM/TRAMP STAMPS AND BIRTHMARKS/LOUD ENOUGH

21. Joey Ramone – “…Ya Know?…”

NEW YORK CITY/ PARTY LINE/ ROCK ‘N ROLL IS THE ANSWER

20. Garbage – Not Your Kind Of People

I HATE LOVE/ MAN ON A WIRE/ AUTOMATIC SYSTEMATIC HABIT

19. A Place To Bury Strangers – Worship

ALONE/ AND I’M UP/ YOU ARE THE ONE

18. The Casualties – Resistance

VOICE OF THE OUTCAST/ RESISTANCE/ MY BLOOD. MY LIFE. ALWAYS FORWARD

17. ERAAS – ERAAS

GHOST/ FANG/ AT HEART

16. The Birthday Massacre – Hide and Seek

THE LONG WAY HOME/ LEAVING TONIGHT/ CALLING

15. Crystal Castles – (III)

CHILD I WILL HURT YOU/ WRATH OF GOD/ VIOLENT YOUTH

14. James Iha – Look to the Sky

TO WHO KNOWS WHERE/ WAVES/ SPEED OF LOVE

13. The Twilight Garden – Hope

FALLING IN CIRCLES/ FALLING RAIN/ HOPE

12. Black Ribbons – Neuromancer

HONEY INSIDE/ THE FEAR/ PRETTY LITTLE TEARS

11. Matt Skiba and the Sekrets – Babylon

FALLING LIKE RAIN/ HOW THE HELL DID WE GET HERE?/ LUCIFERIAN BLUES

10. Light Asylum – Light Asylum

HOUR FORTRESS/AT WILL/POPE WILL ROLL

9. Marilyn Manson – Born Villain

HEY, CRUEL WORLD/ MURDERERS ARE GETTING PRETTIER EVERYDAY/ CHILDREN OF CAIN

8. Trust – TRST

SHOOM/ SULK/ CANDY WALLS

7. Casey Stratton – The Calling Of Crows

WHEN THE FATES CAME/ GHOSTS IN THE WALLS/ ELEGY

6. The Soft Moon – ZEROS

INSIDE/ ZEROS/ IT ENDS

5. Killing Joke – MMXII

IN CYTHERA/ FEMA CAMP/ ON ALL HALLOW’S EVE

4. Macklemore X Ryan Lewis – The Heist

SAME LOVE/ A WAKE/ STARTING OVER

3. The Big Pink – Future This

STAY GOLD/ FUTURE THIS/ JUMP MUSIC

2. The Raveonettes – Observator

YOUNG & COLD/ OBSERVATIONS/ CURSE THE NIGHT

1. Smashing Pumpkins – Oceania

THE CELESTIALS/ VIOLET RAYS/ INKLESS

This was a hard list to compile, but I am happy with it. Peace.

The Top 50 of 2012: A Music Geek Blog.

I have had a good year when it comes to music, discovering great albums, good new bands, wonderful EP’s and some must have Reissues, this was a hard blog to write, I have made it a tradition for myself to write an annual ‘best of’ music list, my inner music geek can’t resist, keep in mind, this is just a personal music geek blog, something I usually write for myself and for friends and people who like my art, anyways, I’ll continue on here. Usually my ‘best of’ music posts usually only contain 15 albums, but this year has been excellent and an exception, all year there has been some truly great releases from different genres, so I decided to write a top 50, the first 10 being EP’s and album reissues, this was a very, very, VERY hard blog to put together but I needed to let my inner geek out and go through my music collection and select my favorites of the year.

I will shut up now and share my favorites of the past year, enjoy

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EP’s

5. School of Seven Bells – Put Your Sad Down

4. Gliss – Hunting

3. How to Destroy Angels – An Omen EP

2. Die Mannequin – Danceland

1. The Raveonettes – Into the Night

REISSUES

5. My Bloody Valentine – EP’s 1988 – 1991

4. My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything

3. Smashing Pumpkins – Pisces Iscariot

2. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless

1. Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The top 40 albums of the year.
Also, my top 3 favorite songs from each album.

40. Young Prisms – In Between

TO TOUCH YOU/ DEAD FLOWERS/ MIDNIGHT’S WHEN

39. School of Seven Bells – Ghostory

LOVE PLAY/ LOW TIMES/ SCAVENGER

38. Echo Lake – Wild Peace

ANOTHER DAY/ BREATHE DEEP/ IN DREAMS

37. Ministry – Relapse

GHOULDIGGERS/ KLEPTOCRACY/ DOUBLE TAP

36. Stars – The North

THE THEORY OF RELAVITY/ BACKLINES/ A SONG IS A WEAPON

35. The Mahones – Angels & Devils

ANGELS & DEVILS/ SHAKESPEARE ROAD/ THE REVOLUTION STARS NOW

34. Cross Stitched Eyes – Decomposition

ANIMATED CORPSE/ SLUG LORD/ VILE CORPSE

33. NOFX – Self Entitled

X-MAS HAS BEEN X’ED/ I BELIEVE IN GODDESS/ DOWN WITH THE SHIP

32. Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra – Theatre Is Evil

SMILE (PICTURES OR IT DIDN’T HAPPEN)/ LOST/ BOTTOM FEEDER

31. Jack White – Blunderbuss

MISSING PIECES/ FREEDOM AT 21/ I’M SHAKIN’

30. Brad Sucks – Guess Who’s a Mess

COME BACK/ IN YOUR FACE/ THE FIRST THING ABOUT ME

29. Anti-Flag – The General Strike

THE NEOLIBERAL ANTHEM/ I DON’T WANNA/ RESIST

28. The Cult – Choice of Weapon

THE WOLF/ A PALE HORSE/ LUCIFER

27. Sigur Rós – Valtari

VARUO/ VALTARI/ EG ANDA

26. Ringo Deathstarr – Mauve

WAVE/ RIP/ PLEASE DON’T KILL YOURSELF

25. Jay Brannan – Rob Me Blind

BEAUTIFULLY/ GREATEST HITS/ THE STATE OF MUSIC

24. Matt Skiba and the Sekrets – Babylon

FALLING LIKE RAIN/ HOW THE HELL DID WE GET HERE?/ LUCIFERIAN BLUES

23. My Dying Bride – A Map of All Our Failures

KNEEL TIL DOOMSDAY/ LIKE A PERPETUAL FUNERAL/ ABANDONED AS CHRIST

22. The Cranberries – Roses

SCHIZOPHRENIC PLAYBOY/ TOMORROW/ SHOW ME

21. The Magnetic Fields – Love at the Bottom of the Sea

ANDREW IN DRAG/ ALL SHE CARES ABOUT IS MARIACHI/ YOUR GIRLFRIEND’S FACE

20. Cradle Of Filth – The Manticore And Other Horrors

THE ABHORRENT/ FOR YOUR VULGAR DELECTATION/ MANTICORE

19. A Place To Bury Strangers – Worship

ALONE/ AND I’M UP/ YOU ARE THE ONE

18. James Iha – Look to the Sky

TO WHO KNOWS WHERE/ WAVES/ SPEED OF LOVE

17. The Adicts – All the Young Droogs

HORRORSHOW/ ALL THE YOUNG DROOGS/ WILD

16. The Birthday Massacre – Hide and Seek

THE LONG WAY HOME/ LEAVING TONIGHT/ CALLING

15. Crystal Castles – (III)

CHILD I WILL HURT YOU/ WRATH OF GOD/ VIOLENT YOUTH

14. Xiu Xiu – Always

HI/ JOEY’S SONG/ I LUV ABORTION

13. The Casualties – Resistance

VOICE OF THE OUTCAST/ RESISTANCE/ MY BLOOD. MY LIFE. ALWAYS FORWARD

12. Joey Ramone – “…Ya Know?…”

NEW YORK CITY/ PARTY LINE/ ROCK ‘N ROLL IS THE ANSWER

11. Marilyn Manson – Born Villain

HEY, CRUEL WORLD/ MURDERERS ARE GETTING PRETTIER EVERYDAY/ CHILDREN OF CAIN

10. Christian Hansen – C’mon Arizona

MA-ME-O/ HURRY UP AND DIE/ I HATE PUNK ROCK

9. Black Ribbons – Neuromancer

HONEY INSIDE/ THE FEAR/ PRETTY LITTLE TEARS

8. Trust – TRST

SHOOM/ SULK/ CANDY WALLS

7. Casey Stratton – The Calling Of Crows

WHEN THE FATES CAME/ GHOSTS IN THE WALLS/ ELEGY

6. Harrison Wilde – Prologue

LONESOME ROAD/ TIL DIE/ RACIST SCUM

5. Killing Joke – MMXII

IN CYTHERA/ FEMA CAMP/ ON ALL HALLOW’S EVE

4. Macklemore X Ryan Lewis – The Heist

SAME LOVE/ A WAKE/ STARTING OVER

3. The Big Pink – Future This

STAY GOLD/ FUTURE THIS/ JUMP MUSIC

2. The Raveonettes – Observator

YOUNG & COLD/ OBSERVATIONS/ CURSE THE NIGHT

1. Smashing Pumpkins – Oceania

THE CELESTIALS/ VIOLET RAYS/ INKLESS

Alright, one more thing to mention.
5 albums I just couldn’t get into. And I am a fan of these artists/singers, but for one reason or another I simply could not get into these albums, I am not trying to offend anyone if you like one of these albums, they just never did much for me.

I JUST COULDN’T GET INTO THESE

5. Alanis Morissette – Havoc and Bright Lights

4. Gossip – A Joyful Noise

3. Metric – Synthetica

2. Hot Chip – In Our Heads

1. Blaqk Audio – Bright Black Heaven

All in all despite not really digging these 5 albums previously mentioned just now they are still good albums, they just aren’t my cup of Dr Pepper, maybe they will grow on me eventually, if you like and enjoy these releases than cheers! I hope they rock your world 🙂

This was a hard list to compile, (EP’s, Reissues and Top 40- and even the 5 albums I couldn’t get into), but I am happy with it.
May 2013 be a good year for music too, peace.

Also, here are the previous music geek posts:
Top Albums of 2011: http://dandyjon.blogspot.ca/2011/12/my-top-15-of-2011-music-geek-note.html
Top Albums of 2010: http://dandyjon.blogspot.ca/2011/12/my-top-15-of-2010-music-geek-note.html
Top Albums of 2009: http://dandyjon.blogspot.ca/2011/12/my-top-15-of-2009-music-geek-note.html

-Dandy Jon-