This isn't a beer post. This post, it's not about beer.
What it is about, is beer's best mate, for there is nary a better time to consume heavily than in the supportive embrace of music. Its a daily tradition at the offices of [AA] to consummate this bond between beer and tunes every night in large doses by regulation of the Canon Law of St. Augustine the Blessed. And it gives us something to ruminate about besides the trillionth discussion on hops or farmhouse ales.
Then, at the end of the year, we try to make some ordinal sense of it all.
This is list season! Oh, how its powers are untold!
Best of! Top 10! Editors choice! Pee drinkers on the internet box offering humorously disturbing reader picks! I don't care who you are, lists are just addictive by nature. Our brains love organizational outcomes, neatly packaged next to ascending numerals and made to create order amidst chaos. Who amongst us doesn't love poring over the subjective opinions of total strangers in a manner that makes you fume and writhe when the author isn't even answering the fucking question correctly?
The answer is: none of us.
If somebody in my general proximity is in need of immediate or urgent assistance, they had better hope I didn't just start reading a list of rankings pertaining to just about anything -- food trailers, liberal arts colleges, Bollywood actors under 3 feet, whatever -- because it is an unnatural act to quit on a list before reaching climax. Lists are brain sex! But because there is very little intimacy between the author and the reader, its like college brain sex! The quickies of the literary world.
Unfortunately for you, pal, this list goes to 101 -- so I'm gonna take my time here and have you think about NBA scoring leaders since 1965. I think it will be worth your time getting to know it, in an "Oh no, I love you" sort of way, especially because I don't patronize you by ranking anything to do with Jack White or Tame Impala, since I tend not to habituate with utter shit.
Sure, it might not be great, but there's a lot of it.
What it is about, is beer's best mate, for there is nary a better time to consume heavily than in the supportive embrace of music. Its a daily tradition at the offices of [AA] to consummate this bond between beer and tunes every night in large doses by regulation of the Canon Law of St. Augustine the Blessed. And it gives us something to ruminate about besides the trillionth discussion on hops or farmhouse ales.
Then, at the end of the year, we try to make some ordinal sense of it all.
This is list season! Oh, how its powers are untold!
Best of! Top 10! Editors choice! Pee drinkers on the internet box offering humorously disturbing reader picks! I don't care who you are, lists are just addictive by nature. Our brains love organizational outcomes, neatly packaged next to ascending numerals and made to create order amidst chaos. Who amongst us doesn't love poring over the subjective opinions of total strangers in a manner that makes you fume and writhe when the author isn't even answering the fucking question correctly?
The answer is: none of us.
If somebody in my general proximity is in need of immediate or urgent assistance, they had better hope I didn't just start reading a list of rankings pertaining to just about anything -- food trailers, liberal arts colleges, Bollywood actors under 3 feet, whatever -- because it is an unnatural act to quit on a list before reaching climax. Lists are brain sex! But because there is very little intimacy between the author and the reader, its like college brain sex! The quickies of the literary world.
Unfortunately for you, pal, this list goes to 101 -- so I'm gonna take my time here and have you think about NBA scoring leaders since 1965. I think it will be worth your time getting to know it, in an "Oh no, I love you" sort of way, especially because I don't patronize you by ranking anything to do with Jack White or Tame Impala, since I tend not to habituate with utter shit.
Sure, it might not be great, but there's a lot of it.
The 7th Annual [An Avenue] Best 101 (v. 2012) on Spotify
089 Sisterly | Fang Island
088 The House that Heaven Built | Japandroids
087 Noir Blues to Tinnitus | Of Montreal
086 Old Friend | Sea Wolf
085 Fate | Young Man
084 What The Eyeballs Did | Atoms For Peace
083 Under the Westway | Blur
082 Serpents | Sharon Van Etten
081 How Long Have You Known? | DIIV
080 Youth Is Wasted On The Young | Young Galaxy
079 Baby | Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
069 Ruin | Cat Power
068 Everything's Gonna Be Undone | Band of Horses
067 Pretty Girl From Michigan | The Avett Brothers
066 Desperation Breeds... | Andrew Bird
065 Beatcha | Dinosaur Feathers
064 Empty House | Delta Spirit
063 Stay Gold | The Big Pink
062 Deconstruction | Fanfarlo
061 Sleep Alone | Two Door Cinema Club
060 The One | Kanye West, Big Sean, 2 Chainz & Marsha Ambrosius
059 Let's Go Home | Best Coast
049 Disparate Youth | Santigold
048 Silent My Song | Lykke Li
047 The Wave | Miike Snow
046 This Is Not A Song | Islands
045 I'll Be Alright | Passion Pit
044 Heartbreaker | The Walkmen
043 The Base | Paul Banks
043 Dance For You | Dirty Projectors
042 Applesauce | Animal Collective
041 Motion Sickness | Hot Chip
040 Genesis | Grimes
039 For A Fool | The Shins
029 Tuck the Darkness In | Bowerbirds
028 Lucky with Disease | Elbow
027 Nancy from Now On | Father John Misty
026 Lonely Love | Islands
025 Manhattan | Cat Power
024 Kill for Love | Chromatics
023 Brains | Lower Dens
022 Wild | Royal Teeth
021 All Of Me | Tanlines
020 Oblivion | Grimes
019 Take A Walk | Passion Pit
018 God Help This Divorce | Miike Snow
017 Fineshrine | Purity Ring
016 Everything is Embarrasing | Sky Ferreira
015 A Simple Answer | Grizzly Bear
014 Hold On | Alabama Shakes
013 Chum | Earl Sweatshirt
012 We Are Young (ft. Janelle Monae) | Fun.
011 Wild | Beach House
101 All Wash Out | Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
100 Seven Stars | Air
099 Apocalypse Dreams | Tame Impala
098 Do Ya Thing | Gorillaz ft Andre 3000 and James Murphy
097 Heavy Metal | White Rabbits
096 Let's Go | Matt & Kim
095 October | The Helio Sequence
094 Rembihnútur | Sigur Rós
093 Without You | Lana Del Rey
092 Breakdown | Gary Clark Jr.
091 Angels | The XX
090 Primitive Girl | M. Ward
089 Sisterly | Fang Island
088 The House that Heaven Built | Japandroids
087 Noir Blues to Tinnitus | Of Montreal
086 Old Friend | Sea Wolf
085 Fate | Young Man
084 What The Eyeballs Did | Atoms For Peace
083 Under the Westway | Blur
082 Serpents | Sharon Van Etten
081 How Long Have You Known? | DIIV
080 Youth Is Wasted On The Young | Young Galaxy
079 Baby | Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
078 Fingers Never Bleed | Yeasayer
077 Friends of Friends | Hospitality
076 Spiteful Intervention | Of Montreal
075 Would That Not Be Nice | Divine Fits
074 Octopus | Bloc Party
073 Enjoy Yourself | The Dandy Warhols
072 Petoskey Stone | Dana Falconberry
071 Sweet Life | Frank Ocean
070 Madness | Muse
077 Friends of Friends | Hospitality
076 Spiteful Intervention | Of Montreal
075 Would That Not Be Nice | Divine Fits
074 Octopus | Bloc Party
073 Enjoy Yourself | The Dandy Warhols
072 Petoskey Stone | Dana Falconberry
071 Sweet Life | Frank Ocean
070 Madness | Muse
069 Ruin | Cat Power
068 Everything's Gonna Be Undone | Band of Horses
067 Pretty Girl From Michigan | The Avett Brothers
066 Desperation Breeds... | Andrew Bird
065 Beatcha | Dinosaur Feathers
064 Empty House | Delta Spirit
063 Stay Gold | The Big Pink
062 Deconstruction | Fanfarlo
061 Sleep Alone | Two Door Cinema Club
060 The One | Kanye West, Big Sean, 2 Chainz & Marsha Ambrosius
059 Let's Go Home | Best Coast
058 1904 | Tallest Man On Earth
057 Parted Ways | Heartless Bastards
056 Lazuli | Beach House
055 Ho Hey | The Lumineers
054 Rubbernecking | The Big Pink
053 Looking Through | Nada Surf
052 Ayla | The Maccabees
051 Sedna | Efterklang
057 Parted Ways | Heartless Bastards
056 Lazuli | Beach House
055 Ho Hey | The Lumineers
054 Rubbernecking | The Big Pink
053 Looking Through | Nada Surf
052 Ayla | The Maccabees
051 Sedna | Efterklang
049 Disparate Youth | Santigold
048 Silent My Song | Lykke Li
047 The Wave | Miike Snow
046 This Is Not A Song | Islands
045 I'll Be Alright | Passion Pit
044 Heartbreaker | The Walkmen
043 The Base | Paul Banks
043 Dance For You | Dirty Projectors
042 Applesauce | Animal Collective
041 Motion Sickness | Hot Chip
040 Genesis | Grimes
039 For A Fool | The Shins
038 Call Me Maybe | Carly Rae Jepsen
037 Give It Away | Andrew Bird
036 Flaggin A Ride | Divine Fits
035 I Will Wait | Mumford & Sons
034 Five Seconds | Twin Shadow
033 End Of The Line | Sleigh Bells
032 We Can't Be Beat | The Walkmen
031 Marathon | Heartless Bastards
030 California | Delta Spirit
037 Give It Away | Andrew Bird
036 Flaggin A Ride | Divine Fits
035 I Will Wait | Mumford & Sons
034 Five Seconds | Twin Shadow
033 End Of The Line | Sleigh Bells
032 We Can't Be Beat | The Walkmen
031 Marathon | Heartless Bastards
030 California | Delta Spirit
029 Tuck the Darkness In | Bowerbirds
028 Lucky with Disease | Elbow
027 Nancy from Now On | Father John Misty
026 Lonely Love | Islands
025 Manhattan | Cat Power
024 Kill for Love | Chromatics
023 Brains | Lower Dens
022 Wild | Royal Teeth
021 All Of Me | Tanlines
020 Oblivion | Grimes
019 Take A Walk | Passion Pit
018 God Help This Divorce | Miike Snow
017 Fineshrine | Purity Ring
016 Everything is Embarrasing | Sky Ferreira
015 A Simple Answer | Grizzly Bear
014 Hold On | Alabama Shakes
013 Chum | Earl Sweatshirt
012 We Are Young (ft. Janelle Monae) | Fun.
011 Wild | Beach House
010 Time to Run | Lord Huron
009 Feathers | Fanfarlo
008 Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe | Kendrick Lamar
007 Love Out Of Lust | Lykke Li
006 Pique | Menomena
005 Danse Caribe | Andrew Bird
004 My Better Self | Tennis
003 Heaven | The Walkmen
002 Impregnable Question | Dirty Projectors
001 Myth | Beach House
009 Feathers | Fanfarlo
008 Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe | Kendrick Lamar
007 Love Out Of Lust | Lykke Li
006 Pique | Menomena
005 Danse Caribe | Andrew Bird
004 My Better Self | Tennis
003 Heaven | The Walkmen
002 Impregnable Question | Dirty Projectors
001 Myth | Beach House
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