Look Up Ahead Now
I’m taking the easy way out twice over: a decade-end list instead of a yearly Top 10, and a Skype
conversation with Scott Woods instead of written comments. (Easy for me, that is--Scott, as always,
spent endless hours editing, rearranging, and soundtracking the Skype conversation into something
resembling a podcast.) To reiterate something I wrote in the decade-end film post a few weeks ago--
and elaborated upon in the first audio clip below--I’m reasonably sure there won’t be a similar list
in 2029; as Pazz & Jop went, so did I.
1. “Inspector Norse,” Todd Terje (2012)
2. “Fountain Stairs,” Deerhunter (2010)
3. “It Is Not Meant to Be,” Tame Impala (2010)
4. “You Could Get Lost Out Here,” A.C. Newman (2012)
5. “Echelon,” Angel Haze (2014)
6. “How Can You Really,” Foxygen (2015)
7. “Bobby,” Alex G (2017)
8. “Driftin’ Back,” Neil Young (2013)
9. “Pizza King,” Wussy (2012)
10. “Down on My Luck,” Vic Mensa (2015)
11. “Adjustments,” Benoit & Sergio (2014)
12. “Apeshit,” Beyonce & Jay-Z (2018)
13. “Nothing Is Real,” Boards of Canada (2014)
14. “Sore Tummy,” Paws (2012)
15. “Ima Read,” Zebra Katz & Njena Reddd Foxxx (2012)
16. "Lookout," the Julie Ruin (2013)
17. “An Impression,” No Age (2014)
18. “Apoptosis,” Tall Friend (2017)
19. “Cheers (Drink to That),” Rihanna (2011)
20. “All Night,” Chance the Rapper (2016)
21. “Knowing We’ll Be Here,” Daniel Avery (2014)
22. “December 24,” Earl Sweatshirt (2018)
23. “212,” Azelia Banks (2011)
24. “Avant Gardener,” Courtney Barnett (2014)
25. “No Question,” Waxahatchee (2017)
Skype (part one) Skype (part two)
Skype (part three)
Skype (part four)
Skype (part five)