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dailybeatz top 20 albums of 2009

the time has come. i know the anticipation has been unbearable, and i apologize for that. i was originally going to post this on monday but i was so excited i just couldnt wait. my basic criteria for my top albums are based on how much i listened to that album on repeat after i heard it for the first time. because isnt that really the best sign of how much you like an album? i was going to do a best songs of 2009 list too, but i post my favorite songs every day. i felt guilty narrowing down to 10 (and frankly couldnt pick) so ive bumped it up to the top 20, along with a track from each album (which may or may not have been posted here before). …read more and hear the song…

jack penate and miike snow @ the empty bottle 9.25.09

last weekend i headed out to chicago for danny c’s bachelor party weekend. whenever i go to chicago, i always see if anyone is going to be playing in town that id want to go see, and my timing has always been pretty awful. this time, however, was much different. fortunately for me, two of my new favorites, former dailybeatz artists jack penate and miike snow, were playing together at the empty bottle friday night (coincidentally only about a block away from the excellent condo we rented when we were in town for pitchfork fest), so i knew i had to make it happen. after finding 4 $20 tix to the sold out show, i knew we were in for a great time. …read more and hear the song…

jack penate – tonights today

lets take things on a much lighter note today than yesterday. todays song is by british singer songwriter jack penate. theres a tilde over the n in his name, so its pronounced “pen-ya’-tee” i believe, but i dont know how to do that character and its really a lot of work to figure it out, so use your imagination on that one. his website features some kind of neat things when you move the mouse around, and right now theres a list of songs hes been listening too a bunch, the first of which is plasticities by andrew bird. and since thats one of my favorite andrew bird songs, jack penate must be at least a little bit cool. …read more and hear the song…