6 Jan 12

So Long Tumbler

I’m making various changes for 2012 as my focuses are changing.  One is that I’m phasing out Tumblr in favor of Facebook and Diaspora. I’m also keeping a blog.

http://www.facebook.com/dateariane  <- Project news

https://poddery.com/u/ariane <- Me News

http://arianeb.wordpress.com/ <- Blog Stuff

30 Dec 11

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Best of 2011: Kasabian - Man of Simple Pleasures

I’m calling this my #1 song of 2011. Not as good as last years, but mostly I picked it for personal reasons and it has an awesome chorus. Could not find a good video.  Maybe Kasabian will make one, and release this song as a single as it is clearly the best song from their outstanding Velociraptor! album, which I’d say is my favorite album of the year too.

29 Dec 11

Best of 2011: The Subways - We Don’t Need Money To Have A Good Time

28 Dec 11

Best of 2011: Friendly Fires - Live Those Days Tonight

27 Dec 11

Best of 2011: Sulk - Wishes

26 Dec 11

Best of 2011: Metronomy - The Bay

Someone created a video of this song using the Bee Gee’s “Staying Alive”, and its excellent!

23 Dec 11

Best of 2011: Shibuya Crossings - At 8 In A Spanish Bar

22 Dec 11

Best of 2011: Does It Offend You Yeah? - The Monkeys Are Coming

21 Dec 11

Best of 2011: Florence + The Machine - Lover to Lover

Cant find a good video of the album version, but this acoustic vision is pretty good too.

18 Dec 11

Best of 2011: The Wombats - Techno Fan

17 Dec 11

Best of 2011: Erland and The Carnival - Springtime

16 Dec 11

Best of 2011: Noel Gallagher - The Death of You and Me

If you combine the 4 decent songs on Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds with the 3 decent songs from the debut album of Liam Gallagher’s band Beady Eye, you end up with what sounds like a fairly decent Oasis album. 

15 Dec 11

Best of 2011: Miles Kane - Come Closer

12 Dec 11

Best of 2011: Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See

Here’s the unedited sexy version of the video for your enjoyment

11 Dec 11

Best of 2011: Cosmo Jarvis - She Doesn’t Mind

His second album is filled with great funny songs like this one