Toadcast #99 – The Decade
Before you break out into a cold sweat about having to sit through another list of the best albums of the decade, don’t worry, this is not one of those. Although most of these songs would be there or thereabouts if I were actually compiling a favourite songs of the decade list, that’s not why they’re here.
Basically, rather than try and rank anything against anything else, all this is is a meander through the last ten years and me chattering about how my relationship with music has changed and what sort of stuff I was into at what times of my life.
Basically, this is the soundtrack to a perfectly normal, albeit enthusiastic, music fan’s descent into full-on deranged internet mania.
Toadcast #99 – The Decade
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01. Eels – A Daisy Through Concrete (04.09)
02. Goldfrapp – Pilots (10.04)
03. Grandaddy – The Crystal Lake (14.17)
04. Lift to Experience – To Guard and to Guide You (23.13)
05. Interpol – NYC (30.46)
06. Tom Waits – Kommienezuspadt (34.57)
07. The Decemberists – Red Right Ankle (40.41)
08. The Walkmen – The Rat (44.06)
09. The Mountain Goats – Dilaudid (51.20)
10. Broken Records – Lies (Demo Version) (57.07)
11. The Savings and Loan – Christmastime in the Mountains (64.11)
Particularly good shout on ‘NYC’ and ‘the Crystal Lake’ Mr. Toad; two awesome parent albums as well…
They really, really are. Two of my favourite albums of all time.
The rat!!!
The fucking Rat indeed.
Really enjoying listening to ‘This is Your Life – Matthew Young’ aka Toadcast #99.
I went through a very similar Uncut experience. Especially with the first Sounds of the New West cd and then those monthly cds in 2000 and 2001 with the black covers.
So I wonder, did you keep the cds or the magazines?
Nope, all gone. I have NO CDs left at all, apart from recent ones released by pals which I have kept hold of with one rather annoying exception.
Good cast. I also keep the MP3 and vinyl collection only. CD’s are in a bin in the attic. Got me thinking back to where my head was at the millennium. I was in NY for 9/11 and can relate to the shitty job market after that. Thanks for the memories and have a good holiday!
This is the first Toadcast I’ve heard and whilst it’s very good and interesting, I was slightly disappointed to find out that you weren’t a snarling mentalist but a really rather well-spoken and polite man. Good stuff though.
So many ways to disappoint people. Try getting me plastered and I may be somewhat less pleasant though.
I look forward to it. By the way, I’d never gotten round to listening to The Decemberists and after ‘Red Right Ankle’ I’m wondering what the hell I was up to. Cheers.