7 hours of music from the blogger's scene

Checking out the lists of best albums and songs of the year 2006 that could be found in last days and weeks in so many blogs was a very pleasent activity! In my opinion, there is currently no better way how to discover great music than to follow posts of people that devote so much time and love to do it for us. In fact, I have found more wonderful music in this month than all together in previous eleven months :-( .... This can not happen in the year 2007 - that is my first New Year's promise!

As my appreciation and my small contribution, the internet only Radio Petenyi at Live365.com will play in next days my personal choice of the "best songs from the best songs" ;-) ... I hope in such a way more people will discover the quality of this blogger scene ...

Here are the rules I have tried to follow - 1.) "only" 7 hours of music (or, technically speaking, 200MB of 64 kBitps MP3Pro files) and 2.) the songs occurring in two different lists must be played.

Not to omit any good music, I finished with 2 playlists. The first one, a little bit more mellow (well, it is a Christmas time) began today, the second one starts in 2 weeks or so.

Here are the blog sites I have considered (many songs occur in several lists, and the numbers are not exact!):

1.) Neiles Life: Top Albums of 2006

About 33 songs in the current playlist and about another 33 in the second part. Well, one could choose from 100 songs ...

2.) The Yellow Stereo: Our Favorite Albums of 2006

About 20 songs from 35 (in fact, made of 4 different lists), few additional songs will get the place in the 2nd part.

3.) Music for Kids Who Can't Read Good: Top 25 Albums of 2006

About 16 songs from 25, another 6 are waiting for the next round.

4.) Who Killed the Mixtapes: Tightest Jams 2006

11 songs of 30, another 6 later.

5.) Sand is Overrated: Albums of the year

11 songs now, at least 5 later. Very nice personal writings ...

6.) Can You See the Sunset: Top Fifty of 2006

8 songs from 50 this time, about 4 the next time. The most diverse styles in this list.

7.) An Aquarium Drunkard: 2006 Year In Review, Pt 2 :: The 12 Albums

7 songs from 23, another seven in the second part.

8.) Speed of Dark: Indie Mom's Best of 2006

About 6 songs, more to come, the list has not been finished yet.

9.) I am Fuel, You are Friends: My Favorites of 2006

5 songs of 20, another 3 will come later.

10.) Indoor Fireworks: The Top Albums of 2006

4 songs this time, but 6 the next time.

The complete playlist in the alphabetic order:

aloha_weekend.mp3
Amos_Lee_-_Skipping_Stones.mp3
Anathallo_-_Hanasakajijii_Four_A_Great_Wind__More_Ash.mp3
Band_of_Horses_-_The_Great_Salt_Lake.mp3
BAND_OF_HORSES_-_Weed_Party.mp3
Beaten_Awake_-_Browns_Town.mp3
Beirut_-_mount_wroclai__idle_days_.mp3
Beirut_-_Postcards_From_Italy.mp3
Ben_Kweller_-_Penny_On_The_Train_Track.mp3
califone_our_kitten_sees_ghosts.mp3
Califone_-_The_Orchids.mp3
Camera_Obscura_-_Lets_Get_Out_Of_This_Country.mp3
Camera_Obscura_-_Lloyd__I_m_Ready_to_Be_Heartbroken.mp3
Camera_Obscura_-_The_False_Contender.mp3
Cat_Power_-_Could_We.mp3
Cat_Power_-_Lived_in_Bars.mp3
Cat_Power_-_The_Greatest.mp3
Damien_Rice_-_9_crimes.mp3
Destroyer_-_European_Oils.mp3
DESTROYER_-_Watercolours_Into_The_Ocean.mp3
DESTROYER_-_Your_Blood.mp3
Drive-By_Truckers_-_A_World_Of_Hurt.mp3
El_Perro_Del_Mar_-_Party.mp3
Emily_Haines___The_Soft_Skeleton_-_Our_Hell.mp3
GET_CAPE_WEAR_CAPE_FLY_-_An_Oak_Tree.mp3
GET_CAPE_WEAR_CAPE_FLY_-_The_Chronicles_Of_A_Bohemian_Teenager__Part_Two_.mp3
Grizzly_Bear_-_Easier.mp3
grizzly_bear_knife.mp3
GUILLEMOTS_-_Made-up_Lovesong__43.mp3
GUILLEMOTS_-_Trains_To_Brazil.mp3
HARD-FI_-_Hard_To_Beat.mp3
HARD-FI_-_Move_On_Now.mp3
Horse_Feathers_-_Finch_On_Sunday.mp3
Hot_Chip_-_boy_from_school.mp3
ISLANDS_-_Rough_Gem.mp3
ISLANDS_-_Where_There_s_a_Will_There_s_a_Whalebone.mp3
JENNY_LEWIS___THE_WATSON_TWINS_-_Big_Guns.mp3
Jenny_Lewis_with_the_Watson_Twins_-_Melt_Your_Heart.mp3
Jenny_Lewis_-_Rise_Up_With_Fists_.mp3
JENNY_LEWIS___THE_WATSON_TWINS_-_You_Are_What_You_Love.mp3
Jeremy_Enigk_-_Been_Here_Before.mp3
Joanna_Newsom_-_Cosmia.mp3
Joanna_Newsom_-_Monkey___Bear.mp3
Joseph_Arthur_-_Black_Lexus.mp3
Josh_Ritter_-_Girl_In_The_War.mp3
Josh_Ritter_-_Thin_Blue_Flame.mp3
Lily_Allen_-_Littlest_Things.mp3
Lindsey_Buckingham_-_To_Try_For_the_Sun.mp3
M._Ward_-_Chinese_Translation.mp3
M._Ward_-_Poison_Cup.mp3
M._Ward_-_To_Go_Home.mp3
maritime_calm.mp3
Mates_Of_State_-_Beautiful_Dreamer.mp3
MATES_OF_STATE_-_Fraud_in_the_80_s.mp3
MATES_OF_STATE_-_Like_u_Crazy.mp3
Memphis_-_In_The_Cinema_Alone.mp3
Memphis_-_In_The_Highest_Room.mp3
Memphis_-_Time_Away.mp3
Midlake_-_Roscoe.mp3
NEKO_CASE_-_Hold_On__Hold_On.mp3
Neko_Case_-_Margaret_Vs._Pauline.mp3
NEKO_CASE_-_Star_Witness.mp3
Now_It_s_Overhead_-_Let_The_Sirens_Rest.mp3
oh_no_oh_my_walk_in_the_park.mp3
Peter_And_The_Wolf_-_The_Bonsai_Tree.mp3
Peter_Bjorn___John_-_The_Old_Folks.mp3
PHOENIX_-_Long_Distance_Call.mp3
Phoenix_-_Lost_And_Found.mp3
Placebo_Follow_The_Cops_Back_Home.mp3
Regina_Spektor_-_Fidelity.mp3
rocky_votolato_one_day_you_wont_be_here.mp3
Shearwater_-_Seventy-four__Seventy-five.mp3
Sleeping_At_Last_-_Careful_Hands.mp3
Sleeping_States_-_Rivers__Single_Version_.mp3
Sonic_Youth_-_Do_You_Believe_In_Rapture.mp3
SPARKLEHORSE_-_Don_t_Take_My_Sunshine_Away.mp3
SPARKLEHORSE_-_Getting_It_Wrong.mp3
The_Submarines_-_Peace___Hate.mp3
Sufjan_Stevens_-_Mistress.mp3
Sufjan_Stevens_-_Pittsfield.mp3
Sufjan_Stevens_-_Star_Of_Wonder.mp3
Sufjan_Stevens_-_The_Henney_Buggy_Band.mp3
Sunset_Rubdown_-_Stadiums_And_Shrines_II.mp3
Sunset_Rubdown_-_Us_Ones_in_Between.mp3
Tanya_Donelly_-_World_On_Fire.mp3
THE_BEES_-_Hard_Luck_Tom.mp3
THE_BEES_-_High_Society.mp3
The_Dears_-_You_And_I_Are_A_Gang_Of_Losers.mp3
The_Decemberists_-_Sons_And_Daughters.mp3
THE_DECEMBERISTS_-_Summersong.mp3
The_Divine_Comedy_-_Diva_lady.mp3
The_Format_-_Dog_Problems.mp3
The_Format_-_She_Doesn_t_Get_It.mp3
THE_HOLD_STEADY_-_Chillout_Tent.mp3
The_Hold_Steady_-_Southtown_Girls.mp3
THE_MAGIC_NUMBERS_-_Take_A_Chance.mp3
THE_MAGIC_NUMBERS_-_You_Never_Had_It.mp3
The_Minus_Five_-_Cemetery_Row.mp3
The_Mountain_Goats_-_Woke_Up_New.mp3
The_Roots_-_Atonement__Feat._Jack_Davey_.mp3
The_Square_Root_of_Margaret_-_Whispers_Sometimes.mp3
The_Stills_Destroyer.mp3
The_Submarines_-_Brighter_Discontent.mp3
Thom_Yorke_-_Atoms_For_Peace.mp3
TV_On_The_Radio_-_I_Was_A_Lover.mp3
tv_on_the_radio_province.mp3
Voxtrot_-_Warmest_Part_Of_The_Winter.mp3
WHITEST_BOY_ALIVE_-_Fireworks.mp3
WHITEST_BOY_ALIVE_-_Inflation.mp3

I am looking forward to all posts from this and from all other music blogs in 2007! Have a great time in next weeks!

Top 6 of Top lists "Best of 2006"

My recent obsession with music blogs has shown me that I am not the only one who takes the end-of-the-year lists seriously. In fact, it has appeared to me recently that I can not consider myself anymore as being one who takes it enough seriously.

So instead presenting another personal list of best albums of this year (that can be found somewhere anyway), I present a short list of the best lists that describes even better my musical year 2006 - a lot of songs I like and even more songs I have missed.

The idea of "lists of lists" is not new, see, for instance, here. A comprehensive list is maintained by Largehearted Boy : 2006 Year-end music list .

To be now a person that can be distinguished at all, at the end of this post I add three songs that I did not found here:

6.) The Yellow Stereo: Our Favorite Albums of 2006

Compiled by several people. The best placement of The Submarines I saw.

5.) Speed of Dark: Indie Mom's Best of 2006 and Gramma's Favorites of 2006

Two very nice mixtures of indies and not so indies - the lists have been not finished yet.

4.) An Aquarium Drunkard: 2006 Year In Review, Pt 2 :: The 12 Albums

The best placement of Centro-matic I saw!

3.) Can You See the Sunset: Top Fifty of 2006

Well, I was searching for a list listing Rainer Maria and found even more here - again, they have been not finished yet!

2.) Indoor Fireworks: The Top Albums of 2006

The most compatible list mentioning Gomez, The Stills, The Dresden Dolls, ... Most of MP3 songs are only Mono 32 kBit/s.

1.) Neiles Life: Top Albums of 2006

It is not only that he offers 2 songs per each album from his list of 50 (!) best albums, it is really because of his choice of songs.

Examples what I am missing in those lists:

The Long Winters: Putting the Days to Bed
Pushover

Rock songs with a personal touch. No, I do not have more clever formulation for a moment ;-( ...

Myspace | Amazon

Lakes: Photographs
White Flag

This is, in fact, an EP, but 5 very good songs - is that not enough for a best album?

Myspace | Amazon

Thriving Ivory: Selftitled
Angels On The Moon

Extremely melodramatic rock songs, but sometimes such extremes can work - do you remember Moulin Rouge from Baz Luhrmann?!

Myspace | Amazon

Plunkett - The River

One of the fun things about doing an internet radio unprofessionally are mails from musicians (or from people that shall work for them) with a request to play their music. They do not know that I am doing it only to give a little bit more sense to my time consuming searching for new music I like and I have no ambition to change the world of music and the way how it works.

The Italian duo Plunkett wrote me a month ago. Here is what you can find in their bio:

"With a desire to write songs and disillusioned with the music business, they wrote for themselves. Without any thought or the pressure of trying be anything other than that. Themselves. They've decided to put what they do on the internet and see what happens. They just wanna do what they do how they do it and if others get to hear it and like it…"

I heard the song The River, a guitar driven melancholic song with beautiful harmonies, I liked it and played it in my radio show.

Dear Lara and Ian, this is my answer to your question from the last week - I know that several people did listen to your song in my radio without switching it off, but I got no other comments.

I do not know if something has happened.

Let us try once more:

Download MP3: The River
Homepage: http://www.plunkett.it/

... and let us see what happens.

My personal list of best songs in 2006

Hi, all music fans! This is another try to start a blog on music. There are already so many good ones on the net, so I have to try to be a little different. At the beginning, here is my short story.

There are so many ways how to help to spread news about songs we love and I have simply chosen one of them - an internet radio. It is called Radio Petenyi, it is running on Live365.com, and is non-commercial, non-profit radio that is here only for your listening pleasure. To make it more fun, you can hear there short audio clips from movies, concerts or even some private recordings of my 6 years old son that sings Mates of States or Flaming Lips ;-) ...

If it sound interesting to you, now it is the best moment to try it. The radio is playing 7 hours of music that represents my choice of the best albums in this year. Bellow you should see the last ten songs that have been played on Radio Petenyi:

Here is almost complete list of songs as available on the German edition of iTunes:

If you do not see any playlist in your news reader, open your browser at this link -
http://www.petenyi.de/html/2006/12/my-personal-list-of-best-songs-in-2006.html .

You can start to learn more here:

http://www.live365.com/stations/petenyi?play

Have nice days!

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