Best song of 1968 in 2009 – Las Ovejitas by Los Salvajes. A song about counting sheep. Killer rhythm, awesome guitar solo, spacey intro and outro, my daughter loves it and loves to sing along to the chorus and how it turns around at the end from no to si. Here’s a good version to hear. Or if you prefer you can check out the old school 45 spinning video.
Best record of the year – Howlies, Trippin’ with Howlies. I’ve posted about them before. Here’s a live version of Sea Level which rocks in all the right ways in a tiny space.
Best Blogger In A Group Music Blog Named Roberto Cofresi And Who Is Not Me: This Roberto Cofresi writes for a group music blog out of Pittsburgh. Unfortunately his real name is not Roberto Cofresi, but I must commend him on his choice of alias. In lieu of any real end of year list from me, here’s his top 20 albums of the year list. Seems about right from what I hear from a lot of people out there, though I can’t say I’ve heard half of it. His reality check list is appropriately not surprising and bothersome all at once. And most interesting to me is his Best Non-2009 records of 2009. Thanks Roberto Cofresi for being me while not being me. When I go to Pittsburgh we’ll have a drink and watch some kind of time continuum breakdown or some other collapsing universes time warp sci-fi crap.
And to all of you que leen esto, happy holidays!
Well that’s odd!
Thanks for the shout. I’ll have to check out these Howlies. As for my rankings, I’m thinking Grizzly Bear should have been higher. But oh well. Merry Christmas!