Tag: the national

• Soundtrack to My Decade

  

  For the past seven years, I have reflected on the year behind me through the music I loved (2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013). I wanted to do the same for the decade, but had no idea how stressful that would quickly become (okay, I had some idea). The list that follows features 35…

  Ben Lewellyn-Taylor

  December 31, 2019

  Music, Year End Lists

  albums, beyonce, bon iver, decade, frank ocean, kanye west, kendrick lamar, lorde, music, solange, songs, the national, vampire weekend

• Soundtrack to My Year, 2019 (vol. 7)

  

  As another year draws to an end, I take a moment to reflect in the way that I have since 2013: ranking and writing about my favorite music of the year. Taken together, these albums represent my personal trials and growth this year. I still have a queue of albums to listen to fully, but…

  Ben Lewellyn-Taylor

  December 18, 2019

  Music, Year End Lists

  album of the year, albums, angel olsen, ariana grande, bad books, better oblivion community center, bon iver, brittany howard, carly rae jepsen, fka twigs, jamila woods, lana del rey, maggie rogers, music, sharon van etten, taylor swift, the national, thom yorke, tyler the creator, vampire weekend

• Soundtrack to My Year, 2013 (vol. 1)

  I wanted to take some time to talk about the greatest year of my life so far, but I couldn’t find a way to do it without being sappy. So, since I love music and since this year gave us some phenomenal music, why not write about my year through the soundtrack to it? After writing…

  Ben Lewellyn-Taylor

  December 31, 2013

  Music

  2013, album, album of the year, arcade fire, beyonce, childish gambino, drake, frightened rabbit, jay z, john legend, justin timberlake, kanye west, lord, music, pusha t, the head and the heart, the national, vampire weekend, year