With as much new music as i listened to this year, there was plenty of older stuff to discover for the first time as well. These older nuggets were jamming through my earholes all year long, and they are all amazing in their own ways.
John Cale - Big White Cloud: I had never really delved into much of the former Velvet Underground member's catalog, but with my first real taste being the delightful, lush, and dreamy "Big White Cloud," from 1970's "Vintage Violence," it seems i have decades of stuff to uncover and enjoy.
Wizzard - Everyday I Wonder: I got into the wonderful world of Roy Wood and Wizzard a couple of years ago when i heard "See My Baby Jive" for the first time. It was one of those moments when you feel like you've discovered your favorite artist ever, but somehow i missed out on the 1974 song "Everyday I Wonder" from the "Introducing Eddy and The Falcons" LP. The song embodies everything rock n' roll that had happened up to that point...and then some.
Vivien Vee - Higher: Cheesy 80's Italo Disco featuring Goblin's Claudio Simonetti? Yes! Yes! Yes!
Bonnie Beecher - Come Wander with Me: A haunting folk track taken from an episode of "The Twilight Zone" and performed by a former girlfriend of Bob Dylan, "Come Wander with Me" is eerie in all the right ways, a beautiful and simple melody that stays with you for days.
Vic Chesnutt and Liz Durrett - Somewhere: Maybe covering a showtune, and a kind of schmaltzy one from "West Side Story" at that, is kind of hokey, but there is something so absolutely devastating about Chesnutt's and niece Durrett's slow and beautiful take on the song. Chesnutt's ultimate demise may have something to do with that, but i find myself humming this in the quieter hours everyday now. Go visit the always excellent Aquarium Drunkard here to listen.
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