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Posted in music on February 2, 2006

Todd Burns' Top 20, Kelley Polar, and a show at KF

Unlike lists made by Pitchfork's Ryan Schreiber, those compiled by Stylus' Editor-In-Chief Todd Burns are heavy on the obscure (which might just be a testament to the amount of influence Pitchfork has, but on the other hand, Todd's list is not exactly representative of the publication he runs).

TODD BURNS' FAVORITE ALBUMS FROM 2005
1. Kelley Polar – Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens
2. Omar-S - Just Ask The Lonely
3. Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs
4. Watain - Casus Luciferi
5. Jesse Somfay - Between Heartbeats
6. Alex Smoke - Incommunicado
7. Chelonis R. Jones - Dislocated Genius
8. Jesu - Jesu
9. Neuraxis - Trilateral Progression
10. ES - Sateenkaarisuudelma
11. Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
12. Pier Bucci - Familia
13. Alex Under - Dispositivos De Mi Granja
14. Birchville Cat Motel - Chi Vampires
15. Marc Leclair - Musique Pour 3 Femmes Enceintes
16. The Evens - The Evens
17. Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
18. Robyn- Robyn
19. Espers - The Weed Tree
20. Crebain - Night of the Stormcrow

KELLEY POLAR

Number one on Todd's list, Kelley Polar is "a New Hampshire based producer who lives in a farmhouse basement studio, and is the caretaker of a herd of Scottish Longhair cattle". Michael F. Gill of Stylus interviewed HIM. PAPER says "Kelley Polar is a classical-music prodigy with a taste for techno, a duality that got him booted out of Juilliard." Above photo snagged from All Music.

Pitchfork gave Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens a 7.8.

LISTEN
* Launch the "Kelley Polar Player" at his site
* Download the 6th mix down on Zyron's mixtape page (if u can)
* Download the mix tape at One's Groove
* Look through the list of MP3s 'Tape' is offering

BUY IT at Insound.

A SHOW: Kelley Polar is playing live at Knitting Factory in NYC on March 8, 2006. Dan Selzer (Acute Records, AllDisco) and Morgan Geist (Metro Area, Environ) are DJing. I heard something about special lighting and an 8-piece string section too. Tickets are on sale.

Posted on February 2, 2006 1:32 PM

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