Ghosts of Year-End Lists Past

While preparing my year end list of albums, songs, and whatnots, I came across this contribution to !earshot in 2001.

!Earshot asked campus/community radio contributors across the country these questions. Scroll down for a sampling of their responses:

1. Three fave albums of 2001?
2. Most overlooked artist/album?
3. Local band that rocked your socks?
4. Best radio moment?

Name: Sean Marchetto

Station: CJSW — Calgary
Show: Radio Free Nowhere

1. Radiohead — “Amnesiac” (EMI), Cursive — “Burst And Bloom EP” (Saddle Creek), Senor Coconut — “Le Gran Baile” (Emperor Norton)
2. Beta Band — “Hot Shots” (Astralwerks)
3. Dan Vacon, both in The Dudes and solo.
4. Flipping though Have Not Been The Same, the new book on Canadian rock n’ roll and finding Dave Bidini telling the story of my phone-in encounter with Stompin’ Tom.

So, how'd I do? Well, Radiohead has three albums that critics are in stumbling over to put on any number of Best of the Decade lists. Cursive followed up Burst and Bloom with The Ugly Organ and Happy Hollows. Are the Beta Band still overlooked and underappreciated? Given that Hot Chip is riding their groove, perhaps more now than ever.

As for Dan Vacon and the Dudes? In 2001 they were still playing on the front porch of Rock Central opposite my old parking lot. Last week they rocked the Grey Cup party, so I guess you could say things are on the rise.

Really the only odd selection is Uwe Schmidt's Senor Coconut, which was a brief moment of levity in an otherwise pretty heavy year. Schmidt's discography though, is something to behold.

To see what other people said, click here.