Quit Mumbling

As thorough as we try to be with daily content and our end of year recaps, with so much good music readily available, there are bound to be the ones that we miss. Instead of being shy about it, we’ll come right out and say it – we kind of dropped the ball on these [...]

We probably don’t post enough mixes on Quit Mumbling. Electronic music’s best artists put together the ultimate playlist for your drives, nights out, or time spent at home. Here our 10 of our favorite mixes from 2011. 10 Four Tet – Beats in Space #587 Pt. 1 – 08/23 Four Tet – Beats in Space [...]

Hip-hop comes with a lot of guest verses, and 2011 was no exception to the rule. Sometimes featuring extra rappers improves a track by building on the artist’s energy and offering different perspectives. Other times, it hurts a good song and brings it back to earth. In this case, we are only looking at successes. [...]

The best albums are much more than a collection of stand out songs. Like anything successful, a great album finds multiple parts coming together as one; accomplishing moods, textures, and developments not possible by any one singular piece. The best albums force you to take a step back, to not only look at each moment [...]

Sure, a top songs list can never not be subjective, but these selections meant the most to us over the year of 2011. The following tracks brought every minute of joy to a new high, and every moment of heartache a bit of solace. These are the songs that kept us writing throughout the year, [...]

2011 started a new decade with a bang. The year saw tragedies strike major populations, dictators overthrown, “occupy” redefined, and the casually pepper spray everything cop. As far as music goes, a lot happened too – pop became even more influenced by electronic, helping Adele sound that much better than her Top 40 contemporaries. Dubstep [...]

You should have seen the deliberation room after we finished the lists.  Papers scattered across the floor, blood and coffee stains on the carpet, I think at one point Kenny threw his laptop at Stuart (it just barely missed).  But it makes sense, because each one of us are so passionate about the music we [...]

Choosing 25 albums somehow ended up being an even harder task than picking my favorite 50 songs of the year. I was able to narrow it down to 24 full-lengths and one collection of releases, so sorry for cheating a bit. Here’s a list of all the music that grabbed my attention upon first listen [...]

I honestly hate writing these lists.  Those who know me know I am guilty of uttering the phrase “this is my favorite album of ALL TIME!” far too often, and usually about more than one album.  The reason for this is simple.  The music I listen to is a reflection of my state of mind [...]