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Band of Horses- Mirage Rock (2012) Alberta Cross- Songs of Patience (2012) The Album Leaf- Forward Return (2012) Grizzly Bear- Shields (2012)
listening to the new fiona apple again. can't really quit it. nothing particularly outstanding i can say about it beyond it being recorded very well. she's a great writer but i think this is her best album. not really any pop songs save the best song on the album- anything we want (which in a better world would be a hit and then become a classic). just raw, beautiful and imperfect, just as things are.
I was lucky enough to see her at the Ryman this past July and it was arguably the best concert I have ever seen. Granted, I haven't seen as many artists as I have wanted but I ranked her performance ahead of Wilco, Sigur Ros, Interpol, and Bruce Springsteen and all of those shows were great, in their own right.
Animal Collective - Centipede Hz The Orb featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry - The Orbserver in the Star House (unbelievable album)
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^^^If I post a video of me doing the same drum cover--and I can--will I also get hundreds of thousands of views??! Agreed! I liked the song the first time I heard it, but it didn't really hit me until I saw the video... I'm not sure what that says about me as a music consumer--perhaps it was the image that sold me?? Oh well, I enjoy the song now! Yeasayer - Fragrant World After a couple weeks digesting it, it's still a letdown, but I like the album nonetheless.
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Windy & Carl - We Will Always Be Wild Nothing - Nocturne (definitely one of the year's best albums!) The Antlers - Undersea