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Listen To This: “Dark Shores” by Strand of Oaks
Today I did what I occasionally do: downloaded 4 new records, listened to them all in a row, waited to feel something. It happened on the 4th record in: Dark Shores by Strand of Oaks. It sounds...
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Listen To This: “Beams” by Matthew Dear
Hot new record. Within the first 30 seconds, I knew I was going to listen to the whole thing straight through. Dear cut his teeth in Detroit before moving to Brooklyn for the last 8 years. He recently...
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Best Albums of (75% of) 2012 (So Far)
Updated version of: http://scotty-t.com/2012/06/22/best-albums-of-2012-so-far/ Top 10 fun., Some Nights Porcelain Raft, Strange Weekend Dirty Projectors, Swing Lo Magellan Beach House, Bloom Metric,...
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Listen To This: “Channel Orange,” by Frank Ocean
There is no SoundCloud embed for this one, so I’m gonna post some vids. This is one of the more acclaimed debuts of the year, I just finally got around to listening to it. “Thinkin Bout You” Official...
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Listen to This: “Trilogy” by The Weeknd
So, it turns out there’s a genre named “PBR&B.” I had never heard of it til last night, but I think it is my new favorite type of music. I was telling some friends last week about how much I love...
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Best Albums of 2012
I agonize over this list every year, for 100% personal reasons. I feel like I have failed as a human if I miss anything hot that happened musically in a year. Because I live in the city that never...
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Concerts I attended in 2012
I do this post every year (2011, 2010) as a wrap-up to remind me of all of the awesome stuff I saw over the year. Here’s the full list, followed after by a breakdown: 01.21.2012 Akron / Family – 285...
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House of Balloons, chock full of samples
The story of The Weeknd is folklore by now, but you may not realize how much of the first mixtape, House of Balloons, is cribbed from other artists. I don’t think it diminishes the record, but you...
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Best Albums of 2013 So Far
I have FOMO when it comes to music, so I have been focusing all week on listening to as much 2013 music as possible. I scoured other people’s mid-year lists, downloaded some stuff from eMusic / bought...
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Best Albums of 75% of 2013 So Far
The Best Kanye West – Yeezus Phosphorescent – Muchacho Drake – Nothing Was The Same Volcano Choir – Repave Disclosure – Settle Chvrches – The Bones of What You Believe Jason Isbell – Southeastern The...
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