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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – “Jubilee Street (Live In Copenhagen)” [2018]

On October 26, 2018, I saw Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds perform at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. It was one of the best shows I’ve seen all year. I’m not even a massive fan of Nick Cave. I’m pretty familiar with Skeleton … Continue reading

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The 100 Best Albums Of The 2000s (2018 Version)

With the end of the 10s rapidly approaching and with it, an inevitable decade-recapping list, I felt a deep inspiration to look back at my previous effort to summarize a decade’s musical output. I made a list of The 100 … Continue reading

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Boris – “Just Abandoned Myself” [2005]

Looking for a good wash of noise to cleanse yourself in? Boris’ 2005 album Pink, their best in my humble opinion, has a closer that will do it for you in spades. This 18-minute assault starts fast and then combusts into … Continue reading

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Mountain Man – Magic Ship [2018]

One record I neglected to add to the Recommended Albums of September post from earlier this month was Mountain Man’s Magic Ship, their first record in over eight years. The trio of singers (Amelia Meath, Alexandra Sauser-Monnig & Molly Erin Sarlé) … Continue reading

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Recommended Albums: September 2018

Ava Luna – Moon 2 [Western Vinyl] Putting an impossibly complicated formula into a graphing calculator, exploding the screen and watching numbers big and small fly across the room and form new shapes in the air. Christine & The Queens … Continue reading

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The 100 Best Albums Of The 00s (re-post)

Originally posted Feb. 13, 2011. Editor’s Note: This list was condensed into one post (it was originally 5 different posts leading up to #20 – #1 – how annoying!) and reformatted a bit on 9/20/2018. I’m thinking about revisiting this list, … Continue reading

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Recommended Albums: August 2018

August, like July, was a month that found me in a state of stasis. I improved on the zero-concert total of July by going to three in August. I went on vacation with family and took everything super slow and … Continue reading

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Mitski – “Blue Light” [2018]

The new Mitski album, Be The Cowboy, is one of my favorite records of 2018 so far and it’s only been out for a little over two weeks. It exceeded all my expectations I had foolishly set about the record. It … Continue reading

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Playlist – 【☆sweet dream☆】(●UωU).zZZ : A Quiet Friend

In my final semester of college, I had a free form radio show where I would focus on a specific theme every week, usually depending on my mood. Usually it was mostly a blend of indie rock, but occasionally I … Continue reading

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Recommended Albums: July 2018

A bit late, but for a decent reason: nothing in July besides a handful of albums really grabbed me, shook me, piledrived me into the ground, turned me into soup, shot me into orbit, summoned me in a seance, or … Continue reading

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