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2015 Retrospective

This is a 100-song playlist of songs that made 2015 unique from other years. Songs that I listened to a ton, songs I discovered for the first time, songs that hold immense emotional weight, and other assorted sonic ephemera. My … Continue reading

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Sunflower Bean – “Wall Watcher” [2015]

I am too dang excited for this album!!!

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Whitney – “No Matter Where We Go [2015]

The last band I saw at CMJ 2015 was a good one. Can’t wait to hear more of their stuff recorded.

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Chastity Belt – “Joke” [2015]

Coming in at a perfect time in my life, the new Chastity Belt record is now my go-to record for melodies tainted with jaded melancholy. Downtrodden yet catchy, laid back yet conscious enough to make a witticism or killer riff. … Continue reading

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Sun Araw – “Beams” [2008]

This week I had my favorite long train ride from New Haven to NYC, a quick, two-hour ordeal, to go see Björk in Brooklyn. I put on a great album for traveling, Sun Araw’s Beach Head, a four-song psychedelic odyssey … Continue reading

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Girlpool – “Jane”

yeaaaaaaaah

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Discoveries, Obsessions & Overwhelming Sensory Experiences ~ A 2014 Retrospective ~

I’ve never really done one of these before, but I feel like 2014 was the year I listened to the most music out of all my years living. There were plenty of songs that I revisited after long absences, new … Continue reading

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Yo La Tengo – “We’re An American Band”

A classic for the first snowy day of 2015.

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