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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-19) →

Ween (21) Cornershop (15) Male Bonding (13) Girl Talk (12) Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti (12) [Imported from Last.fm Tumblr] Like last week, I’ve been catching on albums from 2010 I’d not got round to listening to yet. Both Nothing Hurts and Before Today fell into the category of “I like this, but I don’t love it, nor are there any tracks that stand...

Dec 21st

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Things I've Learnt #006

A regular dose of R.E.M (both kinds) is the best way to instantly feel that little bit better.

Dec 17th

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Dec 15th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-12) →

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (20) Sufjan Stevens (19) Janelle Monáe (18) Mos Def (16) Frank Zappa (16) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr One day, I’ll get round to forcing myself through the whole of Trout Mask Replica (I managed about three songs last time). In the meantime, I’ll play the hell out of Safe As Milk, which is all kinds of awesome. The end of the...

Dec 14th

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Dec 10th

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Review: Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted...

Let’s be honest, you’ve most likely already decided if you’re interested in this record or not. And that’s fine by me. Hip-hop/rap isn’t for everyone. For those of you that are interested, and for some reason haven’t heard this yet, here’s why Kanye West’s latest output is essential listening. There’s a lot to be said about the ‘image’ of a band or solo artist in today’s music industry. I’m not...

Dec 9th

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-5) →

Kanye West (31) Pink Floyd (26) Big Boi (16) Air (13) Jay-Z (13) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy has been on the heaviest of rotations since I got it. My album of the year, without question. Elsewhere, I finally got around to listening to The Wall (Wil Wheaton mentioned it on his podcast, and I figured “Why not?”). Pretty good, but no...

Dec 6th

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Dec 4th

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Watch

Towards the end, I was thinking: “Man, if I was Death I’d just… oh.”

Dec 4th

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Watch

Hey, you remember that pirate film I made? This is like that, except good.

Dec 2nd

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-28) →

Boards of Canada (21) Ghostface Killah (16) Robyn (16) Built to Spill (14) Bombay Bicycle Club (13) Built to Spill are one of those bands that always surprise me, due to me forgetting how good they are. Robyn is one of those artists that always surprises me, in spite of me knowing full well how good she is. [Imported from Last.fm Tumblr]

Dec 2nd

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Dec 1st