Top 20 Albums of 2019 (20-11)
20. Clairo: Immunity While Clairo’s success has been so attributed to her same sex romance lyrics, the success of Immunity lies in so much…
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Top 50 Tracks of 2019 (20-11)
20. Sneaks “Cinnamon” With production provided by Tony Seltzer and Carlos Hernandez, “Cinnamon” is just one example of the many stylistic changeups on Highway…
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Vampire Weekend: Father of the Bride
I have a process when I try and put together a review. I listen to the album a few times and then throw the…
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Vampire Weekend “Harmony Hall”
It has been six years since Vampire Weekend‘s last album, Modern Vampires of the City. In the spring, the band will release their fourth…
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The most anticipated albums list is a yearly tradition around these parts—and a year exercise in futility. Last year I was fairly on point,…
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Top 20 Albums of 2013 (10-01)
10. Pusha T: My Name is My Name In case you weren’t aware, Pusha T moved drugs. He’s also got bars to push, but…
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Top 50 Tracks of 2013 (10-01)
10. Kanye West “Blood on the Leaves” The beauty of “Blood On The Leaves” starts off with Kanye’s haunting sampling of “Strange Fruit,” which,…
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Top 50 Tracks of 2013 (20-11)
20. Little Daylight “Overdose” 2013 seemed to be the year of female synthpop bands. Haerts, CHVRCHES, Polly Scattergood all came out to various levels…
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Top 50 Tracks of 2013 (40-31)
40. The Neighbourhood “Sweater Weather” This might be the one song about sweaters that has sex appeal. This moody track screams “make out session,”…
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#TuesdayTop10: Best of 2013 (Second Quarter)
With the end of the second quarter of 2013, it is time to look back at the tracks that helped welcome in the summer…
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