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1 800 PAIN - BEST HOUSE ON A BAD BLOCK: 7 1 800 PAIN - THEIR MONEY IS YOUR MONEY: 7.5 Alex G - Headlights: 6 All Time Low - So Wrong, It’s Right: 7 Arcade Fire - Pink Elephant: 7 Armed - These Are Lights: 8 Armed - Untitled: 8.5 Armed - Only Love: 7 Armed - THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED: 7 Avalanches - Since I Left You: 9 Blood Monolith - The Calling of Fire: 6 Bloom

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Wow. It has been a minute since I posted anything here. Over 7000 albums listened to and I still cranking them out. Took a new job in January that has me more working from home or driving more which means more music listening. 242 albums already this year which is wild. 175 going into the queue today. I have also been reviewing these closer to live time over on Musicboard. Not the best platform

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Lamar, Kendrick - GNX: 8 McCartney, Paul - McCartney: 8 McCartney, Paul - RAM (4 Disc): 8.5 McCartney, Paul - McCartney II: 6.5 McCartney, Paul - Tug of War: 6 McCartney, Paul - Pipes of Peace: 6.5 McCartney, Paul - Press to Play: 7 McCartney, Paul - Снова в СССР: 7 McCartney, Paul - Flowers in the Dirt: 8 McCartney, Paul - Off the Ground: 7 McCartney, Paul - Flaming Pie: 9 McCartney, Paul -

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Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain: 7 clipping. - Dead Channel Sky: 8 Coheed and Cambria - Vaxis – Act III_ The Father of Make Believe: 8 Doves - Constellations for the Lonely: 7.5 Dylan, Bob - The 50th Anniversary Collection - 1974 Live AUD Recordings: 9 Fay, Bill - Time of the Last Persecution: 8 Ginsberg, Allen With Still Life - Allen Ginsberg With Still Life: 7 Johansen, David - David

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Years. Thousands of albums. Time for change, or at least time to try change. Albums will now get a score and sometimes a RIYL. 2nd Grade - Scheduled Explosions: 6.5 Shins, Pup As Friends Rust - Lightless: 6 Hot Water Music, Against Me! Bane - It All Comes Down To This (25th Anniversary Edition): 9.5 Ben Kweller - Sha Sha (deluxe edition): 9.5 Bondo - Harmonica: 8.5 Slint, City of Caterpillar

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Allman Brothers Band - Atlanta International Pop Festival (2 Disc): A simpler time Being Dead - Eels: Total throwback to a simpler time of garage pop Ben Quad - Ephemera: Is screamo the next big thing? Sign me up! Bon Iver - Sable,: I think EPs are where he needs to be Chat Pile - Cool World: Not quite as dread-inducing, but still full of dread Coldplay - Moon Music: Reliably comforting Cooke,

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Bad Moves - Wearing Out the Refrain: Power pop will never die boris - boris at last –feedbacker–: Subtle yet satisfying BORIS - PINK: Moments of bliss married to chunks of confusion. Highly recommended. Boris - Akuma no Uta: Neither the highs nor the lows of Boris. Boris - NO: Sounding like Minor Threat was not expected. Boris with Michio Kurihara - Rainbow: Certainly has its moments Bright

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Blow Up - Blow Up: Total vibe album. Reminds me of ATR. Capsule - Blue: Controlled chaos Childish Gambino - Bando Stone and the New World: Whatever is next, he can do whatever he wants Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce): I understand the nostalgia, but maybe tried too hard to find it Grateful Dead - Aoxomoxoa: Sometimes you forget there are songs under the mystique. Grateful Dead -

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Blitzen Trapper - 100’s of 1000’s, Millions of Billions: Comforting Carly Cosgrove - The Cleanest of Houses Are Empty: Emo AOTY by a Midwest mile Childish Gambino - Atavista: Talk about memory holed. Dälek - From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots: Tremendous rap album full of interesting production and captivating delivery Decemberists - As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again: A little longer than

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Alexisonfire - Crisis: I now understand the allure City Of Caterpillar - Decibel Flexi: More please John Coltrane - The Olatunji Concert_ The Last Live Recording: Chaos. Controlled, glorious chaos. Cure - Faith: More subdued than I was hoping for Cure - Pornography: Immediate. Engaging. Punchy and full of hooks. Ekko Astral - pink balloons: Just when I thought I was over post-punk. Good casual

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Jackson Browne - The Pretender: Bordering on too slick Jackson Browne - Late for the Sky: Clean without being slick Jackson Browne- Running on Empty: Nothing empty about this Chuck Strangers - A Forsaken Lover’s Plea: Polish Jazz almost enough on its own to bring it into AOTY consideration Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee: Succeeds way more than it should at its length Distillers - Sing Sing Death

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Bedbug - Pack Your Bags The Sun Is Grow: Sometimes charming with moments of beauty Liam Gallagher & John Squire - Liam Gallagher & John Squire: Exactly what I expected and hoped for. Basically perfect. Gouge Away - Deep Sage: Always glad to have it even if it does not not like , Dies. Tylisha Haskins - Meister Klasse-A Thorough Textile: The beats are starting to take center stage Liquid Mike -

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Beck - Mellow Gold: Sufficiently weird Beck - Odelay: Weird, but serious Beck - Sea Change: Can see why it was a critical hit Bewilder - From the Eyrie: Would have liked a little "more" instead of the passiveness Boilermaker - Leucadia: So happy to have a compilation instead of digging into multiple albums. Chisel - What A Fucking Nightmare: What a fucking first track dutchmasters - substation,

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A.R.E. Weapons - A.R.E. Weapons: Some monster singles here Abela, Lucas & Zach Hill - Never: Not always, but not never awakebutstillinbed - Chaos Takes the Wheel and I Am a Passenger: Missed listening to this last year, but what power even in restraint Beirut - Hadsel: Perfectly splendid Bleach Everything - All Alone In Dirt: Four minute bite of perfection Blind Equation - DEATH AWAITS: Sounds

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’68 - Yes, and.._: Yes, yes, yes, and more yes American Television - Scars: Noticable improvement over previous releases. Animal Collective - Isn't It Now_: Subdued yet summery Antarctica - 81_03: Incredibly soothing and if the comp is New Order then I need to revisit Arrival Note - Vol. 2: Time for a Week Proposal reunion As Friends Rust - Any Joy: My excitement was not met, but I think there

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Armed - Perfect Saviors: Sonically a combination of The Strokes and Radiohead Be Your Own Pet - Mommy: This is not what I remember Beastmilk - Climax: Giving not enough of that Interpol vibe DIAT - Positive Disintegration: Sets an atmosphere that is forced instead of organic Drin - Engines Sing for the Pale Moon LP: Excellent without understanding why FACS - Present Tense: Inability to engage

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American Nightmare - Dedicated To The Next World: Never a waste of time Ativin - German Water: Cathartic post-rock deeply indebted to Slint Avatar - Black Waltz: Much better than I would have guessed based on the description Clientele - I Am Not There Anymore: Soothing my soul Cranberry Lifecycle - Cranberry Mixdown: This is pretty incredible, both because it finally exists and because the songs

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AJJ - Disposable Everything: I need to get this into the rotation Another Breath - Not Now, Not Ever: Excited for more Another Breath - Mill City: How is it possible I missed this in '06? Another Breath - The God Complex: Just a little cleaner, a little tighter Black Swan Network - Late Music, Vol. 1: Great way to break up the day Bully - Lucky for You: I could take it or leave it which means I

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100 gecs - 10,000 gecs: Both glad and disappointed they did not make their debut again Adventures - Clear My Head With You: Glad I have more adventures to explore Adventures - Supersonic Home: Really great indie rock Bicycle Thieves - Ghost Dance: Is there more? boygenius - the record: More hype than justified Bruiser and Bicycle - Holy Red Wagon: Straight out of the 2003 blogosphere Dropkick

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Black Country, New Road - Live At Bush Hall: Exciting William Bonney - All Ten: Sometimes twinkly guitars, always separate vocals, never enough songs Brain Tourniquet - ...An Expression In Pain: Love all of it, but that first instrumental track is the real star Chisel - Set You Free: Certainly Ted Leo Closure - Closure: Screeching over metallic riffs. 1997 indeed. deathcrash - Less:

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White Lung - Premonition: Polished and cohesive punk-influenced ripper brakence - hypochondriac: Some real potential here Current - Yesterday's Tomorrow Is Not Today: No idea your Numero keeps putting out classics Ethel Cain - Preacher’s Daughter: While a lot runs together, there is plenty to dive into Fire and the Wheel - Fire and the Wheel: Great lost indie album Fireworks - Higher Lonely

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68 - Two Parts Viper: So much to like here Algernon Cadwallader - Parrot Flies: Regret missing their reunion tour Algernon Cadwallader - Algernon Cadwallader: Loving the weirder parts of where they went Alvvays - Blue Rev: Unremarkable Arctic Monkeys - The Car: I wish this was an Alex Turner solo album Arm's Length - Never Before Seen, Never Again Found: Absolute home run of an album Birds in

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Björk - fossora: For better or worse, it sounds like one long Bjork song Callous Daoboys - Celebrity Therapist: Some redeeming moments Camping in Alaska - please be nice: Unabashed emo Camping in Alaska - BATHE: A little less Midwesty Camping In Alaska - Welcome Home Son: Interesting songs. Very interesting mix. Capstan Shafts - Her Versus the Sad Cold Eventually: Sometimes simple surpasses

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Chat Pile - Remove Your Skin Please: Compelled dread. Over too soon. Chat Pile - This Dungeon Earth: What an ending! Chat Pile - God's Country: Devastatingly good Halfway to Holland - Halfway to Holland: Saves the Day and I am here for it Haram - Haram: So much potential Highness - Hold: This is right up my alley Polvo - Today's Active Lifestyles: Keeping me guessing without losing me Ruhaeda -

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Ben Quad - I’m Scared That’s All There Is: Hoping that is not all there is black midi - Hellfire: Sounds forced in ways that are uncomfortable Elf Power - Artificial Countrysides: Told my wife this was The Beatles and she believed it Snow Ellet - Glory Days: Oso Oso influence coming in strong Grace Ives - Janky Star: Safe Martha - Please Don't Take Me Back: Nice little single Me Rex -

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