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It’s been a couple of months since I’ve posted one of these, so it’ll have a few more entries than usual:

…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead – The Century of SelfEasily their best album since Source Tags and Codes.
Asobi Seksu – HushInstead of drawing from the My Bloody Valentine chapter of [...]

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This could’ve been a list with 5 entries, but the release date for the Nicene Creedence Edition of Pavement’s Brighten the Corners has been pushed back to December 9th.

The Cure – 4:13 DreamPut Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me and Wish in a blender, and then add a dash of Disintegration and that’s what 4:13 [...]

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With all the goings-on of the seasons’ change, elections, and the collapse of financial markets, here’s the albums I’ve been listening to lately:
Bloc Party – Intimacy
Rave-inspired, this time around, it would seem.
Mercury Rev – Snowflake Midnight
Classic Mercury Rev lushness, with the added touch of IDM elements.
Mogwai – The Hawk Is Howling
This album will do a [...]

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Here’s some albums I’ve been listening to lately:
Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning – Something For All Of Us…
It sounds like Broken Social Scene. I think that’s all that needs to be said.
Spiritualized – Songs in A & E
Trade in the blue microdot for Valium. This a laid-back album about telling the Grim [...]

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Here’s some albums I’ve been listening to lately:
The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
I’ve never been disappointed by the Hold Steady’s previous albums and the trend continues. Stay Positive is chock full of the sordid tales from Craig Finn that we’ve come to know and love.
No Age – Nouns
If Jack White was weened on Sonic [...]

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