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Make-Believe Gospel: December 2006
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Thursday, December 14, 2006. 10 Cat Power - The Greatest. 9 Islands - Return to the Sea. 8 Asobi Seksu - Citrus. 7 Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass. 6 Bob Dyan - Modern Times. Wednesday, December 13, 2006. 15 Josh Ritter - The Animal Years. 14 Joanna Newsom - Ys. 13 Junior Boys - So This is Goodbye. To the spick-and-span sound of the production, not a note out of place- it all adds up to smart, danceable album, which is a rare combination I'd say. Forget that it's a carefully...
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Make-Believe Gospel: 2008 Albums: 10-6
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Friday, December 12, 2008. 10 Coldplay - Viva la Vida. I would play "Viva la Vida" over and over again and never tire of its melody. I have no idea what it's about - Martin's thoughts on the lyrics. I really don't want to like this album. Here's how they describe why Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People is on the Cover and they've been touring in military jackets:. It's just terrible that a band of this commercial stature would clumsily, disengenously pose in this way. But what can I say? I'm not longi...
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Make-Believe Gospel: December 2008
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Friday, December 12, 2008. 5 Okkervil River - The Stand-Ins. But listening to Okkervil River, what it most undeniable is the quality of song writing and the sincerity of Will Sheff. I loved last year's The Stage Names, and according to an interview I heard with Sheff, the songs for this album were written together with the last ones, but as they went through the recording process they decided which to push to a later album. 4 The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Graves. 3 Deerhunter - Microcastle. Nouns is...
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Make-Believe Gospel: 2008 Albums: 21-25
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Monday, December 8, 2008. 25 Peter Bjorn and John - Seaside Rock. Most of the reviews I've read seem to really hate this album. Maybe it's because, without a doubt, it's a huge let-down after Writers Block. 24 Beach House - Devotion. 23 The Dodos - Visiter. The first time I listened to the Fleet Foxes, I emailed Nick right away because he'd told me to download it. "This is so beautiful," I dashed off. "Oh, you're just getting to that? Came the dismissing reply. "Try the Dodos. It takes a little m...A cou...
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Make-Believe Gospel: September 2009
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Friday, September 25, 2009. And, it's here. This has been a lot of fun, very stressful, and deeply nostalgic . It's been an incredible decade, one in which my taste in music changed dramatically thanks to people like Nick living across the hall, Pitchfork, and the explosion of the indie genre. I never knew how much music was out there until these things happened. I wish I had more time to devote to writing about these albums, but perhaps I will soon. But in any event, the damned list is done. 80 Travis -...
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Make-Believe Gospel: 2007 Albums: 16-20
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007. What I love about Myth Takes. The album pulses with life. But then they do stupid things like spend 8 minutes on "Bend over Beethoven," a relatively uninteresting bit of music, and chop off the next track, "Break in Case of Anything," at 4 minutes, when it should have been built into an epic event. Ah well. 19 Black Kids - Wizard of Ahhs EP. 18 MIA. - Kala. It’s hard to say it better than Mike did. Was as good or perhaps even better than Arular. 17 Iron and Wine.
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Make-Believe Gospel: December 2007
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Friday, December 21, 2007. 5 Radiohead - In Rainbows. The first few seconds of this album, just after I'd finally been able to buy it from the bogged-down In Rainbow website, formed a pit in my stomach. Computery, refracted beats, sparseness, ghostly Yorke voice. Nobody really knew what this album would sound like, and it came out of nowhere, but I think a lot of us didn't want it to sound like that. Listening to Radiohead this late in their career? 4 Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam. I literally get b...
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Make-Believe Gospel: The Top 100!
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Friday, September 25, 2009. And, it's here. This has been a lot of fun, very stressful, and deeply nostalgic . It's been an incredible decade, one in which my taste in music changed dramatically thanks to people like Nick living across the hall, Pitchfork, and the explosion of the indie genre. I never knew how much music was out there until these things happened. I wish I had more time to devote to writing about these albums, but perhaps I will soon. But in any event, the damned list is done. 80 Travis -...
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Make-Believe Gospel: 2008 Albums: 11-15
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008. 15 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular. 14 Lindstrom - Where You Go I Go Too. 13 Lykke Li - Youth Novels. What the hell is it with Sweden? It's like a conveyer belt of really good bands. One after the other, year after year, somebody new comes around and blows me away. My biggest Sweden crush this year was Lykke Li, who is young (22), smart, not afraid to be goofy, and a fantastic writer of pop songs. 12 Shearwater - Rook. 11 Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea. I wish I lik...
