It's a snow day here in New York, so I'm at home which means I don't have much to do. So, I created a playlist with a theme of happy voices in cheery songs. Then again, Adam Green doesn't always sound as upbeat as he does in "Morning After Midgnight," nor does Keven Barnes is a number of Of Montreal songs. But here are songs that are meant to be ( Read more... )

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There's a lot of music at this time of year. While everyone has Merriweather Post Pavillion on heavy rotation, there's also some other good stuff like M. Ward's Hold Time. I hadn't realized I had it on my computer, but I just thought "Wow!" when I heard "For Beginners." He has such a gentle, soft voice. There are actually a lot of good songs on the ( Read more... )

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2008 has been a pretty good year. Music-wise, its had good moments as well, like honorably mentionable of Montreal's Skeletal Lamping and the over-hyped Oracular Spectacular brought forth by MGMT. I'd even add Cajun Dance Party's The Colourful Life. My picks for the year's best albums:


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