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My Favorite Albums of 2011

December 21, 2011 at 09.31

A Musical Year Music has been a huge part of my life for a long time now. I started playing the violin in the fourth grade. I played the saxophone for six years, including for four years in my high school marching band. I played in a punk rock band with my best friends from … (Continue reading →)

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The (Last) Year In Music — The Rest

September 18, 2010 at 23.54

I suck at writing, and I suck even more at writing often. Here’s the rest of the list of my favorite music from 2009: Number four: The Great Misdirect by Between The Buried And Me Incredible work from the always-reliable technical metal group. This is an album for serious guitar and bass aficionados; the talent … (Continue reading →)

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The Year In Music — Number Five: I And Love And You by The Avett Brothers

May 15, 2010 at 15.06

I first heard The Avett Brothers on a mix CD that a friend and I were listening to in the car. Talk on Indolence came on, and we both looked at each other in amazement. I begged him to find out from the friend who made the mix who these guys were and if they … (Continue reading →)

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The Year In Music — Number Six: The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion by Dredg

February 13, 2010 at 19.04

It’s incredible, but I had never heard of Dredg before this album. I was seriously missing out, but I am so glad that I found this album. Inspired by Salman Rushdie’s Imagine There Is No Heaven: A Letter To The Six Billionth Citizen, the album is an eclectic mix of experimental and art rock. Every … (Continue reading →)

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The Year In Music — Number Seven: Axe To Fall by Converge

February 6, 2010 at 12.01

No one ever said that Converge wasn’t intense, but Axe To Fall hits you right in the face from the very first measure. If opener Dark Horse is a frantic mashing together of everywhere you expected Converge to evolve to, the next track throws all that away. Reap What You Sow still maintains that manic … (Continue reading →)

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