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Top 10 Albums 2025

December 29, 2025

Sometimes a list is about the things that aren’t on it. To that end, there were two big struggles that lead up to the creation of the 2025 edition of this Top 10 list, now perhaps in its 20th year.

My primary struggle was “Should I Include the K-Pop Demon Hunters Soundtrack on this list?” Was it one of the 10 favorite albums I listened to this year? Yes! It was. It’s so much fun. Am I embarrassed about this reality? Only a little. Shit slaps. Also the movie is fun. But I decided to to exclude it for the following reasons:

  • It features some non-original songs
  • It features some songs more than once
  • There are many instrumentals at the end I don’t care about or listen to

As a consolation prize and acknowledgment of the role this music had in my year, the visual theme for this year is a tribute to this movie & soundtrack. In the place of Mira, Rumi and Zoey are Adrianne Lenker (Big Thief), Karly Hartzman (Wednesday) and Katie Crutchfield (Waxahatchee). All of these women have had the #1 spot on this list in past or (spoiler alert) current years and all three appear on this list as well.

The second struggle: Why don’t I like Geese that much? Can I get myself to like them enough by the end of the year, so that I can put their universally acclaimed album “Getting Killed” on my list. No, I couldn’t. I think I’m coming around on it a bit, but as of now it just isn’t one of my favorites.

Anyway, here’s a list. I am 100% sure of my #1 album of the year, but the rest is a bit of a toss-up. There were a lot of albums I really enjoyed this year, and these 10 are great from start to finish. I (only?) saw 4/10 of these bands this year, but I had tickets for a show that was canceled due to tornado and I’m seeing 2 more of them in January.

10. Cheekface – Middle Spoon

In our poisoned hellscape of a reality, Cheekface is out there fighting the good fight. They are touring their asses off, seemingly putting out an album a year, and advocating for the value of human connection and human-made art on their social medias.

Middle Spoon is a fun evolution of the Cheekface formula, layering their signature largely spoken, largely entertaining lyrics over some different sounds (ska? reggae?) and collaborating with some new voices as well.

But, as they say on Growth Sux: “If you used to love me you’ll still love me. If you’ve always hated me not that much has changed.”

I didn’t see Cheekface this year because they were supposed to perform right after a tornado hit St. Louis. I hope to see them in 2026!

9. Samia – Bloodless

Samia has been bopping around my Spotify recommendations for years, but this album is the first one that really grabbed me. Don’t have a ton to say about it. Saw her live at Delmar Hall and it was a great show.

8. Case Oats – Last Missouri Exit

I was sold on this one from the first couple singles “Bitter Root Lake” and “In a Bungalow” and the album did not disappoint with its full release in August. Last Missouri Exit, the debut release from Case Oats, is a comfortable & relaxed alt country record.

The band seems to be Chicago based, so I’m unclear how my home state of Missouri fits into the picture exactly… but it’s an honor to be mentioned I suppose. I follow lead singer Casey Walker on Instagram and she’s been to a Blues game. Maybe she’s from St. Louis? Who knows.

Spencer Tweedy is also in the band and his dad Jeff is from St. Louis (Belleville, IL) even though everyone claims he’s from Chicago. Maybe this is related. Probably it is not.

Anyway, chill album. Give it a spin.

7. Sydney Sprague – Peak Experience

8 songs, 21 minutes. Every song & every minute of Peak Experience has gotta count, and it does! This album sounds good, and the songwriting is strong. Nice pop hooks, energetic rock guitars. I keep coming back to it!

I don’t know what the best show I saw this year was, but I know that one of my favorite shows of the year was Sydney Sprague at Off Broadway. There were maybe 20 other fans in attendance and it felt great to be there supporting a great artist. Get off your ass. Go see live music. It’s magical!

6. Greg Freeman – Burnover

I didn’t know anything about Greg Freeman prior to this 2025 release and I suppose I don’t know much about him now. But I do know that I love this album Burnover, I love his lyrics, his delivery, and find his voice charming. “Picking up trash in the extraterrestrial part of town” is unexpected and fun to say.

The instrumentation is delightful throughout the album as well, with a saxophone & violin featured throughout… and they both made it to the live show as well.

5. Snocaps – Snocaps

A surprise release from somewhat of a super band coming at the end of the year? Sign me up! Twin sisters Katie & Allison Crutchfield have joined forces for the first time in a long time along with a couple friends (Including MJ Lenderman) to put out this rock album that feels like home.

This is my least favorite Katie Crutchfield release since before Waxahatchee’s St. Cloud and it’s still one of my 5 favorite albums of the year. Instantly relaxed, familiar, and fun. Katie is on a roll!

4. Big Thief – Double Infinity

Double Infinity is a short 1-disc album from Big Thief. It follows their 2022 release, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, which was a Double album. Look, I don’t know.

This is not my favorite Adrianne Lenker project, but I appreciate the way that it continues to evolve the Big Thief sound. Just like Katie Crutchfield in the previous entry, even when not at their best, a Lenker release is a can’t miss. The song Los Angeles in particular is so so gorgeous. Check it out!

3. The Beths – Straight Line Was a Lie

I thought I was getting better
But I’m back to where I started
And the straight line was a circle
Yeah the straight line was a lie

A lot of this year’s list is about the illusion of progress and it’s hard to sum it up much more succinctly than the first track & title track from The Beths. This may be my favorite album from the New Zealand rock group.

2. Annie DiRusso – Super Pedestrian

#1 funnest album of the year. Crunchy guitar hooks, fun lyrics, an overall great vibe. Deals with heavy stuff, but never takes itself too seriously.

You can skip the Derek Jeter song, but the rest is really really great.

1. Wednesday – Bleeds

Karly Hartzman, the queen of noisy alt country is BACK and better than ever. Lead single “Elderberry Wine” was immediately my song of the year upon release and the rest of the album is nearly as striking.

An incredible balance of story telling, character building, and big fuzzy guitars. Each song paints a different vivid picture, like this bit from the first verse of Townies:

Met you in the neighborhood.
You had connects to get us high
And then You sent my nudes around
I never yelled at you about it ’cause you Died

The closer, Gary’s II, clocking in at just 2:35, is a story told so perfectly that I’d have to quote the whole thing to do it justice.

Anyway, keep making noise.

Thanks for reading. Here’s some more stuff I liked this year that didn’t quite make the list:

  • Goose – Getting Killed
  • Tristen – Unpopular Music
  • Camille Schmidt – Nude #9
  • Momma – Welcome To My Blue Sky
  • Beach Bunny – Tunnel Vision
  • Lucy Dacus – Forever Is A Feeling
  • Blondshell – If You Asked For A Picture
  • Ben Kweller – Cover The Mirrors
  • Miya Folick – Erotica Veronica
  • S.G. Goodman – Planting by the Signs
  • Eliza McLamb – Good Story

Here’s all of the top 10 in one playlist (no particular order)

Here’s a mix of 30+ songs from a variety of my favorite releases of the year. This one is put together in a pretty good sequence:

Top 10 Albums 2023

December 15, 2023

Well I’m back in the office most of the week and my music listening Spotify minutes are down this year, but despite this extreme adversity I have put together another thrilling Year-End list. The 17th edition of the “Mangosquash’s Best Of” list contains between 4-6 artists making their debut, depending on how you count it. 8/10 artists are female-lead, which matches a high previously set in… 2022, 2020 and 2018. Unlike last year where 6/10 of my list DIDN’T garner enough attention to have a Metacritic aggregate score, this year, 10/10 have one… and 10/10 have good scores. Perhaps my most critically acclaimed (boring?) list ever.

I knew what my favorite album of the year was going to be with 90% certainty on January 18 when it was announced, even though it didn’t come out until March. I was right (spoiler), though a couple others came within spitting distance. Here we go:

(Some links to playlists and stuff at the end)

10. Caroline Polacheck – Desire, I Want to Turn Into You

On this list of critically acclaimed albums, this is the most critically acclaimed-est. Ms. Polacheck’s only previous appearance on this list was in 2016 with her group Chairlift’s final album, Moth. Overall, I think I like that album better, but the highs here are absolutely riveting.

This is the most dance/pop-y of an otherwise very guitar/rock focused top 10. The first 4 tracks of this one are fantastic, and then I get a bit lost after that. Still worth your time!

9. Indigo De Souza – All of This Will End

I don’t have anything to say about this album. I like it.

8. The Mountain Goats – Jenny from Thebes

Making their 8th appearance on this list (the most by any artist, and it isn’t close!) are The Mountain Goats. They’re back on the list for the first time since 2019, though they’ve released several albums in that span, and I’ve enjoyed them.

They went for my jugular with this one, billing Jenny from Thebes as a direct sequel to 2002’s All Hail West Texas – the best/my favorite Mountain Goats album, and one of my favorite albums of all time. To be honest, while I spend a lot of time listening to and thinking about The Mountain Goats, I am not fully in tune with the many story lines that wind through their albums. So while the thematic play got me through the door, the good songs are what make this one stick for me. Some of John Darnielle’s best work in awhile!

7. Ratboys – The Window

Good driving rock fun. Ratboys (Neither rats, nor is the lead singer a boy) have been shuffling through my Spotify algorithms for awhile, but this album is the first one that’s grabbed me.

6. Wednesday – Rat Saw Good

Another band I’ve been kicking around for awhile but never found an album to hold onto. What changed? In 2022 I loved their guitarist MJ Lenderman’s solo album, and so I forced myself to pay more attention this time. He doesn’t sing at all on this album, as far as I can tell, but that’s fine.

There are lots of great tracks on this album, but “Chosen to Deserve” is a contender for my favorite song of the year… probably not a winner, but a contender. This is the loudest/closest to shoe-gaze album ever to make this list? Saw them at Off Broadway this year and they were very good.

5. Blondshell – Blondshell

The 90’s-est rock album on the list? Bops from top to bottom. 9 great tracks.

4. Sufjan Stevens – Javelin

He’s Back, Baby! It’s been 8 years since American Treasure Sufjan Stevens has shown up on this list, which he topped with 2015’s classic, Carrie & Lowell. Since then he’s released… I don’t know, 7 albums? They’ve all been interesting in their own way, and I’m glad he’s making things. But they haven’t been for me. Some of them very much not for me, and some of them just barely not for me.

By his own categorization, Javelin is a return to form and his first pure singer/songwriter album since Carrie & Lowell, and he’s still got it. This one didn’t quite resonate with me the same way that Carrie & Lowell did, but if you like any earlier version of Sufjan, there will be something for you here. If you think listening to a Sufjan song called “Will Anybody Every Love Me?” will be a devastating experience, you are correct!

3. Jess Williamson – Time Ain’t Accidental

Prior to Plains, her 2022 collaboration project with Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield, Jess Williamson was not on my radar at all. I thought Plains – I Walked With You A Ways was great (My #3 album of LAST YEAR) and this might be even better? A country album with some modern sensibilities. Beautiful storytelling and melodies throughout.

2. Olivia Rodrigo – GUTS

Look at me, another middle-aged man who thinks Olivia Rodrigo is great. I really liked SOUR (#9 of 2021… would rank it higher today) and GUTS is so much better in every way. I was expecting SOUR to be a bit of a lightning in a bottle type situation and that I’d be disappointed by the follow-up… but then I heard Vampire. And then I heard Bad Idea Right? Two absolute gems. And then I heard the whole album, and those maybe aren’t even my favorite 2 songs on it? (All American Bitch, Get Him Back, perhaps might be).

1. Boygenius – The Record

AHHHH How could something that I had such high expectations for meet & exceed them in every way? In 2018, the supergroup (Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus) released a perfect 5 track debut EP, and the output of the members of this group (and their friends and producers and collaborators) has been the epicenter of my musical experience.

From 2006 – 2017, on average 1.5/10 artists on each Top 10 were lead by females. From 2018 – 2023, that average is now just over 7 as of this year. I went from never listening to women to only listening to women. Is boygenius three-handidly responsible for this? No, not close. But they are a big part of it.

5 years after that EP, after they each released great solo albums, they released an album in March and it’s everything I could have hoped for.

Spotify Playlists:

Almost Made The Top 10:

  • Bully – Lucky For You
  • Speedy Ortiz – Rabbit Rabbit
  • Islands – And That’s Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs
  • Pearla – Oh Glistening Onion, The Nighttime Is Coming

Other Stuff I Really Liked:

  • Rett Madison – One for Jackie
  • Claud – Supermodels
  • Body Type – Expired Candy
  • Jenny Lewis – Joy’All
  • Miya Folick – ROACH
  • Oracle Sisters – Hydranism
  • Kara Jackson – Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love
  • Small Crush – Penelope
  • Alex Lahey – The Answer Is Always Yes
  • Palehound – Eye on the Bat

Top 10 Albums 2022

December 14, 2022

Another year, another amount of music consumed. A few notable(?) developments this year:

  1. I didn’t purchase a single physical music recording. No albums, no CDs, no deluxe reissues of things I already own, no nothing. Overall… it felt fine? My record player isn’t in a particularly used room of the house. There is no CD player in the house and only 1/2 of our family cars even have one. Buying CDs & records has always been important to me, but these things are just taking up space. I decided to take a year off and see how I felt about it, and I think I’ll continue. Obviously, artists aren’t making any money off my streaming, so this year I’m planning on buying 15-20 albums (digitally) on Bandcamp this year. Artists get more money, less plastic is used, less stuff in my house. Maybe I’ll buy a physical release or two a year going forward.
  2. Regular concert attendance is back for me, and it’s the best! I think I made it to about a show a month this year. Some highlights: The Beths (and especially opener Rosie Tucker) at The Duck Room, MUNA at Delmar Hall, Illuminati Hotties at the Duck Room, Bright Eyes at the Pageant, etc. I also saw a couple shows at “The Factory” in Chesterfield this year. I do not like this place. Still haven’t made it to Off Broadway since COVID and I am furious with myself about this, but I’ll be seeing Cursive there in a week.
  3. My father (my primary role model for musical appreciation) has always encouraged me to listen to more country music. This year, I think that 3 albums on this list qualify, but I worry it’s not the right type of country music to impress my father. You can try to figure out which 3, I guess.
  4. If you listen to your Spotify Release Radar and favorite things you like every week, you’ll find new bands to listen to. The vast majority of this list (8/10?) are bands that I wasn’t familiar with a year ago, and some of them are pretty obscure (less than a few thousands streams on some songs of the album), so here’s one small data point that new artist discovery is possible through Spotify.

I listened to 50 or so new albums this year and 20 of them were in serious contention for this top 10 list. My #1 album this year came out in February, and I pretty much knew it right away. The rest of the list is a bit soft in the order. Anyway, let’s dive in!

10. Momma – Household Name

(Listen on Spotify)

When I was a youth, I would get to shows hours early to get a great spot. As a father of 2, I put my children to bed and attempt to arrive to a show in time to see the last 2 songs of an opener’s set. Shows with two openers… keep me up too late, and I generally get a little cranky about them.

BUT. Momma, who was the 2nd opener at Snail Mail was incredible, and a demonstration for why my attitude towards openers is bad/wrong. Momma was great, and their album Household Name is also great.

9. 2nd Grade – Easy Listening

(Listen on Spotify)

This band has been bouncing around my Spotify infinity playlists for a bit (song: Velodrome) but this is the first album I’ve given much time to. Great power pop fun, a la vintage Fountains of Wayne.

8. Chloe Kimes – Chloe Kimes

(Listen on Spotify)

I was lucky to spend the month of July with my family in Michigan this year. For the 2nd year in a row, one of our favorite parts of the trip was following Chloe Kimes from brewery to distillery to state park. Chloe is from Michigan but lives & works as a musician in Nashville for most of the year. But each summer she comes up to Michigan for a bit.

We stumbled across her performing at Stormcloud Brewing in 2021, and saw her two more times in the coming weeks. We were thrilled that our times in Michigan were overlapping again in 2022 and this time we saw her 4 times! She put out her debut full-length album this year, and it’s great. The songs all contain wonderful songs & stories. Here’s a picture of her with the Becker Family

7. Deer Scout – Woodpecker

(Listen on Spotify)

This begins a block of 3 albums with pink/purple album art by artists that I know nothing about. This is the whisperiest, bed-roomiest album on the list. Tender & nice & beautiful.

6. Annie Blackman – All of It

(Listen on Spotify)

Another Spotify Release Radar stumble-upon. Based on the play count, I’d guess that “Glitch” was the song that got me hooked, but it’s a strong release from start to finish. Also, she writes a fun newsletter.

5. Lilito – Happy Horse Lamp

(Listen on Spotify)

I love this album. It’s fun & quirky and filled with joy. I tried to do some googling, and didn’t learn much, but the lead singer’s dad is in Taking Back Sunday, and that’s cool. Listen to the first song, Waning, and I think you’ll know if it’s your jam or not.

4. MJ Lenderman – Boat Songs

(Listen on Spotify)

The first song of this album is about how Michael Jordan was badly hungover (rather than having the flu, or food poisoning) during his famous “Game 6” NBA finals performance.

“It wasn’t a pizza & it wasn’t the flu.
Yeah, I love drinking too.”

I’m not into NBA lore enough (at all) to know if this story holds any water, but it makes for a great song. There are lots of great stories & great songs on this album.

3. Plains – I Walked With You A Ways

(Listen on Spotify)

When Katie Crutchfield (Waxahatchee) does a music project, I pay attention. Her 2020 release St. Cloud made my list, and when I heard her voice on my Release Radar I thought “What’s this?” She teamed up with Jess Williamson (Someone I am not currently familiar with) and recorded a country album… and I love it! A lot of things on this list came out in the first half of the year, and this one came out more recently and has really been eating up the last month or so.

2. MUNA – MUNA

(Listen on Spotify)

I didn’t know much about MUNA before Silk Chiffon, and TBH I still haven’t spent a lot of time digging into their back catalog. So there’s some room to grow on my end. But I saw them live this year, and what an incredible experience. Would recommend 100% for anyone who likes having fun.

This is the danciest album on the list and maybe the only one that makes substantial use of drum machines?

1. Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You

(Listen on Spotify)

Big album name, big album length (20 tracks, 80 minutes) not a single wasted second. This is a dynamic album with ups & downs, fasts & slows, gorgeous haunting lyrics. The 3rd most popular song on the album (my current favorite), Simulation Swarm… is the 17th track! This one dominated my listening this year, with I think 4/5 of my Spotify Wrapped songs being from it. One (Certainty) even made it into the coveted “Sing this to my daughters at bedtime” rotation.

So, that’s the list. I’ve got a mix of some of my favorite tracks from these albums as well as 16 other albums that didn’t make the list, so take a listen.

Also, here were the albums that almost made this list:

Top 10 Albums 2021

December 29, 2021

Another year of working mostly from home means another year of a 40-hour-a-week music consumption habit uninhibited by the considerations of others. I listened to lots of things this year! Spotify says 82,030 minutes which comes out to over 26 hours a week. Over 50 new albums. Neat. When it all came down to it there were maybe 20 that I would have liked to give a spot on this list. But while Inflation is impacting many parts of the economy, this list remains at 0% y/y growth in length… we’re sticking to a top 10.

Some stats:

  • Newcomers to the list: 8/10
  • Debut Releases: 2/10
  • Non Male Artists: 7/10

This year’s top 3 is not as strong as the Top 3 in 2020, but it does have my 3 favorite genres represented: Indie Rock/Pop, Rap & Boygenius. The writing about these albums may be lacking this year, even compared to my previous poor efforts. That said, let’s dive in:

10. Claud – Super Monster

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The full-length debut from indie-pop artist Claud! The first full-length release on Phoebe Bridgers’ record label Saddest Factory! This came out in February and really stuck with me throughout the year as something I kept coming back to. It doesn’t sound at all like Phoebe Bridgers, except for being kind of sad.

9. Olivia Rodrigo – SOUR

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I hadn’t heard of Olivia Rodrigo until this album came out and my twitter timeline was full of jokes about it making millennials feel old. When I saw these jokes, I was expecting music I didn’t understand the appeal of bc I’m old & out of touch (see: Billie Eilish) BUT instead it was just some cool songs about the perils of being a teenager. This isn’t immediately relatable to my current life experience, but it is very good!

There’s a diverse range of genres & song-writing styles, but Rodrigo pulls it all together. It’s good. Listen to it.

8. Snail Mail – Valentine

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3 artists into our Top 10, 22 year old Lindsey Jordan of Snail Mail is the oldest artist to appear so far (But the youngest of the top 8, I think). Her sophomore album is as strong or better than her 2018 debut… which was also my 8th favorite album of that year.

Valentine has a much broader sound without giving up the intimacy of Lush.

7. Adult Mom – Driver

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I guess this album came out in March but I didn’t get into it until later in the year. Ended up being one of my favorites. Enjoyable storytelling, hooks, etc.

6. Japanese Breakfast – Jubilee

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I’ve listened to a lot of Japanese Breakfast albums but this is the first one that’s really stuck with me. It’s fun, triumphant, expansive indie pop.

5. Islands – Islomania

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Making their 4th appearance on this list since since 2006, Islands is Back with their first album in 5 years! Islomania is the least complicated, most purely fun release ever from the band I think. Their whole catalog is enjoyable but this is perhaps in contention for my 2nd favorite release of theirs.

Fun, energetic, catchy, straight-foward pop. Great stuff.

4. Cassandra Jenkins – An overview on Phenomenal Nature

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This is traditionally not my thing, and I don’t know why it caught me so strongly. It’s only 7 tracks long. The most listened to track on Spotify is mostly a spoken-word type thing. It has some smooth jazz vibes.

BUT it’s… phenomenal! When I was typing that first paragraph, I was like “maybe I should drop this further down the list” but then I listened to the first few seconds of every track, and they are all great.

3. Lucy Dacus – Home Video

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Lucy Dacus’s Home Video marks the last member of the supergroup Boygenius to release an album since that group’s impeccable 2018 EP. Before the Boygenius EP came out, Lucy was the only member of the group I was particularly familiar with as her earlier-in-2018 sophomore album Historian was my 3rd favorite album of that year.

Home Video draws on Dacus’s crystal clear recollections from earlier in her life. Stories of Vacation Bible School camp, Friends’ subpar boyfriends & fathers, complicated relationships with boys & girls. Each one told with the detail of clarity like it happened yesterday, but with the perspective of someone with distance.

While I still slightly prefer Historian, this is a very enjoyable followup.

2. Tyler the Creator – CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST

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Remember rap in the late aughts? Tyler the Creator remembers. Rappers at the height of their game rapping on other people’s beats with DJs confusingly shouting thing during tracks. It was the best of times, it was the most obnoxious of times.

CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST is Tyler’s homage to this style & time, and he brings the mixtape king, DJ Drama along for the ride. This is from start to finish the most traditional & accessible “rap” album. But it still has the bombastic & creative beats that Tyler’s known for.

This is easily my favorite Tyler album ever and it’s one of my favorite rap releases in recent memory.

1. Kiwi Jr. – Cooler Returns

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I enjoyed Kiwi Jr.’s 2020 Debut “Football Money” a good bit, but I don’t think it was really in contention for my top 10 last year. I don’t know what made this album different but it was in heavy rotation from January 22 when it came out!

The lyrics are biting, the hooks are big, the guitars are jangly. I really enjoy the whole vibe of the thing.

It was also one of my 4 year old Julia’s favorites. When we’re riding in the car together, it’s about 50/50 on who gets to pick the tunes. She generally gravitates towards Frozen & Moana soundtracks. But one day in the car she said “Dad, can we listen to Kiwi Jr.?” and I’m not going to lie, this made me feel great.

So, here we are. Julia and I’s favorite album of the year.

Get Your Mix!

If you want a little taste of everything here + 20 or so songs from my other favorite releases of the year, you can grab the mix here:

The Decemberists: The King Is Dead

January 27, 2011

So, I’m planning on reviewing a lot of albums on this site. My goal is 50 in 2011. I want to try to do this in some kind of consistent way. With this in mind, I am going to have sections for each review: History, Review, Rating. In the history section, I’ll talk either about the band’s history or my history in the band. The aim of this section is to put my review into perspective by disclosing what I know about the band and how I feel about their earlier work. The review section should be pretty self explanatory. Finally, the rating scale will be a different arbitrary rating (i.e. 4/5 basketballs, NC-17, 12 stars…). Hopefully this will be relevant to the CD. Oh, and I’ll also provide download links. Because I want you to like fun. I also want to keep them pretty short. Here we go. Review 1/50

The Decemberists - The King is Dead

The King is Dead, the Decemberists' sixth studio album

Artist: The Decemberists
Album: The King Is Dead
Label: Capitol Records
Release Date: January 17, 2011

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Girl Talk 1.18.11 The Pageant, St. Louis

January 25, 2011


I’ve now seen Girl Talk three times and all three have been a sweaty mess. Twice in a good way. First, an overview of the first two times:

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