January 2010
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December 2009
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Top Five Records of 2009
Trends? Movements? Big thoughts on music in 2009? Uhh … Lots of over-hyped mediocrity. Here are 5 glorious exceptions.
1. “Bitte Orca”(The Dirty Projectors)
2. “Album” (Girls)
The most influential record of the ’00s wasn’t “Kid A,” “The College Dropout,” or “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” — it was a 43-year-old Beach...
72-10
Seems like it happens every Fall: With the NFL Playoffs falling into place and MLB trade rumors swirling, the NBA and its analysts start charting whoever’s in first place against the ‘95-‘96 Bulls 72-10 pace to drum up interest in a season that won’t be front page sports section news until the Spring.
This year’s candidate: the 20-4 LA Lakers. ESPN already has the...
Decibully - "World Travels Fast"
In late 2008, Decibully’s two-years-in-the-making third album, “World Travels Fast,” evolved from Milwaukee’s own mini-“Chinese Democracy” to Milwaukee’s own mini-“Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” when Polyvinyl nixed releasing the record and dropped the band. Decibully streamed the album online last December, and fans have spent most of 2009 wondering...