#30: Fishboy – Classic Creeps MP3: Fishboy – Aaron the Afterthought Astronaut I don’t know which I find more impressive: that this album effortlessly weaves witticisms through incredible melody or that the entire album tells a complexly involved story. It’s easy to be dismissive of some pop records, but labels like “simplistic” just don’t stick [...]

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2011 was (another) odd year for music. It felt like the average quality of albums was raised a bit, but nothing really stood out as a life-changing album or single of the year. Still, there was a lot of great music to be heard. Here’s fifty of my favorite tracks from the year, ranging from [...]

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I’ve really come to love Battles’ new album Gloss Drop. It’s a cohesive effort that still has a lot of variety. Check out the suitably great video for their song “My Machines” (featuring vocals by Gary Numan). Check out the video after the break

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OK, since I’m apparently doing nerdy vinyl news today, this should be of interest to a lot of you. Battles are putting out a new 12″ for their single “Ice Cream” that comes in three different flavors. Each flavor, chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry, comes with vinyl in that corresponding color. One thousand of each are [...]

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This is the video that “Ice Cream” deserves. It’s as insane, hypnotizing and beautiful as the song that it accompanies. Watch this one with your full attention and see what all you can catch.

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