Prediction: Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s “Strangers Are Strange” will do for the 70s PI genre what the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage” did for the 70s cop genre.

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#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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“Bicycle” almost edged out “How Can You Luv Me” in my favorite songs of 2011 list. But that song’s not going un-honored this week, as it’s got this great video to go along with it now. Enjoy the video and strongly consider going out and picking up a copy of Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s new record!

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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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