December 2011
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Heavenly Beat - Desire >lofi, indie pop
Dec 30th
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Boy Snacks - Carpooling >synthpop, retropop
Dec 30th
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Dec 28th
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Dec 28th
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2011 10 albums I loved (J)
As with M, these are in no order - music just has way too many moods that I can’t compare something that makes me want to dance around to something that makes me want to lie on the floor and disappear into another world. With that aside, here are ten albums I really connected with. (note: best viewed on the actual blog to get all the videos) Ford & Lopatin - Channel Pressure I feel I...
Dec 28th
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Magic Touch - I Can Feel The Heat >twisted disco, electronic
Dec 25th
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Actress - Purrple Splazsh > electronic, techno
Dec 24th
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Dec 23rd
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2011: Top 10 (M)
(These albums are not in order. It was too hard to choose a favourite) Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues So many sweet songs in such a sweet little package, (literally, the packaging of this album is really, really nice), I’m seriously in danger of over doing the superlatives for this album but it’s certainly going to be one of my favourites for a long time to come. There’s something about...
Dec 22nd
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Dec 16th
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Honourable Mentions
The Budos Band - The Budos Band III The Budos Band are a group from New York who play everything from afro-beat to afro-pop and are one of the most fun live bands around playing blistering horn laden dance jams with some crazy bass work. Unfortunately this record is somewhat lacking in the magic that was in the bands earlier albums (handily numbered The Budos Band I and II), but to miss out on...
Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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The Office Christmas Party
As was announced earlier we’ll be doing our albums of the year some time next week (after we come down from ATP and the new series of This Is England), but before that tomorrow we’ll be doing some Honourable mentions. A big mixed bag of releases we think are important for people to know about for one reason or another but perhaps not quite good enough for the top 10. -M
Dec 14th
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Dec 12th
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All Tomorrow's Parties
No updates till at least Tuesday guys I’m afraid, we’re heading to All Tomorrow’s Parties -  Nightmare Before Christmas. Not that we wanna make you jealous. When we return we’ll be doing our albums of the year, so there’s always that to look forwards too. - J
Dec 9th
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Dec 8th
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Future Islands - Tin Mn >indie pop, electroindie
Dec 7th
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Libraries - Get Real >electronic, house, chillwave
Dec 7th
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Crystal Antlers - Two Way Mirror >noise pop, psychedelic indie
Dec 7th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 6th
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Travel Kyoto - Crazy For You > lofi, keyboard-pop
Dec 5th
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Dec 5th
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Runawei - Alien Procession >synthwave, electronic, drone
Dec 5th
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Blood Orange - Champagne Coast >alternative RnB, indie
Dec 4th
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Dec 4th
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Weird Ribs - Initial Observations > electronic, synthwave, progressive New video from Mola Mola’s very own Weird Ribs. Track to feature on an upcoming release. News on that coming soon.
Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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Karaocake - It Doesn’t Take a Whole Week >minimal pop, indie
Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 1st
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Dec 1st
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Dec 1st