Jens Lekman's Oh You're So Silent Jens and Aztec Camera's High Land Hard Rain - they were a Hanukkah present, and as stupid as the whole concept of Hanukkah presents is, they're good albums so I'm happy.

Any album by Jens Lekman is a perfect gift for the holiday season. His music just has that quintessential wintery feel to it.

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The Flesh Prevails by Fallujah

saw someone mention this here recently, but cant for the life of me remember who it was. sidewinder maybe?? anyway I didn't really have any strong feelings for their first album so i was only cautiously interested in this but I was in a death metal mood so thought id take a shot at it. and well it is much better than the debut. kinda has that "death by drowning" feel to it (as best I can describe the sort of dreamy nature of it). its been something ive listened to quite a bit the last few days, which has been a nice surprise that I keep coming back to it

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Words cannot describe my love for this album. I know it's a very unpopular opinion, but this Andrew Jackson Jihad album is my hands down favorite. I just found the download code inside my vinyl issue so I went and got the sucker. I think that every track is just absolutely killer on it, ooo I'm listening to it the second time tonight.

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Tribal Jazz Rock from TexASS on lovely, lovely milky wax.

today I bought two of my favorite albums (Carpenters' "Close to You" and ABBA's "Voulez Vous") as 8-track cartridges.

this is terribly impractical but I couldn't think of a better way to start my collection.

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TOKiMONSTA - Desiderium (2014)

Her latest. Very nice. Huge fan.


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Ben Howard - Every Kingdom (2011)

Folk always hits home, but this is something special. Wow.

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Watch The Throne - S/T

The track with Beyoncé makes me want to puke, but the rest is pure masturbatory bliss. I truly believe Hova and Mr. West jerked off every last drop of ego in this record.

Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Slint - Spiderland
Joy Division - Still
The Cure - Pornography
Thanksgiving - Welcome Nowhere
Thanksgiving - Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving - Nothing
Akron/Family - Love Is Simple
Akron/Family - S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT\
Akron/Family - Akron/Family
The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2
The Microphones - Live In Japan
Mount Eerie - Dawn
Mount Eerie - Seven New Songs
Radiohead - Kid A
Tiny Vipers - Hands Across the Void
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
Modest Mouse - This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About