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  • Favorite Friday: Albums

    Favorite Friday is a meme in which I discuss some of my favorite things. Some Fridays it’ll be based on a topic, while others it’ll just be about some of my recent favorites. I could’ve been a book blog but, as you know, music is the other cornerstone of my personality. As such, I decided

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  • The Top 5 Best Albums of 2018

    As I said in my Worst Albums of 2018 post, 2018 was a good year for music if you knew where to look. Relying on the charts will only make you depressed. Fine tuning your music taste and finding releases based on that is the only way to go. To make my list, the album

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  • Well everyone, it’s that time of year again. It’s time for all the best and worst lists to start pouring out. Last year, I did all my year-end lists over three weeks. I did lists for books, albums, TV shows, and movies. For each of those, I did a best, worst, and most disappointing list.

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  • Unlike with reading, September was a sparse month for music. Maybe I’m just becoming more selective, but I wasn’t that into most of the new music that came out this month. Most recommendations I was given didn’t impress me either. That said, the music I did enjoy this month was excellent. In fact, September brought

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  • If iTunes hadn’t aggressively pushed Amy Shark as much as they have, I doubt I would’ve given her a chance. And that would’ve been a grievous mistake. She is a shining talent, a veritable diamond in the rough. I’ve been unable to listen to anything besides Love Monster for an entire week. Shark is 2018’s

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