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Mixtape Memories – Volume 6
After more than two years of searching, I finally found a box of mixtapes in my parents’ garage. These are mixtapes my dad made me as a kid, and they were my gateway into music. So I’ve been listening to … Continue reading
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Tagged alanis morissette, b-52's, bee gees, buggles, cyndi lauper, eurythmics, gary glitter, green day, hanson, heatwave, human league, iggy pop, j geils band, jam, jesus jones, katrina and the waves, kc and the sunshine band, kenny loggins, knack, madonna, mfsb, new order, omc, ramones, rem, replacements, rocky horror picture show, third eye blind, three degrees, wang chung, zz top
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2014 in Review: The Best Songs
Any discussion of 2014’s biggest songs has to begin and end with Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off,” which was inescapable. But unlike her 2012 trifle “We Are Never Getting Back Together,” this was a positive. See, “Shake It Off” bludgeons … Continue reading
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Tagged alt-j, benjamin booker, bruno mars, bryan ferry, clean bandit, coldplay, constantine, d'angelo, delta spirit, duke dumont, future islands, hold steady, hozier, jack white, jenny lewis, jess glynne, lecrae, mark ronson, muppets, old 97's, robert plant, robyn, rokysopp, run the jewels, saint pepsi, sam smith, sarah jaffe, spoon, st paul and the broken bones, st vincent, strand of oaks, sturgill simpson, sylvan esso, taylor swift, todd terje, u2, vance joy, walk the moon, war on drugs, weird al yankovic, zach de la rocha
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2014 in Review: The Best Albums
Spotify is both the best and worst invention in music in the last five years. There’s more music than ever before to listen to, right at your fingertips (hence my expanded honorable mentions section). But the art of discovery is … Continue reading
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Tagged ariel pink, beach slang, beck, cloud nothings, d'angelo, delta spirit, fka twigs, future islands, guardians of the galaxy, hans zimmer, hold steady, how to dress well, hozier, interstellar, james vincent mcmorrow, jenny lewis, jessie ware, lecrae, modern baseball, protomartyr, purple snow, robyn, rokysopp, sarah jaffe, sharon jones, sharon van eaten, spoon, st vincent, strand of oaks, sturgill simpson, tinariwen, todd terje, tony molina, u2, vance joy, war on drugs, weird al yankovic
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Mixtape Memories – Volume 5
After more than two years of searching, I finally found a box of mixtapes in my parents’ garage. These are mixtapes my dad made me as a kid, and they were my gateway into music. So I’ve been listening to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 unlimited, bananarama, bayside boys, beach boys, clovers, dave matthews band, deee-lite, eddie floyd, elastica, haddaway, jimmy soul, kenny loggins, los del rio, macarena, matrix, michael jackson, muffs, pet shop boys, revenge, sam and dave, sigue sigue sputnik, thin lizzy, tornadoes, u2, us3, village people, weird al yankovic
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Mixtape Memories – Volume 3
After more than two years of searching, I finally found a box of mixtapes in my parents’ garage. These are mixtapes my dad made me as a kid, and they were my gateway into music. So I’ve been listening to … Continue reading
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Tagged beach boys, beatles, deep blue something, dionne ferris, eddie cochran, four tops, frankie goes to hollywood, gladys knight, grass roots, jan and dean, lou christie, lovin spoonful, marvin gaye, michael jackson, miracles, mungo jerry, offspring, pete shelley, prince, rivieras, seal, stone temple pilots, supremes, tammi terrell, tom jones
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Mixtape Memories – Volume 2
After more than two years of searching, I finally found a box of mixtapes in my parents’ garage. These are mixtapes my dad made me as a kid, and they were my gateway into music. So I’ve been listening to … Continue reading
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Tagged addams family, beach boys, beatles, beverly hills cop, booker t jones, champs, chuck berry, contours, devo, donna summer, georgia satellites, hank ballard, harold faltermeyer, huey lewis, isley brothers, jackson five, john fogerty, kool and the gang, link wray, mary wells, mc hammer, mccoys, michael jackson, mitch ryder, mixtape memories, rascals, richie valens, righteous brothers, robert gordon, romantics, safaris, sam the sham, thurston harris, troggs
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Mixtape Memories – Volume 1
After more than two years of searching, I finally found a box of mixtapes in my parents’ garage. These are mixtapes my dad made me as a kid, and they were my gateway into music. So I’ve been listening to … Continue reading
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Tagged batman, beatles, chuck berry, emf, grease, jam, john travolta, jungle book, lady and the tramp, limahl, little mermaid, los lobos, material issue, mixtape memories, neverending story, olivia newton-john, prince, queen, replacements, slade, suzi quatro, thin lizzy
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Best of the Decade… So Far – Albums
It’s hard to believe the decade is half gone already. In these five years, I’ve graduated from college, moved back in with my parents, struck out on my own, and gotten married. And I’ve consumed a ridiculous amount of pop … Continue reading
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Tagged arcade fire, book of mormon, bright eyes, cut copy, daft punk, david ramirez, fleet foxes, frank ocean, fun, girl talk, haim, kanye west, lcd soundsystem, m83, sarah jaffe, seryn, shutter island, st vincent, sufjan stevens, vampire weekend
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Best of the Decade… So Far – Songs
It’s hard to believe the decade is half gone already. In these five years, I’ve graduated from college, moved back in with my parents, struck out on my own, and gotten married. And I’ve consumed a ridiculous amount of pop … Continue reading
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Tagged adele, arcade fire, ariel pink's haunted graffiti, beach house, booker t jones, bright eyes, bruno mars, carly rae jepsen, cee lo green, chvrches, coldplay, cut copy, daft punk, david ramirez, delta spirit, drake, edward sharpe and the magnetic zeroes, fleet foxes, florence and the machine, frank ocean, fun, future islands, girl talk, gorillaz, haim, jay-z, jessie ware, justice, kanye west, kings of leon, lcd soundsystem, local natives, m83, miguel, milo greene, mumford and sons, neko case, nicki minaj, of monsters and men, penguin prison, phosphorescent, robyn, sarah jaffe, seryn, spoon, spotify, st vincent, stephen malkmus and the jicks, sufjan stevens, tuneyards, vampire weekend
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