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17. Josh Fortenbery – No Such Thing As Forever Josh Fortenbery’s debut album is what my southern friends would call “porch music”. To put it in clearer, more common vernacular, its a beautiful old time country album straight out of Apalachia. But the thing is Fortenbery despite having lived in North Carolina, Wisconsin, Thailand, and
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18. SPRINTS – Letter To Self Loud, snotty, angry British old school punk. Enuff said.
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Regina Spektor Live at Warsaw (2024-12-10) Back in 2002, while such New York City bands as The Strokes and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs were setting the indie music world on fire, there was another quite different scene taking place in the environs of the East Village and The Lower East Side. The Anti-folk scene had
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19. Stewart Forgey – Nature Of The Universe This debut solo album from Stewart Forgey picks right up where his old band, Pacific Range left off. A cosmic country cornucopia of laid back grooves and psychedelic sensations. In the words of Neil Young, “roll another number”, sit back and space out listening to Nature of
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20. Lightheaded – Combustible Gems Thank you Slumberland Records. Once again this label’s A&R people prove that they have a keen and astute ear for crunchy guitar, sweet pop harmonies and lush melodies because this fledgeling band from New Jersey and Brooklyn is all of that.
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21. The Linda Lindas- No Obligation It’s truly hard to believe that these 4 young ladies from Southern California are still merely teenagers (barely, in the case of drummer, Mila de la Garza). Having stormed the RnR world with a live video of them playing in the LA Public Library back in 2021, they have
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22. Japandroids – Fate & Alcohol If there was a year end category for “Most Bitter Sweet Album of The Year”, then Fate & Alcohol would be the hands down winner. Steeped in the call and response super layered sound we’ve come to expect from Brian King and David Prowse, this LP marks the end
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23. Chuck Prophet & Qiensave – Wake The Dead I had my reservations about Chuck doing a cumbia record, but boy was I wrong. Yeah there are definitely the infectious grooves you’d expect from this Peruvian style of music but there’s also more than enough Chuck Prophet sarcstic, witty and driving rock and roll.
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24. Ghost Shirt – Crayon Dragon Ghost Shirt – Crayon Dragon How many times have I said, “__________ is the best songwriter nobody has never heard of”? Well here I go again, Branden Barnett is one of those. And here, he reunites with old Columbus, OH bandmates, Samantha Schnabel, on vocals and violin, drummer, David
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