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Thursday, January 31, 2013

January 2013

Recommended:

FIDLAR - FIDLAR: A-
Pantha du Prince & The Bell Laboratory - Elements of Light: A-

Other Stuff:

AEther Realm - Once Chosen by the Gods: B+
Comadre - Comadre: B+
Cult of Luna - Vertikal: B+
The Joy Formidable - Wolf's Law: B+
Local Natives - Hummingbird: B+
Chris Owens - Lysandre: B+
Riverside - Shrine of New Generation Slaves: B+
Sulpher Aeon - Swallowed by the Ocean's Tide: B+
Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob: B+
Toro Y Moi - Anything in Return: B+
Voivod - Target Earth: B+
Yo La Tengo - Fade: B+
A$AP Rocky - Long.Live.A$AP: B
Foxygen - We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic: B
Free Energy - Lovesign: B
Mountains - Centralia: B
Helloween - Straight Out of Hell: B-
Fire! Orchestra - Exit!: C+
Love and Death - Between Here & Lost: D

Missed Stuff:

January 2012:
Heems - Nehru Jackets: B+

April 2012:
Anhedonist - Netherwards: B+
White Suns - Sinews: B-

July 2012:
Cooly G - Playin Me: B+

August 2012:
Ash Borer - Cold of Ages: B

October 2012:
Daphni - Jiaolong: B

November 2012:
The Evens - The Odds: A-
Holly Herndon - Movement: A-
Roc Marciano - Reloaded: B+
Alicia Keys - Girl on Fire: B

December 2012:
Lil B - Glassface: B+
Memory Tapes - Grace / Confusion: B+
Pro Era - PEEP: The aPROcalpyse: B+
Starkey - Orbits: B+
Chief Keef - Finally Rich: B-
Scott Walker - Bish Bosch: C+
Green Day - ¡TrĂ©!: F
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