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Friday, March 1, 2013

February 2013

Recommended:
Atoms for Peace - Amok: A-
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away: A-
Kevin Gates - The Luca Brasi Story: A-
My Bloody Valentine - m b v: A-

Other Stuff:

Curren$y - New Jet City: B+
Doldrums - Lesser Evil: B+
Eels - Wonderful, Glorious: B+
Foals - Holy Fire: B+
Iceage - You're Nothing: B+
Inc. - No World: B+
Jamie Lidell - Jamie Lidell: B+
Paysage D'Hiver - Das Tor: B+
Pissed Jeans - Honeys: B+
Soilwork - The Living Infinite: B+
Stratovarius - Nemesis: B+
Otis Taylor - My World Is Gone: B+
The Underachievers - Indigoism: B+
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - II: B+
Vandroya - One: B+
Veronica Falls - Waiting for Something to Happen: B+
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories): B+
Kavinsky - Outrun: B
Omnium Gatherm - Beyond: B
Portal - Vexovoid: B
Antre Ne Veut - Anxiety: B-
Beach Fossils - Clash the Truth: B-
Gucci Mane - Trap God 2: C

Missed Stuff:

January 2013:
FIDLAR - FIDLAR: A-
Cult of Luna - Vertikal: B+
Local Natives - Hummingbird: B+
Riverside - Shrine of New Generation Slaves: B+
Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob: B+
Toro Y Moi - Anything in Return: B+
Voivod - Target Earth: B+
Foxygen - We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic: B
Mountains - Centralia: B
Fire! Orchestra - Exit!: C+
Love and Death - Between Here & Lost: D
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