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Although I guess her actual first name's Shara, so it could work

Yea, but Sufjan thought the name S/S/S&M gave people the wrong impression.

"Creepy Geography Teacher" is going to be THE LOOK of 2012 - Vogue

Kaki King.

I'd say Andy Samberg was the lucky one, but hey.

Absolutely! It's in my top 5 of the decade. It blew my mind when I first heard it and I still haven't gotten tired of it.

Baths hauling all of their equipment all across Texas to play 15 gigs in 4 days? No band can do that and still put on their best performance.

Split Enz - I See Red

Agreed. HFAYTD was great, then Skeletal Lamping was even better, then False Priest was... worthy of being left off lists.

I agree with most of what was said in the article. The Suburbs was one of my favourite albums of last year, but it does suffer from a lack of editing and some of the songs that grabbed me on the first few listens did get old pretty fast, especially Rococo and Modern Man. Having said that, tracks like The Suburbs, Suburban War, Mountains... and Wasted Hours have only gotten better with time and repeated, deeper listening.

Actually, I was just thinking the opposite. MPP and MBDTF were both hugely hyped, but there were no shortage of people two years ago saying they didn't 'get' Animal Collective's music and putting forward well thought out reasons why. The conversation around MBDTF has either been heaping praise on the music or writing Kanye off as an asshole. If people don't like this record, they attack Ye as a person, not as a musician. I think that's a big difference between the two releases. With AnCo, the debate was entirely about the positives and negatives of the music. With Kanye, the negatives of the music and the positives of his personality don't really get mentioned. His celebrity has tainted the conversation.

Thanks!

I think my favourite thing about the end of year P4K list every year is the stereogum discussion after. For my money, Joanna Newsom was the best release this year by a mile.