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I love Visiter, don't care for Time to Die, love No Color, and don't care for Carrier (as much as I wanted to following the death of Chris Reimer). I hope this next one follows the pattern, but I can't say I'm falling for this track.
0 | 11/5/14 12:22 PM
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That Vince Guaraldi score for Merry Christmas Charlie Brown will always be my favourite christmas album. Nice cover.
+3 | 10/24/14 11:36 AM
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Love dat snoopy dance. Favourite live show this year by a long shot.
0 | 10/22/14 11:45 PM
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Government plates with an actual license plate? Yes please.
+3 | 10/20/14 6:26 PM
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After the math-soaked kraut stew of Absolutely Free's past singles, I was a little worried about the relative straightforward elements in the lead single off of the new album, but man was that unfounded. It has been in constant rotation for me, and its certainly my AOTW, albeit in part because I haven't listened to anything else this week.
+2 | 10/14/14 4:56 PM
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I'm certainly no one. But if it was right for doing, they would have done it in the 15 years after The Division Bell when Rick was still alive. This whole thing just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
+1 | 10/12/14 10:19 PM
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The way to honour the legacy of Rick Wright would be to NOT release an album made up of ideas that weren't good enough to include on what is probably the worst Pink Floyd album to date.
+3 | 10/9/14 10:47 AM
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IMO he'd already passed it when he released Swim, as Start Breaking My Heart is also excellent, and probably my favourite of anything pre-Andorra.
+4 | 10/7/14 6:15 PM
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I've been waiting two years for a full length from these fellas. So far it's living up, and I'm eagerly awaiting my preorder.
+4 | 10/7/14 1:42 PM
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Also this whole thing is just a great example of something thats simultaneously stupid and not funny, and also just pretty funny.
+22 | 10/7/14 12:21 AM
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It may have been a joke that was never really all that funny and is now way too played out, but I can always dig a good diss track.
+20 | 10/7/14 12:19 AM
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As someone whose second favourite album of 2010 was Swim (after Public Strain), this album was/is definitely the most anticipated album of the year. After a listen, I think this album at least meets the expectation. Based on the singles, I was expecting something kinda halfway between Swim and Jiaolong. Julia Brightly and Mars easily could have been on a Daphni record, but overall the album has the pulse, feel and emotional weight of a Caribou album. Really diggin the groove on Silver. In proper Caribou fashion, he refuses to stagnate.
+2 | 9/30/14 12:58 PM
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You're right, Soknacki fans are disappointed. This would've been the first time I'd have been truly excited to cast my ballot in any election on any level.
0 | 9/11/14 2:59 PM
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I dug that TOPS record, but probably because their live show won me over already.
0 | 9/2/14 5:06 PM
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I can hear a bit of 'Long, long, long' in this.
0 | 9/2/14 11:58 AM
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At first, I didn't actually believe that this was Ought. It's quite different from anything I've seen or heard them do. It's worth noting that this EP consists of new recordings of pre-More Than Any Other Day material. Earlier recordings of two of these tracks can be heard on the New Calm EP.
+1 | 8/21/14 9:16 AM
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One of my favourite local bands in Toronto, Formalists, put a video out this week. Maybe it's not a top 5 video this week, and maybe they're also my friends, and maybe this is a shameless plug, and maybe you should watch it anyway. Maybe.
+2 | 8/1/14 4:43 PM
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These guys definitely don't outweird Dirty Projectors. It's definitely got weird elements, but overall I'd say this is pretty safe music. These guys are sure to explode the way Alt-J did 2 years ago, or like Local Natives before them. That said this album is really great.
0 | 7/28/14 3:29 PM
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Favourite favourite favourite Toronto band. Par for the course here, in the best way.
0 | 7/18/14 11:48 PM
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I'm not sure where exactly I wanted them to go with this, but I still think it's not quite there. Seems a bit safe but I'm definitely not writing off this comeback yet.
0 | 7/8/14 7:28 AM
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First sentence from the linked article: "Following his second explosive performance at Wireless Festival..."
+2 | 7/7/14 9:52 AM
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I was lucky enough to have these guys play my old bands EP release last year. They definitely stole the night, and they definitely deserve to get noticed. Not sure one of these songs is earlier than the other though, they were both on Synapses.
0 | 7/6/14 5:08 PM
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Yeah it was really tough to slot them in, but their set at Horseshoe was pretty good.
+1 | 6/26/14 3:45 PM
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That synth line after the chorus sounds pretty silly to me.
+2 | 6/26/14 3:06 PM
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I'm a little late to the party but here goes. An AOTY for me does or uses something new. For me last year that was dawn of midi. It wasn't the use of minimalism that got me,. It was that simplicity of the melody and the scarcity of notes that lay the rhythm bare, and boy do those guys fucking murder it. As a musician, this happens to be what I'm into now. For me, it doesn't have to be particularly relevant or modern, but it's gotta be original. I should point out that I've had no major standouts in this regard (looking at this list and the comments, I've got some catchup to do). Maybe Todd Terje because I've been into Les Baxter for awhile now, and he takes that music to cool places.
+3 | 6/18/14 7:42 AM
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Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams Mac DeMarco - Salad Days (obv) Ought - More Than Any Other Day Each Other - Being Elastic Liars - Mess Chad VanGaalen - Shrink Dust
+11 | 6/17/14 11:34 AM
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Let Her Go - Mac DeMarco. I would say Passing Out Pieces, but it's been out for awhile.
+25 | 6/16/14 1:04 PM
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I was 14 when Hot Fuss came out. I can't say it was a particularly important or eye-opening album musically speaking. But I did enjoy it, and also enjoyed reading this.
+4 | 6/13/14 1:58 PM
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It Was Almost Like Reading A Jaden Smith Tweet Where He Missed The shift Key.
+5 | 6/13/14 12:29 PM
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Sure, it may not be funny anymore, but if they take it far enough, it will.
+3 | 6/12/14 2:34 PM
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Can we expect a 2014 EP perhaps? Wait..
+1 | 6/12/14 1:10 PM
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I dunno.. Pizza Pizza (mainly in Ontario) is pretty awful.
0 | 6/11/14 11:21 AM
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I remember being pretty sad when I heard that DFA 1979 was breaking up, but now, as much as I am excited to hear a new album, I think they had fully realized their sound and couldn't really go much further with it. So heres hoping they don't pick up where they left off.
+3 | 6/11/14 11:16 AM
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Oooh normally have a hard time ranking songs, and find it way more difficult than albums, however, for Snaith I'll stab at it. 1. Kaili 2. Brandon 3. Jamelia 4. Niobe 5. Sandy 6. Bowls 7. A Final Warning 8. Bees 9. Yeti 10. Ne Noya
+3 | 6/4/14 2:57 PM
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This is definitely my choice for AOTW. Even with two fewer songs than Light Up Gold, Sunbathing Animal is 11 minutes longer. Despite that extra length, it keeps my attention way better than LUG, which always lost me in the tail end. Can't wait to see these fellas with Protomartyr on sunday.
+2 | 6/3/14 3:34 PM
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Agreed. This is the most anticipated album of the year for me, and this single is a great start.
+8 | 6/3/14 3:28 PM
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Nardwuar is the James Lipton of music interviews. I'm not one for national pride, but I love how hard he reps Canada.
+4 | 5/30/14 6:51 PM
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Followed by the fade-in fade-out instrumental tease Up All Night into Instant Disassembly. Just great.
+3 | 5/30/14 2:39 PM
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While I don't agree with the sentiment, I never got into Spoon either.
+6 | 5/28/14 4:10 PM
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Ain't quite the same, but: http://cdn.pitchfork.com/albums/20454/homepage_large.c2abfa7b.jpg So far, I've been digging this bands releases.
+1 | 5/28/14 1:17 PM
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