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Regardless of assorted placements (my personal number 2 spot goes to LCD. I think that record was one of the best I've heard in a long time), I think this is a nice list and includes all the things I would have chosen to include. I'd also like to note that I think the forward is particularly on point -- most of the things that blew me away this year were released by veterans. Plenty of very solid new music this year, but I'm hopeful that in the near future a newcomer will come along and make waves in a way that seems long lasting and Bigger than just blog love. RIP Chill Wave (2010-2010)
+5 | 12/8/10 10:45 AM
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I teach 10 year old girls to play the guitar and they don't cry.
+6 | 11/16/10 12:37 PM
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This is amazing, but am I the only person who thinks that the idea of Pitchfork throwing a three day #Offline Festival in New York while CMJ is going on is really lame? It just kind of seems like to a chump move to throw a "We're going to have our OWN festival" Festival...when there is already a Pitchfork Festival! CMJ Should throw a #BlowMe festival in one of the Pitchfork Tents next year.
+2 | 10/25/10 2:37 PM
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I like that I got a downvote for saying that this sounded nice. What a world!
0 | 10/21/10 10:51 PM
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Surprisingly nice! Kinda funny that she needs two guitarists to accompany her for this. Also kinda funny that this is on Stereogum? Anyhoo. Sounds good!
+5 | 10/21/10 5:42 PM
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Ahemhem....Amrit! A little help?
0 | 9/26/10 9:00 AM
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I am going to copy and paste an email I sent to Amrit in December of 2008: "This is going to seem totally random, but I figure if there's anybody I should tell who will certainly end up seeing this come to fruitiion it's you, but I have a prediction: my prediction is that sometime in the near future, Phil Collins/Phil Collins-era Genesis will be the next hipster touchstone ala Bruce Springsteen, Paul SImon's Graceland, etc. Mark my words. I dunno if it'll be the next trend, but it's coming. And let me say now, pre-"It's Cool To Like Phil Collins," that I really really like Phil Collins. So when it all goes down you can say "Alex emailed me about this like a year and a half ago. Weird!"
+1 | 9/24/10 6:45 PM
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God I love this band.
0 | 9/13/10 2:25 PM
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Am I wrong in saying that this song is like a mainstream sounding rip off of Les Savy Fav's "Patty Lee"? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_VGcXmTDFo
+1 | 9/8/10 12:04 PM
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I believe it's actually "Shutterbugg." But yes. Singular.
+4 | 5/27/10 1:30 PM
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I believe they said "You've got 'Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep' under your pillow," referring to the Phillip K. Dick short story upon which "Blade Runner" was based. Hiyoooo, nerd alert.
+1 | 5/13/10 11:49 AM
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I disagree. I think this is great. I wasn't a big "Stay Positive" fan, I'm really looking forward to seeing if they can win me back with this one. He's still one of my favorite lyricists.
+2 | 3/23/10 2:00 PM
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Ya know, I'm just going to go with the same thing I came up with back when they were making a Sarah Palin porno -- Impalin' Palin: Journey Into The Alaskan Pipeline
+1 | 3/4/10 3:24 PM
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