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Todd’s Favorite Albums of 2009

By Todd | Published: December 30, 2009
The problem with maintaining a digital music library is that it gets so easy to acquire that there’s hardly time left to appreciate. So while I easily listened to over 100 new releases in 2009, each met with at least a modicum of enthusiasm and anticipation, looking back there were only a handful that truly [...]
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Todd’s Favorite EPs of 2009

By Todd | Published: December 18, 2009
Maybe it’s a result of my hampered attention span, or maybe it’s a noncommittal fear stoked by the ceaselessly fast churn of new musical acquisitions as demanded by the perpetually buzzing hive mind of blogging culture, but I really felt drawn toward the EP format this year as a way to discover and indulge in [...]
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Merriweather Post Pavilion: Conceptual Review for a Conceptual Band

By Todd | Published: January 14, 2009
(image via) Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion has leapfrogged reviews and landed headfirst in feature-length think-piece territory. What happens when something patently “not mainstream” hits mainstream acclaim? We don’t talk about the band, we only talk about the idea of the band: Mark Richardson: With their constantly evolving sonic identity, in-your-face vocal mannerisms, and open-ended [...]
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