I'm going to write about music here.
Music that I like, how I think about appreciating music, and my explorations in creating my own music.
For now, here's a copy/paste from an Evernote I keep track of music with that I need to clean up:
Favorite Artists of All Time:
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Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Kanye West
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Glass Animals
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Whitney
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Lemaitre
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Tom Misch
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King Krule
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Chet Faker / Nick Murphy
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Kendrick Lamar
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Courtney Barnett
Honorable Mentions:
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The Beatles
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra
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The Whitest Boy Alive
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Arctic Monkeys
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Young the Giant
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The Black Keys
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Mumford and Sons
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Peter Bjorn and John
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Alabama Shakes
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Tame Impala
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Anderson .Paak
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Childish Gambino
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Eminem
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Peter Bjorn and John
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Alt-J
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Two Door Cinema Club
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Jungle
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Passion Pit
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The Shins
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Miike Snow
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Bob Moses
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Mura Masa
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Flume
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Gramatik
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Pretty Lights
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JMSN
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GoldLink
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The Internet
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Snail Mail
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Solange
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Mac DeMarco
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Green Day
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Blood Orange
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Saba
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Tyler, The Creator
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Frank Ocean
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boy pablo
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Mild High Club
Best Concerts I’ve Been To:
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Red Hot Chili Peppers (Stadium Arcadium tour) at Oracle Arena
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Mumford and Sons at Bonnaroo 2015
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Jack White at Coachella 2015
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Mac DeMarco at The Independent (OSL after party) in August 2018
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Anderson .Paak at Coachella 2016
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Lemaitre at The Regency in October 2016
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Bob Moses at Coachella 2016
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Flume at OSL 2014
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Jungle at Fox Theater 2019
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LCD Soundsystem at Greek Theater 2018
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Alabama Shakes at Greek Theater 2016
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra at Fox Theater 2018
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Tom Misch at Rickshaw Stop 2017
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Jen Cloher + Courtney Barness at Cafe Du Nord 2018
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Solange at Greek Theater 2017
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Whitney at The Independent 2017
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Peter, Bjorn, and John at Rickshaw Stop 2016
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Gramatik at Coachella 2015
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Afrojack/Sebastian Ingrosso/Martin Solveig at EDC 2011
Favorite Albums of All Time:
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Light Upon The Lake - Whitney
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
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ZABA - Glass Animals
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The Ooz - King Krule
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Thinking in Textures - Chet Faker
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Malibu - Anderson .Paak
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To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
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Untitled, Unmastered - Kendrick Lamar
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Beat Tape 2 - Tom Misch
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Chapter One - Lemaitre
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IGOR - Tyler, The Creator
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Yeezus - Kanye West
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Good Kid M.A.A.D. City - Kendrick Lamar
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Soundtrack to a Death - Mura Masa
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Settle - Disclosure
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Flume - Flume
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CARE FOR ME - Saba
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IGOR - Tyler, The Creator
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All in All - Bob Moses
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Anything in Return - Toro y Moi
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Oh Wonder - Oh Wonder
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Writer’s Block - Peter, Bjorn, and John
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Taking up Your Precious Time - Pretty Lights
Favorite Electronic Albums:
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Soundtrack to a Death - Mura Masa
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Settle - Disclosure
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Flume - Flume
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All in All - Bob Moses
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Taking up Your Precious Time - Pretty Lights
Favorite Genres:
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Jazz Fusion
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Neo Soul
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Nu Jazz
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Americana (folk/blues/bluegrass)
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Indie Rock
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Funk Fusion
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Future Bass
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Electro Funk / Glitch Hop
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Chillwave
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Shoegaze
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Alternative R&B / Neo Soul
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To explore more:
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Punk Jazz
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Chamber Pop
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Post Punk
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Free Jazz
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Trip Hop
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Jazz Funk
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Favorite Record Labels:
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Future Classic
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House Anxiety / Marathon Artists
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Bubbles Records
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Jagjaguwar
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White Room Records
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Secretly Canadian
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XL
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Milk Records
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Domino Recording Company
Best concerts of 2019
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Jungle (Fox Theater)
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Tyler, The Creator (Bill Graham)
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Brijean (Amnesia)
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Khruangbin (Coachella)
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Parcels (Coachella)
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boy pablo (Coachella)
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Whitney (The Independent)
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Gesaffelstein (Coachella)
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Maribou State (Great American Music Hall)
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Haley Heynderickx (Swedish American Hall)
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HOMESHAKE (Great American Music Hall)
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FKJ (The Warfield)
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Explosions in the Sky (Fox Theater)
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Superorganism (Coachella)
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Anderson .Paak (Coachella)
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HYUKOH (Coachella)
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Bob Moses (Coachella, OSL)
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Aphex Twin (Coachella)
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Omni Sight (Playtime Festival, Mongolia)
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DJ Koze (OSL)
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Yves Tumor (The Chapel)
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Avey Tare (The Chapel)
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Redline (Playtime Festival, Mongolia)
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Chet Faker (The Fillmore)
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Christian Scott (Bandcamp)
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Anderson .Paak (Bill Graham)
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Brittany Howard (The Fillmore)
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Terrace Martin, Kamasi Washington, Herbie Hancock (Greek Theater)
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Pond (The Independent)
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Crumb (Slim's)
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White Denim (The Independent)
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Four Tet (Great American Music Hall)
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Kassa Overall (Black Cat)
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Blood Orange (Bill Graham)
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Superorganism (Great American Music Hall)
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Sasha Berliner and James Francies (Blue Note NYC)
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half*alive (The Independent)
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Paul Simon (OSL)
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard (OSL)
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Thumpasaurus (Starline Social Club)
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Snail Mail (The Fillmore)
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Toro y Moi (The Fillmore, OSL)
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Anderson Paak (August Hall)
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Gesafelstein (Bill Graham)
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Boiler Room
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Leon Bridges (OSL)
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Saba (Showbox Seattle)
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Yo La Tengo (Playtime Festival, Mongolia)
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The Kooks (Fox Theater)
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Cass McCombs (The Fillmore)
Best concerts of 2018
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Mac DeMarco (The Independent)
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LCD Soudsystem (Greek Theater)
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra (Fox Theater)
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Jen Cloher + Courtney Barnett (Cafe Du Nord)
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Lemaitre (August Hall)
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Jamie XX (OSL)
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James Blake (OSL)
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What So Not (Fox Theater)
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Bonny Doon + Snail Mail (Starline Social Club)
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Jay Som + Courtney Barnett (August Hall)
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King Krule (Fox Theater)
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Tom Misch (Fox Theater)
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Tycho (OSL)
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The Internet (Fox Theater)
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Tash Sultana (Fox Theater)
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Big Gigantic (OSL)
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Tame Impala (Pitchfork Music Festival)
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Poolside (OSL)
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Men I Trust (The Independent)
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Bermuda Triangle (The Independent + Bimbo’s 365)
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Polo & Pan (The Independent)
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Tash Sultana (OSL)
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Winter + Anna Burch (Cafe Du Nord)
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Mount Kimbie (The Chapel)
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Jungle (Brooklyn Steel)
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Snarky Puppy (SFJAZZ)
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Fleet Foxes (Greek Theater)
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STRFKR (The Regency)
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Soundbox (SF Symphony)
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St Vincent (Bill Graham)
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Gramatik (The Midway)
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Rex Orange County (The Regency)
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boygenius (Fox Theater)
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Courtney Barnett (Pitchfork Music Festival)
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Future Islands (Fox Theater)
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Vacationer (The Independent)
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Too Many Zooz (Cornerstone)
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Alt-J (Bill Graham)
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Moses Sumney (The New Parish)
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Tom Misch (The Warfield)
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Flight Facilities (MEZZANINE)
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Maggie ROgers (The Fillmore)
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Tyler, The Creator (Armory)
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Arctic Monkeys (Hollywood Forever)
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yaeji (1015 Folsom)
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1-800-DINOSAUR (Public Works)
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The Decemberists (Fox Theater)
"Most prolific" albums from 1960s-2000s, in my favorite order (truly exploring for the first time now in 2020):
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This is Happening - LCD Soundsystem
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LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
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Abbey Road - The Beatles
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In Rainbows - Radiohead
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Kid A - Radiohead
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People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm - A Tribe Called Quest
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Please Please Me - The Beatles
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On Avery Island - Neutral Milk Hotel
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Speaking in Tongues - Talking Heads
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Revolver - The Beatles
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Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder
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Talking Heads ’77 - Talking Heads
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Remain in Light - Talking Heads
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Rubber Soul - The Beatles
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Head Hunters - Herbie Hancock
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Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
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A Hard Day’s Night - The Beatles
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Nevermind - Nirvana
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In Utero - Nirvana
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Emergency & I - The Dismemberment Plan
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Behind The Front - The Black Eyed Peas
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OK Computer - Radiohead
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In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
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Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
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Disintegration - The Cure
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London Calling - The Clash
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Amnesiac - Radiohead
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Supreme Clientele - Ghostface Killah
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Minimum-Maximum - Kraftwerk
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1999 - Prince
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Purple Rain - Prince
Albums of 2020, in my favorite order:
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I Feel Alive - TOPS
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My Vibe - Mt. Joy
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2017 - 2019 - Against All Logic
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Sixteen Oceans - Four Tet
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Music for Silence - Nick Murphy
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Suddenly - Caribou
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The New Abnormal - The Strokes
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The Slow Rush - Tame Impala
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Man Alive! - King Krule
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The Neon Skyline - Andy Shauf
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Hold Space For Me - Orion Sun
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color theory - Soccer Mommy
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New Me, Same Life - Little Dragon
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Future Past Life - STRFKR
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Simulcast - Tycho
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Heavy Light - U.S. Girls
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juneunit - juneunit
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Saint Cloud - Waxahatchee
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It Is What It Is - Thundercat
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Miss Anthropocene - Grimes
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3.15.20 - Childish Gambino
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No One Else Can Wear Your Crown - Oh Wonder
Albums of 2019, in my favorite order:
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IGOR - Tyler, the Creator
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Forever Turned Around - Whitney
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Oncle Jazz - Men I Trust
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Walkie Talkie - Brijean
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KIWANUKA - Michael Kiwanuka
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Miss Universe - Nilüfer Yanya
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This Is How You Smile - Helado Negro
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Designer - Aldous Harding
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Wild + Everyday - Tourist
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Jaime - Brittany Howard
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When I Get Home - Solange
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Cows on Hourglass Pond - Avey Tare
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Twenty Twenty - Djo
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Deceiver - DIIV
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Close it Quietly - Frankie Cosmos
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Apollo XXI - Steve Lacy
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Bae 5 - Yung Bae
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House of Sugar - (Sandy) Alex G
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GREY Area - Little Simz
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CASE STUDY 01 - Daniel Caesar
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placeholder - Hand Habits
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Free Company - Boy Scouts
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Immunity - Clairo
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Salt - Angie McMahon
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SASAMI - SASAMI
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HAN - Berhana
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Juicebox - Mac Ayes
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Free Nationals - Free Nationals
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Anak Ko - Jay Som
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BUBBA - Kaytranada
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Basic Love - Jade Imagine
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Beware of the Dogs - Stella Donnelly
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Jinx - Crumb
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Chastity Belt - Chastity Belt
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VALIS - Repaliens
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Not Waving, But Drowning - Loyle Carner
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All Mirrors - Angel Olsen
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Dolphine - Mega Bog
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It Rains Love - Lee Fields & The Expressions
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Reward - Cate le Bon
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Two Hands + U.F.O.F. - Big Thief
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GINGER - BROCKHAMPTON
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uknowhatimsayin¿ - Danny Brown
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Tomb - Angelo De Augustine
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A Bath Full of Ecstasy - Hot Chip
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Ventura - Anderson .Paak
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Fatterludes- More Fatter
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Rat’s Spit - Julian Lynch
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Cola - A Beacon School
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basking in the glow - Oso Oso
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Tasmania - Pond
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Lately EP - Still Woozy
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soraya - slenderbodies
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Ylang Ylang EP - FKJ
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Lux Prima - Karen O and Danger Mouse
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Better Oblivion Community Center - Phoebe Bridgers & Conor Oberst
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Remind Me Tomorrow - Sharon Van Etten
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Heaven Surrounds You - Surf Curse
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The Dip Delivers - The Dip
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Water - Dehd
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WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? - Billie Eilish
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Ode to Joy - Wilco
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Run Fast Sleep Naked - Nick Murphy / Chet Faker
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Infest The Rats' Nest - King Gizzard & The Wizard Lizard
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Echo Earth - Akasha System
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Face to Phase - rRoxymore
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Flamagra - Flying Lotus
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Here Comes The Cowboy - Mac DeMarco
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My Finest Work Yet - Andrew Bird
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La Linda - Tei Shi
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Go Get Ice Cream and Listen to Jazz - Kassa Overall
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1123 - BJ The Chicago Kid
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LOVE AND COMPROMISE - Mahalia
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Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? - Deerhunter
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Europe - Marc Rebillet
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Olympic Girls - Tiny Ruins
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A Wall Becomes a Bridge - Kendrick Scott Oracle
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Heritage II - Mark de Clive-Lowe
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Father of the Bride - Vampire Weekend
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Oh My God - Kevin Morby
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Scholars - Buke & Gase
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Emily Alone - Florist
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Thresholds - Mike Edel
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direct line to My Creator - duendita
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A Dream Is U - Francis Lung
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The Anymal - Suchmos
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Text While Driving If You Want To Meet God! - Vegyn
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The Lost Boy - YBN Cordae
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Demolish - Mr. Carmack
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Hasta El Cielo (Con Todo El Mundo In Dub) - Khruangbin
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Crush - Floating Points
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Closer to Grey - Chromatics
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WTBL EP - Charles Murdoch
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The Oldest Sons of the Oldest Sons - Lights Fluorescent
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II - TNGHT
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Bird Songs of a Killjoy - Bedouine
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Dedicated - Carly Rae Jepsen
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Now, Not Yet - half*alive
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Miami Memory - Alex Cameron
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MAGDALENE - FKA Twigs
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Where Does The Love Go? - Thumpasaurus
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Resonant Body - Octo Octo
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Hyperion - Gesaffelstein
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The Unseen In Between - Steve Gunn
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Hey, I’m Just Like You - Tegan and Sara
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Wall of Eyes - Sweet Plot
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Outer Peace - Toro y Moi
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TIM - Avicii
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Angel’s Pulse - Blood Orange
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Diaspora - GoldLink
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False Alarm - Two Door Cinema Club
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Hot Motion - Temples
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Pony - Rex Orange County
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Lullaby Rock - Ings
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Phantom Rhythm - Gong Gong Gong
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Mirrorland - EARTHGANG
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FEET OF CLAY - Earl Sweatshirt
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JESUS IS KING - Kanye West
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Lover - Taylor Swift
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Norman Fucking Rockwell! - Lana Del Rey
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Goes West - William Tyler
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Heard It In A Past Life - Maggie Rogers
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Hectic Shakes - Christoph De Babalon
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Assume Form - James Blake
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new breed - Dawn Richard
Albums of 2018, in my favorite order:
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CARE FOR ME - Saba
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Foxwarren - Foxwarren
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Lush - Snail Mail
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Hive Mind - The Internet
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Negro Swan - Blood Orange
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Superorganism - Superorganism
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Sex & Food - Unknown Mortal Orchestra
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For Ever - Jungle
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Safe In The Hands of Love - Yves Tumor
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Room 25 - Noname
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Flow State - Tash Sultana
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I Need To Start A Garden - Haley Heynderickx
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Parcels - Parcels
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Clean - Soccer Mommy
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Something to Feel - Mac Ayres
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I’m All Ears - Let’s Eat Grandma
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"2012 - 2017" - Against All Logic
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boygenius EP - boygenius
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Geography - Tom Misch
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Tell Me How You Really Feel - Courtney Barnett
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Con Todo El Mundo - Khruangbin
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Historian - Lucy Dacus
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Longwave - Bonny Doon
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Caravelle - Polo & Pan
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Phantastic Ferniture - Phantastic Ferniture
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Lost & Found - Jorja Smith
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The Ashtray - Suchmos
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Parts - Ohmme
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7 - Beach House
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Twin Fantasy - Car Seat Headrest
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DAYTONA - Pusha T
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Hill Climber - Vulfpeck
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Mac DeMarco - Old Dog Demos
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Young Sick Camellia - St. Paul & The Broken Bones
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Music Inspired by Illumination & Dr. Seuss' The Grinch - Tyler, the Creator
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WARM - Jeff Tweedy
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Honey - Robyn
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Be The Cowboy - Mitski
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Free Yourself Up - Lake Street Dive
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Who is Donny Flamingo? - CAPYAC
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Knock Knock - DJ Koze
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Kingdoms in Colour - Maribou State
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Oxnard - Anderson .Paak
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iridescence - BROCKHAMPTON
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Love Me / Love Me Not - HONNE
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FOLK 2 - Humbert Humbert
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Indigo - Wild Nothing
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Sun Machine - Rubblebucket
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Marc Rebillet - Marc Rebillet
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KIDS SEE GHOSTS - Kanye West + Kid Cudi
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Double Negative - Low
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Us - Empress Of
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Living Room - Lawrence
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Not All The Beautiful Things - What So Not
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IC-01 Hanoi - Unknown Mortal Orchestra
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Play “A Love Supreme” - The Mattson 2
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V!BEZ, Vol. 2 - TroyBoi
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Infections Of A Different Kind (Step 1) - AURORA
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Some Rap Songs - Earl Sweatshirt
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Swimming - Mac Miller
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Isolation - Kali Uchis
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Go To School - The Lemon Twigs
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Hyperion - St. Lucia
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Saturn - NAO
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Whack World - Tierra Whack
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1999 - Joey Bada$$
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Pieces of a Man - Mick Jenkins
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FM! - Vince Staples
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Dirty Computer - Janelle Monáe
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Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves
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Sweetener - Ariana Grande
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Lykke Li - So Sad So Sexy
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A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships - The 1975
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Velvet - JMSN
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Battle Lines - Bob Moses
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Golden Age - Houndmouth
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Ye - Kanye West
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ASTROWORLD - Travis Scott
Favorite albums of 2017:
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The Ooz - King Krule
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Chapter One - Lemaitre
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DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar
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This Old Dog - Mac DeMarco
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Melodrama - Lorde
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Honorable mentions:
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Apricot Princess - Rex Orange County
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Fjallaloft - Moses Hightower
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Soft Sounds From Another Planet - Japanese Breakfast
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Woodstock - Portugal. The Man
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Wallflower - Jordan Rakei
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Now That The Light Is Fading - Maggie Rogers
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Flower Boy - Tyler, The Creator
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Aromanticism - Moses Sumney
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A Deeper Understanding - The War on Drugs
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MASSEDUCTION - St. Vincent
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Antisocialites - Alvvays
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Big Fish Theory - Vince Staples
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Drunk - Thundercat
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SATURATION III - BROCKHAMPTON
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CTRL - SZA
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Is Everything Okay In Your World? - Yellow Days
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Process - Sampha
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Capacity - Big Thief
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No Shape - Perfume Genius
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Everybody Works - Jay Som
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A Crow Looked At Me - Mount Eerie
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Rocket - (Sandy) Alex G
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I See You - The XX
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Fin - Syd
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Love What Survives - Mount Kimbie
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American Dream - LCD Soundsystem
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Favorite albums of 2016:
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Light Upon The Lake - Whitney
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Malibu - Anderson .Paak
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A Seat At The Table - Solange
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Untitled, Unmastered - Kendrick Lamar
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How To Be A Human Being - Glass Animals
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Honorable mentions:
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Bcos U Will Never B Free - Rex Orange County
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Do Hollywood - Lemon Twigs
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It Is. - JMSN
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Epoch - Tycho
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99.9% - Kaytranada
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Skin - Flume
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The Beautiful Game - Vulfpeck
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Every Now And Then - Jagwar Ma
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Yes Lawd! - NxWorries
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The Life of Pablo - Kanye West
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Coloring Book - Chance The Rapper
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Blonde - Frank Ocean
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ANTI - Rihanna
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A Moon Shaped Pool - Radiohead
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Telefone - Noname
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Next Thing - Frankie Cosmos
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Cardinal - Pinegrove
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Teens of Denial - Carseat Headrest
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Freetown Sound - Blood Orange
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Headlung - CAPYAC
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Couch Baby - Jamie Isaac
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Awaken, My Love! - Childish Gambino
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Favorite albums of 2015:
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Beat Tape 2 - Tom Misch
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Sometimes I Sit And Think, Sometimes I Just Sit - Courtney Barnett
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To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
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Currents - Tame Impala
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Oh Wonder - Oh Wonder
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Honorable mentions:
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Little Neon Limelight - Houndmouth
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Sound And Color - Alabama Shakes
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And After That, We Didn’t Talk - GoldLink
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Summertime ’06 - Vince Staples
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Black Messiah - D'angelo
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Depression Cherry - Beach House
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Our Love - Caribou
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Ego Death - The Internet
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In Colour - Jamie XX
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A New Place To Drown - Archy Marshall
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I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside - Earl Sweatshirt
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The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam - Thundercat
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If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late - Drake
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Compton - Dr. Dre
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Portraits - Maribou State
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Favorite albums of 2014:
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ZABA - Glass Animals
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Built On Glass - Chet Faker
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Soundtrack to a Death - Mura Masa
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Jungle - Jungle
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Venice - Anderson .Paak
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Honorable mentions:
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It’s Album Time - Todd Terje
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Dream Your Life Away - Vance Joy
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Z - SZA
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Run The Jewels 2 - Run The Jewels
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Lost In The Dream - The War On Drugs
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Salad Days - Mac DeMarco
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Awake - Tycho
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This Is All Yours - Alt J
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St. Vincent - St. Vincent
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Singles - Future Islands
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You’re Dead! - Flying Lotus
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Atlas - Real Estate
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