Ludlow Brown's stab at journaling a few of life's less dull tidbits.
DAY 31 of My 2011 Obligatory Year-End Album List
Torches
Foster the People
While Foster the People may have made a smash with their song ‘Pumped Up Kicks’, they made an album that exemplified that hit. Torches has made a mark. It’s a modern focus album with some quirks of pure genius and a perfect balance of synthesized melody, raw percussion and instrumentation.
I truly enjoyed Torches and Foster the People, and I hope to see that they come out with another album in 2012.
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DAY 28 of My 2011 Obligatory Year-End Album List
The Devil’s Walk
Apparat
Life is full of unfamiliar terrain and random turns made on a hopeful hunch. We are constantly lost looking for guidance on the path to ultimate nothingness. But have no fear; Apparat’s new album The Devil’s Walk is an ideal companion for any mistakes made along the way.
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DAY 26 of My 2011 Obligatory Year-End Album List
The King is Dead
The Decemberists
The evolution of this band continues as Colin Meloy makes his shift from British influences to American ones. Stripped back, yet giving us lush, grand stories in three-minute songs.
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DAY 25 of My 2011 Obligatory Year-End Album List
Ukulele Songs
Eddie Vedder
Ed Vedder does something really difficult in this album. He uses a small instrument, perfect for songwriting, but too simple to be a solo instrument, embracing the ukulele’s inherit playfulness and revels in the intimate nature of one man and his instrument.
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DAY 24 of My 2011 Obligatory Year-End Album List
Hurry Up We’re Dreaming
M83
In this day and age, the words “epic” and “awesome” have all but lost their original meaning. When someone finds a penny on the ground? “Awesome.” You got that class you applied for? “Epic.” They’ve become not much more than placeholder words for general signs of approval. But every now and then something comes along that truly deserves those words. That something is M83’s double album.
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DAY 23 of My 2011 Obligatory Year-End Album List
Helplessness Blues
Fleet Foxes
Harmonies so rich you’ll find it hard to take in on first listen. The album that makes you sit and listen and take in every sound and word you hear.
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DAY 22 of My 2011 Obligatory Year-End Album List
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
Noel Gallagher
He waited until he was ready and released an album of songs which remind us why he has written some of the greatest anthems of the past 20 years.
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