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Sondre Lerche and the Faces Down Quartet - Duper Sessions
I was somewhat surprised when I first learned about this album.  Sondre doing jazz wasn’t too surprising, since his style fits it nicely, but I had no idea he’d been working with a quartet for his next album.  The results were even better than [...]

Well, here we go.  I’ve never been so unsure about a year end list in the three years I’ve been doing this blog.  Nothing blew me away this year to make my decision for the number one album easy.  My top five albums could all be number one, so as you read this list, think [...]

Narrowing down my list from 144 albums to 50 led to a lot of great albums being left off. I thought about doing a top 100 list, but then I realized that I wasn’t a robot and quickly decided no to that idea.  I feel pretty good about my top 50, but on any given [...]

Last night was ridiculous. I set an all-time record for procrastination while studying for my Music History final. It’s the time of year when everyone posts year end lists, and I frantically try and catch up on all the “year’s best” music that I had no idea evenexisted. Well,I’d say a good three or so [...]