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Albums of the Year
12.05.08 | Permalink | Comment?

There’s been a lot of great albums released this year, so I thought I’d post what I think what were my favourites. I’ve not listened to every album released this year of course, so there are probably lots of great ones that have passed me by, but out of what I did hear these are [...]
Music
REVIEW: Accelerate - R.E.M.
08.22.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

It is that old tale of revisionism. The darlings of the critical world for over two decades, R.E.M.’s each new album in the 90s receiving a considerable amount of “oh, this is their best work yet!” or “the best since Automatic For the People!” Many also received the dubious distinction of being singled out as [...]