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Matt Costa “Unfamiliar Faces” <\/strong> – Quirky (his videos crack me up!) and fun. Melodic and rhythmic (which seems…obvious, but they’re not always both there!) and goofy and sweet. Really can’t stop listening to it. Particularly “Mr. Pitiful” and “Miss Magnolia”, both of which make me bounce around like a goofball.<\/p>\n Liam Finn “I’ll Be Lightning”<\/strong> – A month ago, I liked this but I didn’t love it. All I could think about was his dad. But then it kept coming up on shuffle and I kept thinking “Wow, I love his voice” and then I started listening to the album again, and then again, and… Yeah, I’m pretty much loving it. I love the chorus of “Second Chance” and “Energy Spent” is a lot of fun. I do think it runs out of gas a little, the last three songs just kinda of shuffle off for me. But it’s a 14-song album which is crazy in the first place!<\/p>\n Ben Gibbard and Andrew Kenny “Home, Vol. 5”<\/strong> – I’m so late to the party on this one<\/a>, but I really love these songs. Lowkey but lush in their own way.<\/p>\n Tracy Johnson “Dreams in Cold Weather”<\/strong> – Fun, girlie pop. Sassy, emotionally edgie lyrics. Perhaps Alanis-reminiscent to some. (Makes me think of Merrill Bainbridge, myself.) Lovin’ it!<\/p>\n Random Singles:<\/u> Other Albums I Liked:<\/u><\/p>\n Not really for me \/ but maybe for you!:<\/u><\/p>\n M.I.A. “Kala” – I just don’t get it. Didn’t get into it at Lollapalooza, don’t get into it at home with the album either. I may not be worldly <\/em>enough. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Patrick Wolf “The Magic Position” – I really like the first two songs. But the rest just doesn’t grab me.<\/p>\n Okkervil River “Golden Opportunities (mixtape)” – Download available on their site. I like their albums a lot (both “Black Sheep Boy” and “The Stage Names”) but this is (more) rough and ragged and I just don’t really find myself listening to it. Not representative of this band, to my mind.<\/p>\n Shamefully have either not listened to at all, or not all the way through, or so few times that I can’t legitimately offer an opinion:<\/u> Absolutely Love & Adore: Matt Costa “Unfamiliar Faces” – Quirky (his videos crack me up!) and fun. Melodic and rhythmic (which seems…obvious, but they’re not always both there!) and goofy and sweet. Really can’t stop listening to it. Particularly “Mr. … Continue reading
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