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Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 2003

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Tom Emanuel

For 2003, I simply want to mention two albums that don’t make the list due to my self-imposed guidelines and that will demolish whatever remaining cool points I have. The first is Michael McDonald’s Motown, an album of Hitsville U.S.A. … Continue reading →

Posted in Top 5's | Tagged Belle & Sebastian, chamber pop, Chutes Too Narrow, Dear Catastrophe Waitress, Everything Must Go, Fountains of Wayne, Guster, indie, indie pop, jazz rock, Keep It Together, power pop, Shins, Steely Dan, the Shins, Top 5 Albums of 2003, Welcome Interstate Managers | Leave a comment

Album Review: Unknown Mortal Orchestra, “II”

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Tom Emanuel

I just cannot comprehend modern music production values. If artists aren’t compressing their records into oblivion or fighting yet another loudness war, they’re obscuring perfectly good music behind a self-consciously lo-fi haze. This is my biggest beef with New Zealand-via-Portland … Continue reading →

Posted in Album Reviews | Tagged Albums of 2013, From the Sun, funk, II (Album), Low fidelity, Monki, Motown, No Need For a Leader, Psychedelic rock, Ruben Nielson, Shins, So Good At Being In Trouble, Swim And Sleep (Like a Shark), The Opposite of Afternoon, Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Leave a comment

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Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 2003

Album Review: Unknown Mortal Orchestra, “II”

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