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Patrick Stump, Soul PunkMusic Math: (Fall Out Boy – everyone except Patrick Stump) x Prince Best Tracks: “This City,” “Spotlight (New Regrets), Run Dry (X Heart X Fingers),” “Everybody Wants Somebody” Representative Lyrics: “Step 1: Drink / Step 2: Make mistakes / Step 3: Pretend you don’t remember / Step 4: Drink a little more
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The Civil Wars, Barton HollowMusic Math: (Peter Paul & Mary – Peter) + Ulysses S. Grant / Hell on Wheels Best Tracks: “20 Years,” “I’ve Got this Friend,” “Barton Hollow” Representative Lyrics: “I’m a dead man walking here / That’s the least of all my fears / Walk beneath the water” Notes: Charmingly anachronistic duo
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Peter Bjorn and John, Gimme SomeMusic Math: (The Hives – Green Day) + The Cars + Wakko from Animaniacs Best Tracks: “Dig a Little Deeper,” “Second Chance” (awesome video above) Representative Lyrics: “When you flew out of the nest / you made a mistake / flew all the way back” Notes: In their effort to
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This year, instead of ganging up my favorite albums post into one loooong post, I’m going to unroll it one day at a time. I winnowed the list down to just 15 albums (which was tough), so starting on 12/16, there’ll be a daily post featuring one of the albums and my take on it.
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Album of the Year Tegan and Sara, SainthoodMusic Math: Indigo Girls – earnestnessBest Tracks: “Arrow,” “Hell,” “Alligator”Representative Lyrics: “Would you take a straight and narrow / critical look at me / Would you tell me tough-love style / put judicial weight on me?”Notes: Pumping up their folky sensibility with more ambitious production, louder guitars, and
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America’s Next Top Model is back and already an outrage! Tonight’s elimination was so WRONG and obviously motivated by keeping a bitchy, conflict-inspiring contestant in the house while sending home the sweet-natured, attractive, better performing model. So, aside from that, who am I loving? Allison, freaky-eyed alien girl, who is awkward and strange, but also
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