On The Road Less Traveled

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Top Albums of 2016

1. Bon Iver - 22, A Million

2. Caamp - Caamp

3. Cloud Cult - The Seeker

4. Laura Gibson - Empire Builder

5. Conor Oberst - Ruminations

Honorable Mentions:

Kyle Morton - What Will Destroy You

Eric Bachmann - Eric Bachmann

Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide To Earth

Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

Devendra Banhardt - Ape in Pink Marble

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Nice find in my Spotify Release Radar... #NowPlaying What We Need We Know by Busman's Holiday

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Oddly beautiful song... The Straight Mile by Barton Carroll #NowPlaying

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Top Albums of 2015

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Spotify's "Discover Weekly" playlist introduced me to this cover of "Flume". Really beatiful.

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This song just continues to get better. It was absoutely incredible in concert.

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The Mountain Goats have put out an entire album about professional wrestling. It's awesome.

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Enjoying the new album from Chadwick Stokes (formerly of Dispatch). Solid Friday tunes.

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Beautiful new song from Damien Rice

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Wow, this video of Townes van Zandt from 1975.

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My top albums of 2013...

1. Typhoon - White Lighter

2. Arcade Fire - Reflektor

3. Foxygen - We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of  Peace & Magic

4. Radical Face - The Family Tree: The Branches

5. The National - Trouble Will Find Me 

Others that I liked:

- Sigur Ros - Kveikur

- Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City

- Devendra Banhart - Mala

- Phosphorescent - Muchacho

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The Tallest Man on Earth and Idiot Wind covering Mr. Damien Jurado's "Working Titles".  Quite wonderful.

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Yet another Swedish sensation...  This time it's a girl calling herself "Idiot Wind".  Questionable name choice, but fantastic voice.

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Quick rundown of my favorite albums from 2012...

1. Lost in the Trees - A Church That Fits Our Needs

One of my favorite bands in the world. They can do no wrong. Beautiful album.

2. First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar

I only found out about them a few weeks ago, but their album has been in heavy rotation ever since. Really solid Americana (from a couple of Swedes).

3. Margot and the Nuclear So & So's - Rot Gut, Domestic

Another one of my favorite bands.  No matter how their sound changes from album to album I always find a way to become obsessed.  They're already working on their next one!

4. The Lumineers

How can you not like this album? It's not exactly earth-shattering, but it's got to be the best general music to have on in most situations. Really easy to listen to and very enjoyable.

5. Andrew Bird - Hands of Glory

Didn't listen to this album when it came out.  I was really surprised to hear how different it was from his previous albums.  This is a much smoother, pure, folky album.  I like the fact that his violin and whistling take a back seat to the overall sound.

Bonus:

6. Jason Lytle - Dept. of Disapperance

I can't not mention Jason Lytle.  He's awesome and I'm glad he's still making music after Grandaddy broke up.  This is a really good album, but I couldn't quite squeeze it into my top 5.  Keep up the good work, Jason!

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What is it with Swedes making awesome American music? First The Tallest Man on Earth and now First Aid Kit.

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New album preview from Two Gallants. Can't wait. I really, really hope they come to Columbus.  I've never seen them live.

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Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra - Some Velvet Morning

I've become slightly obsessed with this song  I have no idea what it's about (probably nothing), but the sound is haunting.