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over the last weeks I’ve been building some new instruments, including a cassette walkman that can be used as a sort of monophonic “mellotron” (you know, the brilliant tape sampler from the 60’s), playing the tape at varying speeds to create different notes.

Another instrument is the...

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Oh, And I Thought I Was A Warrior (Cover), by Lindenfield

I put out a new cover today. I really love this song and tried to do it justice.

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Best Albums of 2014

I'll start with the list and then if you're curious you can read my commentary below.

Alvvays - Alvvays

Franky Cosmos - affirms glinting

Deerhoof - La Isla Bonita

Eyes Lips Eyes - Place To Be

Angel Olson - Burn Your Fire For No Witness

Blake Mills - Heigh Ho

Laura Mvula - Laura Mvula With Metropole Orkest

Jenny Lewis - The Voyager

Mac Demarco - Salad Days

King Tuff - Black Moon Spell

2014 brought us a lot of good music. Music was so good this year that I've realized how bad 2013 was and I've lost a little hope in 2015 (although this year is sure to bring us a new Radiohead album so there's plenty of hope to lose).

Last year was a great follow up to trends from 2013: women are making amazing records, people are still using lo-fi production to give the illusion of soul to their songs, and pop still didn't really cross paths with art.

A lot of my favorite artists were new to me. 7 out of these 10 records were from people I hadn't heard of before while St. Vincent, Beck, and more disappointed me with their repetition. I wonder if I'm too impatient to hear bands repeat themselves or if they're stuck in a rut. Maybe I'll turn around in 5 years and realize what an incredible record St. Vincent was. I've done that before with Beck (Sea Change).

My favorite new band this year is Frankie Cosmos. WOW. The songs are so honest, simple, and fresh. If you follow them on Bandcamp, you'll see 3 albums released last year: one full band record and two albums of demos. My favorite, Affirms Glinting is one of the demo albums but I spent the better part of this year listening to all three. Apart from the beautiful, easy to sing melodies, the lyrics are simple and piercing. She's never singing complicated lines presenting awkward metaphors, instead she tells you straight. "When you don't want me, I look at my body."

The other record I'd like to highlight is Laura Mvula's masterpiece. She recorded and released the same songs in 2013 using Pop/R&B production. Then, a year later released the same album reimagined and backed by a full orchestra recorded at Abbey Road Studios. The result reminds me of Bjork, Caetano Veloso, and Joanna Newsom. I can't wait to hear what she does next.

Thanks for reading! What do you think? Any albums I missed? I know I did because I just listened to Viet Cong's record this week and GEEZ it's good.

Honorable mentions:

D'Angelo - Black Messiah

Grandma Sparrow - Grandma Sparrow & His Piddletractor Orchestra

tUnE-yArDs - nikki nack

Courtney Barnett - The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas

Fictionist - Fictionist

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EYES LIPS GOODBYES View from the "human curtain" before @eyeslipseyes blew us away last night. #eyes #lips #goodbyes

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Tighty Willis in the back! #doublepost #guitar #art

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@bexpotts custom painted my @bikinisleepover guitar! Watch our new video! Link in my profile. Follow Becca for more cool art. #newmusic #bikini #sleepover

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It's my favorite time: New Band O'clock! My punk rock band @bikinisleepover is ready for love. Check back on Wednesday for our first fun video! And if you're in L.A., come to our show on Thursday! (at Daddies' House)

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Still so wired from Saturday night's show! Follow @ilovejunecat for more pics Photo by @trevorchristensen (at Velour Live Music Gallery)

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UTAH - I'll be in town Sept 27-Oct 4 and I'd love to book a recording session with you. Hear what I can do on the link in my profile. Comment below or email [email protected] Photo by @trevorchristensen #recording #shoephotography

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CALIFORNIA: I’m booking portrait, band & Nude Portrait shoots in #LA from October 6-11th! Space is limited, email me now to reserve your spot. Pictured: @thecolinhatch.

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I'm in this. #proud

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How anyone believes in anything at all is beyond me

I’ve dreamed too many truths and lived too many lies far too fondly.

I used to escape from existence to sleep

Now even unconscious I’m conscious of my misery

That anyone accepts their paradigms as real is astounding

I’ve held too many faiths and dropped too many doubts to think             soundly 

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Albums I listened to in April

Bjork - Vespertine Inside Llewyn Davis - Soundtrack The Beatles - Rubber Soul The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman Loney Dear - Dear John Loney Dear - Hall Music Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks - Enter The Slasher House* Inside Llewyn Davis - Soundtrack Sibylle Baier - Colour Green Chance The Rapper - ACIDRAP Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks - Enter The Slasher House* Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan Inside Llewyn Davis - Soundtrack Chance The Rapper - ACIDRAP Arcade Fire - Reflektor Arvo Part - Te Drum Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan Marnie Stern - Chronicles of Marnia Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan Deerhoof - Deerhoof vs Evil Deerhoof - Breakup Song Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan The Beatles Anthology 3 - Disc 1 LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening Bjork - Vespertine Tom Waits - Beautiful Malodies: The Island Years Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca Bjork - Medula Tom Petty - Wildflower Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks - Enter The Slasher House* Future Islands - Singles* Mac Demarco - Salad Days* Angel Olson - Burn Your Fire For No Witness* Officer Jenny - whatever whatever whatever whatever whatever whatever whatever whatever whatever* Dream Eater - Teenage Automation* Future Islands - Singles* Tom Waits - Beautiful Malodies: The Island Years The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman

* - Released in 2014

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Albums I listened to in March

Posting way late. Deerhoof - Deerhoof vs Evil Deerhoof - Breakup Song Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness* Quilt - Held In Splendor* Arcade Fire - Neon Bible Arcade Fire - Neon Bible Wilco - Sky Blue Sky St Vincent - St Vincent* Deerhoof - Deerhoof vs Evil Deerhoof - Breakup Song The Kinks - Face to Face Wilco - A Ghost Is Born Arcade Fire - The Suburbs Bjork - Vespertine Kanye West & Jay Z - Watch The Throne Aretha Franklin - Greatest Hits vol II Mahler 9th - Bernstein conducts New York Phil The Mamas & The Papas - Greatest Hits Loney Dear - Loney Noir Beck - Sea Change Kings Of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak Beck - Morning Phase* Wilco - Sky Blue Sky Deerhoof - Deerhoof vs. Evil Angel Olson - Burn Your Fire For No Witness* * - album came out this year

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Here's my new June Cat song. Go get it for free (link in Youtube description). @ilovejunecat

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Best albums of 2003

As I compiled my Top 2013 lists, I realized that I would like make a list with a more accurate perspective. Since I still agree with my 2012 album list (although I’d add Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan now) I had to look further back. 2003 happened long enough ago that I know what albums have stood the test of time. Plus, a decade is nice & cozy.

2003 was a crazy year. Josh Groban was getting big and Dave Matthews put out the last album I bought of his. Rereleases and remasters were abundant and bands like Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Pantera were already putting out their Greatest Hits compilations. It was the year of Wicked and the year of The Postal Service. I was 15 and still had the patience to sit and listen to music all day. I wasn’t reading, playing a game, or chatting on AIM. I was just sitting on the long couch in my living room listening to albums on my Dad’s Infinity speakers. Here are my favorite albums from that year:

Radiohead - Hail To The Thief

The Beatles - Let It Be...Naked 

Deerhoof - Apple O’

The Strokes - Room On Fire

Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium

Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Grandaddy - Sumday

The White Stripes - Elephant

Josh Rouse - 1972

Norah Jones - Come Away With Me

Special thanks to Britney Spears for putting out Toxic, one of the greatest pop songs of all time in 2003.

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February Albums

A list of all the albums I listened to in February in order.

Radiohead - OK Computer

Arcade Fire - Reflektor

Cibo Matto - Hotel Valentine*

Radiohead - Kid A

Radiohead - Amnesiac

Cibo Matto - Hotel Valentine*

Ricky Eat Acid - Three Love Songs*

Radiohead - OK Computer

Pure Funk

Daniel Rossen - Silent Hour Golden Mile

Arcade Fire - Reflektor

Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness*

The Autumn Defense - Fifth*

Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

Radiohead - Kid A

Radiohead - Amnesiac

Randy Newman - Sail Away

Radiohead - King of Limbs

Flaming Lips - The Terror

Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE

Quilt - Held In Splendor*

Beck - Morning Phase*

Beck - Morning Phase*

Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five

Beck - Morning Phase*

Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean

Arcade Fire - Funeral

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

* - Released in 2014