2005. This was probably the strangest year for me in the past four, due mostly to the fact that most of the albums that have ended up on the list three years after the fact weren't there to begin with. In fact, a few of these albums I didn't even hear until this year. Anyway, here we go. 1. Jack's Mannequin - Everything In Transit This is without a doubt one of the most well written records of th
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Everyone is starting to make their top ten albums of 2008 already, and it's starting to make me mad. I never understood making that list in November. For one thing the year isn't over, and there could be an album that could surprise you, even if you don't know it's coming out. But also, I just like making that list around Christmas and New Years. Call it a Holiday tradition of sorts. But I'm also
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So due to a lack of internet access i couldn't post this yesterday...i guess its hard even now for me to write about this. Yesterday it really struck me how hard it still is for me to get through that day. I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like for the people who were effected directly. Every single year I make a point of listening to a few songs, watching a few videos, etc. over the c
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I think there are few things more universal than music. That's obviously why mixtapes exist at all. When you can't find the right words to say something, but your favorite bands and favorite songs can. When you relate to a song so much it's like you wrote the words yourself. Wrote the words for her...But mixtapes exist in different capacities. It's not just the mix cd she gave to you, but it's the
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God, everytime I hear this guy I'm amazed. It doesn't even matter if I've heard the song a million times either, his vocal talent, lyrics and emotion never fail to blow me away. Reminds me exactly why he is my favorite musical artist ever, and reminds me why I'm literally dying to hear his new album, "Sycamore Meadows". Butch has recently broken from the record label system, and as a result I stil
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The long awaited and delayed follow up to 2005's "Everything In Transit" is finally on the near horizon. The band began streaming the first single from their sophomore release on myspace last night, and it only has me more excited for this release.Everything In Transit was a fucking sublime record. Definitely the definining album of '05 for me. While I'm not so sure The Glass Passenger can take th
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In honor of the release of their first album in nearly 6 years (which comes out 10 days from tomorrow), I decided to sift through my counting crows collection and make the best 1 CD compilation I could.Please note that this is not a hits collection. Otherwise "Mr Jones" would certainly not be absent. These are merely my favorite tracks from each of the four studio albums. Here they are:1. Angels O
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As of yesterday (Valentines Day) Butch Walker has officially abandoned the major label system. He offered up 22 out of 24 songs off of his new live album/DVD, "Leavin' the Game on Luckie Street" entirely for free. You can head over the website: www.therecordbusinessisfucked.com in order to download it now and trust me, you're going to want to.
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I have a confession to make. I have become over the past few years a regular viewer of the show "One Tree Hill". You know, one of those teen drama's that almost defines guilty pleasure? I find the storylines are usually decent, even if they're ridiculous, but I do acknowledge that the show is very uneven as far as quality goes. However, there is one thing that has never wavered in the shows 4 seas
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2007 was an interesting year in music. For me it didn't really have that one definitive album of the year. That album that was 5-star tracks from start to finish. Last year that was Butch Walker's "The Rise & Fall". The year before it was Jack's Mannequin with "Everything In Transit", and the year before that, yet again Butch Walker with "Letters". Thats not to say 2007 didn't have great albums, b
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