I just wanted to chime in with a band and an album that I haven't seen on anybody's year-end best yet. The Apples in Stereo put out a really great record this year. Musically ambitious but still packed with accessible, hummable power pop, I think it belongs among the best albums of the year. It's not perfect, but the good songs on it are excellent, the okay songs are good, and the bad songs ...
buck up, apples! it's not the same old drag to us. also, thanks for recording part of your new album, new magnetic wonder, in kentucky. kentucky is frighteningly close to mississippi and, frankly, i think that's all the excitement we can handle in the magnolia state. oh, and like the title of this post suggests, there's not nearly enough muttonchops.
