Las Vegas Critics

Laura Marling

Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can

Laura Marling was discovered on MySpace at a very young age and her first album, Alas, I Cannot Swim, came out when she was only eighteen. The album – despite being shortlisted for the Mercury Prize (losing to The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow) – only made it to 45 on the UK Album Chart and failed to chart in the US.

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Tom Smith of Editors performing live

Best Song of October 2009

October boasted a decent number worthy tracks …and a few that were even better than that.

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Steven Patrick Morrissey live on stage

Morrissey - Years of Refusal

Morrissey has been an important piece of my musical soundscape since before he had a solo career, but over the years I’ve learned not to build up my expectations.

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the top 20: best albums of

My 80s

(a retrospective introspective look into Nick's musical taste)

In order to help establish a baseline for the style of music that I like, I've compiled a list of my 20 favorite albums from the eighties and I've included some random comments about the particular format of the albums I had as well as a few of my favorite songs from each

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