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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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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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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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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