DECORP: Archive

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Jan 27th

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Rolling Stone: Have you tried learning guitar or piano? Matt Berninger: I have not tried very hard, no. And I’m a little ashamed of that. But I like what I do in the band. In some ways, this is my rationalization, but if I was a piano player or a guitar player I would probably waste too much time writing mediocre music instead of just letting those guys, who are much better and much more...

Jan 26th

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Jan 25th

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Jan 21st

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Jan 21st

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Jan 20th

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Jan 15th

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Jan 9th

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Jan 7th

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Jan 5th

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Jan 5th

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Three artists on my Best Shit List for 2011 are ex-clients: two by choice and one not, but all three with regrets!

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Jan 2nd

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The Best of the Rest from 2011 Girls “Father, Son, Holy Ghost” A grower with tunes strong enough to convince me this dude is here to stay. Fleet Foxes “Helplessness Blues” The title track alone gets this on the list, but the album is packed with great shit, including Robin’s first track (I think) without reverb on his pipes. Gimme more of that, please sir. ...

Dec 31st

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Best Record I Need More Time with from 2011 Fucked Up “David Comes to Life” It seems to me that Fucked Up has a lot of records I loved in high school & college in their record collections. This feels like the lost follow-up to Fuel’s classic “Monuments to Excess”, but with a better understanding of classic non-punk rock & roll than any of those great 90s...

Dec 31st

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Very Promising EP from 2011 Hundred Visions “Last Cab from Tunis” One song is a little LCD-y, one’s a little Stroke-y, and another is a little Television-y. Not a bad little group of influences, right? It’s a bit schizophrenic but in this little three-song package it all makes a good bit of sense. The guitar shit that comes in halfway thru the title track from this...

Dec 30th

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Super Good Demos from 2011 Andrew Graham & Swarming Branch “Classic Glass Demos” Mr Graham sent me three demos on December 30th 2010 and I listened to them countless times though out 2011. He’s making a new record, I’m told, and he seems pretty crazy, I’ve observed. You can give two of the demos a spin below. I can’t find the third one anywhere but...

Dec 30th

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Best Tune with a Flute from 2011 Michael Kiwanuka “Tell Me a Tale” Tell Me A Tale by MichaelKiwanuka (more of The Best Shit List 2011)

Dec 28th

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Most Surprising Record from 2011 Bright Eyes “The People’s Key” Never was a fan, but wasn’t a hater, either. I liked that first song on “Lifted” okay, and would note things here or there over the years that might strike me (mostly lyrically), but mostly found it a bit over the top. I think Mr Oberst suffered from a lack of self-editing. When he put out the...

Dec 28th

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Best Album by a Band I’m Afraid I Won’t Like Anymore Next Year Youth Lagoon “The Year of Hibernation” (more of The Best Shit List 2011)

Dec 28th

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Best Side-A of an LP from 2011 Centro-matic “Candidate Waltz” Will Johnson & Co. rarely disappoint; their only crime historically might be overloading listeners with too many great songs too often. It’s a bummer, but fifteen years on from the debut Centro-matic release, even a serious fan might shrug off a new album or miss it all together. My advise to you, long-time fan...

Dec 27th

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An Obscure But Very Good Record from 2011 Adele “21” It’s a shame that this thing flew under the radar this year. Perhaps down the road this youngster will find her audience. (more of The Best Shit List 2011)

Dec 27th

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Dec 26th

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The Best Album of 2011 The War on Drugs “Slave Ambient” A record as subtle as they come. It slowly & steadily wormed its way through me since first listen. An astonishingly sturdy set of tunes wielding a perfect confidence never flaunted & always understated. It stops just shy of swagger, and that’s certainly for the better. The perfect music for me this year morning,...

Dec 26th

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Dec 25th

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Client Records in 2011

Happy Holidays and a huge thank you to my bad-ass & hard-working clients who put out great albums this year. While I don’t include clients in my year end listings (coming soon!) you can be certain that I spent many happy hours with these recordings this year. Do yourself a favor and track down these LPs if you’ve not yet done so. The Cave Singers - No Witch The Mountain Goats -...

Dec 25th

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