61 Frankie Cosmos: Next Best Thing
Tag: humour
62 Run the Jewels: RTJ3
I think it’s fair to say that I’ve never quite been swept up by the Runny Jews freight wagon
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Perhaps it’s because they’ve made a habit of releasing their albums late in the year, leaving me next to no time to properly consider them for the year end Necessary Evil. This logically titled (beautifully so +2) third effort came out on Christmas day 2016, which would render any selection in the 2016 list near impossible under normal circumstances
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Hmmmm, though it would qualify for the 2017 list under old rules though… and be one of the most listened to albums due to its early release…
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63 Mitski: Puberty 2
There’s nothing worse than when your love is badly timed
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No! I don’t mean the way you think! I think that kind of ‘badly timed love’ should be strongly dissuaded!
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67 The Coral: Distance Inbetween
Cymbals Eat Guitars: Pretty Years
I’ve been hard on guitars so far, I know
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And with good reason, as chugging along with guitars has become the absolutely standard form of music, and has been for some time, and should therefore be stringently avoided at all costs unless you truly believe you’re going to be doing something spectacular with it
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71 Goat: Requiem
Firstly, I have seen conflicting reports, but I believe that the band are called ‘Goat’, as in
not ‘GOAT’, which would obviously stand for
but I shall keep you abreast of all updates as I receive them
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Continue reading “71 Goat: Requiem”73 Topaz Jones: Arcade
Ho-hoo! Another brilliant albums! We’ve really stepped it up a gear now, haven’t we ladies and gentlemen!?
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74 Britney Spears: Glory
Intentions count for nothing, your reasons for doing anything are completely meaningless
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77 DIIV: Is the Is Are
Yeah, I think it’s pronounced ‘dive’
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Not ‘div’, unfortunately
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81 Jeremih: Late Nights
Hey! The correct spelling of ‘nights’!
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The Weeknd’s first mixtape- 2011’s ‘House of Balloons’- was an absolutely marvellous piece of work and was the Necessary Evil album of 2011, even though I never actually wrote it down or told anyone about it, because when all’s said and done it’s really none of your fucking business is it?
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