1. The Head and the Heart – The Head and the Heart
This one is a little obvious, based on previous posts this week.
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2. Radiohead – King of Limbs
I don’t want to say anything bad about this album, because I really do love it. It’s just hard to be Radiohead. So many of their albums have been revelations. They have had so many utterly brilliant albums, and this one is just really, really, really good. Even though one song sounds like they’ve been listening to a lot of TV on the Radio, and even though King of Limbs feels a lot like a really good appendix to In Rainbows (as opposed to something truly new as we would expect from Radiohead), this will still make my ‘favorite albums of 2011’ list.
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3. Childish Gambino – EP (aka – Dopeness) [download this for free, here.]
Donald Glover keeps doing what he does… being amazing. My friend Matt asked me the other day if I’d listened to this album yet. It was delightful for two reasons: 1. That he thought I probably listened to Childish Gambino. 2. That the Donald Glover movement is still growing.
We have tickets to see the I Am Donald tour here in Seattle at Neumos, which is the tour I’ve been waiting for him to do for a year. He’ll be performing stand-up AND hip hop. The small venue maybe even makes it possible I’ll have the chance to meet him. Then again, I already had a chance to walk up and say hello during the five minutes he was at the Raveonettes show at Bumbershoot, but it seems with Donald Glover I’m Troy to his Lavar Burton.
At least I can keep listening to this EP, you can’t disappoint an EP.
Video is NSFW [lyrics].
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4. Tapes ‘n Tapes – Outside
The music video is lame, but the song is still worth it.
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5. The Civil Wars – Barton Hollow
Again, another obvious one based on recent posts.
