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Beck - Timebomb

Beck - Timebomb
2007, iTunes

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Ugh. I’m not the biggest fan of Beck’s so-called hip-hop side (I can’t stand most of Odelay and don’t care much for Midnight Vultures), but I can at least appreciate his ironic and insightful lyrics.

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Animal Collective: Miscellaneous Tracks From “Strawberry Jam”

Animal Collective - Official

I got my hands on 6 tracks from the upcoming Animal Collective album, Strawberry Jam, and I am floored.

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Modest Mouse - Dashboard

Modest Mouse - “Dashboard”
from We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
2006, Epic

I have this horrible recurring nightmare wherein Johnny Marr and Isaac Brock drop the name Modest Mouse and call themselves The New Smiths.

Then, as revenge, after Morrissey weeps, he and Dan Gallucci form an even shittier band called Humbly Effacing Rodent. It could happen. As for this song: Franz Ferdinand, lock up yer songbook.

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