The loud/quiet, two contrasts dynamic has been done to death, of course, but Midas Fall show they are far from two-dimensional with tracks ranging from the vocal and piano-led "War Pigeon" with its sparse yet engrossing four minutes that never threaten to fall flat, "Fog Sky Nun" and its out-of-nowhere sucker-punch... »»
2008 was a nutty year. ... Local record stores moved closer to extinction, rap continued its descent into inanity and BET is still the most depressing channel. ... But why dwell on the negative? Here are my picks for the best albums of 2008, in alphabetical order, as always. ... »»
Had I have known that I was going to be stuck with the same 1,153 tracks for a month, I would have been a little more discriminating.
Way back, as April was drawing to a close, I casually synced my iPod to my computer. It's the type of thing that I do all the time. The music on my iPod is pretty fluid, as there's always new stuff coming and old stuff leaving. My mood is constantly changing; thus, the music I want as my soundtrack is in an equal state of shift.
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