^ At last! Someone else gets it :D

Along with the Future Sound Of London's Lifeforms, that's easily my favourite album those two guys have ever been responsible for.

^I've decided to download some of that after i've finished my journal entry, Great writeup!

Downloaded that a while ago and forgot to listen to it. No better reason to give it a spin now.

Bought these 2 on cd today

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Broken Bells - Broken Bells

I'm loving this album. For those who don't know it's a collaboration between Shins frontman James Mercer and Danger Mouse. It sprang into life on the first listen with really great memorable songs and i'm sure i'll be listening to this regularly over the next few months. Great stuff.

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The National - High Violet

I'm a bit late getting into The National but better late than never. Didn't quite live up to my expectations on the first listen but i'm sure with a few more spins it'll really grow on me.

It definitely will, I am actually listening to it right now, it's about my 6th spin and it just keeps getting better, I think it's almost as good as Alligator.

Manic Street Preachers-The Holy Bible
Trying to get over my meh attitude to the Manics and giving in to the hype.

^Thank god!!!

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Shining - Blackjazz (2010)

Avant-garde Norwegian metal band a friend of mine from Mexico told me about.

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Evelyn Evelyn - Evelyn Evelyn (2010)

Cabaret/ punk band formed by that loser from The Dresden Dolls. I haven't really been keeping up with the more Gothic stuff from this year so I figured this was at least worth a try.

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Carach Angren - Death Came Through a Phantom Ship (2010)

From what I've heard this is suppose to be one of the best symphonic black metal albums of the year.

I've had that album for a good while now and i've never grown to like it. There's a couple of good songs on it but overall it's a really underwhelming album. The Manics to me, despite some great songs like Motorcycle Emptiness and Design For Life, are a really average band.

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Haven't even listened to it yet