January 2012
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Early 2012 Favorites
While I’ve spent most of this year cruising bandcamp & mining for gold (that post will be coming soon enough), I can’t neglect some of the more well-established acts that are already causing a stir with early previews from their upcoming 2012 releases. This is mostly because these tracks are all really, really good. Bands like these have achieved the listener’s trust and...
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December 2011
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Top 11 of '11
I may be one of the last to have their say, and this list may be important to no one but me, but dadgummit here are my favorite, most meaningful albums of 2011. There’s so much coming out every year now that this can hardly be considered a wholistic picture of the last year for anyone but myself - not even among the “indiesphere” where most of these releases reside are these an...
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2011 Reader Recommendations, Pt. II
And we continue with the reader recommendations (Part I over here) for their personal favorite albums/songs from this year!
Thisisntliving reminded me of the great, great mixtape 77777 by Joywave: There’s too much good on this *free* mixtape to pass up. Along with that, Joywave and Tympanogram have joined forces for the Ridge 7”, which is one of my favorite tracks of the year (the...
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2011 Reader Recommendations, Pt. I
A few weeks back I asked any interested readers to share with me a recommendation or two out of their personal favorite albums/songs of the year. Well, I got a lot of great responses out of that - some of which I liked a lot, others of which I could appreciate though it wasn’t my type of music, etc. Overall, It helped me catch a few great albums that I missed/overlooked this past year.
As...
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November 2011
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1000x/minute Would Like To Know...
As the year is winding down, everyone’s beginning to cobble together their year-end favorite albums/tracks list. While I’ve got a list that I consider to be getting pretty close to my final draft, I know there are a lot of music I haven’t given the proper attention.
Maybe it’s because I want to have a conversation or more of an interaction with all of you guys, but...
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A Moment With 1000x/minute
Hey friends,
This post is something I’d been thinking about writing for a good couple of months now, but it took about that long for me to figure out what I was going to say. So, if you’re interested on what goes on in a late-20something music blogger’s head sometimes, read on. It also concerns the direction of this site, some inevitable changes, and a few promises to anyone...
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October 2011
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September '11 Music Roundup
Here’s the monthly installment of standout tracks posted on 1000x/minute for the month of September. Highlights this month? Radical Face has his album streaming, along with Feist and Youth Lagoon, voted Pitchfork’s BNM. On top of that, my bro let me know personally that he can’t stop listening to Television by You Won’t. Lotta stuff to be excited about this month.
Anyway,...
September 2011
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Stream: Radical Face, "The Roots" →
It’s been a few long years, but we finally have another Radical Face album to appreciate. And the best part is, it’s only part one of a Family Tree trilogy! Click through the link above to stream the first album, set for release on October 4th, entitled The Roots. (stream via electric mariachi)
Bonus: The first single from The Roots, A Pound Of Flesh is available at the website,...
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Stream: Feist, "Metals"
On track three of my first listen-through, and I’m completely captivated. Listen to it here or through the widget below:
(via disconaïveté)
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New & Noteworthy: Scopitone Vidbox
Ever since moving back to my hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan about a year ago, I’ve found myself continually impressed at a city that has truly come into its own. Readers of 1000x/minute are probably aware of my love for bands like Stepdad and Ghost Heart, two bands that represent only the tip of the iceberg of a city that has a sincere, dedicated, and (most importantly) creative art...
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Stream: AA Bondy, "Believers" →
Pay your respects to the man who brought us American Hearts and When The Devil’s Loose, now with his third full-length album, Believers. First listen through, and this has that trademark Bondy style - folk music with a deep-southern twang that, despite its oft-meandering pace, knows where it’s headed.
Believers is out September 13th via Fat Possum Records. (previously: Daytrotter)
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