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The 50 Albums Everyone Needs to Own, 1963-2013

By Tom Hawking on

No one buys albums anymore, goes the music industry truism. And yet, for all that the format’s commercial viability may or may not be on the wane, sitting and listening to a great album from start to finish is one of the greatest pleasures that music can bring. Flavorwire recently got to thinking about how one might build a record collection if you really only did buy one record a year. So here’s the result of our thought exercise: 50 albums you really should own, one a year from 1963 until the present… Read More

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Flavorwire’s 10 Musical Acts to Watch in 2013

By Tom Hawking on

As we do habitually at this time of the year, we’re putting our heads on the “artists to watch” chopping block and picking the acts that we reckon will blow up big in 2013. After the jump you’ll find our run-down of the ten bands we’re tipping to rule 2013, or at least do pretty damn well for themselves — so go on, tell us that we’re right/wrong/have forgotten someone who we shouldn’t… Read More

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10 MP3s You Need to Download for Free This Week: Mogwai, Lost Animal, Clinic

By Tom Hawking on

It’s Friday, which means that our head hurts after going to the listening session for the amazing new Scott Walker album at the McKittrick Hotel last night — and also that it’s time for another installment of our regular roundup of downloadable MP3 goodness from around the web. This week we are talking very seriously to you about the Lost Animal album, which you need to get hold of ASAP when it’s released in January, and also sharing new tracks by Widowspeak and The Faint, excellent remixes of tracks by Clinic and Mogwai, an entire new Spaceape EP, and plenty more. Since all this action costs precisely nothing, what are you waiting for? All the download links await after the jump. … Read More

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