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here are some of my personal favorites from this year... i didn't feel like listing them in a particular order, but no age and deerhunter were my top 2. the rest are randomly listed

no age - nouns

deerhunter - microcastle/weird era cont.

evangelicals - the evening descends

crystal castles - crystal castles

bon iver - for emma, forever ago

abe vigoda - skeleton

high places - high places

times new viking - rip it off

deerhoof - offend maggie

gang gang dance - saint dymphna

lil wayne - tha carter III

why? - alopecia

atlas sound - let the blind lead those who can see but cannot feel

Nobody Wave - Columbus Avenue

1. They Went Back Inside (3:26)

2. Very Very Tired (2:45)

3. Another Mountain (3:39)

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Here's the other project i was working on besides the singles, it's mostly mellow guitar instrumentals with samples of me and my grandparents when i was around 4 years old. The cover art is a picture i took when i was in japan of these little kids on a field trip to the local shrine in kamakura. they were all looking over the bridge to see the huge fish swimming around in the pond, and i thought that represented the music well (since i don't have any digital photos of my grandparents or me when i was younger)

enjoy

Nobody Wave - Single Series (No.3)

1. We Didn't Want to Live Forever (2:53)

2. Passport Photo (2:41)

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Nobody Wave - Single Series (No.2)

1. Ichiban #1 (1:04)

2. The Only God I've Known (4:19)

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Hey hey, back for another week. The main attraction for this single is "The Only God I've Known," which has a western bluesy feel to it, but I thought it would balance well to have a really short punk song in front. "Ichiban #1" was made pretty much on the spot, using the sing gibberish then make words technique. The title is a saying I heard a few times when I was in Japan, which translates to "number one #1", used for dramatic effect

Nobody Wave - A-V

This song sounds like a panda eating a birthday cake

listen for the Cambodian pop singers

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Nobody Wave - Single Series (No.1)

1. Not Yet (2:05)

2. Agree to Lose (3:42)

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Here's the first installment of the rousing Single Series, a collection that was called "a delight" by everyone who heard it.

"Not Yet" is a simple punk song with guitar harmonies and "Agree to Lose" has a little of everything: desk drumbeats, a gnarly solo and lots more.

I'm gonna try to have one of these up every Monday, but we'll see what happens

Nobody Wave - Y'All

So I finally got a good Garageband substitute for my laptop and with all my free time these next few months I'm gonna record a lot of music. I have two projects in the works that I'll start posting soon... the first one is a singles collection where I want to record five singles with two tracks each and then when I finish I'll arrange them into a compilation. I'll probably post a single a week. The other project is an instrumental EP with samples from cassette recordings my grandparents made when I was 3 and 4 years old. They got me wailing on acoustic guitar, piano, acapella, everything.

This song is an experiment I did with the shitty portable tape player I bought that warps the sound if you squeeze it hard enough. it came out pretty weird but it's cool.

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Tuesdays With Barry

let it rain, let it rain