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steve hyden's "whatever happened to alternative nation?" series in the onion was turned into an epub i believe, and is definitely worth a read his book on ageing rockers, "twilight of the gods", was okay, as was "your favourite band is killing me", all about rivalries in music - he's basically...

stephen witt's "how music got free" is a great read as is john seabrook's "the song machine: inside the hit factory" former is all about mp3 and napster etc., latter is all about the swedish songwriting factory powered by denniz pop, max martin, shellback and the like

does he sing? who let the drummer sing?!?? is he the new phil collins or the new phil selway?

dua lipa club remix album is fantastic angel olsen is good, but i prefer the orchestral and austere arrangements on last year's album

gorillaz: demon days > gorillaz > plastic beach > the now now > the fall > humanz first three are a big stretch ahead of everything else

the living end: roll on > the living end > white noise > state of emergency > modern artillery > the ending is just the beginning repeating > shift > wunderbar

very sad news

hum: inlet > downward is heavenward > you'd prefer an astronaut > electra2000 > fillet show

bright eyes: lifted or the story is in the soil, keep your ear to the ground > i'm wide awake, it's morning > fevers and mirrors > cassadaga > a christmas album > digital ash in a digital urn > letting off the happiness > the people's key > down in the weeds, where the world once was > a...

new killers and bright eyes are pretty bland, cut copy is tres mellow, and bully is good - alicia bognanno knows how to write a catchy rock tune

they're all awesome; i hemmed and hawed over the final three spots

wow i am different! belle and sebastian: if you're feeling sinister > the life pursuit > the boy with the arab strap > tigermilk > dear catastrophe waitress > write about love > fold your hands child, you walk like a peasant > girls in peacetime want to dance > days of the bagnold summer

the triffids: born sandy devotional > calenture > in the pines > treeless plain > the black swan

the go-betweens: 16 lovers lane > spring hill fair > liberty belle and the black diamond express > tallulah > send me a lullaby > before hollywood

back to the oztrayans... tame impala: lonerism > currents > the slow rush > innerspeaker

my morning jacket: z > it still moves > at dawn > evil urges > the waterfall ii > the tennessee fire > the waterfall > circuital

wilco: yankee hotel foxtrot > summerteeth > a ghost is born > being there > the whole love > star wars > ode to joy > schmilco > sky blue sky > am > wilco (the album)

björk: homogenic > post > vespertine > debut > vulnicura > selma songs > medulla > biophilia > volta > utopia

the national: boxer > i am easy to find > trouble will find me > sleep well beast > alligator > high violet > sad songs for dirty lovers > the national

radiohead: ok computer > in rainbows > a moon shaped pool > kid a > the bends > hail to the thief > amnesiac > king of limbs > pablo honey