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05 Jan 2009 05:15

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Music: Why Pitchfork gave Animal Collective a glowing review

  • Everything that’s defined the band to this point – all those strands winding through their hugely diverse catalog – is refined and amplified here.
  • Mark Richardson • Who could be conservatively referred to as “gushing” about Merriweather Post Pavilion. He refers to it as their “pop” album. • source
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05 Jan 2009 05:13

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Music: “Merriweather Post Pavilion” album of the year? Well, that was fast.

  • 9.6 Pitchfork’s rating of the new Animal Collective record source
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02 Jan 2009 08:44

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Culture, Music: He will possess your heart, but don’t tell M. Ward

  • Ben Gibbard. Zooey Deschanel. Engaged. She’s “She” of She & Him (and a movie star). He’s the Death Cab dude. Really, is there a more hip, to-the-moment celebrity engagement than this one? We argue no. This may be the most engaging indie-famous couple since Juliana Hatfield and Evan Dando. source
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02 Jan 2009 00:07

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Music: The top-selling album of 2008

Lil’ Wayne’s “Tha Carter III” sold 2.87 million copies. source
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01 Jan 2009 23:57

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Music: Digital track downloads way, way up

  • 1.07 billion track downloads, up 27% from last year source
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01 Jan 2009 23:52

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Music: The music industry’s downtempo 2008 album sales

  • 8.5% decline in album sales in 2008, from 500 million to 428 million source
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01 Jan 2009 14:05

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Music: What was the top album of 2008?

  • By the numbers … … Metacritic says African duo Amadou & Mariam’s Welcome to Mali is the top-rated album of the year. They scored a worldwide popular-consciousness coup in 2006 after recording that year’s World Cup song, “Celebrate the Day.” source
  • By the numbers … … Metacritic says African duo Amadou & Mariam’s Welcome to Mali is the top-rated album of the year. They scored a worldwide popular-consciousness coup in 2006 after recording that year’s World Cup song, “Celebrate the Day.”
  • The critics, though … … have definitely taken a liking to Fleet Foxes’ self-titled debut, with that album topping a number of year-end lists. TV on The Radio, Portishead and Bon Iver are right behind, though. Our favorite? Deerhunter’s Microcastle. source
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