REVIEW: Artifact [2013]

“We put everything on black. And we rolled the dice.” Full disclosure on my feelings about Thirty Seconds to Mars: I’m a huge fan. When “Capricorn (A Brand New Name)” hit the radio waves, I was sold—not yet aware Jared Leto was the frontman or that the music wasn’t just another lame attempt by an actor to delve into another industry he/she knew nothing about. I torrented the disc, played it heavily on my iPod, and eventually purchased it as my way of saying they earned my support. I attended…

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Top 100 Albums of 2011

(short and sweet and to the point; culled from listening to 501 releases—at time of publishing—from 2011. ask me tomorrow and the list will probably be drastically different, but you have to lock ’em in sometime. click album cover for website) Honorable Mention:

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Top 10 Albums of 2007

(short and sweet and to the point) 10.) Feist: The Reminder 9.) Bloc Party: A Weekend in the City 8.) Porcupine Tree: Fear of a Blank Planet 7.) The Receiving End of Sirens: The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi 6.) Interpol: Our Love to Admire 5.) Athlete: Beyond the Neighborhood 4.) Kent: Tillbaka till samtiden 3.) Band of Horses: Cease to Begin 2.) Editors: An End Has a Start 1.) The Shins: Wincing the Night Away Honorable Mention: Explosions in the Sky: All of a Sudden I Miss EveryoneStars: In…

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