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Robert J. Howell probably spent more on his turntable than you did on food for the last year. He is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Southern Methodist University and co-wrote a book about the problem of explaining consciousness . Dollars to donuts, he's smarter than you are. Here are his Top Albums of 2010: If some years I have to struggle to find ten albums that deserve being on a “top” list, 2010 poses the opposite problem. It was an exceedingly strong year, with a diverse set of releases from well-established bands as well as a few [...]

Filed under: The Hit List The current retro movement in the best songs of 2010 is a win-win: Oldsters who had declared music dead can now listen to new songs, making them look less uncool to their kids. Meanwhile, young folks can use new artists to discover songs from the past, which means they might finally learn who Al Green is. But even the [...]

Pośród ogrodu siedzi ta królewska para. Dwa utwory - pierwszy z jednej z moich ulubionych płyt 2008 roku ( James Yorkston ), drugi z albumu, który mnie zaskoczył. Do tej pory znałem tylko fragmenty twórczości Kristiana Matssona ( The Tallest Man On Earth ) i zdziwiony popularnością jego nowej płyty The Wild Hunt , chciałem wykonać manewr: przesłuchanie+objechanie. Efekt? Skok do aktualnej pierwszej dziesiątki roku i ciągły repeat. Krótkie, świetnie napisane piosenki mocno osadzone w Dylanowskiej tradycji songwriterskiej, a miejscami: 1) klimat jak z cudownego Lie Down In The Light Oldhama, 2) ogniskowość Fleet Foxes i [...]