Tag Archives: The Decemberists

Best Shows of 2009

By Rube Ambler Let’s just start by saying we were inspired to create this post this way by Paste Magazine’s Josh Jackson. Like Mr. Jackson we’re only going to list those shows where we can post some kind of YouTube … Continue reading

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Best Records of 2009 (Rube’s List)

This was really hard for me this year. Spending more time with this project (i.e., the blog), intentionally listening to more music, and talking to more people about music, exposed me to more music in the past twelve months than … Continue reading

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Best Albums of the Decade v2 (more of those 00s)

By Rube Ambler We let Alex have his crack at this and we have to admit his taste is good. (We rediscovered Jets to Brazil since that post…wow). But we (which is to say me [rube]) wanted to take a … Continue reading

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The Hazards of Love Visualized, Dec. 1

We think this is quite cool and we’re not even going to be coy about the fact that we think The Hazards of Love by The Decemberists was one of the best records of the year, so we’re pretty excited … Continue reading

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