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I acquired less music this year than in years previous by quite a lot. I spent considerable time listening to stuff I’d stockpiled but never played in an attempt to weed out bands and albums I’d had a passing interest in hearing due to somebody’s recommendation or critical acclaim, but that I didn’t like well [...]

Idolator’s been snarky, which is cool, but when I check my iTunes library, here’s my top 5 of the year so far:
1. Vampire Weekend
Yes, a lot of hipster fuckwits latched onto them, and posers think they’re now wise to world music, but it’s a consistently well-written album and I’ve played the crap out of it [...]