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emmie’s best albums of the school year
If it weren’t for their disgusting name, I really think that more people would be singing praise 7"*#A+)**'()#D0)%(!9# Their debut album is full of anthemic and catchy punk music, with memorable hooks in each song. They shred, they head bang, they ,'"5!#)%&#!'(K#')/(#7"5*# guitarists. Enough said. tyler FASSNACHT
HI00#)&.+!#!')!#-'(%#H#$*,!#'()*&;#EJ".(>"&K# That I Used to Know”, perhaps the most 6"650)*#!*)<@#"77#"7#?5,!*)0+)%#6"6#,+%8(*#:)00K# de backer, I hated it immediately. Maybe K"5I/(#,((%#!'(#.5,+<#/+&("s+!I,#(45)0#6)*!,# nakedness, stop-motion, paint party and pop *".)%<(#>(!-((%#M)<@(*#)%&#/"<)0+,!#^+.>*);# -'+<';#&(6(%&+%8#"%#!'(#-)K#K"5#(%/+,+"%# that, can seem either extremely awesome or despicable. I, myself disliked the whole (%!(*6*+,(;#)%&#+!#-"50&I/(#,!)K(&#!')!#-)K#!""# if not for hearing “Somebody That I Used to ^%"-i#"/(*#)%&#"/(*#)8)+%#"%#!'(#*)&+";#)%&# !'(%#"/(*#)%&#"/(*#)8)+%#+%#.K#'()&#)7!(*-)*&,9## H#(/(%!5)00K#<)/(&#)%&#&"-%0")&(&#!'(#*(,!#"7# the album, which in its entirety is surprisingly original and irresistibly catchy. Check out “Easy :)K#b5!i#$*,!s+!I,#(),+0K#!'(#>(,!#,"%8#"%#!'(# album. sam EICHNER
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Keeping with the theme of music that is 5%)66()0+%8#!"#!'(#K"5!';#-(#."/(#"%#!"# ethnic music and the Owiny Sigoma Band, a collaboration between trendy Londoners and a 6)+*#"7#!*)&+!+"%)0#?7*+<)%#.5,+<+)%,#7*".#b-+%K# J+8".);#)#*5*)0#/+00)8(#%()*#T)+*">+;#^(%K)9#='(# <"00+,+"%#>(!-((%#X"%&"%I,#/+>*)%!#(0(<!*"%+<# ,<(%(#)%&#!'(#*+<'#'(*+!)8(#"7#1),!(*%#?7*+<)%# .5,+<#+,#.5<'#."*(#<"'(,+/(#)%&#%)!5*)0#!')%# "%(#-"50&#(N6(<!9#='(#*(6(!+!+"5,#6(*<5,,+/(# >()!,#"7#?7*+<)%#.5,+<#)*(#)#.)!<'#.)&(#+%# '()/(%#-+!'#!"&)KI,#&*5.#.)<'+%(,;#)%&#7"0@# melodies are shared between handcrafted nyatitis (a string instrument) and synthesizers. The 10 !*)<@#)0>5.,#6*"/+&(,#)#,."*8),>"*&#)#,6(<!*5.# "7#.5,+<)0#+%25(%<(#7*".#1%80)%&#!"#?7*+<)# ranging from Wires, a track would feel at home on the radio, and Owegi Owandho, which features /"<)0,#)%&#*'K!'.+<#,+8%)!5*(,#!')!#.)%K#-"50&# $%&#)0+(%;#K(!#)66()0+%89#H!#8+/(,#(0(<!*"%+<#.5,+<# the soul that it was always missing. anthony LEE
?#$/(#K()*#(77"*!#'()&(&#>K#,(07S +&(%!+$(&#)5!(5*#A)%8(*#L"5,(#)%&# H!)0+)%#<".6",(*#A)%+(0(#X566+;# Rome extracts the essence of the "0&#J6)8'(!!+#:(,!(*%#$0.,#"7#!'(# 1960s and puts it on record. Featuring 5%(N6(<!(&0K#"*8)%+<#!*)<@,#7*".#B)<@# :'+!(#)%&#T"*)'#B"%(,;#!'(#)0>5.# sends forth creeping tendrils from deserted mining towns and moonlit canals, intertwining to form a piece of music that conjures cowboys drinking chianti with haunting allure. matt CHRISTIE