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WELCOME TO THE 75ORLESS MUSIC REVIEW WEBSITE Currently with over 1,600 reviews in our archives, we have been describing music since October 2001. TEN IN OUR EARDRUMS - updated August 6, 2010 IamIs - Trance Enducer (self released) Royal Forest - self titled EP (self released) STE Guy - Fairground in the Trees (self released) The Harvey Girls - I've Been Watching A Lot of Horror Movies Lately (Circle Into Square) Unbunny - Moon Food (Hidden Agenda) Tre Orsi - Devices + Emblems (Comedy Minus One) Bottomless Pit - Blood Under the Bridge (Comedy Minus One) The State Lottery - When the Night Calls (Salinas) Dina Maccabee - Who Do You Suppose You Are? (Antephonic) Hillstomp - Darker the Night (self released) Why 75orLess? It's a reasonable question. The idea was born during our daily music chats back in the Fall of 2001, while discussing reviews we'd read. There was only one thing we consistently agreed on: they were too long. 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Best of 2007.
75orLess Writers Best Whatever of 20072007 75orLess Writers' Year End List Tom D
12. Annie Lennox - Songs of Mass Destruction 11. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin 10. M.I.A. - Kala 9. The White Stripes - Icky Thump 8. Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's The Cool 7. Feist - The Reminder 6. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand 5. Patton Oswalt - Werewolves and Lollipops 4. Bright Eyes - Cassadega 3. Pharoahe Monch - Desire 2. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black 1. The Cat Empire - Two Shoes Shane
2. Panda Bear - Person Pitch 3. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha 4. Editors - An End Has A Start 5. The National - Boxer 6. Daft Punk - Alive 2007 7. Radiohead - In Rainbows 8. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 9. Ratatat - Remixes Vol. II 10. Bowerbirds - Hymns for a Dark Horse 11. Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone 12. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog 13. José González - In Our Nature 14. !!! - Myth Takes 15. The Namesake - Original Soundtrack 16. Gui Boratto - Chromophobia 17. Papercuts - Can't Go Back 18. Apparat - Walls 19. Phosphorescent - Pride 20. A Broken Consort - Box of Birch JP
Goon Moon - Licker's Last Leg Mondo Generator - Dead Planet Sick Puppies - Dressed Up As Life The Exies - A Modern Way of Living with the Truth Bad Religion - New Maps of Hell HURT - Vol. II Demon Hunter - Storm the Gates of Hell Joe Bonamassa - Sloe Gin Israel Kamakawiwo‘ole - Wonderful World Eric
2. Black Kids -Wizard of Ahhs What indie rock should be: insanely catchy and played by young people only. 3. The Brother Kite -Waiting For The Time To Be Right Probably the finest guitar band in Providence. 4. Feist -The Reminder Who didn't fall in love with her this year? 5. Arcade Fire -Neon Bible Absolutely gorgeous. Flawless. Cormac
2. John Doe - A Year In The Wilderness 3. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away 4. V/A - I’m Not There OST 5. Mike Viola - Lurch 6. Crowded House - Time On Earth 7. Juliana Hatfield & Frank Smith - Sittin’ In A Tree... 8. The Fiery Furnaces - Widow City 9. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 10. Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin Kyle
2. Gone Baby Gone 3. Grindhouse 4. Hot Fuzz 5. Juno 6. The Mist 7. This Is England 8. In The Valley of Elah 9. Shoot' Em Up 10. 300 Meredith
Linda Draper - Keepsake Great Lake Swimmers - Ongiara Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - Once: Music from the Motion Picture The National Lights - The Dead Will Walk, Dear Amy Winehouse - Back to Black Mark
Sleeping In The Aviary- Oh This Old Thing (Science of Sound) audio The Inevitable Backlash- Sex For Safety EP (Hegemony) Coffinberry- God Damn Dog (Morphius) - audio Shellac- Excellent Italian Greyhound (Touch & Go) Kinski- Down Below it's Chaos (Sub Pop) audio She Is So Beautiful She Is So Blonde- self titled (Science of Sound) audio Fishboy- Albatross: How We Failed to Save The Lone Star State... (Happy Happy Birthday to Me) audio The Watery Graves of Portland - Portland (Marriage) audio Bottomless Pit- Hammer Of The Gods (Comedy Minus One) audio Pissed Jeans - Hope For Men Terror Visions- World of Shit FT (The Shadow Government) - The Black and White Album |
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