Lauren Mayberry – Vicious Creature
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Lauren Mayberry – Vicious Creature

Probably my most anticipated album for this year, it felt like it had ended up delayed and delayed. I was feeling pretty hyped over a year ago, during the initial tour, and managed to keep that hype going pretty strong, thankfully. Being hyped doesn't always make bias though, I have had plenty of albums I was excited for completely fizzle out. This is not one of those. If I have any issue with this album, and its not a big one because its something a LOT of albums suffer from these days, its the lack of overall cohesion. Every track…
Spotify Wrapped 2024
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Spotify Wrapped 2024

I usually do a more detailed music post just after the new year based on my Last.fm, which is more reliable, but today is Spotify Wrapped Day, so I figured I'd share them here, for posterity. Not much surprising here, other than somehow I have two Lauren Mayberry tracks at my top two tracks, and she isn't in my Top 5 artists list. I am also a bit surprised that Sigrid is still there. I feel like I hardly listen to Sigrid but I seem to, a lot. It'll be a fun little test on Lauren though because the album…
My Music Listening Habits for 2023
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My Music Listening Habits for 2023

It's that time again, when I discuss my music habits for the year, or at least, parts of it that seem interesting, to me. I'll just start off with the 5x5 chart, from my Last.fm scrobbles. I had some Spotify Wrapped stuff too but it doesn't capture everything and was only for like 3 months of listening, so it's kind of worthless. So, a bit of an interesting surprise, Wolf Alice's Blue Weekend was my top album for the year. I guess I was listening to that one a lot more than I really thought I had been. The same…
Calibrating My Audio-Technica AT-LP60
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Calibrating My Audio-Technica AT-LP60

I don't have a ton of vinyl records, but I do like to actually listen to them. It's a topic for its own entire post, but I don't collect anything for its "value". I collect because I want to enjoy it. I point this out a bit because I also have a shitload of toys. I noticed something recently, that I am surprised I didn't notice before, or maybe it just, didn't actually click that it was an issue. Last week I got 1989 (Taylor's Version). While listening to that, everything seemed, slightly too fast. I think I may have…
Taylor Swift – 1989 (Taylor’s Version)
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Taylor Swift – 1989 (Taylor’s Version)

Taylor Swift's 1989, an album so nice I bought it twice. I may actually go in on buying it a third time later with a digital copy. Arguably her best album, though fans will of course argue over that until the end of time, it's certainly my favorite Taylor Swift Album. I have them all, and I've listened to them all, quite a lot. Taylor Swift ranks quite high on my Last.fm all-time scrobbles (#4 I believe). The original version of this album, 1989, is carrying a lot of the blame for that. The recent release of 1989 (Taylor's Version)…