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Long Beach’s Magic Lantern have finally gone and released a new sonic document after what seemed like an eternity of waiting. Eagerly anticipated by those who have been biding their time waiting for the band to get on with their uber limited cassette only and CD-R releases (their Self-Titled CD-R was limited to 30), “High Beams”, the band’s latest opus [...]

I hate top 10 lists, here is my top 6

I’m not one much for lists, it’s lazy journalism (Blender Magazine, I’m looking at you), but since ’tis the season for end of the year lists for songs and albums, here ya go. Honestly don’t think I could quantify my appreciation for a work of art by giving it a numerical value, so below are the albums that found myself I listening to over and over again. I covered every band below on IAF at one time or another, except for Crash Gallery who have yet to leave Austin, TX.

Oh, and these are in no particular order.

The Hold Steady “Boys and Girls in America” | Chips Ahoy (mp3) | Website

Comets On Fire “Avatar” | Dogwood Rust (mp3) | Website

Crash Gallery “5 Song EP” | What A Temper (mp3) | MySpace

The Marked Men “Fix My Brain” | A Little Time (mp3) | Website

The Love Me Nots “In Black and White” | Move In Tight (mp3) | MySpace

Vaux “Beyond Virtue, Beyond Vice” | Never Better (mp3) | Website

I’m pretty sure that my list differs greatly from most, and I’d say that the only thing I agree on with most of mp3 blogger community is that The Hold Steady made one kick ass album, though Duke doesn’t agree there, make sure you check out his list of Top 10 Hipster/Music Snob Records that Didn’t Resonate With Me in the Year 2006, it’s great.

Not one to talk shit on here, but Muse’s “Black Holes and Revelations” was the biggest piece of shit disappointment of the year. God it’s horrible, I can’t even listen to one song on there, especially that one that is all over the radio, Knights Of Cydonia.