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Oh Tuesday, how I love thee… let me count the ways.

One 1000; Outkast. Idlewild. The soundtrack to their film of the same name that opens this Friday. Few artists are as consistently interesting as Outkast (Radiohead of the rap world). How many other musical acts could decide “hey I / we should make a film… a period piece! About the depression! And of course do an album of new material to accompany it!” that you would still take seriously afterwards? This could be their worst album ever and still be better than 99% of the music released this year.


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Two 1000; Cursive, everybody’s 2^nd favorite Oberst associates, release Happy Hollow their first studio album since losing their cellist Gretta Cohn. Tim Kasher decided that rather than replace Gretta with a 2^nd rate wannabe Gretta they’d ditch the cello and play up the drunken horns.


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Three 1000; Mountain Goats put out the highly anticipated follow up to The Sunset Tree, Get Lonely today. If you were hoping for rollicking drinking songs in the vain of “This Year” however prepare to be disappointed as Get Lonely finds the Mountain Goats playing more laid back tunes behind even more introspective tales penned by prolific song writer John Darnielle.


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Four 1000; Former Dashboard confessional touring guitarist Mike Stroud and pal Evan Mast drop the wonderfully presumptuously titled Classics. Daft Punk + Hip Hop + Hair Metal Fetish = <3


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Five 1000; Professional cum bucket Paris Hilton releases her self titled debut… Paris

Six 1000; Future Crayon the B-sides album from indie elctro darlings Broadcast.


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Seven 1000; Legendary schizophrenics Primal Scream see the US release of Riot City Blues… I have no idea what it sounds like, nor do I want to guess since I’d probably be wrong.

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