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The Dumbing of America’s Top 20 Albums of 2009

Monday, December 7, 2009

In the end, we think this was truly a great year for music. We would argue that this was the year of the new band, with 75% of our top 20 consisting of debut albums. As we started going through this list, we recognized that we’d interviewed many of the bands listed. [...]

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I Am A Sheep

Friday, June 26, 2009

Initially, I resisted this concept of a mid-year top ten.  It seemed like a cheap concept for websites with nothing to talk about.  But then I started looking at the lists onmy favorite websites and realized that none of the albums I like were getting any attention.  Given that this has been the best year [...]

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Fresh Fish

Monday, May 18, 2009

A quick glance at the Amazon.com list of new releases ranked by most pre-orders, tells you why a website called The Dumbing of America exists:
Eminem, Eric Clapton, Tori Amos, Kenny Chesney, Iron & Wine…..wait, Iron & Wine?!  Hallejuah, maybe there’s hope after all!
Iron & Wine: Around The Well: A collection of out of print or [...]

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