TTNG (This Town Needs Guns) – 13.0.0.0.0

On This Town Needs Guns’–now officially shortened to “TTNG”–sophomore full-length, the band is premiering a new singer and a slightly smoother math rock sound.

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Nosaj Thing – Home

Nosaj Thing’s sophomore album still has the soft, quaint sounds fans have enjoyed previously from California producer Jason Chung, but with a serious decline in the hip hop vibes that radiated so boldly off of 2009′s Drift.

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Villagers – {Awayland}

On Villagers’ latest album, the charismatic Conor J. Obrien leads the project into slightly more adventurous territory, incorporating electronics and ambitious arrangements in numerous tracks.

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Yo La Tengo – Fade

Yo La Tengo’s latest effort, Fade, is one of the band’s softest and most consistent efforts yet.

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The Progressive Era – PEEP: The aPROcalypse

New York’s Pro Era drops one of the freshest throwback mixtapes in hop hop, putting themselves at the forefront of this new, nostalgic wave in rap.

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Madvillainy- Madvillain

CLASSICS WEEK: With eccentric rhymes and colorful beats, Madvillain’s Madvillainy is easily one of my favorite hip hop albums ever. A modern classic.

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EPIC YUNOREVIEW OF SADNESS!

This is the longest YUNOREVIEW I’ve ever done. Not sure I’ll ever wanna do something like this again, ha! Well, anyway, if a particular artist who released an album, EP, or mixtape earlier this year somehow did not make this list, then you might as well give up hope. I can’t review everything–even if the new Taylor Swift album ain’t bad. I’ll leave it to you to form your own opinions on any releases I have missed.

Speaking of opinions, I wouldn’t take mine in this video all that seriously. I’m pretty indifferent toward most of the albums on this list. Some are very good, and I regret missing them, but others just needed to be avoided to maintain a “normal” mental state. However, I’m not implying that music reviewing is driving me to the brink! I assure you I had very little sanity to begin with.

Thank you for watching! I love you! I wish you the best. I hope your holidays are great, too. Here are the artists that get mentioned in this video:

Royal Headache
Nathan Fake
Riff Raff
Spector
Two Door Cinema Club
DMX
Bob Mould
Nile
Ash Borer
Yeasayer
Meek Mill
Machine Gun Kelly
Lightning Bolt
Periphery
Birds In Row
XV
Patti Smith
The Walkmen
Cat Power
Menomena
Kreayshawn
Big Sean
Evitan
Thee Oh Sees
Kishi Bashi
Ulver
The Chariot
Ufomammut
Blut Aus Nord
Katatonia
Ben Folds Five
Breakbot
The Fresh & Onlys
The Music Tapes
Teengirl Fantasy
Isahn
John Cale
Meridian Brothers
Neneh Cherry & The Thing
Ceremony
Freddie Gibbs
Traxman
Anaal Nathrakh
Dysrhythmia
Behold The Arctopus
Roc Marciano
Minus The Bear
Two Fingers
Circa Survive
Father John Misty
Slightly Stoopid
Mono
Brother Ali
A Place To Bury Strangers
The Babies
Coheed and Cambria
The Killers
Vinnie Paz
Amenra
Ty Segall
Trash Talk
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Bob Dylan
Gary Clark Jr.
WHY?
The Souljazz Orchestra
Flume
The UV Race
Larry Lovestein & The Velvet Revival
The Darkness
Diamond Rings
Susanne Sundfor
Sean Price
Barker & Baumecker
Flatbush Zombies
Guided By Voices
The Man With The Iron Fists OST
Soundgarden
Propagandhi
Carter Tutti Void
Raime
Shackleton

I actually meant to get Bigg Jus and Giles Corey on this list as well. Such is life!

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The Game- Jesus Piece

Though Jesus Piece is easily the most focused album the Game has released in years, it lacks the follow-through to truly develop the concept implied by the cover art, sketches, and song titles. There’s some pretty good production on here, though.

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Miguel- Kaleidoscope Dream

On Miguel’s sophomore album, the contemporary R&B singer reinvents his image and sound to create a futuristic fusion with elements of rock, synth pop, and funk. Hopefully, the production on his next record reaches the fine-tuned ambition of his singing and songwriting.

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