recommended

ongoing list of reccommended records: (out of 5 stars)

loved:
- Definitely Maybe by Oasis (4.5)
- Chutes too Narrow by the Shins (4.5)
- We Have the Facts and We’re Voting Yes by Death Cab for Cutie (4.75/5.0)
- Transatlanticism by Death Cab for Cutie (4.5)
- the Stability EP by Death Cab for Cutie (4.75)
- the John Byrd EP by Death Cab for Cutie (4.5)
- Dog Problems by the Format (4.5)
- Illinois (Come on Feel the Illinoise with Sufjan Stevens) by Sufjan Stevens (5.0/4.75)
- Is this It by the Strokes (4.75)
- Apologies to the Queen Mary by Wolf Parade (4.5)
- Know by heart by the American Analog Set (4.5)
- S/t by the Stone Roses (4.25)
- Castaways and Cutouts by the Decemberists (4.5)
- Welcome Back Dear Children by Arizona (4.25)
- Blue lines by Massive Attack (4.25)
- Picaresque by the Decemberists (4.5)
- Le Compte Complet by Malajube (4.5/4.75)
- Flood by They Might Be Giants (4.5)
- Change by the Dismemberment Plan (4.5)
- The Reminder by Feist (4.75)
- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco (4.5/4.75)
- Being There by Wilco (4.5)
- A.M. by Wilco (4.25)
- A Ghost Is Born (4.5/4.75)
- Sky Blue Sky by Wilco (4.5)
- Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production of Eggs by Andrew Bird (4.5/4.75)
- Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not by Arctic Monkeys (4.0)
- Feel Good Lost by Broken Social Scene (4.25)
- Broken Social Scene by Broken Social Scene (4.5)
- How Strage Innocence by Explosions In the Sky (4.0/3.5)
- All of A Sudden I Miss Everyone by Explosions In the Sky (3.5)
- Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand (4.5)
- Silent Alarm by Bloc Party (4.5)
- Great Lake Swimmers by Great Lake Swimmers (4.25)

liked:
- (What’s the Story) Morning Glory by Oasis (4.5)
- The Photo Album by Death Cab for Cutie (4.5)
- Via Audio EP by Via Audio (3.75)
- A Weekend in the City by Bloc Party (3.75/4.0)
- Wincing the Night Away by the Shins (3/3.5)
- Oh, Inverted World by the Shins (4.25)
- the Forbidden Love EP by Death Cab for Cutie (4.0/4.5)
- Plans by Death Cab for Cutie (4.0)
- Something About Airplanes by Death Cab for Cutie (4.0/4.5)
- Greetings from Michigan by Sufjan Michigan (4.0)
- Lets Get Out of this Country by Camera Obscura (4.25/4.5)
- Destroyer’s Rubies by Destroyer (4.0)
- Boys and Girls in America by the Hold Steady (4.0/4.5)
- the PEEFs by the Revolutionary Hydra (4.0)
- Free to Stay by Smoosh (4.0/3.5)
- Live in San Fran. by Tabla Beat Science (4.0)
- A Catholic Education by Teenage Fanclub (4.0/4.5)
- The Loon by Tapes ‘n Tapes (4.5)
- Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub (4.5)
- Alliteration & You by Secret Primper (3.5)
- Closet Drama by Secret Primper (4.0)
- Every Night by Saturday Looks Good To Me (3.75)
- Agaetis Byrjun by Sigur Ros (4.5)
- The Woods by Sleater-Kinney (4.0)
- Set Free by the American Analog Set (4.0/3.5)
- Shake the Sheets by Ted Leo+the Pharmacists (3.5)
- More Parts Per Million by the Thermals (4.0/3.5)
- Fuckin A by the Thermals (4.0/4.25)
- Secaucus by the Wrens (4.0/3.5)
- Gimme Fiction by Spoon (4.5)
- Kill the Moonlight by Spoon (4.0)
- Raised By Wolves EP by Voxtrot (4.5)
- Mothers… EP by Voxtrot (4.0)
- S/t by Violent Femmes (4.0)
- Trompe l’oiel by Malajube (4.5)
- A Lesson In Crime by Tokyo Police Club (4.5/4.0)
- Emergency & I by the Dismemberment Plan (4.5)
- Lon Gisland EP by Beirut (3.5)
- Gulag Orkestar by Beirut (4.25)
- You Forget It In People by Broken Social Scene (4.0)
- You, You’re A History In Rust by Do Make Say Think (3.5/3.75)
- Rubber Factory by the Black Keys (3.75)
- Ongiara by Great Lake Swimmers (3.5/4.0)
- S/t EP by I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness (3.0/3.5)

key:
5 stars – fucking amazing, perfect!
4.5 stars – almost perfect, but theres some floundering and the band sounds as though they could do better
4.0 stars - really fucking solid album, up there with the best for a great deal of the record but not all the way through
3.5 stars – rock out, one of the best albums I’ll see for a few months but easily replacable in my listening program
3.0 stars – good album but the band has better discs/good album but isn’t consistent in quality and lacks depth in production
2.5 stars – uh, a fair listen a few times but wouldn’t voluntarily put it on/maybe has 1-3 good songs but the rest is filler that is okay but not good by any measure
2.0 stars – will never see the light of day again
1.5 stars – bad, bad, bad, bad -
1.0 star – stop pretending to be an artist
Note: (a/b) rating says: more towards ‘a’ than ‘b’ and somewhere in between them

enjoy, tanmay