Music I purchased in December 2008:

• Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid: excellent indie rock album
• Elvis Perkins – Ash Wednesday: solid singer/songwriter, but the album feels a little front heavy
• Fall Out Boy – Folie à Deux: return to form after the somewhat druggy Infinity On High
• Killers, The – Day & Age: I still don’t understand why Sam’s Town got such mediocre reviews, but it’s easy to see why critics are raving about Day & Age.
• Metallica – Death Magnetic: I never thought I’d live to see the day Metallica released another face melter. The instrumental in the middle is rather boring, but the majority of the album is black album-esque.

< November 2008 – January 2009 >

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