Oh, look. It's my February Album Club Review. Only three months late. Not bad.

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This review is super late, I’m a loser, blah, blah fish cakes. On with the review!

Goyte’s Making Mirrors is an album of highs and lows with me. I will say that when I first listened to the album, I found it pleasant. But it didn’t rock my world or anything. Then, like the mass-media-guzzling slut that I am, Somebody That I Used to Know started getting tremendous radio air play and I started paying attention.

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Album Club Mar/Apr Review: Indestructible Machine, by Lydia Loveless

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I’m not sure what happened to the good momentum of The Musical Bum Club last month – I didn’t see an April selection, but we were just coming back from vacation, so I know a lot of things fell through the cracks.

Anyway, regardless of whether we have more new music to review and discuss, I declare the effort a success for the sole reason that it has brought singer-songwriter Lydia Loveless into my auditory universe.

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Album Club February Review: Making Mirrors, by Gotye

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It was with a lot of interest that I started listening to February’s musical bum club selection, Gotye’s Making Mirrors. I had never heard of the artist before (I thought it was a band name…sigh), but really isn’t finding music you haven’t heard of part of the point of this club?

I think Jimmy gave a great review…

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Album Club: January 2012 Reviews

The reviews are in!