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		<title>Favorites albums of 2011</title>
		<link>http://quartertonality.com/2011/12/27/favorites-albums-of-2011/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Originally posted on Tympanogram.com on December 22, 2011) It’s hard to tell whether this was a really great year for music or if I was just paying attention more than last year. That sums up my feelings at the end &#8230; <a href="http://quartertonality.com/2011/12/27/favorites-albums-of-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rah Rah &#8211; &#8220;Parkade&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://quartertonality.com/2011/11/21/rah-rah-parkade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://quartertonality.com/?p=1017</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(This post originally appeared on Tympanogram.com on November 18, 2011) It’s only been 2 and a half months and I’m already realizing all of the things I miss about living in Western New York. One of them is that Toronto &#8230; <a href="http://quartertonality.com/2011/11/21/rah-rah-parkade/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing: A Happy Death</title>
		<link>http://quartertonality.com/2011/11/17/introducing-a-happy-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://quartertonality.com/?p=1003</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(This post originally appeared on Tympanogram.com on November 16, 2011) It’s really great to be a music blogger. I get the chance to listen to a ridiculous amount of music that I would normally not have any clue existed. Sometimes &#8230; <a href="http://quartertonality.com/2011/11/17/introducing-a-happy-death/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: We Were Promised Jetpacks &#8211; &#8220;In the Pit of the Stomach&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://quartertonality.com/2011/11/03/album-review-we-were-promised-jetpacks-in-the-pit-of-the-stomach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://quartertonality.com/?p=970</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it just feels great to have some loud music blasting into your ears. It&#8217;s better if the sonic assault isn&#8217;t something that is relentless, rather persistent but giving and taking in all the right places. The band has a &#8230; <a href="http://quartertonality.com/2011/11/03/album-review-we-were-promised-jetpacks-in-the-pit-of-the-stomach/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: Chad VanGaalen &#8211; &#8220;Diaper Island&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://quartertonality.com/2011/10/05/album-review-chad-van-gaalen-diaper-island/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://quartertonality.com/?p=965</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a musician, and as someone that listens to a ridiculous amount of music, sometimes I am listening just for sounds. Sometimes the melodies and whether or not they are catchy take a backseat to the atmosphere that an album &#8230; <a href="http://quartertonality.com/2011/10/05/album-review-chad-van-gaalen-diaper-island/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: Wild Flag &#8211; &#8220;Wild Flag&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://quartertonality.com/2011/10/04/album-review-wild-flag-wild-flag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The much anticipated album from indie rock “super group” Wild Flag has finally arrived, giving everyone something to shout about. One could practically hear the reviewers proclaiming the, at that point unnamed project, “Best of the Year” after Carrie Brownstein &#8230; <a href="http://quartertonality.com/2011/10/04/album-review-wild-flag-wild-flag/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: Wooden Shjips &#8211; &#8220;West&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://quartertonality.com/2011/10/03/album-review-wooden-shjips-west/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://quartertonality.com/?p=949</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wooden Shjips&#8217; drone of ultra fuzzed out guitars aligns them with the trend of retro sounding new-music that seems to have exploded in the past couple of years. They are taking the psychedelic/early hard-rock sound and very much running with &#8230; <a href="http://quartertonality.com/2011/10/03/album-review-wooden-shjips-west/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: White Hills &#8211; &#8220;H-p1&#8243;</title>
		<link>http://quartertonality.com/2011/06/22/album-review-white-hills-h-p1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://quartertonality.com/?p=938</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Heavy, unrelenting drones of guitar riffage that are spread out over an extended jam. That is how I would sum up the sound of White Hills&#8217; &#8220;H-p1&#8243; in one sentence. It isn’t totally fair to sum things up in one &#8230; <a href="http://quartertonality.com/2011/06/22/album-review-white-hills-h-p1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>EP review: Andrew Lindsay and the Coat Hooks &#8211; &#8220;The Whittling&#8221; EP</title>
		<link>http://quartertonality.com/2011/06/16/ep-review-andrew-lindsay-and-the-coat-hooks-the-whittling-ep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://quartertonality.com/?p=915</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(Originally appeared on Tympanogram here.) I normally tend towards more spastic, bombastic, or otherwise -astic music, while I let the quieter stuff just pass me by. It’s not that I fail to hear the beauty of slower, more languid material, &#8230; <a href="http://quartertonality.com/2011/06/16/ep-review-andrew-lindsay-and-the-coat-hooks-the-whittling-ep/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Races &#8211; &#8220;Big Broom&#8221; 7&#8243;</title>
		<link>http://quartertonality.com/2011/06/14/races-big-broom-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Originally appeared on Tympanogram here.) The A-side of the new 7? from Races, “Big Broom” is quite the introduction. I was instantly gripped by the stunningly expansive sound. They manage to capture something that would normally take a band several &#8230; <a href="http://quartertonality.com/2011/06/14/races-big-broom-7/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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