December 2009
saladfork:
Real Estate: New York Times review “A pastoral haze suffuses “Real Estate” (Woodsist), the self-titled debut album by a four-man New Jersey band that strums and muses over its home turf; 2 of the 10 songs have “Suburban” in their titles. Real Estate joins New Jersey’s worthy lineage of modest yet hypnotic indie-rock: Yo La Tengo and the Feelies, not Springsteen and Bon Jovi. Its...
Pitchfork Top 10 Albums, In US Sales
yvynyl:
Wow.
perpetua:
1. Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion 131k 2. Dirty Projectors Bitte Orca 48k 3. the xx xx 35k 4. The Flaming Lips Embryonic 75k (estimate) 5. Raekwon Only Built For Cuban Linx Part II 141k 6. Grizzly Bear Veckatimest 132k 7. Bat For Lashes Two Suns 36k 8. Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 205k 9. Fever Ray Fever Ray 23k 10. Girls Album 19k
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