Agreeing with the Album of the Year critics
Perhaps I’m just paying a little bit more attention this year, but as I skim through the numerous "Albums of the Year" posts coming up from music critics, stores, and blogs, I’m seeing a lot of albums and bands that I picked up on during the year through recommendations, bumping into them at music festivals, or simply by working the beat and hitting the internet to find the music for the weekly Rock Show podcast. NPR’s list looks incredibly mainstream (and I think it’s fair to say that I’m far from mainstream in my tastes), but there’s The Civil Wars’
