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These days, it seems like the Top Albums of the year list has supplanted the New Year’s Resolution as the most often over-shared bit of personal information. So of course, I wouldn’t feel complete without creating a list of my own.
The ten albums in this list represent the music I’ve enjoyed most this year, and […]

Sufjan Steven’s Songs for Christmas is, quite simply, the best thing to ever happen to Christmas music. The box set comprises five discs (don’t worry, they’re five relatively short discs) that Stevens sent to friends and family between 2001 and 2006 (there is no 2004 volume, as Sufjan was working feverishly on his epic Illinois).

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A musical joint venture between a classical guitar-playing former Birmingham schoolteacher, the daughter of the guy who composed the Icelandic national anthem, and a solid London-based rock and roll rhythm section promises to be either dreadful or delightful. In the case of 7 From The Village, Fields’ debut EP, the latter is fortunately the case.