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This week's earworm is the beautifully aggressive iamamiwhoami - in due order, from kin, released earlier this year. This is me deleting that volume of spam. Please don't post in those threads, we don't stop to read and we will sweep you up.

My favourite album of last week was King of Spain - All I Did Was Tell Them The Truth And They Thought It Was Hell, partly because the guy on the cover looks like one of my friends, and partly because it is such an exceptional album, encompassing a number of sounds from…

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This week's earworm, which is funny so it's not such a bad thing it gets stuck in your head: Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Symphony of the Nymph, from the new album, Mature Themes. Listen at Hype Machine.
Altogether now: Yes, I'm a nympho, I'm a nympho, my name is Ariel and I'm a nympho…

Closing this album is their cover of Baby, a lazy, sexy summery track originally by Donnie & Joe Emerson in 1979 on Dreamin' Wild (video below). This track was also covered this year by Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland who renamed…

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Obviously, today's earworm and jammy jam is going to be Today's Supernatural! Obviously. For obvious reasons. Those reasons being the fantastic worldwide listening party last night as Animal Collective's new album, Centipede Hz, was streamed live. Twitter listened and posted between tracks, as did people here in the Animal Collective shoutbox. I'd say Today's Supernatural is the strongest and loudest track, the rest being partly a return to form, and partly yet another foray in a weird direction.

The full stream is available as an on demand archive on the official website, with visuals by Abby…

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David Bowie - Blue Jean

Today's earworm is the word of God.
"One day, I'm gonna write a poem in a letter / One day, I'm gonna get that faculty together"

Talking of poems, here's news of the new album from David Sylvian - Uncommon Deities, due 24 Sept.

That's two Davids. I'd go for a third but next up is my favourite George, who totally owned the London 2012 Olympics closing ceremony. George Michael - White Light. Also on this EP is his cover of Song To The Siren. As a general rule, I loathe…

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*NEW*

This new series will replace my Reco of the Week journals. Jammy Jams will run Mon-Sun and I will add my favourite track(s) as the week goes on. If there's only one song, then so be it, that's the song of the week and there's nothing better out there, in my not-so humble opinion, which I'm sure everybody already knows about, on account of me doing this before, but for those of you who are new, hello, nice to meet you, the pleasure's all yours.

Scrobble the YouTube videos on the track pages where available.

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http://www.pitchfork.com/news/44962-pitchfork-guide-to-upcoming-releases/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16003723

http://www.npr.org/2011/12/07/143289920/music-and-the-big-idea-the-top-5-concept-albums-of-2011

http://www.musicomh.com/music/features/tracks-of-2011-jan-apr_1111.htm

http://www.spinner.com/2011/12/14/best-songs-2011/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/dec/16/pj-harvey-let-england-shake

Track: The Goose Is Getting Fat [ Spotify ]
Artist: Jon Kennedy
Album: The Reindeer Room II (Oct 2003, Kriztal Entertainment Group, Inc.)
[ Spotify | MySpace ]
Tags: christmas, electronic, downtempo, experimental, my gang rotw
Video: Click the pic…

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Merry Christmas, Everybody!

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My reco of the week is a funky, chilled cover of good old Jingle Bells, which comes from an album of similar reinterpretations. Head-nodding happiness. You need this log fire, or better still, get a pixellated one http://tedmartens.com/fireplace/:

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Apologies for my absence, hope to resume normal service…

The idea is for a journal for every month listing new albums I listen to and what I think so that when I review the year's music in December, I will have a handy reminder. I will add to this as the month goes on. Suggestions welcome.

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2011 Year-end list contenders

w/c Mon 31 Oct:

Phantogram - Nightlife
Sounds Like: Beach House, Massive Attack (Spinner)
We7 | Spotify | mflow…

Track: Goodbye Lovers And Friends
[ Full stream and free download | Hype Machine ]
Artist: Boom Bip
Album: Zig Zaj (26 Sep 2011, Lex Records)
[ Spotify | We7 | mflow | Self-Titled ]
Tags: electronic, idm, experimental, my gang rotw
Video: Click the pic…

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There is no video for this week's recommended track, I hope a free download will suffice.

The track comes from the third solo album by Boom Bip, aka Bryan Charles Hollon, an American producer and musician best known for his collaboration with Super Furry Animals…

The idea is for a journal for every month listing new albums I listen to and what I think so that when I review the year's music in December, I will have a handy reminder. I will add to this as the month goes on. Suggestions welcome.

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January | February | March | April | May | June | July |
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2011 Year-end list contenders

w/c Mon 26 Sept:

Kasabian - Velociraptor!
The British electro veterans return for another album of fuzzed-out bass lines and trippy…