Kurt Vile "Wakin On A Pretty Daze" - 2013 LP

My 15yr old self stretches out his left arm.  I am not making a move in a movie theater or trying to catch a football.  I am reaching for a spliff.  An Alabama green grass hog leg.  Wesley Pipes.  A left-handed cigarette.  And wait just a goddamn minute....I have a ripped flannel shirt on, shaggy hair, and I should be in school.  Dinosaur Jr. is blaring and the whiskers on my chin look like catfish barbels .  Well, Jesus H......I'm a burnout.  Happens to the best of us....but sometimes burnouts get a fire under their ass.  Kurt Vile did.  J. Mascis did.  And even I did.  Kurt Vile's new album is mature.  Blissful stoner sonic waves carrying you off on a pillow of smoke......one of the best of 2013:

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Kurt Vile "Wakin On A Pretty Day" - mp3

Kurt Vile "Too Hard" - mp3

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Frank Ocean "channel ORANGE" (Explicit Version) - 2012 LP

Holy hipster Batman.....Can you yawn in a movie theater and next thing you know you're tonsils deep with your loved one?....Do you open every door for that special someone?....Can you spread one cheek and sneak a phantom out unbenounced to your partner?...If so, you are smooth....Frank Ocean is smooth....Like real smooth....Oh mayn...the blogoshpere is creamin' over this kid...and for a darn good reason...This is r&b/hip hop/smooth rhymes/at it's finest....Did you forget butter on your toast?.....Frank Ocean has got something for ya:

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Frank Ocean "Forest Gump" m4a

Frank Ocean "Sweet Life" m4a

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