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New Tunes Tuesday: Flying Lotus, Kendrick Lamar, The Piano Guys

by Austen Diamond

October 02, 2012

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This week is filled with hip-hop and piano. It offers some of the most original music of the year, and also some of the most gimmicky pop covers of the year. Dig in.---

Must Have:
Flying Lotus Until the Quiet Comes

”Until the Quiet Comes”

Must Have:
Kendrick Lamar, Good Kid, mAAd City

”Swimming Pools (Drank) (Clean)”

Best Utah Dads Strike Gold with Piano Pop Song Covers:
The Piano Guys, The Piano Guys

”What Makes You Beautiful”

A Better Use of the Piano (than the album cover above):
Beth Orton, Sugaring Season

”Something More Beautiful”

Weekly Dose of Beard Rock:
The Mountain Goats, Transcendental Youth

”Cry For Judas”

Honorable Mentions:
Dark Dark Dark, Who Needs Who
Gangi, gesture is
Matt & Kim, Lightning
Sun Airway, Soft Fall
The Vaccines, Come of Age
Why?, Mumps, Etc.

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