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Matt’s Pick: Hot Chip – In Our Heads

I suppose at this point I’m a Hot Chip fan. A month ago I would’ve said that I was “so so” about the group, but In Our Heads has my fandom locked up tight. This record pulls together funk, pop and the tiniest hint of disco production together in one dance-party-launching package. This is one […]

Matt’s Pick: Maps & Atlas’ Beware and Be Grateful

If any of you took my advice on Shearwater’s Animal Joy, please follow me over to Maps & Atlas’ new album Beware and Be Grateful. Those two albums are dissimilar in so many ways that it might seem a weird comparison, but I think they have many core elements in common. Both share strong art-pop […]

Matt’s Pick: Shearwater’s Animal Joy

Even on paper, Shearwater’s Animal Joy sounds incredible. For starters, group is an offshoot of the exceptionally talented group Okkervil River. This album is a perfect balance between crowd-pleasing, earworm hooks and vocals that sound more at home in a concert hall than in an arena stadium — both sides of this equation pack quite […]

Matt’s Pick: Gotye – Making Mirrors

Australian sensation Gotye will release his hugely popular album Making Mirrors for the first time domestically on Jan 31. He got a lot of attention for the earworm lead single “Somebody That I Used to Know,” but the record is solid from stem to stern. It runs from songs that sound like Elton John produced […]

CD Central’s 2011 Staff Picks booklet

Every year we put together a booklet with our staff members’ favorite albums from that year. It’s always a diverse group of albums– this year’s covers black metal to Americana — and a fun read. Check out the full size images of the booklet by clicking the thumbnails below. And you can always grab a […]

Matt’s Pick: Sleeper Agent’s Celabrasion

Sleeper Agent: “Get It Daddy” It’s a little unfair to say this is my pick when most of us at the store are big fans of Sleeper Agent’s debut album. And sure, a tiny part of that might come from the fact that we share a state with our brothers (and sister) from Bowling Green, […]