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Music :: 2011

by Greg W. Locke December 31, 2011

1. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks’ Mirror Traffic I’ve never been a fan of the Lifer Pick. Ya know, the Johns who think they’re the biggest Beatles (or Stones, or whatever) fans ever, and have nothing else to say about new music until Sir Paul (or Mick, or whomever) releases a new mediocre record or [...]

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Carly’s Favorite Stuffs of 2011

by Greg W. Locke December 30, 2011

ZeCatalist.com’s No. 2 employee, an accounts manager named Carly (also the longtime girlfriend of ZeCat owner Greg W. Locke), likes stuff. And damn does she have good taste in the stuffs. Below you’ll find her favorite songs, albums, movies and television from 2011. Be sure to check back on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s [...]

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The Best Songs of 2011

by Greg W. Locke December 28, 2011

So look, we at the Ze Cat offices don’t really care about Adele. She’s talented and we understand that her music is enjoyable to many. It’s just not something we haven’t already heard a million times before, and by better artists. So no, you won’t find Adele tracks sprinkled throughout our list. You also won’t [...]

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Favorite Fort Wayne Area Albums of 2011

by Greg W. Locke December 23, 2011

This year was, for our money, the best year of all-time for local albums released in Ze Catalist’s hometown of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Some good, seriously hip, stuff below. And, sure, we probably missed a few things – how could we not? Be that the case, let us know in the comments section and we’ll [...]

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Best Album Covers of 2011

by Greg W. Locke December 21, 2011
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Worst Album Covers of 2011

by Greg W. Locke December 20, 2011

Four things: (1) We didn’t drag the world looking for the worst album covers of the year. We picked 20 from a list of 250ish or so albums we heard in 2011. Surely, if you wanted to, you could find much, much worse album art than what we have represented below; (2) They’re listed in [...]

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The Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2010

by Greg W. Locke March 18, 2011

As far as the mainstream goes, 2010 was the year where Eminem was once again huge, Bone Thugs, Cypress Hill and Reflection Eternal attempted comebacks, Nas collaborated with Damien Marley (and saw what was supposed to be his “new classic” shelved), the second Madvillain still didn’t come out, Drake and Nicki Minaj both made a [...]

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Music :: 2010

by Greg W. Locke December 18, 2010

1. Arcade Fire: The Suburbs – Oh my fucking God! Okay, this one might be the biggest since Radiohead released OK Computer in 1997. It might actually be. Sure, we liked it on day one, but for whatever reason we never gave it the proper attention it deserved. Not until recently, that is. Now, at [...]

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