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Steve Goldberg's avatar

I haven’t done a deep dive into your list yet, but I’m sure a lot of my faves will be on it! What I wanted to comment on was the idea of caring about what other people think about the music you like. I’d like to question that reasoning a little bit, or maybe it’s just semantics, but my feeling is that creating lists like this and posting them means that you do care on some level what readers of your list think. I know I do. That doesn’t mean that I want them to like what I like, it just means that I care, I want to feel a sense community and camaraderie. That’s very different than needing to get validation from other people on the music that you like. My sense is that we are on the same page, I just feel like phrasing it as “I don’t care“ sat with me a little uneasily.

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

Great list and a huge +1 to no longer caring what people think about the music you enjoy. It's quite freeing.

That Palm Ghosts record is fantastic! "Automtaic For The Modern Age" was one of my favorite songs to come out this year.

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