(Eh...) The Most Average Releases of November 2012

With each passing year the plot to drop a Best Of The Year list creeps earlier and earlier into November. We, the critical journos, take notice to major labels slanging cash cow bands like Green Day and Kid Rock in time for Black Friday and the Christmas lists of bros who drive F-150s. The major-indies are slanging limited packaging reissues that fit neatly into hung stockings. Pitchfork has not declared a Best New Music release since October, and yet we are still having heated debates around th...

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