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Lou Barlow, Mike Krol, and Dan Auerbach fight to the death!

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Three newish records.        One listen through each record. Five stupid ratings.      One more educated music listener...You! 1 Miley-free day.  Nice but not really worth much. 2 Miley-free days.  Good.  Stream it once. 3 Miley-free days.  Better.  Stream it repeatedly. 4 Miley-free days.  Very good!  Download it illegally and consider a purchase a year or two down the road. 5 Miley-free days.  Excellent!  Buy it immediately on multiple formats. Lou Barlow "Brace the Wave" 4 Miley-free days. This is mostly Lou B. and some acoustic instruments.  So if you're looking for the rock...move along.  The weird thing that I noticed is that Lou's voice sounds different in some of the songs.  Like he is intentionally trying to not sound like himself.  Why is that weird?  Because it works!  I think 30 some odd minutes of more Lou sounding like Lou would be too much.  The songs are personal and some bare it all.  In fact, I say that the quietest and most personal so