Hip Records - Album of the Year

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http://www.hipsterhandbook.com/records.html

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1. My Morning Jacket
It Still Moves
(ATO Records)

Ah... My Morning Jacket, we love you. Lead vocalist Jim James (who sounds like a cross between Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips and Neil Young) has one of the best voices in rock and is the perfect frontman for this melancholy and ethereal band. Coated with an extra layer of reverb and featuring hooks that will revisit you in moments of silence, It Still Moves is eighty minutes of bliss that gets better with each listen. By blending the the psychedelia and drone of Galaxy 500 with Sixties-bred Americana of bands like The Band and Grateful Dead (no MMJ aren't a hippie band and even if they were we'd still love them) the band has created a sound that is completely unique. Despite it's tight production, It Still Moves has the vitality of a live recording, aurally transporting its listeners to a smokey club witnessing a band performing at their best. Our favorite of 2003.