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  • Torture Garden Session #1 - DM Stith
  • Albums of the Decade + II
  • The Best Songs of 2010
  • The Best Songs of 2009
  • The Best Songs of 2008
  • The Best Songs of 2007
  • The Best Songs of 2006
  • Grizzly Bear Guest Review
  • DM Stith Guest Post + II
  • Auld Lang Syne Guest Post
  • Mumblin' Deaf Ro Guest Post
  • The Luyas Guest Post
  • David O'Doherty's Music Experiment
  • The Credibility Gap
  • Albums Explained + II + III

    • Interviews

    • Final Fantasy Interview I + II + III + IV
    • Cathy Davey Interview + II
    • DM Stith Interview
    • My Brightest Diamond Interview + II
    • Bell Orchestre Interview + II
    • Shearwater Interview
    • The Antlers Interview
    • St. Vincent Interview
    • Parenthetical Girls Interview
    • Broken Records Interview
    • Arms Interview
    • Bell Interview
    • Peter, Bjorn + John Interview
    • Michael Knight Interview
    • Neosuperinterview
    • The Decemberists Interview
    • The Go! Team Interview
    • Page France Interview
    • Chalets Interview
    • C.F.T.P.A. Interview
    • Lucky Soul Interview
    • Shout Out Louds Interview
    • Dark Room Notes Interview + Guest Post
    • Made-Up Arcade Fire Interview

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      • They Don't Love You Like I Love You
      • Total Eclipse of the Heart
      • White Winter Hymnal
      • Sing for your Supper
      • Neutral Milk Hotel
      • Games Again
      • A Past Life
      • Wintry

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            The Torture Garden is an mp3 blog. It's about sharing good music, so people won't listen to bad music.
              If you want/don't want to see your music here, let me know. If you like something, please buy the album. Thank you for reading.

            For Listening

            • Said The Gramophone
            • State
            • Nialler9
            • Analogue Magazine
            • Daytrotter
            • Lost in your inbox
            • Fluxblog
            • Song, by Toad
            • Motel de Moka
            • Nothing But Green Lights
            • Thrill Pier
            • A Reminder
            • B(oot)log
            • Music Is Art
            • Gorilla vs Bear
            • Nick Thinks...
            • Bandwidth
            • Muzzle of Bees
            • Ragged Words
            • Those Geese Were Stupified
            • Asleep on the Compost Heap
            • Hi-Fi Popcorn
            • Skatterbrain
            • Trendwhore
            • Nerd Litter
            • Another Nickel In The Machine
            • Cable and Tweed
            • Largehearted Boy
            • Indie Surfer
            • Mp3 Hugger
            • Golden Plec
            • Sweet Oblivion
            • On The Record
            • Richard Godwin
            • Music For Kids Who Can't Read Good
            • Abstract Boy

              • For Reading

            • The Guardian
            • Day & Night
            • Tripping Along the Ledge
            • Mulley

            For Fun

          • Elbo.ws
          • Why, That's Delightful!
          • I Can Has Cook
          • kDamo
          • There Will Be Blog
          • The London Review of Breakfasts
          • Us Kids Know
          • Coddle Pot
          • Clamnuts
          • xkcd
          • The Last Days of Foxhound
          • Bif Sniff

          For you see, I am poor.

        For Sale:

        The Arcade Fire - Winter For A Year

        The Chalets - Nightrocker (2fm session)

        The Chalets - Gay Holiday (2fm session)

        The Chalets - Go Go Don't Go (2fm session)

      Required Reading:

      The Arcade Fire - No Cars Go

      Winter Aid - The Painting

      Auld Lang Syne - Where My Fortune Lies

      Sandro Perri - Circles

      DM Stith - Be My Baby

      Fanfarlo - Fire Escape

      Son Lux - Break

      Cathy Davey - Little Red (demo)

      Michael Knight - Coronation Street

    As Though In An Imagined Time Machine

  • The Ambience Affair - Burials
  • take all this time
  • Villagers - Cecelia & Her Selfhood
  • all of our feelings
  • Bring Arcade Fire to Work Day
  • something about a new day
  • the former soviet republic - i mean everything
  • Grand Pocket Orchestra - Ooo La Te Woo
  • The Wilderness Sessions
  • it's such a lovely day

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