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Nick Splint’s 2012 favorites: The Objects – The Cosmic Clash

December 28, 2012 Mike Cosmic Cota 634 Views best of, GZA, Mississippi Records, Nick Splint, Nicolas Jaar, The Residents

This list of my most wanted physical albums released in 2012 veers off into the terrain of music as object.

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