Ric on the Radio Presents “Ric’s Favorite Albums, 2000-2020”- Thursday at 9pm

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640px Polvo 06 27 2010 That’s right, 20 years of music has passed. Can someone check my math? Really? An entire generation has matured since 2000, a pre-9/11 world when we thought all the computers would crash at the stroke of midnight. Some of my favorites you’ll hear this Thursday: Polvo, Echobelly, Snow Patrol, Kendrick Lamar, The Mountain Goats, Wolf Parade, Battles, Hippo Campus, The Shins, Lady Gaga, Barrie, Scritti Politti, Arctic Monkeys, Catfish & the Bottlemen, Calexico, Steve Gunn, Built To Spill, Vampire Weekend, Corridor.

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