298: TOP 5 SONGS ABOUT HATERS / JAMES BLAKE REVIEW

Don't hate, appreciate. 

Unless we're talking about this week's Top 5 – though hopefully you'll appreciate that, too. 

A new album from James Blake prompts Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick to bash their heads together and consider some of the more spiky songs out there. Ire works, as a great band once said, but how will James fare in his own review?

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As for this episode...

ACT ONE (7:05): A familiar clanging omen makes way for the real main event of this week's news section – hipster music critics giving out about other music critics. Seriously, what is Pitchfork playing at this week?

ACT TWO (32:00): James Blake has plenty to say about Friends That Break Your Heart. And so do we.

ACT THREE (49:48): Top 5 Songs About Haters.

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