Audrey Goes to the Library

Back in my teenage days, I’d roll into the library and walk out with a towering stack of CDs - each one chosen based on pure vibes.

I’d sneak em home, fire up my ancient laptop, and covertly rip those tracks to my iTunes, building a secret soundscape one album at a time.

No rhyme or reason to the order, but here’s a handful of favorites from that era. Mostly indie/indie adjacent.

  1. Radiohead

  2. Fiona Apple

  3. Dinosaur Jr.

  4. Liz Phair

  5. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

  6. Silver Jews

  7. Daniel Johnston

  8. Something Corporate

  9. Cursive

  10. The Hold Steady

  11. The New Pornographers

  12. The Microphones

  13. Pinback

  14. Built To Spill

  15. The Mountain Goats

  16. The Long Winters

  17. Arcade Fire

  18. Sufjan Stevens

  19. Animal Collective

  20. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Audrey Goes to the Library is an album list curated by Audrey Valera.

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