Matthew Spencer is currently an undergraduate at the University of Washington.

Favorite Albums of 2008:

Growing, "All the Way" (the Social Registry)
Beach House, "Devotion" (Carpark)
V/A, "Bollywood Steel Guitar" (Sublime Frequencies)
V/A, "Shadow Music of Thailand" (Sublime Frequencies)
Grouper, "Dragging a Dead Deer up a Hill" (Type)
Atlas Sound, "Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can't See but Cannot Feel" (Kranky)
Ecstatic Sunshine, "Way" (Cardboard)

Favorite Concerts of 2008:

Caribou
Fuck Buttons
Ecstatic Sunshine
Parts and Labor
Starfucker
The Hunches
Glass Candy
 

Favorites of 2007:

Growing “Vision Swim” (Troubleman Unlimited)
Astral Social Club “Neon Pibroch” (Important)
V/A “Thai Pop Spectacular” (Sublime Frequencies)
Group Inerane “Guitars from Agadez” (Sublime Frequencies)
Panda Bear “Person Pitch” (Paw Tracks)
Stars of the Lid “And Their Refinement of the Decline” (Kranky)
Sunn 0))) “Oracle” (Southern Lord)
Deerhunter “Cryptograms” (Kranky)