Best New Bands » Chris Castro http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Top-5 Albums of 2011 – Chris Castro http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/top-5-albums-of-2011-chris-castro/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/top-5-albums-of-2011-chris-castro/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:05:11 +0000 Editors Note: As a special for the last week of 2011, BestNewBands.com is running lists of our writer’s top-5 albums of 2011. Because it’s the end of the year and because we want to find out what our writers really like, these albums are not restricted to “New” bands. Here are Kelly Knapp’s top albums

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