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This guy is ever present yet totally understated. His music is hypnotic and captivating. I think we're just beginning to hear what he's going to do. Latest M. Ward appearance on Letterman with Jim James from MMJ and others is kind of neat, but I really kick my ass for missing his Town Hall appearance earlier this year, which made it into New York magazine's approval graph thingy on the upper right corner (x-axis: hi brow, y-axis: brilliant)