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More of the Year’s Best Albums from A to Z

nate — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:09:33 +0000

I’m going to be working a buttload of hours this holiday season, so I thought I’d speed things up by combining a bunch of the year’s best albums into one list. Brendan Benson My Old, Familiar Friend Most likely you’ll recognize Benson from his work with The Raconteurs, but he’s also an accomplished songwriter who …

Most Influential Music Figures of The Past Decade

nate — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:14:16 +0000

Jack White The White Stripes/The Raconteurs/The Dead Weather As if trying to achieve world domination with The White Stripes wasn’t enough, White is out to accomplish the same feat with his other two bands. Although his other two bands have a similar bluesy, hard rock sound found in the Stripes, they take that sound to the next level by having …

And the Supergroup of the Year Award Goes To…

nate — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:29:27 +0000

Monsters of Folk(Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes, M. Ward, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst, also of Bright Eyes) When I arrive at the pearly white gates many, many, many years from now, I’m going to be awfully tempted to thank God for creating the members that make up this band. I’m not sure if …