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Dec 27th, 2011 9 Comments
Almost none of us are at work this week, so almost none of us are getting fired. And with the holidays coming to an end, we don't have to keep the good-cheer veneer up for much longer. So: Time to… Read Story »
Dec 23rd, 2011 34 Comments
Don't you love Christmas music? I'm Jewish so mostly it makes me feel like I'm in a mall. But don't you love malls? I've been trying to get my daughter to listen to The Nutcracker, and that's been… Read Story »
Dec 22nd, 2011 350 Comments
A whole lot of music happened in 2011. Like a whole lot. Virtually every artist on our collective radar seemed to release and album or a mixtape or five mixtapes or a cassette-only EP that, if you… Read Story »
Dec 19th, 2011 26 Comments
Even in an era when rappers rarely share studios with their collaborators, emailing in their contributions instead, the art of the guest verse is alive and well. It's still a point of pride for one… Read Story »
Dec 5th, 2011 415 Comments
2011 was the year music learned to float. Actually, that's not true at all; music has been reaching for feelings of tidal drift since the first Gregorian monks figured out how to chant, or maybe… Read Story »
Oct 31st, 2011 50 Comments
Another Halloween and you're going as Sexy Butch Vig again? If you'd just planned ahead you could've went as the ghost of Kurt Cobain. It's a very difficult costume to pull off, but there are… Read Story »
Oct 26th, 2011 33 Comments
Did you know Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto came out this week? The band played Letterman and Colbert and Today and Jools and Ellen and we threw a party in their honor. The launch celebration continues… Read Story »
Oct 19th, 2011 19 Comments
The xx's music is fertile ground for imaginative covers, thanks to the space that the band creates and maintains within its own songs. Inspired by yesterday's Tracey Thorn w/ Ben Watt cover of "Night… Read Story »
Oct 17th, 2011 115 Comments
Time is a valuable thing, and the musicians who can make a quick point in a short amount of time deserve their props. We've put together a quick list of ten excellent songs from indie's past (and… Read Story »
Oct 14th, 2011 24 Comments
It's going to be impossible to claim that Beyoncé Knowles has "quietly" put together a vicious song catalog, stocked with everything from heart-wrenching ballads to shamelessly fun bangers, but she… Read Story »
