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8. The Field, 'Yesterday & Today' Late night bliss that builds layers of synths 7. Gui Boratto, 'Take My Breath Away' Throbbing house music, minus the cliches.

SHARON VAN ETTEN "Because I Was in Love'' Opening to the slack strum of acoustic guitar, the spare and hypnotic debut from this Brooklyn singer-songwriter left this listener nearly in tears on more than one late night.

Regina Spektor , Grizzly Bear , Dirty Projectors , M. Ward , Andrew Bird December 7, 2009 - We could tell early on that 2009 was going to be an outstanding year for music.

On a crisp winter morning in Vienna , Hercules and Love Affair 's Andy Butler is delivering an impromptu pitch for the local tourist board.

CHIEF SIGN TO DOMINO RECORDS AND GIVE AWAY FIRST SINGLE, "MIGHTY PROUD" Chief Chief have officially signed to Domino Records, and have digitally released their first single, "Mighty Proud," on the venerated label.

In this Best Albums of the Year list, we imagine a world where Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear and the Dirty Projectors don't exist; a world where indie music lovers are relieved of the moral obligation to crown their "best of" compilation with that trifecta of mammoths.

Throughout his California childhood, while trying to come to terms with his sexual identity, Antony Hegarty, the "Antony" of Antony and the Johnsons , believed he was the ultimate "odd egg" until he first saw Boy George on the cover of Culture Club's 1982 debut.

A battle between independent record companies and online giant MySpace has been resolved this weekend after a year-long wrangle over money.

Elvis Costello once remarked that "writing about music is like dancing about architecture - it's a really stupid thing to want to do". Veteran Australian pop musician turned music critic Robert Forster disagrees with that comment.

One of the more enriching elements currently broadening the borders of pop is the desire of classically trained musicians to utilize their rigor on more whimsically intrepid projects.

Antony Hegarty of Antony and the Johnsons can imitate a warbling opera star almost as well as he can dress like a goth girl .

Hercules and Love Affair New York City disco DJ Andy Butler and soulful warbler Antony Hegarty began informally collaborating over five years ago.

Holshouser, Bennink and Moore. For the uninitiated it probably sounds like the name of a law firm, but the trio of musicians -- accordionist Will Holshouser , drummer Han Bennink and reedsman Michael Moore -- is on the cutting edge of modern improvisational music.

Despite its long-held reputation as the most aesthetically minded nation in the civilized West, Italy has never been able to produce a decent, well-known rock band.

Hayden Thorpe's voice has been called "divisive". This is a polite way of describing the three-octave whoop that makes Wild Beasts sound unlike any other young British guitar group.

"Longing." It's a word as nebulous as what it tries to describe. When the longing isn't for something very specific, it's more like an un-defined emptiness seeking ... something.

Everyone has an evil twin; this is just scientific fact. In fact, yours is standing right behind you with a knife - take a look, when you get a moment.

Four songs from LIFE OF AGONY singer Keith Caputo 's new EP called "Cheat" can be heard in the YouTube clip below.

High drama is the calling card of Leeds avant-pop group Wild Beasts, and 'Two Dancers' trades in the same cabaret musings as their debut.

When a worthy benefit calls, music's biggest stars answer. U2, Courtney Love, and actress-cum-singer Scarlett Johansson lead a star-studded lineup for "Hal Willner Presents: An Evening with Gavin Friday and Friends," an installment of the new NIGHTS concert series, which aims to raise money to fight AIDS.