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Ia TMve been following the flow of decade-end top albums lists and find myself disagreeing with about half of their selections.

December is the slowest month of the year for shows, with clubs closing their doors for private events and holidays and many bands not looking to traverse the country in the winter.

The Shaky Hands kicking off December tour -- Wednesday night in Broolyn w/ Takka Takka, US Royalty The Neave: How was it playing alongside bands like the Meat Puppets and the Thermals? What artists or bands, if any, would you like to play/collaborate with in the future? Mayhaw Hoons of The Shaky Hands: To me, the Meat Puppets tour was the best of ...

Portland, Ore.'s Blind Pilot rolls into Boise again on Monday, Nov. 30, to headline a show that includes indie folk darling Laura Veirs .

Real Estate's self-titled record snagged one of those coveted Best New Music tags stuck to their debut full-length, an homage to The Shins if depressed and dropping lysergic, with Fruit Bats -style naturalist trimmings.

Jennifer Korney and her six-month-old son Berk are big fans of the TV show Yo Gabba Gabba.

I like to talk about myself . I like to talk about music. So when NPR's All Things Considered did a story last week on the 50 most important recordings of the decade, I was all over it.

Sub Pop co-founder Jonathan Poneman, left, with Soundgarden's Kim Thayil at the label's 20th birthday party at Hattie's Hat.

Blind Pilot and Laura Veirs, presented by My Old Kentucky Blog Tuesday, Nov. 24, doors open at 8 p.m. Radio Radio, 1119 Prospect St Tickets: $10: www.futureshock.net Posted on Nov.

Childless Upper West Siders bewildered by the giant " Yo GabbaA Gabba! Live !A SOLD OUT" marqueeA in their posh Manhattan neighborhoodA quite likely grew even more confused this morning as swarms ofA toddlers dressed in furry green monster outfits and pink flower-bulb she-beast t-shirts descended upon the Beacon Theater for three consecutive ...

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In these days of Evite's and FourSquare and Facebook status updates, it almost seems quaint to advertise shows on silk-screened posters.

Photograph: Sebastian Mlynarski/Getty Images New York rockers the Strokes have topped a list of the best albums of the decade, beating British indie stars a ' and tabloid darlings a ' the Libertines into second place.

In principle, the notion of the NME compiling a Greatest Albums of the Decade is one that should be welcomed, not least as a much-needed corrective to the overwhelmingly sales-and industry-led nature of most such lists.

Raphael Saadiq, seen at Bumbershoot 2009. It's funny, but not too long ago indie-rock scribes were debating Black Heart Procession's "gothness." Of course, that was the late '90s, the height of pre-commodity indie rock But indie rock was actually pretty damned rippin' back then, back when the Shins were still called Flake Music and Devendra was ...

There are certain movies that, for one reason or another, gain a sort of cult status and enter the hipster elite's canon of "life altering films." But the cult movie is a not a new idea.

Producers are studio wizards, the men - why are they always men? - behind the scenes, laying the sonic foundation for our favorite albums.

Being hand-selected by indie princess Regina Spektor as her opening act for her latest tour is no small feat.

Let's face it: most lyrics look dumb on paper. Case in point: The Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction." The song ranked number two on Rolling Stone's 500 greatest songs of all time list, but when it comes down to it, the chorus looks utterly unimpressive written down: "I can't get no satisfaction/'Cause I try and I try and I try/I can't get no." It's a ...

Wednesday, 4 November 2009, 2:01 pm Press Release: Milefire Management The Brunettes release new album Paper Dolls, announce a very special Melbourne launch & new Australian tour dates with Whitley Check out the adorable video for Red Roller Skates here After an October national tour with Sarah Blasko and their forthcoming tour with Whitley, The ...