The Yellow Stereo — Since the announcement of Have One on Me, Joanna Newsom’s follow-up to 2006’s flawless album Ys, Drag City has made available a few streams via their website.  The first of which, “‘81″ resulted in the site being completely overloaded, w... more info

The Late Greats — 33 is my wife's favorite number. This is going to be a great year. Andrew Bird ∞ The Happy Birthday Song (live) more info

All About Jazz — PRESERVATION HALL AND SONY RED DISTRIBUTION ANNOUNCE PRESERVATION: AN ALBUM TO BENEFIT PRESERVATION HALL and THE PRESERVATION HALL MUSIC OUTREACH PROGRAM A LANDMARK COLLABORATION BRINGING TOGETHER LEGENDARY AND EMERGING ARTISTS INCLUDING PETE SEEG... more info

Music For Ants — Often chosen to either open, close, or provide an instrumental interlude on an album, untitled works has long been a staple of rock music and director’s cuts of Cameron Crowe movies. Here’s a mix of some of my favorite songs that show great music... more info

The Yellow Stereo — One facet of music blogs that I’ve always admired is the community aspect in regards to highlighting the best of what a city has to offer. It’s something that I always wanted to support and be a part of, but never truly experienced due to living... more info

Troubled Souls Unite — 166. It's the magic number. It's the number of posts from 2008. It's also the number of posts from 2009. Funny how these things work out.It's also been a great year for albums. And a great year for concerts. And a great year for music in general. Her... more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — 20. Peter Bjorn & John - "Young Folks"; Who knew whistling could be this catchy? Maybe if Andrew Bird would have simplified things he would have wound up on this list! Either way there is no denying how great this song was the first time you heard it... more info

Lost In Your Inbox — I'm not doing a "best of" or "top ten" list this year. Not only am I not up to it, but about half way through the year I stopped listening to as much music as I had been and as a result, I simply don't have ten albums that I listened ... more info

Bridging The Atlantic — Here are my fav's for 2009, or at least my top 20, there were far too many songs that could've made this list. If I had to put an album at the top spot for the year it would be between Camera Obscura, Handsome Furs, Miike Snow, Andrew Bird, and Phoe... more info

Troubled Souls Unite — Drumroll please!10. Steve Earle - TownesIn memory of his mentor, Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle put out this album full of covers. From the patently country White Freightliner Blues, to the harsh blues of Lungs, Earle does a fantastic job paying tribu... more info