Sweeping The Nation — As promised when we did 1970 on Good Friday, the other end of our forty-year spectrum and a list notably more biased than most, even if its span is only the last five years, towards what STN was writing about at the time anyway. The Big Pink were the... more info

Consequence of Sound — Including a pair of shows with Fleet Foxes. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The 2017 list includes releases from The War on Drugs, Pink Floyd, Andre 5000, Animal Collective, Big Star, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Creation, The Cure, David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, The Grateful Dead, Iggy Pop, Julian Cope, Robert Johnson, an... more info

Stereogum — The term "collective" implies a united front, a melding of minds and ideas. Under vaguely zoological personas, four boys from Baltimore joined forces at the turn millennium to explore primal, child-like sounds within a tableaux of experimental, off-k... more info

Stereogum — Since R.E.M. broke up six years ago, former frontman Michael Stipe has done a whole lot of beard-growing and made very little new music. So it's exciting to learn that he will be a part of MoogFest, the Durham, North Carolina festival that's also set... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Napoleon IIIrd - The ScrapeA quick primer, as there's always latecomers - Napoleon IIIrd is James Mabbett and both of his previous albums made number four in their respective years' STN end of year lists. The Great Lake, out 19th May, comes m... more info

Stereogum — This year, the synth-centric North Carolina festival Moogfest moves from Asheville to Durham, and it takes over its new host city 5/18-21. The festival has just unveiled this year's lineup, and it features plenty of heavy hitters, including Flying Lo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The 2017 Moogfest lineup includes Flying Lotus, Animal Collective, Gotye, Suzanne Ciani, Derrick May, 808 State, Jessy Lanza, Simian Mobile Disco, Moor Mother, Syrinx, Visible Cloaks, Princess Nokia, Pye Corner Audio, Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein of S ... more info

Consequence of Sound — Plus, the band lines up US tour dates with Beach House and Animal Collective. more info

Stereogum — Ride The Lightning is one of the most important albums in the history of heavy metal. "Riding A Lightning Bolt," on the other hand, sounds like Brian Wilson refracting through Animal Collective and boomeranging back to the '60s, leaving behind sonic ... more info