Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Monday: Babies, German Measles, + Nude Beach @ Death By Audio 8pm $tba [info]If you're anything like me you have spent the last few weeks spending a lot of time with family and friends trying to make the most of the holiday season, and at this point ... more info

My Old Kentucky — Thanks to Chocolate Bobka for this one. Underwater Peoples made quite a name for themselves in 2009. Family Portrait released one of my favorite singles of the year in Mega Secrets, and Real Estate and Mountain Man put out records that many conside... more info

5 Acts — 01. Electric President - Snow On Dead Neighborhoods02. Throw Me The Statue - Showshoes03. Chin Up Chin Up - Water Planes In Snow04. Q And Not U - Snow Patterns05. Thing-One - Through The Winter06. Doves - Winter Hill07. My First Days On Junk - Heavy ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "Rad Replacements-y project from Kevin of Woods, Cassie of Vivian Girls, Justin of Bossy, and Nate Stark from Stupid Party." - Todd PBabies play a show with Gary War, Coasting, and Men and Women tonight (12/19) at Ash's Place. More... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Pop gems: Woods - Sunlit 7" (Captured Tracks) listen Kurt Vile - Childish Prodigy (Matador) listen The Mantles - Don't Lie 7" (Mt St Mtn) listen Real Estate - Self-Titled (Woodsist) listen Sonny & the Sunsets - Tomorrow is Alright... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this week we took a magnifying glass to Pitchfork's Top 100 Songs Of 2009. Most of those songs appeared on albums, which leads us to the site's Top 50 Albums Of 2009. For starters, metal creeps in via Baroness and Sunn O))), but not Mastod... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Real Estate - Beach Comber (MP3) Real Estate @ Brooklyn Bowl (more by Oren Loloi) Real Estate (whose Martin Courtney answered our holiday questionnaire) are set to tour with Woods this March. The launching pad for that jaunt happens... more info

Music for Robots — Real Estate - Beach Comber. I'll be honest - I wanted to post a different track. Real Estate's song "Snow Days" has burrowed itself in my brain, and I've been listening to it a few times a day, marveling at how it's like a little ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: Real Estate - Beach Comber (MP3) Real Estate @ Market Hotel (more by Leia Jospe) So we asked a load of NYC-area bands to tell us how their 2009 went, via a handy questionnaire... New Jersey's... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — The year is winding down as December begins to fade away along with the rest of 2009. I am going to use a lot of my free time during winter break to catch up on albums and figure out what my best of albums of 2009 are! I’ve been digging my teeth in... more info