Guardian Music — Post-jazz laptop maestro Four Tet looks back at the Noughties with Paul Morley What if there was an award given out for being the British post-jazz musician of the year, or the decade, or come to think of it the century, seeing as how whatever we thi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words & photos by Erez Avissar There's not much to say aside from how excellent Tuesday night's performance was, Sonic Youth's first of two nights in a row at Music Hall of Williamsburg (11/24). You can read the review Andrew... more info

8/1 — Q 50 best albums of the year | worst list of da year50 Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications 49 Bob Dylan - Together Through Life 48 Ian Brown - My Way 47 Madness - The Liberty Of Norton Folgate 46 Golden Silvers - True Romance 45 Conor Oberst And ... more info

Guardian Music — This sole female auteur of the sun-kissed surf-pop scene has penned a love letter to LA, full of sunny yet sorrowful tales of boys and break-upsHometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Bethany Cosentino (vocals, guitar).The background: Best Coast sounds lik... more info

Guardian Music — All Tomorrow's Parties was never an easy sell, but as a new documentary shows, the alternative festival has defied the cynics and established itself as live music institutionI started All Tomorrow's Parties 10 years ago because I wanted to give peopl... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words & photos by Andrew Frisicano Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr. played Terminal 5 on Saturday, November 21st. Opening up for those established acts were synth-heads Cold Cave (who are Sonic Youth's label-mates on Matador Records). Dinosaur Jr. went o... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 12-09 San Jose, CA - The Blank Club *12-10 Santa Cruz, CA - The Crepe Place *12-11 Los Angeles, CA - the Smell *12-12 Oakland, CA - The Continental Club *12-13 San Francisco, CA - The Hemlock *12-15 Sacramento, CA - The Hub *12-16 Portland, OR - Eagl... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sonic Youth @ United Palace Theatre in July (more by Bao Nguyen) tonight in NYC * The Feelies @ Maxwell's * Devo, JP Inc @ Irving Plaza * Yo Gabba Gabba @ Beacon Theatre * Nader Sadek @ Santos Party... more info

Live Daily — Punk-era survivors the Meat Puppets [ tickets ] are continuing road work with a series of club dates in support of "Sewn Together." It's the band's 12th studio effort and second album since singer/guitarist Curt Kirkwood reunited with his younger bro... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 12-04 Minehead, England - All Tomorrow's Parties12-06 Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street more info