Bridging The Atlantic — It's time to break the radio silence on BTA, and bring you my best albums and tracks of the year 2011. A year that belonged to Ms. Harvey. Since Let England Shake was released early in the year no-one else had a chance.Top 10 Albums:10. Big Deal ... more info

Nialler9 — After listening to w h o k i l l, tUnE-YaRdS’ phenomenal new album, go back and listen to Merrill Garbus’ debut Bird-Brains. It’s rough, shoddily-produced, abrasive and full of ideas. By virtue of the way it was recorded and released – on a h... more info

Altsounds — Prussia's music is energetic, poppy- and melodious. You feel like dancing, though there's no way in hell you would describe this as dance music. Waltzes, African drum beats, acapella breakdowns, and the gentle ringing of sleigh bells all fit int... more info

Stereogum — BTW tUnE-YaRdS’ “Bizness” should have gotten you excited for Merrill Garbus’s follow-up to BiRd-BrAiNs. You’ll find another reason in this video of Garbus playing “Doorstep” live in Paris for French website Le-Hiboo. A live, in-the-stre... more info

Stereogum — Air Waves is the rollicking, down-home folk-rock project of Austin-via-New York resident Nicole Schneit. At times a certain warm gruffness in her voice reminds me of tUnE-YaRdS’ Merrill Garbus (in a rangier, rootsier alternative universe). “Water... more info

Quiet Color — by lonnie Hailing from Oakland, Beep! is apparently a side project of tUnE-yArDs bassist Nate Brenner. Heavy with layered piano, bass, and upbeat percussion you can hear some correlation to the tUne-yArds sound, confirmed when Merrill Garbus’ voice... more info

Stereogum — Pedagogically minded San Francisco septet Citay's third album Dream Get Together inspired a writing project of the same name. As their label Dead Oceans notes, a dream get together could very well refer to "the concept of an ideal musical pairing, or... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — tUnE-YaRdS (Merrill Garbus) @ Bowery in November tonight in NYC * Ruth Garbus @ The Stone * Merrill Garbus @ The Stone * The Klezmatics @ City Winery * Scary Mansion, Mike Bones @ Union Pool * Fiasco, Shapes, Milo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — tUnE-YaRdS phone home @ Bowery Ballroom (more) Dirty Projectors aren't the only ones that just played four NYC shows and now have two more coming up in the same town before the end of February. tUnE-YaRdS has added a show... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "omfg!!!!! watching tune-yards on stage now. this is some of the GREATEST ish I've seen in a minute!!!!" - Questlove tUnE-YaRdS blew away Questlove (and everyone) while he was waiting to join the Dirty Projectors on stage on 11/22. A... more info