
Wait, weren't we just here? Like, in 2009? As I hinted at in last year's TDoL year-end extravaganza , making these lists is always a tug-of-war between what feels good and what actually is good. But if it makes you feel good, it must be good ... right? So here's the process: I frantically assemble my list. Move things around. Re-listen to records. Cut one here; add another there. Anxiety sets in. I lose sleep. Get a few more gray hairs. Stop eating solid foods. I don't bathe. I empty out my bank [...]

We highly recommend that Amylulita "Amor y Sangre" mix, but if you're in the mood for even more Halloween treats, here are 12 awesome tunes straight from our library. Actually, since it's the end of the month, we've ran out of bandwidth, so most of these songs come from the very courteous free-download button at LastFM, so yeah, this mixtape is so indie it hurts. The reason why Club Fonograma is not big on holiday themes is because we have trouble with the whole literal junk involved; as you'll see from this set of songs, we like to blur the [...]

I lived in San Sebastián, Spain in 2003, and the music there typically fell into two categories-metal and techno ... I also heard a disturbing number of Bon Jovi songs set to techno beats (Spain loves Bon Jovi like Germany loves David Hasselhoff). Essentially, you have to put in some serious work to find good music. Though I guess it's like that in the States, or anywhere for that matter. When I recently stumbled on to Northern Spain's Montañas it was as if I had struck gold. This band is good. The trio plays lo-fi garage [...]