Remember when we said we'd share our list of 25 other unmissable records the first week of January? Whoops. Thing is, the first month of this new year, we were still listening to and falling in (and out) of love with records from 2011. Discovering albums we should've shared months ago and finding out what [...]

The wonderful Cave Singers have just completed an outstanding session for Daytrotter offering up versions of Swim Club, Haller Lake, Clever Creatures and the brilliant Black Leaf . Signing up to get this, and many other sessions (recently including Laura Marling, Wilco, Marnie Stern and The Parson Red Heads ) costs just $2 per month which even in these troubled times is a ridiculously good deal - if you've not done it yet, sign up here . Get the full Cave Singers session [...]
We thought Treefort's initial line-up announcement gave enough compelling reasons to make the road trip to Boise. But the upstart music fest has made four more line-up announcements since then giving us even more reasons to be planning a visit to Idaho. In addition to Pickwick, Lemolo, Built to Spill, Of Monteral and WHY? the [...]

And so here we have our top ten albums of the year. To be honest the order is fairly arbitrary - on another day it could be a completely different as really these ten records have so little between them in turns of the pleasure and enjoyment they gave us. If you've not acquainted yourselves with any of these then we're pretty sure you won't be disappointed. 2011 - what a fine year for music. 10 Twilight Hotel - When The Wolves Go Blind Download Twilight [...]
Here is my highly-subjective, personal list of favorite albums of 2011. Wild Flag – Wild Flag | CD Vinyl MP3 Download "Romance" (mp3) Rarely do supergroups like this one meet their expectations. But the members of Sleater-Kinney, Helium, and The...
Here's the list...not in a strict order. Hope you get a chance to listen to them. 30. Balto – The Railyard 01 The Railyard by BaltoDan 29. Hezekiah Jones – Borrowed Heart Hezekiah jones - Borrowed Heart by ThroughMic 28. Jhameel – The Human Condition The Human Condition by jhameel 27. Lemolo – Whale Song Lemolo - Whale Song [...]
11. William Elliot Whitmore-Field Songs : Songs about working and struggling and grasping to the only piece of fucking dirt that yours and some SOB trying to cheat you out of it. Thanks WEW. I'm taking bullshit handyman work over the winter just so I can afford to eat Burger King and drink a couple of Miller High Lifes every once in a while, so I'm a disciple of these songs. I wonder what the farmers in Iowa do in the wintertime to survive. Is the suicide rate higher then? He's singing about [...]

Our final Top Ten selection comes courtesy of the lovely, and ever radiant, Mrs Mackerel. Over to you girl! It's been a great musical year. But such a plethora of riches always presents a problem – what's a girl to choose? Fortunately some fine contributions in the preceding week means most bases are covered. Live gigs, although few and far between this year, have been rich in quality, and particularly finger-picking good on the guitar front. A fine ensemble of gig friends too, thank you. Without further ado, here's my humble opinion. And remember [...]
Bell X1 – Bloodless CoupDownload "Hey Anna Lena" Black Pistol Fire – Black Pistol FireDownload "Your Not the Only One" Blitzen Trapper – American GoldwingDownload "Love the Way You Walk Away" Boat – Dress Like Your IdolsDownload "(I'll Beat My...
It's been pretty quiet around here for awhile (so quiet that we're pretty sure just our mom's are checking this thing at this point) (hi moms!), but even though we haven't been writing all that much, we promise we've still been listening to loads of good music. So putting this list together has been a good chance for us to finally put down how we feel about some of the great stuff we've heard this year. We just hope it's as fun for you to browse through as it was for us to pull together! Before reading on, [...]

figure 1. Wye Oak 2011 - another year of looking back? At first glance it appears that way. Amazing reissues from Archers of Loaf ( Icky Mettle ), Superchunk ( Foolish ), R.E.M. ( Life's Rich Pageant - p.s. their best album) and Dinosaur jr. (the first three records). Despite all the old material out there, there was some fantastic new music. What follows is my top ten. All links to music are free and legal. [...]
As with previous years we will be posting over the next few days the Top Ten track selections for 2011 of various MM friends and contributors, as well as our Best Albums of 2011 and own best of the year list. To kick us off we have Polly Pocket. 10. Friends - I'm His Girl A great getting ready to go out kind of a tune. a 9. Ben Howard - Old Pine [...]
Ninebullets Radio is a radio extension of the blog ninebullets.net that airs every Thursday night in Tampa, Florida on WMNF 88.5 FM at 10pm Eastern. The show is archived for one week after it's original air date and is available for streaming here . Also, don't forget to head over to Facebook and like the Ninebullets Radio page . Below is the playlist for December 15, 2011 . 01. Grayson Capps - Big Ol' Woman 02. Chris Knight - Enough Rope [...]

Your sizable song-filled Saturday touts: ► Aimee Mann [pictured above] returns with her traditional Christmas show over at the Wiltern with friends such as Paul F Tompkins, Michael Penn, Tim Heidecker, and many more. ► NYC's Cavemen plays another SoCal show at Orange County's Detroit Bar with support from L.A.'s Races . [Check out their video for "Easy Water." ] ► Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter , whose band members include Whiskeytown's guitarist Phil Wandscher) headline the Bootleg Theater. The Watson Twins and [...]
LAURA VEIRS (early show) ( Mississippi Studios , 3939 N Mississippi) Read our article on Laura Veirs . JEFFREY LEWIS AND THE JUNKYARD, ALMOST NEARLY, AWKWARD ENERGY (late show) ( Mississippi Studios , 3939 N Mississippi) Read our article on Jeffrey Lewis . THE CAVE [...]

I am becoming more and more confident in talking on the radio. I am slowly developing my voice - my on-air personality. There is still room for improvement; namely in the transition from Stuarto's show to mine, but I'll get there eventually. Last Friday's show was centered around indie-folk again, with plenty of psychedelic folk, orchestral folk, and folk-pop as well. As started last week, two songs will be featured at bottom. "Notorious Lightning" by Destroyer off Your Blues "Shanty for the Arethusa" [...]
At least half of the music I post about these days is from Seattle, partly because that's what I'm surrounded with, but also because it's a great spot for music. I was inspired by a short PBS documentary about modern Seattle music. It's only 13 minutes long and gives you a quick rundown of Seattle [...]

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As promised, here's my five best vinyl finds of July. Thanks so much for the positive response on June's. I'm hoping to get you August's done for you well before October roles around and hope this was worth the delay. What were your best vinyl finds last month? 1. Mexican Beatles EP Found: Sonic Boom Ballard Cost: 7.99 [...]