Year-end lists aren't all bad. Sure, they can infuriate you, the music fan, if your favorite release isn't listed. The good can be found by being humble. You cannot have possibly heard every release on every list, right? So, cozy-up to your computer and research those albums you have never heard of or perhaps passed-up (admittedly, just a dumb name can make me pass up a band. Ladyhawke is a prime example). So, the fading sunlight finds me enjoying a very fine Scottish band " The Twilight Sad ". Can't listen to this material at anything but [...]

I've only seen Yo Gabba Gabba once-partially because of the intriguing musicians they've had-and even though I've "outgrown" children's programming I still found myself humming along with their catchy, and educational, soundtrack. With artist appearances from The Roots, The Shins and Of Montreal it's good to know that the #1 children's show is at least exposing decent musicians rather than Hannah Montana or the Jonas Bros. The Yo Gabba Gabba crew will actually be performing live at the Dr. Pepper Arena in Frisco (November 28th) and Filter has given us two pairs of tickets to hand [...]

El 2008 fue sin duda un año excepcional para Kate Nash . Se hizo conocida mundialmente después de lanzar Made Of Bricks y su súper famosa canción "Foundations" . Por eso ahora su opinión, como la de todo famoso del mundo, es relevante ;-) Por ese motivo la gente de Filter-Mag le hizo una interesante pregunta: ¿Cuáles fueron, según ella, los mejores discos del año? Scarlett Johansson, Anywhere I Lay My Head Peggy Sue & the Pictures, Body Parts EP Laura [...]

YES!!! It's happening!! Filter Mag: The Six Degrees of Hall & Oates