The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop poll is out for music year 2008. Predictably, voters named TV on the Radio's very fine Dear Science the victor. To declare a winner, the Voice's music desk ta... Continue reading "The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop Poll winner is no mystery, but one Lawrence-based voter is." >
Click on the photo of Olympic Size to go on a magical odyssey of the eye through the past year in Kansas City music. Photos by Forester. ... Continue reading "2008: The Year In Music Photos" >
A lot of sweet sounds emanated from these parts in 2008. In no particular order, here is a list of the local tracks I dug the most this year, including some videos. Note: Several of these weren't offi... Continue reading "Buckle Bunny Picks: 10 Best Local Songs of 2008" >
In no particular order ... The Architects, Vice (Anodyne) New boots! New boots and truncheons! (Should be tellin' you something.) Yeah it is -- that it's time to fuckin' lock and load. Seriously, th... Continue reading "The Wayward Son's Local Albums of 2008 'n Stuff" >
By Ben Westhoff Hip-hop A-listers including Rick Ross, Akon and Plies were caught grossly exaggerating their gangster credentials this year. (Turns out they were painfully law-abiding. The horror!) ... Continue reading "Busted Rhymes: The Top 10 Most Preposterous Rap Songs of 2008" >
Our old and funky friend, KCist-turned-San-Franciscan Oz McGuire, dropped the following list in our inbox over the holidays. Top Records You Might Have Missed This Year (2008) Señor Oz (Afrolicio... Continue reading "Top 10 2008 Records You May Have Missed, According to Señor Oz" >
In a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of ye... Continue reading "Top 10 Metal Albums of 2008" >
A couple of weeks ago, an expert on the Harry Potter series told an audience of high school kids how lucky they were to have this Big Shared Experience--these seven books and 41,000 words in common. ... Continue reading "From Cool Kids to Kanye: Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums Of 2008 " >
Click on the image below to enlarge local cartoonist and music writer Grant Snider's take on the year's best albums. ... Continue reading "Tha Year In Review by Grant Snider" >
It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved tha... Continue reading "The Top 10 Reissues of 2008" >
In 2008, independent rock returned to the underground, where it belongs. Given the grand catastrophe that is today's record industry, most major-label executives don't have the time or energy to conv... Continue reading "Top 10 Indie Rock Albums of 2008" >
Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa fe... Continue reading "Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008" >
Americans who still think of Latin music as mariachi bands and gyrating Ricky Martins and Shakiras might want to lend a closer ear to the genre. This country's Hispanic population isn't just growing,... Continue reading "Top 10 Latin Music Albums of 2008" >
By Randall Roberts You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial ... Continue reading "Hitsville: The Year in Music, by the Numbers" >
By Randall RobertsAny knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries fr... Continue reading "Top 10 Dance Collections of 2008, Both Mixed and Unmixed" >
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