
The 25 Best Albums of 2011 I'd like to think that hip hop and jazz dominated my listening time in 2011 because that's where the most compelling and artistically relevant developments were taking place. I could easily list 25 interesting albums from each genre. Black Up would rate highly on both tallies. And The Race Riot Suite may very well be the Mingus Ah Um of our time. I reluctantly hopped off the metal bandwagon in 2011. The happy medium between blissful stupidity and self-conscious theorizing became too [...]

pistol annies - hell on heels [the most down and dirty country song i've heard in ages (and featuring the awesome miranda lambert too)! sugar daddy, these gals are coming for you!] http://feeds.feedburner.com/Wo ngiesMusicWorld
Duffy may fire me for posting about country music on Donewaiting but I find something appealing about 3-part female harmonies sung with southern accents. With the Dixie Chicks on hiatus (yes, I own all of their CDs), I've been looking for a trio to fill in and thankfully stumbled upon Pistol Annies last night. Even if you don't follow country music (and I don't), the name Miranda Lambert might ring a bell - she's an up-and-coming star (and Grammy winner) in the country [...]