Nick Drake

W.M.C. Preview: Q&A with M.A.N.D.Y.!

Top Americana 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 felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen Trapper's fantastic ... More >>

Short Cuts

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 felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen Trapper's fantastic ... More >>

Bandwidth

Keith Brown Trio undergoes major lineup changes

Mark Kozelek

Rock 'N' Roll Singer (Badman Recording Co.)

Ulan Bator

Ego: Echo (Young God Records)

Damien Jurado and Gathered in Song

I Break Chairs (Sub Pop)

Gomez

In Our Gun (Virgin)

Onelinedrawing

Visitor (Jade Tree)

Ten South Florida Albums that Tried to Change the World

The sweet, sweet sounds of SoFla

Iron & Wine

Our Endless Numbered Days (Sub Pop)

Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:

Poltergeist28 Weeks Laterw

Subterranean Finds

Poltergeist28 Weeks Laterw

The Ween Abides

Ten reasons Ween is better than your favorite band

Vashti Bunyan

Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind (DiCristina)

Sam Friend and the Melon Cauliflowers

Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind (DiCristina)

Ladybug Transistor

Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind (DiCristina)

Independence Day

What's indie rock? Who cares. Here are ten great CDs that will blow you away, no matter your definition.

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The Bonfire Club (Valiant Death)

Independence Day

What's indie rock? Who cares. Here are ten great CDs that will blow you away, no matter your definition.

Nonpoint Well Taken

Even Crockett and Tubbs would agree.

Mohave 3

Puzzles Like You (4AD)

The Faces of Bluegrass

Rev. Jeff Mosier's an equal-opportunity leader.

Hot Chip

Coming on Strong (Moshi Moshi/Astralwerks)

Marrying the Mainstream

White men learned to dance, and the emoting was as thick as the eyeliner on the year's best pop-rock records

Hot, Bothered

White men learned to dance, and the emoting was as thick as the eyeliner on the year's best pop-rock records

New Math

Reading, songwriting, and arithmetic using the +/- guidelines

Beck Gets Serious

But he still wants to get with you, and your sister

Iron Man

Samuel Beam spikes the pipeline with Iron and Wine

Royal's Screwups

Anderson's film is like its characters: flawed genius

Next Victim

Al Galvez says he doesn't need friends to make it in the music business. Good thing, too, because he barely seems to have any.

Spacing Out

The mastermind of Space Cadette Records is building a national rep

Victim Mentality

A Kite Is a Victim takes the slow road

Brendan Perry

Eye of the Hunter (4AD)

The High Llamas

Snowbug
(V2 Music, Ltd.)

Staggering Something

Have screenplay, will travel: Dave Eggers makes his film-writing debut with Away We Go.

Iron & Wine to Visit Fillmore Miami Ahead of Major Label Debut

Have screenplay, will travel: Dave Eggers makes his film-writing debut with Away We Go.

"The Way" Is a Warm Travelogue Tale of Fathers and Sons

Have screenplay, will travel: Dave Eggers makes his film-writing debut with Away We Go.