Our definitive list returns! Featuring chart-topping albums, some returning veterans, and a few surprise upstarts. Join us as we count down the best albums of the year.

Some will know Chuck Ragan from his early career singing and playing guitar in post-hardcore band Hot Water Music.  The Gainesville, Florida four-piece released seven [...]

This album is not what one would expect from the vocalist/guitarist of Sonic Youth. For Demolished Thoughts, Thurston Moore has left behind the heavily reverberating [...]

Check out Roy Paymon, one of the finalists in our Unsigned contest last year.

As we reported previously, on May 24th Matador Records will release Demolished Thoughts, the new full-length album by Sonic Youth‘s Thurston Moore, produced by Beck. Now, courtesy of NPR, you [...]

Dinosaur Jr. frontman J. Mascis steps away from the amplifiers for a bit to release an acoustic record that keeps the same rough-around-the-edges guitar style [...]

Sarah Wallis’s self-titled album is a mix of soft harmonies, breathy vocals, and simple melodies. They melt together into a predictable, yet pleasant composition. The [...]

I don’t know what’s more incredible: the spot-on impersonation of Bob Dylan, or the fact that this is actually somewhat listenable.

Kurt Vile will suck you into his hazy folk. After releasing three albums between 2008 and 2009, critics branded Vile as a sort of neo-classic [...]

It’s been a long, hard road for Wino to achieve the status he’s achieved in the heavy music world. On this record, he, for the [...]

Chad Elder was present at the first date of Jenny O.’s residency at The Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles. Check out the shots he grabbed, and if you’re in the area, go see Jenny at one of her other gigs at The Bootleg in February. She’ll be playing SXSW, too!

Thrill Jockey Records has released “Bon Koum” as a free track by Malian singer and guitarist Sidi Touré. His debut album, Sahel Folk, is being released on January 25th. [...]

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the death of D. Boon, guitarist and vocalist of the Minutemen. There’s not much I can say on D. [...]

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Seattle, Washington four-piece Ivan & Alyosha are set to release their new EP Fathers Be Kind on Feb 1st2011 via Missing Piece Records. The EP is [...]