PopMatters Associate Music Editor
Dave Heaton has been writing about music on a regular basis since 1993, first for college newspapers and DIY fanzines and now mostly on the Internet. In 2000, the same year he started writing for PopMatters, he founded the online arts magazine ErasingClouds.com, for which he is still the editor and main writer. He also writes music reviews for the print magazine The Big Takeover and has a blog column on their website, BigTakeover.com. He has a Bachelors degree in Journalism (1996) and a Masters degree in English (1999), both from Truman State University, in the underrated town of Kirksville, Missouri, Though he does enough music-listening and writing for it to be a full-time job, it is not one. He has held a series of editing, writing and business communications positions at small and large companies in Kansas, Michigan and Pennsylvania. He currently lives in Kansas City.
Features
Tuesday, December 6 2011
The Best Indie-Pop of 2011
Perhaps some of the bands on this list aren’t indie-pop in a literal way, but they most definitely are in heredity, influence, or spirit. They prove that our most interesting musicians can express themselves within the essential form of a pop song, while also changing how we think about songs and what they do to us.
Thursday, October 6 2011
High Flying: Pop Goes Country
1991 was a significant, even historic year, for country music, giving a strong indication of the direction it would take from then on to now.
Friday, December 24 2010
The Best Indie Pop of 2010
It’s not that young music fans are completely forsaking cool and disaffected guitar-rock bands for sensitive and fanciful pop bands, but there does seem some movement in that direction.
Friday, October 29 2010
We Were Digging for Something: Matador @ 21
Matador 21, the three-day celebration of Matador Records' 21st anniversary, could be seen as part of the year's trend towards '90s nostalgia, but at the time it felt like something different.
Wednesday, December 9 2009
The Best Indie Pop of 2009
My indie-pop year 2009 was about young energy and autumnal melancholy, about the rush you feel when you first hear an exciting new band and the bittersweet feeling you get when your favorite band calls it quits.
Many Will See and Hear: U2's Prescient Youth [25.Feb.09]
Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead [27.Jan.09]
The Best Indie Pop of 2008 [10.Dec.08]
The Best Indie-Pop of 2007 [12.Dec.07]
Play It for Today: 10 Years of Labrador [17.Oct.07]
The Last Cowboy in Town: Chris LeDoux [13.Jul.07]
Best Indie-Pop of 2006 [13.Dec.06]
Waylon Jennings, Jukebox Hero [12.Oct.06]
Habits Die Hard [22.Jun.06]
Building the Perfect Soundtrack (and Selling It) [21.Nov.05]
Eluvium [19.May.05]
Best Music of 2003 | Dave Heaton [29.Dec.03]
NAMELESSNUMBERHEADMAN [11.Jun.03]
Best Music of 2002: Dave Heaton [16.Dec.02]
Best of 2001: Dave Heaton [17.Dec.01]
Best of 2000: Dave Heaton [18.Dec.00]
Columns
Monday, January 30 2012
The Mythical Country
Where are these towns and neighborhoods that Montgomery Gentry sing about? The Mythical Country; the country that exists in the collective imagination of Nashville songwriters and singers, and that of the audience.
Monday, November 21 2011
When Indie Musicians “Go Country”
A lot of these indie musicians who wouldn’t call themselves "country" sound more country to me than Rascal Flatts or, for that matter, than Fleet Foxes, who are described as “alt-country”.
Thursday, October 6 2011
Country Music's Me-First Jesus
These days, a country singer will bow down to Jesus at least once by the end of his album, even if he spent the rest of it cheatin’, mistreatin’ and fightin’. Jesus is that reliable way to feel good even if you’ve been acting bad.
Wednesday, July 20 2011
Is Country Music Treading Water in 2011?
It's been a dead enough year in country music to make fans wonder what's going on. Is the genre taking a year off, or just jogging in place for a while?
Monday, May 16 2011
Martina McBride's Songs Inspire a New Generation of Country Singers
In one fell, sweet-voiced swoop, Martina McBride gives voice to the struggles of women in contemporary times.
What’s Real About Country Music? [16.Mar.11]
A Mexico State of Mind [9.Nov.10]
So, Taylor Swift, How Far Do You Wanna Go? [10.May.10]
The Arrogance of Toby Keith [1.Mar.10]
Reviews
Thursday, February 9 2012
Dierks Bentley: Home
It leaves you with the impression that Bentley has made something special here -- not just his most consistent album and 2012’s first great country album, but even more.
Wednesday, February 8 2012
The Dirt Drifters: This Is My Blood
The feeling that this is your neighborhood bar band gives the music a punch of energy that’s memorable. At the same time, the stories in the music, and the ways they’re told, are less distinct, even generic.
Friday, January 20 2012
Haley Bonar: Golder
The milieu here is the frontier – guns, stars, mountains, trees, money and pianos – and the just as wild frontier of love, where people are holding onto each other and letting each other go.
Thursday, January 19 2012
My Morning Jacket: iTunes Session
This iTunes session is a sequel of sorts to the band’s 2000 EP My Morning Jacket Does Xmas Fiasco Style, a collection of Christmas covers, with some of their own songs thrown in.
Monday, November 28 2011
Lady Antebellum: Own the Night
As the music manipulates our musical memories, the lyrics give memory as central a place.
Boston Spaceships: Let It Beard [21.Nov.11]
George Strait: Here for a Good Time [28.Oct.11]
The Black Swans: Don't Blame the Stars [7.Sep.11]
Architecture in Helsinki: Moment Bends [29.Aug.11]
Blake Shelton: Red River Blue [23.Aug.11]
Randy Montana: Randy Montana [27.Jul.11]
Randy Travis: Anniversary Celebration [26.Jul.11]
Dolly Parton: Better Day [21.Jul.11]
YACHT: Shangri-La [1.Jul.11]
Warm Ghost: Uncut Diamond EP [21.Jun.11]
Robert Pollard: Lord of the Birdcage [2.Jun.11]
My Morning Jacket: Circuital [31.May.11]
Lifeguards: Waving at the Astronauts [26.Apr.11]
The Caribbean: Discontinued Perfume [22.Apr.11]
East River Pipe: We Live in Rented Rooms [9.Mar.11]
David Dondero: A Pre-Existing Condition [3.Mar.11]
Brad Paisley: Hits Alive [1.Dec.10]
Darren Hanlon: I Will Love You At All [1.Dec.10]
Taylor Swift: Speak Now [30.Nov.10]
Lower Dens: Twin-Hand Movement [10.Nov.10]
Still Flyin': A Party in Motion [8.Nov.10]
World Atlas: World Atlas EP [3.Nov.10]
Liam Singer: Dislocatia [27.Oct.10]
Billy Currington: Enjoy Yourself [1.Oct.10]
Jamey Johnson: The Guitar Song [17.Sep.10]
Little Big Town: The Reason Why [3.Sep.10]
Rob Swift: The Architect [13.Aug.10]
David Dondero: # Zero With a Bullet [12.Aug.10]
Chris Cagle: The Best of Chris Cagle [29.Jul.10]
Various Artists: Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas [23.Jul.10]
White Hinterland: Kairos [20.Jul.10]
Peggy Lee: Let's Love / Two Shows Nightly [25.Jun.10]
Modern English: Soundtrack [4.Jun.10]
Reflection Eternal: Revolutions Per Minute [26.May.10]
Lucky Soul: A Coming of Age [19.May.10]
Club 8: The People's Record [17.May.10]
Nick Jaina: A Bird in the Opera House [3.May.10]
Merle Haggard: I Am What I Am [22.Apr.10]
Masta Killa: Live [21.Apr.10]
Yellow Swans: Going Places [12.Apr.10]
Alan Jackson: Freight Train [31.Mar.10]
Josh Turner: Haywire [10.Mar.10]
Miles Kurosky: The Desert of Shallow Effects [8.Mar.10]
Laura Gibson and Ethan Rose: Bridge Carols [4.Mar.10]
Pierre Berthet: Extended Loudspeakers [1.Mar.10]
Lady Antebellum: Need You Now [16.Feb.10]
Kate Wolf: Back Roads [12.Feb.10]
Rameses III: I Could Not Love You More [1.Feb.10]
The Magnetic Fields: Realism [25.Jan.10]
Bobby Birdman: New Moods [25.Jan.10]
Luke Bryan: Doin' My Thing [16.Dec.09]
Q-Tip: Kamaal the Abstract [19.Nov.09]
Dolly Parton: Dolly [13.Nov.09]
Israel Quellet: Soni Sclavus [11.Nov.09]
Lisa Germano: Magic Neighbor [9.Nov.09]
David Nail: I'm About to Come Alive [21.Oct.09]
Erik Satie: 42 Vexations (1893) [8.Oct.09]
Robert Earl Keen: The Rose Hotel [2.Oct.09]
Kid Cudi: Man on the Moon: End of Day [30.Sep.09]
Still Flyin': Never Gonna Touch the Ground [24.Sep.09]
Matteah Baim: Laughing Boy [23.Sep.09]
Ant: These Long Dark Country Roads [13.Sep.09]
Peter Broderick: 4-Track Songs [7.Sep.09]
George Strait: Twang [4.Sep.09]
John Anderson: Bigger Hands [27.Aug.09]
Loren Connors: The Curse of Midnight Mary [17.Aug.09]
Brad Paisley: American Saturday Night [6.Aug.09]
Jaden South: Leading the Horse [31.May.09]
Keith Urban: Defying Gravity [24.Apr.09]
Eric Church: Carolina [3.Apr.09]
Maquiladora: St. Cecilia's Drowning [30.Mar.09]
McCarthy Trenching: Calamity Drenching [24.Mar.09]
Josh Reichmann Oracle Band: Life Is Legal EP [17.Mar.09]
The Besties: Home Free [4.Mar.09]
Dierks Bentley: Feel That Fire [27.Feb.09]
Phish: At the Roxy [25.Feb.09]
Illa J: Yancey Boys [19.Feb.09]
Tom Russell: Veteran's Day [23.Jan.09]
Tracy Shedd: Cigarettes and Smoke Machines [20.Jan.09]
People Under the Stairs: Fun DMC [18.Dec.08]
From Bubblegum to Sky: A Soft Kill [8.Dec.08]
Kanye West: 808s and Heartbreak [1.Dec.08]
Trace Adkins: X [24.Nov.08]
Kenny Chesney: Lucky Old Sun [6.Nov.08]
Lee Ann Womack: Call Me Crazy [23.Oct.08]
Damon and Naomi: More Sad Hits [20.Oct.08]
Patty Loveless: Sleepless Nights [7.Oct.08]
Kimya Dawson and Friends: Alphabutt [24.Sep.08]
Boston Spaceships: Brown Submarine [19.Sep.08]
Soltero: You're No Dream [9.Sep.08]
Jamey Johnson: That Lonesome Song [29.Aug.08]
Glen Campbell: Meet Glen Campbell [29.Aug.08]
Mel Tillis: Me and Pepper [8.Aug.08]
Jean Grae: Jeanius [1.Aug.08]
Sugarland: Love on the Inside [30.Jul.08]
Randy Travis: Around the Bend [18.Jul.08]
Sonic Youth: Hits Are for Squares [17.Jul.08]
Chin Chin: Chin Chin [16.Jul.08]
Ricky Nelson: Greatest Love Songs [27.Jun.08]
Maybe It's Reno: Maybe It's Reno [20.Jun.08]
The Real Tuesday Weld: The End of the World [19.Jun.08]
Montgomery Gentry: Back When I Knew It All [17.Jun.08]
Elemental Emcee: Hell on Your Mental [16.Jun.08]
Tom Paxton: Comedians and Angels [29.May.08]
Various Artists: BIPPP [14.May.08]
Moreland & Arbuckle: Eighteen Sixty-One [14.May.08]
Strategy: Music for Lamping [12.May.08]
Willie Nelson: One Hell of a Ride [25.Apr.08]
George Strait: Troubadour [23.Apr.08]
Van Morrison: Keep It Simple [3.Apr.08]
Alan Jackson: Good Time [28.Mar.08]
Dolly Parton: Backwoods Barbie [27.Mar.08]
Mahjongg: Kontpab [18.Mar.08]
Various Artists: A Number of Small Things [13.Mar.08]
Laura Bryna: Trying to Be Me [10.Mar.08]
Pieces of Peace: Pieces of Peace [28.Feb.08]
Various Artists: Airport Symphony [22.Feb.08]
Willie Nelson: Moment of Forever [8.Feb.08]
Wax Poetics Anthology [4.Feb.08]
Hey Willpower: PDA [22.Jan.08]
The Magnetic Fields: Distortion [14.Jan.08]
Lucky Soul: One Kiss Don't Make a Summer [14.Jan.08]
Tender Forever: Wider [3.Jan.08]
Phosphorescent: Pride [2.Jan.08]
Wu-Tang Clan: 8 Diagrams [11.Dec.07]
Robin and Linda Williams: Radio Songs [29.Nov.07]
Goldmund: Two Point Discrimination [28.Nov.07]
Common: Thisisme Then [27.Nov.07]
Damon and Naomi: Within These Walls [6.Nov.07]
Saturday Looks Good to Me: Fill Up the Room [29.Oct.07]
Carolyn Mark: Nothing Is Free [17.Oct.07]
Saturday Looks Good to Me: Cold Colors [9.Oct.07]
Majesty Crush: I Love You in Other Cities [8.Oct.07]
Someone Else: Pen Caps and Colored Pencils [8.Oct.07]
California Snow Story: Close to the Ocean [5.Oct.07]
PJ Harvey: White Chalk [2.Oct.07]
Kanye West: Graduation [10.Sep.07]
Various Artists: Guilt by Association [4.Sep.07]
Butcher Boy: Profit in Your Poetry [21.Aug.07]
Bad Religion: New Maps of Hell [6.Aug.07]
Fred Thomas: Sink Like a Symphony [12.Jul.07]
Watoo Watoo: La Fuite [5.Jul.07]
Panther: Secret Lawns [26.Jun.07]
Plants: Photosynthesis [25.Jun.07]
Walker Kong: Deliver Us From People [21.Jun.07]
Voxtrot: Voxtrot [23.May.07]
El-P: Ill Sleep When Youre Dead [13.Apr.07]
Lucky Soul: The Great Unwanted [9.Apr.07]
Various Artists: International Sad Hits [29.Mar.07]
Eluvium: Copia [28.Mar.07]
Lucky Soul: Aint Never Been Cool [27.Mar.07]
Rjd2: The Third Hand [9.Mar.07]
Jill Cunniff: City Beach [23.Feb.07]
Harry Connick, Jr.: Oh, My Nola [9.Feb.07]
Lucky Dragons: Widows [2.Feb.07]
Gang Starr: Mass Appeal: The Best of Gang Starr [26.Jan.07]
Sloan: Never Hear the End of It [3.Jan.07]
Pipas: Sorry Love [19.Dec.06]
Sonic Youth: The Destroyed Room [18.Dec.06]
Etta Jones: Dont Go to Strangers [13.Dec.06]
Phish: Colorado 88 [7.Dec.06]
National Eye: Roomful of Lions [14.Nov.06]
No Wait Wait: About You [8.Nov.06]
Awesome Color: Awesome Color [27.Oct.06]
Parenthetical Girls: Safe as Houses [24.Oct.06]
Bright Eyes: Noise Floor (Rarities: 1998 – 2005) [20.Oct.06]
Damien Jurado: And Now That Im in Your Shadow [19.Oct.06]
Various Artists: Tiny Idols, Vol. 2 [16.Oct.06]
My Morning Jacket: Okonokos [25.Sep.06]
Method Man: 4:21... The Day After [1.Sep.06]
M. Ward: Post-War [16.Aug.06]
Adam Green: Jacket Full of Danger [26.Jul.06]
Phish: Live in Brooklyn [21.Jul.06]
The Impossible Shapes: Tum [12.Jul.06]
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys: Turntable Matinee [10.Jul.06]
Sonic Youth: Rather Ripped [9.Jun.06]
Absentee: Schmotime [30.May.06]
Tilly and the Wall: Bottoms of Barrels [25.May.06]
Filastine: Burn It [12.May.06]
Kimya Dawson: Remember That I Love You [8.May.06]
The Coup: Pick a Bigger Weapon [25.Apr.06]
Boyracer: A Punch Up the Bracket [24.Apr.06]
Casey Dienel: Wind-Up Canary [5.Apr.06]
Sonic Youth: Sonic Youth [5.Apr.06]
The Caribbean: Plastic Explosives [29.Mar.06]
Stereolab: Fab Four Suture [3.Mar.06]
The Elected: Sun, Sun, Sun [27.Jan.06]
O.C.: Smoke & Mirrors [14.Dec.05]
Talib Kweli: Right About Now [7.Dec.05]
Kammerflimmer Kollektief: Absencen [11.Nov.05]
Public Enemy: New Whirl Odor [4.Nov.05]
Múm: Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today is OK [24.Oct.05]
Little Brother: The Minstrel Show [5.Oct.05]
Head of Femur: Hysterical Stars [22.Sep.05]
Architecture in Helsinki: In Case We Die [19.May.05]
Beck: Guero [29.Mar.05]
The Perceptionists: Black Dialogue [17.Mar.05]
Adam Green: Gemstones [21.Feb.05]
Dear Nora: Mountain Rock [1.Dec.04]
De La Soul: The Grind Date [1.Nov.04]
Mos Def: The New Danger [28.Oct.04]
Tony Bennett: Cloud 7 [29.Sep.04]
Guided by Voices: Half Smiles of the Decomposed [14.Sep.04]
Rjd2: Since We Last Spoke [26.May.04]
Bad Religion: Generator [remastered] [14.May.04]
Bad Religion: Along the Way [DVD] [10.May.04]
Superchunk: Crowding up Your Visual Field [DVD] [19.Apr.04]
Kanye West: The College Dropout [5.Mar.04]
Guided By Voices: Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere [16.Jan.04]
RZA: Birth of a Prince [19.Dec.03]
David S. Ware String Ensemble: Threads [10.Nov.03]
Rasco: Escape from Alcatraz [4.Nov.03]
Irving: I Hope You're Feeling Better Now [13.Oct.03]
Various Artists: Russendisko: Hits [17.Sep.03]
Superchunk: Cup of Sand [12.Sep.03]
Pole: self-titled [29.Aug.03]
Various Artists: The Revenge of the Robots [DVD] [18.Aug.03]
A Tribe Called Quest: The Low End Theory [8.Jul.03]
The New Constitution: On 4 [1.Jul.03]
The Like Young: "Looked Up" Plus Four [18.Jun.03]
Freddie Foxxx/Bumpy Knuckles: The Konexion [11.Jun.03]
Awol One and Daddy Kev: Slanguage [2.Jun.03]
Cherrywine: Bright Black [28.May.03]
Akrobatik: Balance [20.May.03]
M. Ward: Transfiguration of Vincent [12.May.03]
Rjd2: The Horror [9.May.03]
If Thousands: Lullaby [24.Apr.03]
Gary Lucas: The Edge of Heaven [22.Apr.03]
Vic Chesnutt: Silver Lake [25.Mar.03]
Beans: Tomorrow Right Now [20.Mar.03]
Various Artists: Acuarela Songs 2 [7.Feb.03]
Robert Pollard: Motel of Fools [31.Jan.03]
The Roots: Phrenology [9.Jan.03]
Talib Kweli: Quality [27.Dec.02]
The Mountain Goats: Tallahassee [6.Dec.02]
Ron House: Obsessed [5.Nov.02]
Blevin Blectum: Talon Slalom [30.Oct.02]
Of Montreal: Aldhills Arboretum [22.Oct.02]
The Apples in Stereo: Velocity of Sound [9.Oct.02]
Supersprite: Color Mixing [25.Sep.02]
Slum Village: Trinity (Past, Present and Future) [24.Sep.02]
Doug Martsch: Now You Know [13.Sep.02]
Atmosphere: God Loves Ugly [4.Sep.02]
Calvin Johnson: What Was Me [22.Aug.02]
The Bevis Frond: What Did for the Dinosaurs [21.Jun.02]
The Flatlanders: Now Again [12.Jun.02]
Con Dolore: This Sad Movie [29.May.02]
Cali Comm Tour [12.Nov.01]
James William Hindle: self-titled [30.Oct.01]
The Microphones: The Glow, pt. 2 [24.Sep.01]
Aesop Rock: Labor Days [17.Sep.01]
Metrovavan: Retrofitting [10.Sep.01]
Son, Ambulance: Euphemystic [10.Sep.01]
Space Ballerinas: If Goth Was Pink [3.Sep.01]
Jeff Kelly: Indiscretion [3.Sep.01]
Fugu: Fugu 1 [3.Sep.01]
Hydroplane: The Sound of Changing Places [2.Sep.01]
Club 8: self-titled [27.Aug.01]
Stereolab: Sound-Dust [27.Aug.01]
Shannon Wright: Dyed in the Wool [20.Aug.01]
Centro-Matic: Distance and Clime [13.Aug.01]
Cursive: Burst and Bloom [30.Jul.01]
A Girl Called Eddy: Tears All Over Town [30.Jul.01]
Clogs: Thom's Night Out [2.Jul.01]
Various Artists: Wu-Chronicles Chapter II [2.Jul.01]
My Morning Jacket: At Dawn [28.May.01]
Mark Eitzel: The Invisible Man [21.May.01]
R.E.M.: Reveal [14.May.01]
Michael Franti & Spearhead: Stay Human [14.May.01]
The Green Pajamas: In a Glass Darkly [1.May.01]
DJ Smash: Phonography [9.Apr.01]
E*Vax: Parking Lot Music [3.Apr.01]
Run DMC: Crown Royal [2.Apr.01]
Mark Mulcahy: SmileSunset [1.Apr.01]
Delinquent Habits: Merry Go Round [19.Mar.01]
Old 97s: Satellite Rides [19.Mar.01]
Lenola: Treat Me To Some Life [12.Mar.01]
Jenifer Jackson: Birds [5.Mar.01]
Mall: 05.17.2012 01:34:28 PM -0400 [5.Mar.01]
The Free Design: Cosmic Peekaboo [5.Mar.01]
Tipsy: Uh-Oh! [5.Mar.01]
Kleenex/Liliput: The Complete Recordings [19.Feb.01]
Henry Rollins: A Rollins in the Wry [19.Feb.01]
Luna: Live [12.Feb.01]
Dear Nora: We'll Have a Time [12.Feb.01]
Boredoms: Vision Creation Newsun [5.Feb.01]
Robert Scott: The Creeping Unknown [5.Feb.01]
Gossip: That's Not What I Heard [22.Jan.01]
Death By Chocolate: self-titled [22.Jan.01]
The Real Tuesday Weld: L'Amour et la Morte [15.Jan.01]
The Beauty Shop: Yr Money Or Yr Life [8.Jan.01]
California Oranges: self-titled [1.Jan.01]
Cypress Hill: Live at the Fillmore [11.Dec.00]
Wu-Tang Clan: The W [20.Nov.00]
Yume Bitsu: Auspicious Winds [13.Nov.00]
Dice Raw: Reclaiming the Dead [23.Oct.00]
Willie D: Loved By Few, Hated By Many [23.Oct.00]
J. Mascis and the Fog: More Light [23.Oct.00]
Ashley Park: Town and Country [11.Oct.00]
Afu-Ra: Body of the Life Force [9.Oct.00]
Wobbleshop: Bittergreen [2.Oct.00]
Guru: Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3: Streetsoul [2.Oct.00]
King Black Acid: Loves a Long Song [2.Oct.00]
Versus: Hurrah [2.Oct.00]
Angus Maclaurin: Glass Music [2.Oct.00]
Black Eyed Peas: Bridging the Gap [25.Sep.00]
Phife Dawg: Ventilation: Da LP [21.Sep.00]
The New Amsterdams: Never You Mind [18.Sep.00]
EC8OR: The One and Only High and Low [18.Sep.00]
Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek: Reflection Eternal [18.Sep.00]
Saint Low: self-titled [7.Aug.00]
Shark Quest: Man on Stilts [7.Aug.00]
Busta Rhymes: Anarchy [19.Jun.00]
The Allies: D-Day [19.Jun.00]
Fiver: Strings for Satellites [5.Jun.00]
Marvin Gaye: Midnight Love [29.May.00]
The Clientele: A Fading Summer [22.May.00]
The Peter Brotzmann Sextet/Quartet: Nipples [8.May.00]
Green Velvet: self-titled [24.Apr.00]
Gauge: I [17.Apr.00]
Dead Prez: Let's Get Free [7.Feb.00]
Shalini: We Want Jelly Donuts [1.Jan.95]
Vancouver Nights: self-titled [1.Jan.95]
Tristeza: Dream Signals in Full Circles [1.Jan.95]
The Sixth Great Lake: Up the Country [1.Jan.95]
34 Satellite: Radar [1.Jan.95]
Tom Daily: The Burlington Northern [1.Jan.95]
The Chamber Strings: Month of Sundays [1.Jan.95]
Sarge: Distant [1.Jan.95]
Bobo Stenson Trio: Serenity [1.Jan.95]
Volante: 45 Degrees North [1.Jan.95]
The Benjamins: The Art of Disappointment [1.Jan.95]
Actionslacks: The Scene's Out of Sight [1.Jan.95]
Various Artists: Deep Concentration 3 [1.Jan.95]
Aspera: Sugar & Feathered [1.Jan.95]
Alsace Lorraine: Through Small Windows [1.Jan.95]
Atom & His Package: Redefining Music [1.Jan.95]
Braid: Movie Music Volume One and Volume Two [1.Jan.95]
Neil Young: Landing on Water [1.Jan.95]
Michael Barrett: Couches and Carpet [1.Jan.95]
Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Life [1.Jan.95]
John Wolfington: self-titled [1.Jan.95]
Spring: The Last Goodbye [1.Jan.95]
Roy Montgomery: The Allegory of Hearing [1.Jan.95]
Charles Lloyd: The Water Is Wide [1.Jan.95]
Labtekwon: Song of the Sovereign [1.Jan.95]
Kleenex Girl Wonder: Smith [1.Jan.95]
KRS-ONE: The Sneak Attack [1.Jan.95]
Killah Priest: View From Masada [1.Jan.95]
The I Live the Life of a Movie Star Secret Hideout: Autumn Girl Archers Horsemen Bring Arrows [1.Jan.95]
Isobella: A 24 Syllable Haiku [1.Jan.95]
The Holmes Brothers: Speaking in Tongues [1.Jan.95]
Faultline: Closer Colder [1.Jan.95]
Fontanelle: self-titled [1.Jan.95]
Mollycuddle: The Best Place For You [1.Jan.95]
Pinkie: My Little Experiment [1.Jan.95]
Snailhouse: Fine [1.Jan.95]
Sneakster: Pseudo-Nouveau/Fifty-Fifty [1.Jan.95]
Sigur Rós: Agætis Byrjun [1.Jan.95]
The Shermans: Falling Out of Love [1.Jan.95]
Poi Dog Pondering: Soul Sonic Orchestra [1.Jan.95]
William Parker Trio: Painter's Spring [1.Jan.95]
14 Iced Bears: In the Beginning [1.Jan.95]
Blogs
Thursday, December 10 2009
The Best Singles of 2009: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – "Young Adult Friction"
We've unveiled our 50 best singles of the year, but that's not really a lot of songs. So, here are others bubbling just under that 50 mark.
