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Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Jim Connelly's
Favorite Recordings Of 2006
Monday, January 15, 2007
Jesse Steichen's Favorite Recordings Of 2006
Friday, January 12, 2007
Bill Bentley's Favorite Recordings Of 2006
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Tom Ridge's Favorite Recordings Of 2006
Thursday, January 4, 2007
Lee Templeton's Favorite Recordings Of 2006
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Anthony Carew's 13 Fave Albums Of 2006
Monday, March 27, 2006
SXSW 2006: Finding Some Hope In Austin
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Letter From New Orleans
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Jennifer Przybylski's Fave Albums of 2005
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Music For Dwindling Days: Max Schaefer's Fave Recordings Of 2005
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Sean Fennessey's 'Best-Of' 2005
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Lori Miller Barrett's Fave Albums Of 2005
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Lee Templeton's Favorite Recordings of 2005
Thursday, January 5, 2006
Michael Lach - Old Soul Songs For A New World Order
Wednesday, January 4, 2006
Found In Translation — Emme Stone's Year In Music 2005
Tuesday, January 3, 2006
Dave Allen's 'Best-Of' 2005
Monday, January 2, 2006
Steve Gozdecki's Favorite Albums Of 2005
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Johnny Walker Black's Top 10 Of 2005
Monday, December 19, 2005
Neal Block's Favorite Recordings Of 2005
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Jenny Tatone's Year In Review
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Dave Renard's Fave Recordings Of 2005
Monday, December 12, 2005
Jennifer Kelly's Fave Recordings Of 2005
Thursday, December 8, 2005
Tom Ridge's Favorite Recordings Of 2005
Tuesday, December 6, 2005
Ben Gook's Beloved Albums Of 2005
Monday, December 5, 2005
Anthony Carew's Fave Albums Of 2005
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Prince, Spoon And The Magic Of The Dead Stop
Monday, September 12, 2005
The Truth About America
Monday, September 5, 2005
Tryin' To Wash Us Away
Monday, August 1, 2005
A Psyche-Folk Heat Wave In Western Massachusetts
Monday, July 18, 2005
Soggy But Happy At Glastonbury 2005
Monday, April 4, 2005
The SXSW Experience, Part 3: All Together Now
Friday, April 1, 2005
The SXSW Experience, Part 2: Dr. Dog's Happy Chords
Thursday, March 31, 2005
The SXSW Experience, Part 1: Waiting, Waiting And More Waiting
Friday, March 25, 2005
Final Day At SXSW's Charnel House
Monday, March 21, 2005
Day Three At SXSW
Saturday, March 19, 2005
Day Two In SXSW's Hall Of Mirrors
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Report #1: SXSW 2005 And Its Hall Of Mirrors
Monday, February 14, 2005
Matt Landry's Fave Recordings Of 2004
Wednesday, February 2, 2005
David Howie's 'Moments' From The Year 2004
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Lori Miller Barrett's Fave Recordings Of 2004
Thursday, January 20, 2005
Noah Bonaparte's Fave Recordings Of 2004
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Kevin John's Fave Albums Of 2004
Friday, January 14, 2005
Music For Those Nights: Max Schaefer's Fave Recordings Of 2004
Thursday, January 13, 2005
Dave Renard's Fave Recordings Of 2004
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Neal Block's Top Ten Of 2004
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Jenny Tatone's Fave Albums Of 2004
Monday, January 10, 2005
Wayne Robins' Top Ten Of 2004
Friday, January 7, 2005
Brian Orloff's Fave Albums Of 2004
Thursday, January 6, 2005
Johnny Walker (Black)'s Top 10 Of 2004
Wednesday, January 5, 2005
Jennifer Przybylski's Fave Albums (And Book) Of 2004
Tuesday, January 4, 2005
Mark Mordue's Fave Albums Of 2004
Monday, January 3, 2005
Lee Templeton's Fave Recordings Of 2004
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Thursday, December 8, 2005
Tom Ridge's Favorite Recordings Of 2005
Neumu's Michael Goldberg writes: In a year that saw the release of one great album after another, it's amazing that our critics manage to cherry-pick just 10 gems to share with us as the holidays approach. And, in fact, some of them (such as Anthony Carew) found way more than 10 to make note of.
Our man Tom Ridge could certainly have given us a list of 20, perhaps 30, albums that have rocked his world. But he understands that less really can be more sometimes. And so, here are Neumu Contributing Editor Tom Ridge's fave albums of the year. Enjoy.
1. Black Mountain, Black Mountain (Jagjaguwar): An awesome conflation of '60s/'70s influences, stirred into a righteous mix of underground and stoner elements with a keen sense of protest bubbling under. Black Mountain's trick is to always stay several steps ahead of what you think they're going to do next, so while much of this album might remind you of something else, it's not easy to pin down exactly what that something is.
2. Akron/Family, Akron/Family (Young God): Michael Gira-sponsored, mesmerizing meta-roots combo, with an intelligent, emotionally engaging hybrid of wayward Americana cross-bred with abstract, textural arrangements.
3. Low, The Great Destroyer (Sub Pop): A louder Low than we've been used to, and an album reflecting a turbulent cultural milieu with its palpable sense of focused anger and outrage.
4. Magnolia Electric Co, Trials & Errors (Secretly Canadian): Jason Molina explicitly evokes the edginess of the electric Neil Young in his prime with this raw and vivid live album, recorded on tour in Europe.
5. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Worlds Apart (Interscope): Dour musings on the place of art in a politically unstable world, filtered through an explosive yet oddly baroque rock 'n' roll sensibility.
6. Kato Hideki, Green Zone (Doubt Music): A blistering, live-in-the-studio soundtrack to the ongoing turmoil in Iraq, with NYC-based Japanese bassist Hideki leading a power trio through some powerful atomic blues and combustible improv.
7. Combat Astronomy, The Dematerialised Passenger (Discus): Stunning transatlantic fusion of relentless, low-end industrial force with the explosive, ecstatic noise of questing free jazz.
8. LCD Soundsystem, LCD Soundsystem (DFA): Finally James Murphy releases his debut album, and its infectious mixture of pounding rhythms and ironic self-awareness scores a series of deadly accurate hits, with Murphy apparently satirizing the very thing he's celebrating.
9. East West Blast Test, Popular Music for Unpopular People (Ipecac): A thrilling, exhausting whistle-stop tour through a nimble post-metal soundtrack that encompasses raw power and a breathtaking variety of styles, all compressed into a turbo-charged ball of energy.
10. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Howl (Red Ink/RCA): A convincing reinvention as this trio eschew their cooler-than-thou rebel posturing for heartfelt folk-blues stomps and intimate, gospel-flavored fireside workouts.
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