As a medium, the rock album is so under siege that even Radiohead made noise in 2009 about giving it up for downloadable singles and EPs. Full Article at PhillyBurbs.com

The Irish Times - Friday, December 11, 2009 Favourite albums of 09: Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport, The Flaming Lips - Embryonic, Animal Collective - MPP, Dino Jr. - Farm, Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer, The Antlers - Hospice. Full Article at Irish Times

Imagine, for a moment, that you are in one of pop's most cherished alt-rock bands. Full Article at The Independent

How did we arrive at a point where Rolling Stone lists the Blueprint as the fourth best album of the decade, right behind Kid A, Is This It, and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, while Supreme Clientele didn’t even make the list? Full Article at XXL

• The Prophet Armed: Trotsky 1879-1921, by Isaac Deutscher {Magnificient biography finally back in print, along with Volumes II and III. Full Article at Snarksmith

The most important music of the '00s as chosen by more than 100 artists, critics and industry insiders. Each voter was asked to list his or her 25 favorite albums and songs of the past decade, in order of importance. Full Article at OH NO THEY DIDN'T

I never thought I'd be able to write about music for a living, and for kind of fucked-up reasons that defeat the fun part of being a music critic. Full Article at The Onion: A.V. Club Blog

Sometimes the only way to move on from a relationship is to overdose on all the good stuff—like our relationship with 2009. To end the year right, we are posting a guest artist’s Top 10 list of 2009 each day this December. Full Article at Filter Magazine

01. Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest 02. Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion 03. Phoenix: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 04. Neko Case: Middle Cyclone 05. Andrew Bird: Noble Beast 06. The Decemberists: Hazzards Of Love 07. Wilco: Wilco (The Album) 08. Full Article at The Daily Swarm

Wilco's 2009 self-titled release is seen with a CD copy of the album along with the vinyl in Toronto December 3, 2009. Full Article at International Business Times

Our main list of the year’s best albums doesn’t just appear out of thin air. It’s tallied from ballots by a group of writers, each of whom is given 100 points to distribute over their favorites. Full Article at The A.V. Club

• The Prophet Armed: Trotsky 1879-1921, by Isaac Deutscher {Magnificient biography finally back in print, along with Volumes II and III. Full Article at Snarksmith

Main Blog Page Older Post » Ballot Results: NPR Listeners Pick The Year's Best Music by Robin Hilton After a week of voting, the results are in: We've got the top 25 albums of 2009, as selected by NPR listeners in our online ballot, listed now on All... Full Article at NPR

With the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics just around the corner, the city is filled with mixed emotions. On one hand, there’s the excitement of free concerts from the likes of Wilco, Feist and many others. Full Article at Exclaim.ca

This is the second part of my series of the fifty best albums of the decade. I am pretty convinced this is the part of my list where I turn into a hipster and some people will turn on me. I am also pretty sure Wilco fans will like a debate. Full Article at Blogcritics.org

Let’s face it: A lot of people don’t know what to make of Tom Waits and this double-CD live set isn’t about to make things easier. Full Article at MassLive.com

When an act names an album after itself, it's often introducing itself to the world, signaling a rebirth or telling fans that this record is its magnum opus. Either that, or they're just not very good at titles. Full Article at Spinner.com

If not, we suggest you read it while listening to her recent cover of Wilco’s “Jesus, Etc.” The Grammy-winning, mellow singer-songwriter laid down a slinky acoustic version of the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot track live on Sirius XM, who’ll air a full... Full Article at American Songwriter

There will never be another Pinkerton, just enjoy the consistently awesome albums Weezer makes. Hah! Good luck trying to get that in their head. Full Article at The Big Lead