The 11 Best Songs By Ben Harper and...Someone Else

While most artists start off in a band and end up going solo as their career progresses, Ben Harper started out solo and is now creating new collaborations as his career evolves.  Each new partnership is different than the last and adds unique new layers to an already rich musical career.  As great as it to push the boundaries of music, it's appreciated to see an artist like Harper embrace

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The 11 Best Songs By Tomahawk

This weekend saw one of the most horrific tragedies to ever occur during a live music event.  Over 200 people killed and over 100 more injured because of another pyrotechnic display gone awry.  There are really very little words that can describe the devastating event in any sort of light other than misery.  Apparently the incident occurred because the lead singer of the performing band lit a

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The 11 Best Songs By Tegan & Sara

I read the magazine The Week.  There's a small section in it called "It Wasn't All Bad."  It's a very small section but always has some very positive news articles.  Recently I read a great story online about a rapper which reminded me of these articles.  I'm sure you've all heard the song "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.  And if you think you haven't heard it...you have.  Here's

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The 11 Best Songs By The Mars Volta

It's official.  Coachella line-up has been officially released.  The Mars Volta has broken up.  I guess that means we'll have to wait until Coachella 2023 for the reunion.

Here are the 11 Best Songs By The Mars Volta


Intertiatic E.S.P. (De-Loused in the Comatorium)
Metatron (The Bedlam in Goliath)
Viscera Eyes (Amputechture)
This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed (De-Loused in the Comatorium)

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The 11 Best Bad Religion Songs of the 90s

Recently there was a fake video posted about why doesn't MTV play videos anymore. (watch it here)  It's a snarky response blaming the audiences for the programming change.  Though it's fake and not really MTV's response...you can't take it too seriously.  But there is some glaring misguided reasoning that may or may not actually be true to why there's no more videos.  First off, the fake CEO

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The 11 Best Songs By The Joy Formidable

I had a meeting in a coffee shop today.  When I walked in, I was a little startled to notice that every single table was occupied.  That wasn't the unusual part.  Hip coffee shops in LA are always unrealistically busy, like showing up to one is the only way to keep your hipster cred intact.  What was strange was that there was only one person at each table.  Each person was staring aimlessly

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The 11 Best Songs By Ra Ra Riot

For sports fans, this was quite an up-and-down weekend.  As big as the NFL playoffs and the return of the NHL were, the biggest event came when Lance Armstrong was interviewed by Oprah.  How is it bigger news and treated with more fanfare when someone fucks up and lies to cover their tracks...than it is when someone actually succeeds?  Syracuse upsets #1 Louisville in college basketball, the

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The 11 Best Songs By Girls

I recently watched Zero Dark Thirty and was rather blown away with the movie.  It still ranks behind Lincoln and Life of Pi on my list as the best movie of the year.  Yes, I keep movie lists, too.  What interested me most about the movie was the pace.  It was slow build toward the final invasion that played more like a BBC documentary than a Michael Bay shoot em up.  The reward was almost

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The 11 Best New Order Songs (Post 1990)

Recently Sony issued an 86 song box set of unreleased Bob Dylan recordings.  It was a European only release, limited to only 100 copies, and it was done for one reason only: because the copyrights were about to expire.  Not only is it astonishing that there are 86 unreleased Bob Dylan recordings from the early part of his career that we've yet to hear...but it's even more astonishing that

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The 11 Best Rumored Albums of 2013

One of the best things about a new year is a whole set of new speculation about what albums could possibly be coming our way.  I've collected the best of them...let's see how many come true.

Here are the 11 Best Rumored Albums of 2013:



U2 (July) - Mercury Records announced the new album was coming in 2013...but no word yet from the band.
My Bloody Valentine - Album #3 (June) - Twenty-two

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The 111 Best Albums of 2012

Thanks to all those who voted!

Here are the 111 Best Albums of 2012:



Japandroids - Celebration Rock (Bonus Track)
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange (Bonus Track)
Jack White - Blunderbuss (Bonus Track)
Kendrick Lamar - g.o.o.d. kid, maad city
Grizzly Bear – Shields
The xx - Co-Exist
Alabama Shakes - Boys and Girls
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel
Sharon Von Etten - Tramp
Beach House - Bloom

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The 11 Most Anticipated Albums of 2013

I'll post the top 111 albums of 2012 on Friday.  So you still have time to get me your lists!!  Just send me your favorite albums of 2012 in the comment section.  Top 20...or whatever number of albums you liked.

With 2013 already .3% over, let's start looking ahead at what our year might look like musically...

This is a list of albums that have official release dates...or have been

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