
El WFMU
Full rundown of WFMU year end lists from 2009. Put that sucker to bed! http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/wfmus-top- ten-of-2009-lists/

When was the last time jazz made you laugh? I mean more than just smirking at Dexter Gordon when he drops a few bars of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” in the middle of a fat tenor solo, I mean a real guttural belly-laugh at some clowning cat’s shenanigans, some dope just dumb enough to hoo and ha...

El WFMU
Recent heavy airplay lists on WFMU from music director Brian Turner: http://wfmu.org/Playlists/Wfmu/top30.100 107.html

Host of the Push Bin and Tale of the Twelve podcast, Lou Z., chimes in with his Top 10 list for 2009: 1. Demdike Stare - Symbiosis (Modern Love) - listen 2. Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx Pt. 2 (EMI) - listen 3. Easter Monkeys - Splendor of Sorrow (Reissue - Smog Veil) - listen 4...

I confess it's taken me longer to get this post together than it should have. I definitely have the holidays to blame, some family obligations, the usual work, the usual play. But honestly the main reason is that I have been thinking about what to write, and how best to articulate why I am s...

Tony Coulter here, with a third post from Portland, OR -- my new home as of a little more than four months...

Give the Drummer Some's6 Favorite Downloads from the MP3 BlogosphereThe year is new, but the Miner is up to his old tricks serving up steaming hot platters sure to make your ears salivate:(1) Speaking of steaming, give this dastardly boogaloo from percussion maestro Johnny Zamot a spin...

Meredith Monk (Feb. 1, Whitney Museum of Art) Damn, I mean, there were people lined up all the way down the stairs. I didn't stand a chance. I turned around and left. OffOnOff (May 9, The Studio at Webster Hall) They've been doing some cool shows in the oddly nice basement room at Webster Hall...

Terre T's Top 40 Best Fave ALBUMS for 2009 PLEASE note: U may hear up to 20 seconds of the previous song in the set, before the song that is linked comes on. I'll let the music do the talking for my Best Fave records... 1. THE REIGNING SOUND - Love and Curses. In the Red. ...

Teenage Wasteland's faves:THE NORVINS "Time Machine" (Soundflat)GRAHAM DAY & THE GAOLERS "Triple Distilled" (Damaged Goods),THE YUM YUMS "Whatever Rhymes With Baby" (Screaming Apple / Pop Detective)THE DOLLY ROCKER MOVEMENT "Our Days Mind The Tyme" (Off The Hip)THE A-BO...NES "The A-Bones, Not Now...
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I saw Telecult Powers play a great set the other night at 13 Thames (aka Surrealestate) and was reminded (won't be hard to see why) of this doc from an Australian TV show about squatters living in Islington. Comparisons aside, truly truly you should watch out for good noise (and otherwise) shows ...

I just returned from a holidays trip that included a couple days in Nairobi, Kenya. My knowledge of current Kenyan urban music did not extend too far beyond club styles I'd heard like Genge or Kapuka, so I was excited to find out what was happening in the local music scene. I was pleasantly s...

The members of German Measles, a punk band from Brooklyn (and Queens) have all been around the block a few times and have been playing in bands, together and separately, for years. The drummer and guitarist both played in the legendary caUSE co-MOTION...













