New Bright Eyes

New Bright Eyes album The People's Key streaming on NPR, which gave it a damn good review. Album out February 15. Listen here.

An Newbie But Oldie

New Iron & Wine is out and I'm not really getting into the sound. However, I did come across this version of "Tree by the River", which sounds more like the Sam Beam I've come to love. Better than the album version? You be the judge.

Iron and Wine | Tree by the river | A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

Suckers

check these guys out if you haven't yet. Kinda like the old yeasayer, but a bit more electronic.

http://www.myspace.com/suckers

play the song a mind i knew.

Check your live show listings near you...

Drum roll please........dadadadadadadadadaddddadada



You guessed it!



Mr. Big is back bitches!!

So So So Nasty...

Give this one a listen. Trust in thy duderino.

http://www.myspace.com/woodsmanman

I knew it...

Ivan & Alyosha

Coming to the Bourbon in Lincoln February 17. Myspace.

Glassesless 3D?

Never Say No

Greetings from

Sunrise at Angkor Wat

Hey Rosetta!

The Pageant- #4 in the World

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2011/01/pollstar_100_worldwide_club_venues_pageant_st_louis.php

Not work safe!

Top 5

1)Mumford and Sons Sigh No More (I know, I know. It came out at the end of 2009. But they got screwed because none of us were listening to them yet, so they didn't make it on anyone's list last year. Hence, they are my number 1 pick for best albums of 2010. And let's be honest, listening to them for the first time is like getting run over by a locomotive.

The rest is pretty common with everyone else.
2.) Beach House Teen Dream- holy smokes is this good.
3.) Broken Bells- let's give credit where credit's due
4.) Album Leaf- A chorus of storytellers- Can't get enough of everything these guys put out
5.)Tame Impala- Best newcomer award

Barely missed the cut: Black Keys- don't get me wrong, it's good. Just not as good as the above in my opinion.

Uffta! don't forget about 2017 wodes

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/04/solar-eclipse-2011-photos_n_804062.html#218799

New Decemberists

Preview the new Decemberists album, The King Is Dead, in its entirety, on NPR's First Listen. Check it out here. I'm predicting this will be in my top five for 2011.

The Tops

My 2010 Top Five:

1. Magic Man - Real Life Color

2. Beach House - Teen Dream

3. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening

4. Black Keys - Brothers

5. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker