Further Reading

In case you've missed it, another blogger has assembled a truly inspired (and totally accurate) guide to making a hip end of the year best albums list. Incidentally, still working on my best of the year cdr mix (waiting to order a couple things I missed)... but I've listened to my rough cut a dozen times, and I still can't get enough of the New Pornographers' "The Bleeding Heart Show" and My Morning Jacket's "Off The Record." Great, great tunes. Also, in case you still haven't checked it out -- jeez, who doesn't read the Onion every week the instant it's updated? -- make sure to review their annual Least Essential Album article. I continue to be amazed at the crap the industry puts out each year (and then whines that it's file-sharing that's killing the music biz).