Things are more or less where they were last week, though White Lies have fallen out of the Top 5, and now 3 bands are battling for #4. The Dirty Projectors have made their way on the list for the first time.
#1 Phoenix – 15%
#2 The XX – 14%
#3 La Roux – 7%
#4 Bat [...]

Another week and a few changeups in our reader poll for Best of 2009. Bat For Lashes and Florence & The Machine are currently duking it out at 4th place, each with 6%. White Lies and Miike Snow are also battling it out for 5th, while Phoenix continues to hold the #1 spot followed closely [...]

Another week, a few change ups in the reader poll for Best of 2009:
Phoenix – 12%
The XX – 10%
La Roux – 9%
Bat for Lashes – 8%
White Lies – 7%

Ahhh the Mercury Prize. Supposedly the more respectable award in comparison to its commercial peers, it has also become an infuriatingly inconsistent and sometimes hilariously out of touch honor. Lest we forget, they handed out an award to M People over Pulp, Blur & The Prodigy in 1994. Then there’s the so-called Mercury Curse – [...]

Very few things can force me to watch Jimmy Kimmel. I actually find myself feeling embarrassed for him as he tries to be funny and…well, isn’t. But he does have nice ‘gets’ for his musical guests, and last week was no exception. For Miss Natasha Kahn, I’ll watch just about anything. Every time I see [...]

The lovely Natasha Kahn has announced a new set of US tour dates (including her upcoming appearance at San Francisco’s Outside Lands Festival – an appearance that booked my ticket, that’s for sure). Sadly, I’m not seeing an Arizona date, but big surprise. I’ll be seeing her at OSL anyway, so I guess I can’t [...]