L.A. Seitz of Chicago

#10 - Smith Westerns -  Dye it Blonde   #9 - Peter Bjorn & John -  Gimme Some   #8 - Eleanor Friedberger -  Last Summer   #7 - Cults - ...

#10 - Smith Westerns -  Dye it Blonde   #9 - Peter Bjorn & John -  Gimme Some   #8 - Eleanor Friedberger -  Last Summer   #7 - Cults - ...

#10 - Smith Westerns -  Dye it Blonde   #9 - Peter Bjorn & John -  Gimme Some   #8 - Eleanor Friedberger -  Last Summer   #7 - Cults -  ...

#10 - Smith Westerns - Dye it Blonde   #9 - Peter Bjorn & John - Gimme Some   #8 - Eleanor Friedberger - Last Summer   #7 - Cults - ...

#10 - Smith Westerns - Dye it Blonde #9 - Peter Bjorn and John - Gimme Some #8 - Eleanor Friedberger - Last Summer #7 - Cults - Cults ...

On to the top 10.  A quick note that I make every year: My favorite ten albums are exactly that.  I'm not a music critic, and I can'...

So over the course of the year, I counted up about 45 or so 2011 releases that I bought this year, in addition to a handful of albums that w...

Here are some quick thoughts on the Angels' flurry of activity in the last 48 hours. Albert's contract is an overpayment that wil...

Exactly one year ago, I posted about the year in live shows, 2010. Following the same format, here's the rundown on 2011, keeping in mi...

Fresh off a late Spring tour with her brother, the Fiery Furnaces as a duo, Eleanor Friedberger released her first true solo album, "La...

Maybe it was the inevitability of the thing, or maybe I've just consumed a few thousand gallons of alcohol since it happened, but I don...

The blizzard of 2011

We've all read a lot in the last few days about the Vernon Wells trade, and now that Mike Napoli has ended up with the rival Rangers, th...

Finally, we reach the end. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor I was initially sort of dreading this album's release. I'm not really bi...