• I Cannot Stop Until I Get Enough

    The New Yorker - Pop Music / 2009-12-15 16:40:21 / 4 Comments
    I won’t be back in this space until May of 2010. I need to focus on writing a book, and the Internet is awfully distractin... Read and comment | Read original article
  • The Best Internets of 2009

    The New Yorker - Pop Music / 2009-12-14 11:22:14 / 2 Comments
    The mixes FACT magazine posted this year were frighteningly good: no futzing about for an hour and dropping in a few obvious cro... Read and comment | Read original article
  • What Coulda Oughta Been (The Decade Reconsidered)

    The New Yorker - Pop Music / 2009-12-11 17:51:27 / 2 Comments
    If you’re reading this, you know what happened in the aughts. Radiohead was really good. OutKast was really good. Beyonc&#... Read and comment | Read original article
  • Images of The Aughts

    The New Yorker - Pop Music / 2009-12-10 17:42:13 / 2 Comments
    The Guardian has published a series of photographs called “a decade of music in pictures.” My first thought was R... Read and comment | Read original article
  • The Best Recordings of 2009: Annotated Version

    The New Yorker - Pop Music / 2009-12-09 17:58:54 / 3 Comments
    A few notes on this best-of-2009 list. SONGS 2. The Streets “Blinded By The Lights (Nero remix)”: The Streets song r... Read and comment | Read original article
  • Set List: The Best Shows of 2009

    The New Yorker - Pop Music / 2009-12-07 17:44:09 / 5 Comments
    The live shows below were my favorite of the year. I understand that including an entire festival—All Tomorrow’s Par... Read and comment | Read original article
  • The Best Recordings Of 2009

    The New Yorker - Pop Music / 2009-12-04 13:19:29 / 3 Comments
    The list of my favorite recordings from 2009 is up now. This list is maintained throughout the year and updated almost daily, me... Read and comment | Read original article
  • Stars

    The New Yorker - Pop Music / 2009-12-02 15:12:32 / 3 Comments
    It appears that two women own popular music this week. One of them is alive. Ben Sisario reports that Susan Boyle’s dé... Read and comment | Read original article