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Back in 2013, Grimes posted a list of her favorite songs of all time to tumblr. Today, she shared and discussed five albums that changed her life via…

Yesterday, Pitchfork posted their top 200 tracks of the decade so far, and today they’ve listed the top 100 albums to have come out between 2010-2014…

It’s not just you: Over the last five years, there’s been a seismic shift in the way we engage with music. We tweet, tumbl, stream, and share our favorite songs; we scour dead links and navigate obtrusive pop-ups for the newest mixtapes; we watch our music videos on Youtube and Vevo…

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Chelsea Light Moving at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2013 (more by Tim Griffin) Thurston Moore, the guitar visionary of Sonic Youth, Chelsea Light Moving and many other collaborations (he just wrapped up a residency at The Stone with various collaborators), is set to receive The Fly’s Living Legend Award in London this February, and ahead of that The Fly asked him to list his Favorite Songs of All Time…

Grimes at ACL 2013 (more by Tim Griffin) Whether it’s to criticize her or praise her, it’s hard to deny that people like talking about Grimes‘ musical opinions…

Via Buzzfeed & Laughing Squid, comes this handwritten list Kurt Cobain made, as published in Journals in 2002. Read the whole thing typed, below…

Stereogum listed the “40 Best New Bands of 2010”. They have a lot more detail, but you can also check out their list, alphabetically, below…

NPR and Stereogum both posted results of listener/reader polls. At Stereogum the contest is known as the Gummy Awards (an annual event). NPR titles it, “All Songs Considered Listeners Pick The Best Music Of 2009“…

Here’s a second set of pictures from night one of Sonic Youth at Music Hall of Williamsburg on November 24th (part of their three recent NYC shows)…