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100 Most Influential Artists, according to NME

“There was a certain amount of science to it. An entire week of work experience students left the office thinking that cutting-edge music journalism in 2014 mostly involves calculating which bands have been mentioned most in NME in the past two years, then hunting out references to the bands that influenced those acts online and finally adding up the number of times each influence came up…

Thurston Moore forms band w/ Steve Shelley & MBV's Deb Googe, releasing an LP, touring, reading at BK Book Fest

Thurston Moore at Ornette Coleman tribute in June (more by Greg Cristman) After releasing an album with his post-Sonic Youth band Chelsea Light Moving, Thurston Moore revealed plans for a new solo album coming out on Matador…

Village Voice publishes Pazz & Jop poll: Kanye and "Get Lucky" top the lists

The Village Voice‘s annual Pazz & Jop critics poll was published this week, surveying a whole mess of music writers and tallying up the vote…

14 Songs For Your First Snowfall of 2014

It’s the first snowfall of 2014, and not only a pretty big one, but we’ve also been given such freezing temperatures that it’s probably not going anywhere anytime soon…

The Guardian's 40 Best Albums of 2013

British newspaper The Guardian just finished publishing its Best Albums of 2013 list, after having rolled it out over the past couple weeks…

Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums of 2013

Pitchfork is back with its much-anticipated Top 50 Albums of 2013 list. The list has many of the albums you’d expect to see on Pitchfork’s list, though there’s still some surprises…

Pitchfork's Top 100 Tracks of 2013

Pitchfork just posted their Top 100 Tracks of 2013. It’s got what some people might call the worst song ever, the song with the most talked-about rap verse of the year, some surprises, and some of the year’s most undeniable songs…

Sondre Lerche scored a new film, on a Norwegian stamp, lists his favorite music of 2013, playing NYC in February

Sondre Lerche is still working on his new album, but he does have music coming out before that. He collaborated with fellow musician Kato Ådland on the score to Norwegian drama The Sleepwalker which is out January 14…

A.V. Club lists their Top LPs of 2013

It’s been a transitional year for A.V. Club. The print version of The Onion ceased publication, and much of AVC’s senior staff jumped ship for Pitchfork’s new film site, The Dissolve…

Rolling Stone lists Top 50 LPs of 2013

Vampire Weekend @ Roseland in April (more by Robert Altman) The Monday after Thanksgiving Weekend is looking to be Official Year-End List Day, as we’ve already got SPIN, and Paste, (plus ones from UK mags  Q and Mojo) and now here’s the one from elder rock statesman Rolling Stone, who have Vampire Weekend‘s Modern Vampires of the City in the top spot, with Kanye West‘s Yeezus at #2…
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