Favorite 100 Albums of 2000-2009


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Happy 90210 Day! We're taking off to celebrate.

The War on Drugs to release new LP in and tour October, nicely filling that blurry, folky drone pop void we've all been noticing this year.

Gayngs announce US fall tour, vow to be the best supergroup of all time

Wavves add more tourdates with Phoenix; Nathan Williams teaches Thomas Mars how to properly inhale

Low go on tour, promise "Slowest Show on Earth" or your money back

Asobi Seksu record new album, get their tour on, stay seksy

Shearwater and Damien Jurado tour together, hold a contest to see who can be quiet the longest

The Flaming Lips to perform The Soft Bulletin in its entirety!!!!

The Morning Benders announce fall tourdates in Europe and North America, add whisky to your coffee

Dirty Projectors release two-disc version of Bitte Orca, tour US to find the Great Tree and defeat the Pure Ones

Lightning Bolt and Dan Deacon announce joint tour of venue floors across North America

Can a song be interesting with only one chord? "Power-ambient" band Chord seem to think so, and they'll sell you an album that proves it

For all you fans who thought you had it all: Bob Dylan announces new rarities collection

RIAA and NAB mull peace treaty, ask Congress to put FM radios into cell phones. But why stop at cell phones??

Insound announces "10 for 10" design series featuring ALL THE HOTTEST ACTS IN INDIE ROCK!

John Darnielle signs to Merge as The Mountain Goats and The Extra Lens; celebrates with grits, tobacco, and other stereotypes from NC

Today in pointless news: Kazaa relaunches as a paid music subscription service "in the cloud"

Google to launch download, subscription-based service, because there's more awesome music out there now than ever before

Buyer of CBGB brand accrues enigmatic debt, files for bankruptcy

Warner signs distribution pact with Nettwerk so that all the teenagers can keep getting the hippest music

Geddy Lee thinks Rand Paul is a tool: Rush sues Senate Campaign over use of hit singles

EFF fights for your right to resell CDs in a hearing today

Attention rich people! World’s largest independent publisher Bug Music for sale

Somebody warn the year 2004: LimeWire loses big-time to RIAA in file-sharing lawsuit

Pandora makes your music public; time to think twice before listening to Justin Bieber

Gayngs announce US fall tour, vow to be the best supergroup of all time

Wavves add more tourdates with Phoenix; Nathan Williams teaches Thomas Mars how to properly inhale

Low go on tour, promise "Slowest Show on Earth" or your money back

Asobi Seksu record new album, get their tour on, stay seksy

Shearwater and Damien Jurado tour together, hold a contest to see who can be quiet the longest

The Flaming Lips to perform The Soft Bulletin in its entirety!!!!

The Morning Benders announce fall tourdates in Europe and North America, add whisky to your coffee

Lightning Bolt and Dan Deacon announce joint tour of venue floors across North America

Bear in Heaven announce fall tourdates at the US's tiniest clubs, because they'll probably be down to a duo by then

Los Campesinos! schedule fall tour even though like 900 other bands already had that idea

Women announce fall tour in support of Public Strain, well drinks $2, all domestics $3

The day we feared has come: Seabear has crawled upon the land to tour North America. Good lord, no.

The War on Drugs to release new LP in and tour October, nicely filling that blurry, folky drone pop void we've all been noticing this year.

Dirty Projectors release two-disc version of Bitte Orca, tour US to find the Great Tree and defeat the Pure Ones

Can a song be interesting with only one chord? "Power-ambient" band Chord seem to think so, and they'll sell you an album that proves it

For all you fans who thought you had it all: Bob Dylan announces new rarities collection

You fool, you'll ruin everything! Warpaint announce debut record The Fool

Brian Eno announces more details about his forthcoming Warp debut, Small Craft on a Milk Sea

No, but seriously, folks: Liars announce new EP, Proud Evolution

of Montreal fulfills prophecy by releasing new EP, The Controller Sphere

Neil Young goes French and makes plans to release Le Noise in September

Newbunny, Nobunny! New Nobunny LP First Blood out in September!

Aloe Blacc is gonna have some Good Things for America on September 28

Sufjan Stevens reveals new album The Age of Adz, is still a pretty boy

Jim Jarmusch sets his lens on Iggy Pop's old, writhing body

RIP: George David Weiss, songwriter who wrote "What a Wonderful World" and "Can't Help Falling in Love"

Man takes own life at a Swell Season show

RIP: Michael Been of The Call and father of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's Robert Been

RIP: Abbey Lincoln, jazz singer

RIP: Robert Wilson of The Gap Band

RIP: Chris Dedrick of The Free Design

RIP: Phelps "Catfish" Collins, guitaristames for Parliament/Funkadelic and James Brown

Tyondai Braxton leaves Battles in one of those "sad but amicable" sort of ways

RIP: Derf Scratch, bassist of LA punk band Fear

Ready or not, Wyclef Jean considers running for president of Haiti

RIP: Al Goodman, soul singer for The Moments and Ray, Goodman, & Brown