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• Holiday Shores is too good to be an opener at the Red and Black (11/16)
• Album Review: Old Canes - Feral Harmonic
• Wait, You’ve Never Heard: Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
• On Second Listen: The Aliens - Luna
• Wolfmother tears up the 9:30 Club (11/4)
• Interview: J. Tillman (of Fleet Foxes)
• Listen: Sleepy Sun
• Album Review (Tricks or Treats Edition): The Marshmallow Ghosts - The Marshmallow Ghosts [EP]
• Album Review: Middle Distance Runner - The Sun and Earth
• Headlights shine bright at DC9 (10/25)
• Album Review: Smokey Hormel - Smokey’s Secret Family
• Wakarusa is back with 2010 dates
• Album Review: Headlights - Wildlife
• Album Review: The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
• Album Review: Built to Spill - There is No Enemy
• Icons of Rock: Brian Epstein
• Album Review: Brand New - Daisy
• Listen: Post Post
• CoS at Blues and Brews ‘09
• Album Review: The Beatles - Help! [Remastered]
• Interview: Joseph Ferocious (of Cymbals Eat Guitars)
• Album Review: Meeting of Important People - Meeting of Important People
• Icons Of Rock: Doug Martsch
• Album Review: Loudon Wainwright - High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project
• Robin Guthrie makes you wish it was June again
• Album Review: Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer [EP]
• Album Review: Timber Timbre - Timber Timbre
• Break Yo’ TV: Seal - “Kiss from a Rose”
• Album Review: Frankel - Anonymity Is The New Fame
• Album Review: Modest Mouse - No One’s First and You’re Next [EP]
• Listen: Holiday Shores
• Cinema Sounds: Touch Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
• Album Review: Drug Rug - Paint The Fence Invisible
• YouTube Live: Temple of the Dog says “Hello” to Seattle
• Album Review: Taking Back Sunday - New Again
• The Festival that was Bonnaroo ‘09: Day Three
• The Festival that was Bonnaroo ‘09: Day One
• Interview: Here We Go Magic
• CoS at Wakarusa 2009: Day 3 & 4
• CoS at Wakarusa 2009: Day 1 & 2
• Grizzly Bear, Here We Go Magic kick off summer at the 9:30 Club (6/1)
• Album Review: Passion Pit - Manners
• Album Review: The Builders and The Butchers - Salvation is a Deep Dark Well
• Album Review: The Breeders - Fate to Fatal [EP]
• Listen: Benjy Ferree
• Album Review: Years - Years
• Album Review: Dieter Schöön - Lablaza
• Album Review: Doves - Kingdom of Rust
• Album Review: Winston Audio - The Red Rhythm
• Where We Live: The Black Cat - Washington, DC
• Metric takes Fantasies on the road
• Check Out: Akon and Peter Buffet turn “Blood into Gold”
• Maxïmo Park gets inspired, readies third album
• Camera Obscura returns with a new album and tour
• YouTube Live: The Flaming Lips surprise SXSW in ‘06
• Album Review: The Appleseed Cast - Sagarmatha
• Listen! Showcase Spotlight: The Tiny
• The Whigs cross the Black Cat (3/4)
• Listen: Kate Schutt
• Album Review: Handsome Furs - Face Control
• Album Review: Harlem Shakes - Technicolor Health
• Album Review: …Trail of Dead - The Century of Self
• Album Review: The Lonely Island - Incredibad
• Album Review: Mellow Drunk - One Thousand Lights
• Listen: We Fell To Earth
• Passion Pit shakes up The Black Cat (2/3)
• Listen: The Handsome Furs
• Interview: Pat Thetic (of Anti-Flag)
• Anti-Flag brings friends, helps celebrate change in D.C. (1/20)
• Album Review: A.C. Newman - Get Guilty
• Album Review: The Story Of - Until The Autumn
• Rock History 101: Phil Ochs’s “I Ain’t Marching Anymore”
• Watch: Fujiya & Miyagi’s “Sore Thumb”
• YouTube Live: Foos & friends “Shake Your Blood”
• Dusting ‘Em Off: Dr. Demento - Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty Records of All Time, Volume VI: Christmas
• List ‘Em Carefully: Top 10 Albums for You Know What
• Listen: Tobacco
• On Second Listen: Annuals - Such Fun
• Dr. Dog cures the “midweek blues” (12/3)
• Album Review: Jay Reatard - Matador Singles
• Ridiculously Awesome Music Videos: Björk’s “Wanderlust”
• Album Review: School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
• Listen: Jared Mees and The Grown Children
• Listen: Golden Animals
• Interview: James Lavelle (of UNKLE)
• Listen: In Cadeo
• M83 busts a move at the Black Cat (11/13)
• List ‘Em Carefully: Top 10 Live Albums
• Album Review: Miracles of Modern Science - Miracles of Modern Science
• Dusting ‘Em Off: The Velvet Underground - Live At Max’s Kansas City
• Rock History 101: The Dead Kennedy’s “Holiday In Cambodia”
• Miscellaneous Masterpieces: Dandelion - Dyslexicon
• Where We Live: Telluride Town Park - Telluride, CO
• Miscellaneous Masterpieces: Sharon Stoned - License to Confuse
• Album Review: Secret Machines - Secret Machines
• Where We Live: The 9:30 Club - Washington, DC
• Album Review: Minus The Bear - Acoustics [EP]
• Album Review: Deerhunter - Microcastle
• Listen: Miracles of Modern Science
• CoS at Austin City Limits: Sunday, September 28th
• Dusting ‘Em Off: The Beta Band - The Three EP’s
• CoS at Austin City Limits: Saturday, September 27th
• CoS at Austin City Limits: Friday, September 26th
• Interview: Back Door Slam
• Blues and Brews celebrates its 15th
• Listen: Florence and The Machine
• Album Review: UNKLE - End Titles… Stories for a Film
• Album Review: Bound Stems - The Family Afloat
• Album Review: Apollo Sunshine - Shall Noise Upon
• Listen: The Dutchess and the Duke
• Rock History 101: No Wave
• Album Review: Architecture in Helsinki - Like it or Not [EP]
• Instant Indie Classic: The Black Keys - The Big Come Up
• Album Review: STS9 - Peaceblaster
• Aesop Rock at the 9:30 Club (8/20)
• CoS at Virgin: Day 2
• CoS at Virgin: Day 1
• Interview: The Jet Age
• Listen: Bound Stems
• Album Review: Dr. Dog - Fate
• MGMT chimes in at 9:30 Club (7/28)
• Tilly and the Wall at The Black Cat (7/26)
• Listen: Ben Sollee
• Guilty Pleasure: Blink-182 - The Mark, Tom, And Travis Show
• Album Review: Harvey Danger - Little By Little
• Album Review: Albert Hammond, Jr. - ¿Cómo Te Llama?
• Listen: Windmill
• Album Review: Ratatat - LP3
• Ridiculously Awesome Music Videos: “I Want Love”
• Instant Indie Classic: The Flaming Lips - Hear It Is
• Album Review: The Old 97’s - Blame It On Gravity
• Thievery Corporation take Outernational Tour to Merriweather (6/28)
• Pearl Jam stops by Washington, DC (06/22)
• Listen: Edison Woods
• Album Review: Ladytron - Velocifero
• Album Review: Be Your Own Pet - Get Damaged [EP]
• Album Review: Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
• Album Review: Tilly and the Wall - O
• Battles do 9:30 Club (06/14)
• Album Review: 65daysofstatic - The Distant and Mechanised Glow of Eastern European Dance Parties [EP]
• CoS at Wakarusa (Day 4 + Recap)
• CoS at Wakarusa (Day 3)
• CoS at Wakarusa (Day 2)
• CoS at Wakarusa (Day 1)
• Album Review: Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
• Check Out: Boise, Idaho
• Album Review: The Futureheads - This Is Not the World
• Check Out: Blues and Brews Festival
• Album Review: Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum