Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category.Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen Trapper's fantastic Furr smells more like the Kinks than Neil Young. [Editor's note: That's why we put it on our indie-rock list.] We likewise discarded Shearwater's near-masterpiece Rook, despite the fact that the album'
Twangfest 13 starts tonight at the Pageant with Amy Lavere, Hot Club of Cowtown and Alejandro Escovedo, but the Twangfest eBay Auction, an annual charity event for KDHX Community Media, has been rolling for a week, with many items ending this afternoon. Lots of cool and rare music stuff. Check it out: http://stores.ebay.com/twangfest. Highlights include:
Vintage Twangfest 5 Poster
Every Monday A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without further ado:
Vintage Vinyl
1. K-JON---I Get Around
2. MAXWELL---BLACKsummers'night*
3. MICHAEL JACKSON---Thriller
4. MICHAEL JACKSON---Off The Wall
5. MODEST MOUSE---No One's First, And You're Next
6. DJ CD---Hard On The Streets
7. DEAD WEATHER---Horehound
8. MICHAEL JACKSON---Vol. 1: Greates
Every Monday, A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without further ado:
Apop Records
1. Faust -- C'est Com...Com...Complique
2. Voivod -- Infini
3. Faust -- So Far
4. Russian Tsarlag -- Open Casket
5. Crocodiles -- Summer of Hate*
6. Silvester -- Anfang Silvester Anfang 2
7. Cacaw -- Get A Brain
8. V/A: Porno Groove The Sound of 70s Adult Fil
