Currently the series only has 9 days left in their Kickstarter campaign, and they have only about 1/3 of the $15,000 they need to self-publish! Please, visit their Kickstarter page and, if you’ve ever read their anthology or just want to read this year’s copy, contribute something. Most donations will get you a copy of the book itself–even a tiny donation can land it into your Kindle–so check it out.

If the excitement of seeing Dinosaur Jr. reformed, rehearsed, and rapacious isn’t enough to sell you on the project, get this: all the footage was directed and patched together by none other than Dave Markey, director of such amazing films as The Year Punk Broke, The Reinactors, and my perennial favorite, Rap Damage (In Seearch of the Hip Hop Rabbit).

This new, official video by the party mavericks Magic Machines begs the question, “What if we just used the cartoons you already know?” Never has the future looked so much like a trip down memory lane.

This song isn’t new. But we’ve never posted it before and why not now??? Close-up on the pores and unkempt face hairs and teeth of a guy singing a garage rock song, drinking from a bottle, maybe about to leak blood from his lips, maybe not. It’s a natural song with a natural face. The [...]

If you haven’t had a chance to see Nick Waterhouse yet, well, you’ve missed out! But he’s moving back to L.A. from the Bay Area so all is not lost, as he assures us that shows are indeed forthcoming. He was kind enough to tell us about records so awesome that words can’t describe ‘em… [...]

Chuck P hosted “Dead Air” on the late and great Indie 103.1; now he has an eponymous program on KCRW Sunday nights at midnight devoted to a blend of indie rock/pop and world curiosity. He was kind enough to share his top albums of the year with us and give us some insight as to [...]

John Rabe is the host of 89.3-KPCC’s Off-Ramp, an eclectic mix of radio pieces designed to make you get your butt off the couch and explore Southern California. Here’s John’s personal list of music he discovered or rediscovered in 2011. MUDDY WATERS-HARD AGAIN I had this on cassette in the 1980s, and it’s hard to [...]

If you don’t know Jamie Strong, you probably know his label, Innovative Leisure, which is home to Hanni el Khatib, the Allah Las, Nick Waterhouse, and more! He took time out of his schedule to tell us about his top five albums of 2011. HANNI EL KHATIB- WILL THE GUNS COME OUT One of the [...]

You might have seen Nobody holding down his residency at Low End Theory; failing that, you might have caught him playing in Blank Blue or Songodsuns. Nobody is a busy guy, so when he took time to tell us about his Top Ten of 2011, we were pretty excited, and so should you be! Behold-Nobody’s [...]