A Bittersweet Journey

After an eight-year break, fans and critics wondered, had Gillian Welch lost her muse?

For Your Consideration - 6.28.12

For Your Consideration 05.31.12

For Your Consideration

Teal Cat web project, Distrust that Particular Flavor, Leonard Cohen's Old Ideas

Ear Candy

Behold! The records that got us through the year

'Tomboy,' Panda Bear

'Nine Types of Light,' TV On The Radio

Check Yourself

Hard-rocking, hard-partying band Hinder did a gut-check at the perfect time.

'Congratulations,' MGMT

The new record definitely does not pick up where the popular Oracular Spectacular left off.

'Odd Blood,' Yeasayer

The album sags in the latter half, but the first five tracks comprise some of the greatest weird pop released so far this year.