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Staxx Brothers album makes it onto Jambase Top 25 albums of the year and Flowmotion is listed as the number 1 band to watch in 2010!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cook\u2019s Corner: 2009 Year In Review<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

By Team JamBase<\/strong> Jan 1, 2010 \u2022 10:09 pm PST<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By: Dennis Cook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I listened to a lot of music this year, approximately two new albums per day, give or take. Some might call this \u2018heroic,\u2019 others \u2018ludicrous,\u2019 and others still \u2018grotesque.\u2019 But, all this listening isn\u2019t some sort of record geek machismo; it\u2019s an honest-to-god drive to find the best, coolest, most enriching music that can be found\u2026 and then share what truffles I\u2019ve sniffed out with y\u2019all. Of the 120 full album reviews I penned this year for JamBase, only a tiny few were negative and that\u2019s not because I\u2019m easy. Instead, my primary goal is to sing enthusiastically about the great things I come across, and in many respects, this is the site\u2019s overarching editorial philosophy in a nutshell. We choose not to swing at everything, often passing on much that the mainstream and dominant indie rock outlets cover in favor of artists we think rate just as highly (or higher) than many bands getting oodles of press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are some notable absences from my 2009 picks, releases that have been popping up on almost every year-end-roundup \u2013 the latest from The Avett Brothers, Wilco, Animal Collective, The Low Anthem, Monsters of Folk. This is not because I did not hear these albums \u2013 I worked hard to \u201cget\u201d each but found them all wanting in some crucial way. I feel the albums highlighted here excel beyond these widely celebrated releases in some way, be it artistically, technically, just plain entertainment value or for other less easily phrased reasons. One unifying factor in all the Cook\u2019s Corner choices is how each release succeeds as an album, not just a conglomeration of random tracks. As music continues to shatter into easily digestible bits that we carry around in our pocket, I think there\u2019s real value in celebrating thoughtfully composed song cycles whose constituent parts add up to works with real power to inform and elevate our lives. Music can be a skeleton key for unlocking the universe, starting with our own lil\u2019 cosmos. Here then is a big, jangling ring of possible tumbler turners for your consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cook\u2019s Corner Top 25 Albums of 2009<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Akron\/Family<\/a>: Set \u2018Em Wild, Set \u2018Em Free<\/em><\/strong>
A clarion call for truth, beauty and an expanded sense of the universe. This is music that touches earth and sky, interior and exterior worlds, and does so with an exuberance and musical fortitude that\u2019s simply breathtaking. Akron\/Family truly believes in music\u2019s power to shape a better, more engaged world, and Set \u2018Em Wild\u2026<\/em> finds them channeling ancestors as diverse as Woody Guthrie and Jerry Garcia, all of whom they do proud. (album review<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Black Crowes<\/a>: Before The Frost\u2026Until The Freeze<\/em><\/strong>
The long-lived rockers\u2019 first double album \u2013 captured live in front of hardcore fans at Levon Helm\u2019s Barn in Woodstock \u2013 found them more creatively switched-on and varied than anything previous in their catalogue. This is the full plumage of one of the great bands of our time on proud display. (album review<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neal Casal<\/a>: Roots And Wings<\/em><\/strong>
A sterling addition to the California rock canon that can proudly take its place next to Jackson Browne\u2019s Late For The Sky<\/em> and Gene Clark\u2019s No Other<\/em>. As lead guitarist and harmony foil in Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, Casal is fantastic; on his own, in service to his own tender, painfully honest muse he is simply stunning. Put directly, Neal Casal is one of the finest singer-songwriters to emerge in the past 20 years or more. Sleep on his work to your own detriment. (album review<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clutch<\/a>: Strange Cousins From The West<\/em><\/strong>
Tough, uncompromising hard rock with a fathoms deep connection to real blues. Clutch has steadily refined their mayhem and grind into a diamond-tipped drill into the meat of things, snarling with righteous conviction and smiling, fists clenched and a wicked glint in their eye, ready for all comers. (album review<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mike Dillon\u2019s Go-Go Jungle<\/a>: Rock Star Bench Press<\/em><\/strong>
Possibly THE sleeper of \u201909. Mike D, Go-Go Ray and JJ Jungle redeem the lazy shorthand \u201cpunk-jazz\u201d by channeling the best parts of both genres and then refashioning them into ontological handgrenades that splinter preconceptions and social malaise. Bonus props for covering Jane\u2019s Addiction and The Minutemen. (album review<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gov\u2019t Mule<\/a>: By A Thread<\/em><\/strong>
Very quietly, as far as the mainstream is concerned, Gov\u2019t Mule has evolved into a devastating rock \u2018n\u2019 roll juggernaut, and this is their finest studio hour yet. Powered by the tightest, most interesting songs Warren Haynes has ever penned, this melds the original spirit of the Mule with the expansive surge of recent years into an addictively listenable whole. (feature article<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grizzly Bear<\/a>: Veckatimest<\/em><\/strong>
Likely 2009\u2019s most misspelled word, Veckatimest<\/em> defies simple explication. Though surely rock, there\u2019s something celestial and cavernously vast about this set. Where so much today is easily parsed, Grizzly Bear has crafted music that retains its mystery no matter how many times one plumbs its depths. (album review<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucero<\/a>: 1372 Overton Park<\/em><\/strong>
A long promising band has made their first masterpiece, an album worthy of all the Springsteen and Replacements comparisons they\u2019ve accrued in the past 11 years. Ben Nichols has fully grown into his cheese-gratered, tough guy voice, and his tales have the sort of flesh and reality one associates with the Drive-By Truckers or even Steely Dan in Lucero\u2019s love of n\u2019er-do-wells wracked by longing and the weight of misdeeds. This is a cold shower and cup of hot, mean coffee for blue collar souls, and lord knows we could use it right about now in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manchester Orchestra<\/a>: Mean Everything To Nothing<\/em><\/strong>
Manchester Orchestra\u2019s mixture of hooky chops and angried-up bite stirs memories of Nirvana, though there\u2019s a swoon to this that soothes the belly wound bleeding. Strident enough in places to appeal to the emo kids, this has enough classic rock heft to lure in old long hairs like me. It takes a few spins to really feel the full measure of this one but when it finally hits you it\u2019s a Mike Tyson style haymaker. (show review<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mars Volta<\/a>: Octahedron<\/em><\/strong>
After multiple releases where blinding speed and obfuscated lyrical outpour dominated, The Mars Volta showed that they\u2019re equally brilliant when they slow down. Taken together with El Grupo Nuevo De Omar Rodriguez Lopez<\/em> and Xeonphanes<\/em> and 2009 has blown the doors out for what\u2019s possible from the dizzyingly creative Mr. Lopez. Octahedron<\/em> is oceanic, vast, dark waters that never reveal all that\u2019s lurking below the surface, yet one feels compelled to keep diving in again and again anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mastodon<\/a>: Crack The Skye<\/em><\/strong>
The finest hard rock concept album in the past five, possibly ten years, a work that begs comparisons to Metallica or even Pink Floyd\u2019s best efforts. The level of catharsis contained in these tracks is gigantic, pushed along by the finest harmonies in metal today and real finesse with shifting moods and tempos. Mastodon comes at you with an intensity and seriousness that\u2019s compelling rather than off-putting, and thus is able to reach listeners outside metal\u2019s inner sphere. Anyone who has lost someone they love dearly will find terrific emotional resonance with Crack The Skye<\/em>, and perhaps, like the band \u2013 who spent the better part of 2009 playing the album in its entirety live \u2013 one may find their scars have healed a bit after spending time with this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian McLagan & The Bump Band<\/a>: Never Say Never<\/em><\/strong>
With the heartbreaking inspiration of his wife\u2019s passing, the Small Faces\/Faces keyboardist has made the solo album of his career. Grief and loss are dealt with honestly but not super-seriously, and the light bounce to some tunes seems hard won and all the more satisfying because of it. Ghosts linger close here, but it\u2019s the sort of haunting that raises the goose bumps of first kisses and long, happy nights nestled against the one we love. (album review<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Megafaun<\/a>: Gather, Form & Fly<\/em><\/strong>
A warm sigh that exhales particulate beauty. Megafaun produces a wild array of sounds for a trio, yet each is anchored to a deep curiosity about what makes people and music tick. Quality black cloud pop, acoustic exploration and full-on experimental clatter mingle in this release and none seems a strange bedfellow with Megafaun doing the matchmaking. (album review<\/a><\/em>), (show review<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mother Hips<\/a>: Pacific Dust<\/em><\/strong>
I\u2019ll just come right out and say it: The Mother Hips are the perfect classic rock band. Two amazing songwriters and four top-flight musicians, and everything just sounds fuckin\u2019 great on this latest salvo. If one loves The Beatles and anything else of that well-crafted, crazy talented ilk then you really should nestle between these Hips, especially today when the quartet has every last element dialed in. (feature article<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mumlers<\/a>: Don\u2019t Throw Me Away<\/em><\/strong>
Only two albums in and San Jose, CA\u2019s The Mumlers are well on their way to being a Great American Music band, where multiple strains in the U.S.\u2019s vast sonic tapestry get woven into terribly winning, smartly etched tunes. Will Sprott writes and sings \u2019em with the sharp eye and prematurely weathered pipes of vintage Tom Waits and Randy Newman, though he seems decidedly less premeditatedly cool than either. The kid is just a natural and he\u2019s got boffo collaborators that make the whole shebang swing. Don\u2019t blink and miss this band, please. (album review<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Porcupine Tree<\/a>: The Incident<\/em><\/strong>
With each release in recent years Porcupine Tree has grown into the rare modern equivalent to the great U.K. rock boom of the late \u201960s through the mid \u201970s, where Deep Purple, Yes, Pink Floyd and other much-emulated Brits experienced their heyday. The Incident<\/em> continues the Tree\u2019s evolution, melding the melodic grace and widescreen vision of their forebears with contemporary metal\u2019s density and electronica\u2019s penchant for subtle shading and fragmented congruencies. When combined with the band\u2019s beautifully constructed, sensory pricking live show, this song cycle shines even brighter, a testament to the material and the gifted craftsmen behind it. (feature article<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richmond Fontaine<\/a>: We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River<\/em><\/strong>
With zero fanfare, Richmond Fontaine may have produced the most fully realized album of their lengthy, woefully under-appreciated career. Combining the heaviness and crunch of their early work with the bruised hope of Post To Wire<\/em>, their latest is further proof that this Portland, Oregon group is one of the finest American rock units of the past two decades, every bit the equal of The Hold Steady, Wilco and other more press-pimped bands. Bandleader Willy Vlautin breathes life into characters with dirt under their nails and skeletons in their closets. They drink and worry too much and quietly long for some long shot that\u2019s gonna pull them out of the muck. And held up in the right light, they look a lot like you and me. The portraits drawn on We Used To Think The Freeway\u2026<\/em> are like glorious black & white films subtitled with the pithy insight of a great short story writer, and the whole band plays with an eloquence and confidence that only comes from years & years of carving out one\u2019s own identity with steadfast conviction. This is armor and solace for the hard times ahead of most of us, and a poignant reminder that tough going can sometimes produce work of resonant truth and compassionate humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Todd Snider<\/a>: The Excitement Plan<\/em><\/strong>
\u201cI\u2019m broke as the Ten Commandments, and sometimes I\u2019m harder to follow.\u201d If there\u2019s a funnier, more insightful singer-songwriter than Todd Snider kicking around I\u2019ve not encountered him or her. There\u2019s an off-handed dexterity and never-see-it-coming emotional wallop to The Excitement Plan<\/em>, which strips things down to the bright basics and lets Snider pick and croon with ol\u2019 pros Greg Leisz, Don Was and Jim Keltner. Todd is right at home in their company, spinning tales of LSD fueled no-hitters and the pitfalls of psychotherapy. This was my comfort zone and never fail fallback album of \u201909, waiting for me when the world started getting on my last nerve. It made me dance when I thought I was out of jigs, and it made me acutely aware of my own bullshit on more than a few occasions. Not many records make us better people but this one does. (album review<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Staxx Brothers<\/a>: We Are The Blaxstonz<\/em><\/strong>
All things can be funky when the strings are manipulated by master funkateers like The Staxx Brothers. The sophomore slab from these Seattle freakazoids is the perfect mixture of grime and polish, where they slap you high five while simultaneously exposing the seamy side of our collective underbelly. Street and book smart, this crew romps with purpose, creating impossible to get out of your head nuggets like \u201c1992,\u201d \u201cWestsound Union\u201d and \u201cGame Recognize Game.\u201d With wafts of country and hard rock, they groove gloriously on their path towards a fab new soul mythology. (show review<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Southeast Engine<\/a>: From the Forest to the Sea<\/em><\/strong>
Spirituality and the discontent of modern man are tough nuts to crack, but Southeast Engine leaves both wonderfully shattered here. This is as urgent, heartfelt and musically electric as anything being dished up by My Morning Jacket and Grizzly Bear, and like those kindred spirits, Southeast Engine moves with sincerity and utter conviction. You can feel<\/em> how much this music means to them and that translates into a great emotional journey for the listener. One feels their toes slowly sink into hallowed ground as they move through the scorched earth scattered throughout From the Forest to the Sea<\/em> \u2013 truly a work inspired by and perfect for the times we live in. (album review<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Them Crooked Vultures<\/a>: Them Crooked Vultures<\/em><\/strong>
This pummels you like a sparking furnace, flames licking at your skin, perspiration running over your lips, the beast in your gut awakened and anxious to eat, rut and otherwise live<\/em>. Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters), John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) and Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) didn\u2019t have to try this hard. They could have farted out a party record or done variations on blues scales and it would have likely met with moist praise. However, they\u2019ve fashioned a rugged, hard to penetrate, decidedly heavy rock album that finds them at the top of their respective games. For all the \u201cNew Zeppelin\u201d buzz flying around them, this is really its own thing, largely defined by Homme\u2019s razor sharp, unpredictable lyrics (mayhap the best in the mainstream since Beck\u2019s Midnite Vultures<\/em>) and lascivious, unpredictable guitar and vocals. Jones is a total monster super-player here, too, and Grohl surprises with the range of his stick work and ability to keep up with the Zep vet\u2019s free-ranging, worldly chops. Every time I put this on I feel like pounding mescal and getting into trouble somewhere off the grid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Themselves<\/a>: Crownsdown<\/em><\/strong>
I want to rub this in the noses of every critic out there singing Kanye\u2019s praises as a hip hop innovator. Jel and Doseone are so far beyond anything that loudmouth egotist is ever likely to produce, and the slamming, brain- bonking proof of that rests here. Adept at slogans that linger and impenetrable, rapid-fire word storms, Themselves offers hope that hip hop, as an art form, still has a future despite the bleak, money grubbing, socially bankrupt mainstream. (album review<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These United States<\/a>: Everything Touches Everything<\/em><\/strong>
Simply put, These United States give me hope and make me caper like there\u2019s a decent tomorrow around the corner. They\u2019re like the roots rock cousin to Akron\/Family\u2019s genre-wilding, and the greater focus and leaner character of Everything Touches Everything<\/em> only moves their many virtues to the fore. Instead of choosing to be distant and cool, they\u2019ve chosen to enfold us in a bear hug and whisper small truths into our ear as we relax into the welcome heat of them. The last bit of the liner notes I penned for this album read: \u201cWe are no longer prisoners of the past, and the future is ours to make or break. Roll up your sleeves, grab a tambourine and a shovel and join the revival.\u201d Genuinely inspirational stuff from a band that only seems to get better and better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tortoise<\/a>: Beacons of Ancestorship<\/em><\/strong>
Many have tried but no one else really sounds like Tortoise, and they\u2019ve put a few more miles between them and the competition with this imaginative release. These Chicago boys have done a lot for instrumental music, expanding the vocabulary for those who wish to tell stories with no words. Beacons<\/em> confirms their leadership spot in this rarified field with reenergized flair. (album review<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U2<\/a>: No Line On The Horizon<\/em><\/strong>
Easily the most cohesive, thoughtful album this seemingly-never-ending powerhouse has released since Achtung Baby<\/em> (1991). Nothing like a couple of wars, worldwide environmental and hunger concerns, and a rapidly changing social milieu to fire up this bunch. Absolutely no one tackles stadium size ideas better than U2, and this is as fine a bunch of cross-cultural, people unifying songs as they\u2019ve ever produced. They also sound like they\u2019re having a bit of fun, and The Edge keeps coming up with sumptuous new guitar tones. No Line On The Horizon<\/em> has a flow and feel right up there with U2\u2019s mid-80s heyday, yet somehow manages to be resolutely modern. There\u2019s a reason they\u2019re the biggest band on the planet. (album review<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And The Rest\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top 10 Debut Albums of 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To my ears, this is the graduating class for this past year \u2013 artists one would be wise to keep tabs on because they\u2019re likely to be making amazing music in the years ahead based on the evidence of their respective opening salvos.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Dan Auerbach<\/a>: Keep It Hid<\/em> (album review<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Dawes<\/a>: North Hills<\/em> (album review<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Fol Chen<\/a>: Part I: John Shade, Your Fortune\u2019s Made<\/em> (album review<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Here We Go Magic<\/a>: Here We Go Magic<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Hiss Golden Messenger<\/a>: Country Hai East Cotton<\/em> (album review<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. James Husband<\/a>: A Parallax I<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Lansdale Station<\/a>: Lansdale Station<\/em> (album review<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Lions In The Street<\/a>: Lions In The Street<\/em> (album review<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Rain Machine<\/a>: Rain Machine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. Elijah and Jo Wilkinson<\/a>: On Sacred Ground (Mother and Son)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Mainstream Album of 2009<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lily Allen<\/a>: It\u2019s Not Me, It\u2019s You<\/em>
The same part of me that morbidly follows the Eurovision competition is inexorably drawn to Ms. Allen. Shaking my tush and singing along to the banjo dappled disco of \u201cNot Fair\u201d or belting out the black opening lines of \u201cThe Fear,\u201d I find I couldn\u2019t give a flying fuck if it\u2019s cool to dig her. I just do, warts and all, and she\u2019s made a hell of a populist gem. And she\u2019s given us the fine flipping-the-bird farewell to George W. Bush and his ilk with \u201cFuck You,\u201d so you should like her, too. (album review<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International Release of 2009<\/u><\/strong>
Tinariwen<\/a>: Imidiwan: Companions<\/em> (album review<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Tribute\/Covers Albums of 2009<\/u><\/strong>
Phosphorescent<\/a>: To Willie<\/em> (album review<\/a>)
Poor Man\u2019s Whiskey<\/a>: Dark Side of the Moonshine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Archival Releases of 2009<\/u><\/strong>
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds<\/a>: Mute reissues (album review #1<\/a>), (album review #2<\/a>)
Death: \u2026For The Whole World To See<\/em> (album review<\/a>)
Chris Darrow<\/a>: Chris Darrow\/Under My Own Disguise<\/em> (album review<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best \u201cNew\u201d Classic Rock Albums of 2009 (or \u201cThe Zeppy Award\u201d)<\/u><\/strong>
Leroy Justice<\/a>: The Loho Sessions<\/em> (album review<\/a>)
Powder Mill<\/a>: Do Not Go Gently<\/em> (album review<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concept Album of 2009<\/u><\/strong>
Mike Keneally<\/a>: Scambot 1<\/em> (album review<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soul Album of 2009<\/u><\/strong>
The Black Seeds<\/a>: Solid Ground<\/em> (album review<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Live Album of 2009<\/u><\/strong>
Thin Lizzy<\/a>: Still Dangerous<\/em> (album review<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Dance Album of 2009<\/u><\/strong>
Gossip<\/a>: Music For Men<\/em> (album review<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best EPs of 2009<\/u><\/strong>
Hottub<\/a>: On Blast!<\/em> (EP review<\/a>)
The New Up<\/a>: Better Off<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best \u201cBest Of\u201d Anthologies of 2009<\/u><\/strong>
Blur<\/a>: Midlife: A Beginner\u2019s Guide To Blur<\/em>
Nick Lowe<\/a>: Quiet Please\u2026The New Best of Nick Lowe<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surprising Return To Form of 2009<\/u><\/strong>
KISS<\/a>: Sonic Boom<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Bong Hit \u2018n\u2019 Headphones Album of 2009 (or What Several Species of Small Furry Animals Are Grooving To In A Cave These Days)<\/u><\/strong>
The Flaming Lips<\/a>: Embryonic<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

25 Songs from 2009 That Will Greatly Enrich Your Life<\/u><\/strong>
1. \u201cGimakiny Akia\u201d by Extra Golden
2. \u201cOne String Harp\u201d by Bell X1
3. \u201cMessing With My Head\u201d by Tinted Windows
4. \u201cThe Fade\u201d by Megafaun
5. \u201cThat Western Skyline\u201d by Dawes
6. \u201cLaughing With\u201d by Regina Spektor
7. \u201c16 & Valencia Roxy Music\u201d by Devendra Banhart
8. \u201cBlue Moon\u201d by Drug Rug
9. \u201cCocaine & Ashes\u201d by Son Volt
10. \u201cNorthern Lights\u201d by Bowerbirds
11. \u201cCalling All Crows\u201d by State Radio
12. \u201cBlanket of Weeds\u201d by Meat Puppets
13. \u201cCrying Lightning\u201d by Arctic Monkeys
14. \u201c\u2018Til My Voice Is Gone\u201d by The Old Ceremony 15. \u201cGoodbye\u201d by The Maldives
16. \u201cThe Way You Can Get\u201d by The Gourds
17. \u201cSo Slowly\u201d by Early Day Miners
18. \u201cEast Jesus Nowhere\u201d by Green Day
19. \u201cAnother World\u201d by Antony and the Johnsons
20. \u201cNeedle Down\u201d by Super 400
21. \u201cAlice Mae\u201d by Hill Country Revue
22. \u201cDivide & Conquer\u201d by Vandaveer
23. \u201cHurry For The Sky\u201d by Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3
24. \u201cLeave The Window Open\u201d by Chuck Prophet
25. \u201cStillness Is The Move\u201d by Dirty Projectors<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Look To The Future\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covers There Should Be A Moratorium On In 2010<\/strong>
Okay, Michael Jackson is gone. Six months of \u201cBillie Jean\u201d and \u201cThriller\u201d covers is enough. Really. And be honest, most of the attempts at Michael\u2019s catalog were pretty limp by comparison to the Pop King\u2019s studio grandeur. The Corner suggests that acts seeking to increase their soul quotient explore the rich catalogs of Donny Hathaway, Funkadelic, The Temptations and Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson for some primo, less-traveled fare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 Artists To Watch in 2010<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s something special brewing in this shortlist of really, really talented folks. My gut instinct is these bands are on the verge of major musical breakthroughs, both in the studio and onstage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Flowmotion<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Everest<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. J. Tillman<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Hot Buttered Rum<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Backyard Tire Fire<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Staxx Brothers album makes it onto Jambase Top 25 albums of the year and Flowmotion is listed as the number 1 band to watch in 2010!! Cook\u2019s Corner: 2009 Year In Review By Team JamBase Jan 1, 2010 \u2022 10:09 pm PST By: Dennis Cook I listened to a lot of music this year, approximately two new albums per … <\/p>\n

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