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Hobex, live from Cat's Cradle on 8/7/04 is ready to be heard by you. Hobex is multi-genre outfit from North Carolina led by Greg Humphreys. A Hobex show will take you through authentic excursions into funk, soul, blues, jazz, and R&B.

"In their loping bass lines, chicken scratch guitar lines and high soaring harmonies you can hear the hit-making instincts of Motown, the loose, raw energy of Stax and the grab-bag influences - gospel, pop blues, rock - of Sly Stone and P-Funk," the Memphis Flyer raves. Dig into some Soul Food for yer ears. - TK

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Best Song of '09

White Falcon Fuzz - The Mother Hips

Best Song of '08

Hang On - Dr. Dog

What's Great in '08?
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TV on the Radio
Dear Science

My Morning Jacket
Evil Urges

Delta Spirit
Ode to Sunshine

Islands
Arm's Way

Big Light
Big Light

Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever Ago

Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes

Dr. Dog
Fate

Best. Records. 2007.
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Great Northern
Trading Twilight for Daylight

Pela
Anytown Graffiti

Bishop Allen
The Broken String

Spoon
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

Andrew Bird
Armchair Apocrypha

Wilco
Sky Blue Sky

Band of Horses
Cease to Begin

Two Gallants
Two Gallants

Great Lake Swimmers
Onigara

The Avett Brothers
Emotionalism

Cloud Cult
The Meaning of 8

Kings of Leon
Because of the Times

Rhapsody Rocks!

San Francisco | 11.2006
Austin | 03.2007
Chicago | 08.2007
New York City | 10.2007

Top 15 Of 2006
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Band of Horses
Everything All the Time

The Slip
Eisenhower

Cold War Kids
Robbers & Cowards

Rotary Downs
Chained to the Chariot

Margot & The Nuclear So and So's * The Dust of Retreat

Built to Spill
You in Reverse

Brett Dennen
So Much More

The Whigs
Give 'Em All A Big Fat Lip

My Morning Jacket
Okonokos

The Format
Dog Problems

Two Gallants
What the Toll Tells

The Raconteurs
Broken Boy Soldiers

Dirty on Purpose
Hallelujah Sirens

Ratatat
Classics

Beneveto-Russo Duo
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2005's Top Records
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My Morning Jacket
Z

Apollo Sunshine
Apollo Sunshine

Andrew Bird
The Mysterious Production of Eggs

Fiona Apple
Extraordinary Machine

Dr. Dog
Easy Beat

White Stripes
Get Behind Me Satan

Spoon
Gimme Fiction

Benevento-Russo Duo
Best Reason to Buy The Sun

Dungen
Ta Det Lugnt

Stephen Malkmus
Face the Truth

The Mars Volta
Frances The Mute

The Magic Numbers
The Magic Numbers

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Sufjan Stevens
Illinois

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My Morning Jacket
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My Morning Jacket
take the high lonesome howl of American music and run, not to the hills, but into outer space. Echoing with reverb, the group makes a heavy racket that sounds like Neil Young's finest days broadcast through a megaphone. Songs like "Golden" and "Mahgeetah" exemplify this group's cosmic folk intentions.

Pinback | Summer in Abaddon

Best enjoyed in the 54 minutes before sunrise, Summer in Abbadon has equal parts soft breath and raucous screaming, layered guitars and vocals that somehow equal something larger and gorgeous. This is a magical record, one of the best of 2004, and I believe Pinback's best effort to date. "AFK" will make you think twice, it's elusive and thoughtful. What a great record.

Ambulance LTD | LP

It's a flawless album, LP has the mark of a great album - no matter my mood, I can pop it in and listen to it straight through, start to finish. LP was my number one record of 2004. "Stay Where You Are" and give it a spin, also "Stay Tuned" for we hope there is more to come from Ambulance LTD.

Troubled Hubble
Penturbia

You're only making this list if your album is stellar from start to finish. The 2003 release of Penturbia somehow eluded me until two years later, but I'll never forget it again. I love my canoe, and you too. It's one big world and one small me. When will I come to terms that the only constant thing in life is change? Every song, so good. Hear it.

The Slip
From The Gecko

See where genre-defying innovators The Slip started it all. This is the very sophisticated debut album created by three teenagers from Providence, R.I. Gecko features classic instrumentals "Munf," "Yellow Medicine," "Cumulus," and "Spice Groove," as well as lyrical favorites "Alsoa" and "The Weight of Solomon."

Ben Folds Five
Ben Folds Five

The first Ben Folds Five album is a masterpiece. This is a top ten record of all time for me. BF5 features the classics "Underground," "Best Imitation of Myself," "My Philosophy" and "Alice Childress" - honestly, every song has it's own merits, I never get sick of this piano pop record.

Pavement
Terror Twilight

The final Pavement album is in my mind, their best. Before yoiu S&E purists bash me, go back and listen to the record. TT is a masterpiece, the songwriting is poetic and disturbing, but you'll never know until you dig deep. This is a lesson in how relationships end, some are pleasant and others are painful. If you are not grabbed by the pop beauty of "Speak, See Remember" or "Major Leagues" then dig deeper and read into "Bilie" or "Folk Jam" - just don't 'waste your precious breath explaining that you are worthwhile.'

Big Head Todd & the Monsters
Midnight Radio

The second BHTM album was recorded on a two track in basements in the midwest and the raw, underproduced sound has helped it stand the test of time. Even after fifteen years of years of regular listens, this record continues to shine brightly like "city burning like a dream" or like the light from a tower in the distance, just "broadcasting it's resistance through the rain and through the night. Listen, and you will believe that "yes indeed, there is a paradise...and a band is playing there."

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