Deerhunter – White Ink from justin gaar on Vimeo.
Moment of total honesty: I didn’t write as much about Deerhunter’s Microcastle/Weird Era Cont. as I meant to. It was one of those releases I caught late in the year and got too overwhelmed with end of year lists and holiday goings on to give it the [...]

There are a few miscellaneous honors from 2008 that we felt were worth mentioning, so here they are. Enjoy!
Best Album Cover:

Coldplay, Viva La Vida
As much as I hate to award Coldplay for anything, every time I saw the poster of this while walking in the subway, I thought, “That looks AWESOME!” I hoped it was [...]

As with last year, when it comes to listing amazing concerts, T-Sides refuses to be bound by the number 10. Also, for the sake of fairness, I’ve compounded bands I saw multiple times.

12. The Notwist @ Webster Hall, October 13th
Full review here. Excerpt: In their recordings, the Notwist might give off the impression of being [...]

Don’t know about you, but around here, we’re pretty jazzed about this New Year stuff. So happy, in fact, that we’re going to kick off 2009 with a giveaway!
The latter half of 2008 found Billy Corgan, volatile and eccentric front-man for the Smashing Pumpkins in its various reincarnates, doing what he does best: going apeshit. [...]