Will's Band Of The Week

Will, Barrett and Chris discuss the new releases from Midlake and The Soft Pack.

Will, Barrett and Chris discuss two new bands:  Surfer Blood, which sounds like a mix of Journey, Pavement, .38 Special, Band of Horses, R.E.O. Speedwagon, My Morning Jacket, the Shins, Paul Simon and Vampire Weekend; and Neon Indian, some lo-fi techno from Austin.

Will talks about the 2009 releases by pop-Americana band Roman Candle and gloom-dance band Cold Cave.

Will and Chris discuss the new album by Laura Veirs, "July Flame," and music news - Grammy Award nominations.

Will, Barrett and Chris discuss the new album by Vampire Weekend, and music news -- Jay Reatard dies at 29.

Your hosts discuss Alabama singer-songwriter A.A. Bondy, Anurag's top ten for 2009, and some old music from the vault.

Will, Barrett and Chris discuss the new album from the New Jersey band Real Estate, a west coast band called Best Coast, and the Flaming Lips' latest project.

Will, Barrett and Chris discuss our favorite music of the past decade. In this podcast we count down the top five on our respective lists. Here are the lists: Will's Top Ten: 1. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002) 2. The National - Boxer (2007) 3. The Brother Kite - Waiting for the Time to be Right (2006) 4. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005) 5. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002) 6. Cloud Cult - The Meaning of 8 (2007) 7. Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism (2003) 8. Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights (2002) 9. Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers (2003) 10. Nada Surf - Let Go (2002) Barrett's Top Ten: 1. Radiohead - Kid A (2000) 2. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002) 3. The Strokes - Is This It (2001) 4. The Shins - Oh, Inverted World (2001) 5. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (2007) 6. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (2001) 7. Beck - Sea Change (2002) 8. Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights (2002) 9. The Go! Team - Thunder, L

Holiday music special -- Here are ten holiday-themed songs we hope you will like. 1. Ron Sexsmith - Maybe This Christmas 2. The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Angels We Have Heard On High 3. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Cold White Christmas 4. Bill Evans - Santa Claus is Coming to Town 5. Bob Dylan - Here Comes Santa Claus 6. The Flaming Lips - White Christmas 7. Death Cab For Cutie - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 8. Cocteau Twins - Frosty the Snowman 9. The Raveonettes - Come On Santa 10. Dan Wilson - What a Year for a New Year Next week we will publish part 2 of our favorite music of the decade.

Will, Barrett and Chris discuss our favorite music of the past decade. In this podcast we count down numbers 10 through 6 on our respective lists.

Chris hosts a special edition of the podcast in which we discuss our favorite music of 2009. Will's top ten: 1. There Will Be Fireworks - There Will Be Fireworks 2. Girls — Album 3. The Decemberists — The Hazards of Love 4. The Answering Machine — Another City, Another Sorry 5. Neko Case — Middle Cyclone 6. Marching Band — Spark Large 7. Metric — Fantasies 8. Yeah Yeah Yeahs — It’s Blitz 9. Phoenix — Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 10. Dananananaykroyd — Hey Everyone Barrett's top ten: 1. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle 2. Girls - Album 3. Noah and the Whale - The First Days of Spring 4. BLK JKS - After Robots 5. Raveonettes - In and Out of Control 6. Animal Collective - Meriweather Post Pavilion 7. Decemberists - The Hazards of Live 8. Wilco - Wilco (The Album) 9. Woods - Songs of Shame 10. Deer Tick - Born on Flag Day Chris's top ten: 1. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros 2. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest 3. Noah and the Whale - The First Days of Spring 4. Devendra Banhart

Will, Barrett and Chris discuss the new album by Bill Callahan and, as usual, get distracted by various other topics.

Will and Chris talk about the new album by Wolfmother, "Cosmic Egg." Also, music news -- end of decade lists.

Will and Jason discuss the latest band fronted by Robert Pollard, Boston Spaceships, and Pollard's latest solo release. Also, music news.

Will, Barrett and Chris talk about the latest album by The Flaming Lips, “Embryonic,” the Anvil movie, why bands don’t make money, and other musical topics.

Will talks about the soundtrack to the movie Where the Wild Things Are, performed by Karen O and the Kids.

Will, Barrett and Chris talk about the new album by Noah and the Whale, "The First Days of Spring."

Will, Barrett and Chris talk about a new band called Girls, Sufjan Stevens in concert, lyrics, and CD collections.

Will discusses the latest release from Yo La Tengo, "Popular Songs."

Will and Barrett talk about veteran New Zealand band The Clean.