CortezTheKiller

He certainly upped the "nerd factor."

I see this as the equivalent of the Red Sox dropping a game to the Mariners in late April. Sure I was hoping they'd win, but far from devastating. Also agree with the love for Almost Killed Me. Outstanding rock album. They lost me a bit with Stay Positive. Very average record.

My Morning Jacket. Okonokos set me free.

This is being re-released 2/8 with bonus material. They also have a new EP slated for a 3/6 release. Stereogum has more info and the song "Liv Tyler" available for download.

Wow! Heard them all, save for a handful. Impressive. I guess it's uncouth to listen to 2009 releases in 2010.

As a 'casual' Pollard fan, I completely agree with these recommendations.

Sun Kil Moon April

The Wicks Have Met Wrinkle Neck Mules

My 50 favorite albums from the past 10 years in no particular order. Decoration Day/DBT Southern Rock Opera/DBT The Dirty South/DBT Brighter Than Creations Dark/DBT Murdering Oscar/Patterson Hood A Ghost Is Born/Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot/Wilco Sky Blue Sky/Wilco American Central Dust/Son Volt On Chant & Strum (The Search)/Son Volt Okemah & the Melody of Riot/Son Volt Terroir Blues/Jay Farrar One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur/Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard Greendale/Neil Young & Crazy Horse Silver & Gold/Neil Young Prairie Wind/Neil Young Love You Just the Same/

Saturnalia The Gutter Twins

I couldn't agree more. I do not like her songs on BTCD, but on this song, she sounds amazing.

What about "Search and Destroy?"

The Big To-Do New York, NY—ATO Records is pleased to announce the signing of Drive-By Truckers and their label debut, The Big To-Do. The album, which will be the band’s tenth in their thirteen-year career, is scheduled to be released March 16, 2010. The Big To-Do features thirteen new tracks from the Drive-By Truckers and was produced by their long time producer, David Barbe (Sugar, Bettye LaVette). “It’s very much a rock album,” says Patterson Hood of the Trucker’s upcoming release. “Very melodic and more rocking than anything we’ve done since disc 2 of Southern Rock Opera.” The inspirati