Yesterday, Douglas Wolk—whose byline I recognize and who, according to Beaujon and this online encyclopedia thingy, is sort of a dude—published an item on NPR's Monitor Mix blog to the effect that, dammit, AutoTune and Pro Tools and click tracks and, you know, Twitter are conspiring to kill rock & roll.
Holding up the 48th second [...]

With the new year comes not-so-new traditions: purging your closet of heinous holiday sweaters, resolving to dissolve your waistline and, if you're Rolling Stone , looking to Top 40 lists and tired-and-true troubadours to compile your list of the 50 "Best" Albums of the Year.

What it is: Rocking around the Christmas Tween. Seven holiday-appropriate songs from Hollywood Records' junior-high-pop juggernaut at a very reasonable price (available only at Target).
The bike under the tree: Automatic DQ for Aly and AJ's "Greatest Time of Year," which is in fact the greatest song on this compilation. But it's recycled (as is Miley [...]