Animal Collective
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Domino
I'm pretty sure I tried to call Merriweather Post Pavilion "Record of the year" back in January, when I reviewed it, but City Paper managing editor Andrew Beaujon argued that this statement might be a tad premature, given that '09 still had 11 months left to go. But here we are in [...]

In this week's music section:

Brent Burton reviews Polvo's In Prism

Marc Hirsh reviews Patty Loveless' Mountain Soul II

Aaron Leitko talks to Dennis Kane about "What Can Never Slip Away" from his latest disc, The Two of Us

Bloc Party: "One More Chance"
No, you did not just get Rick-rolled; this is it, the new Bloc Party single. "One More Chance" is a song for the club, but not the arms folded, tight jeans, indie-rock club to which the band previously belonged. No, this is club with a capital "C." Front man Kele Okereke [...]