So in the quiet week between Christmas and New Year’s, I wanted to give you guys a heads-up on a new piece of functionality that we’re really excited about. I mentioned it on the message boards this morning, but you can now Browse all eMusic editorial. Just click on the Browse tab, and you’ll find [...]

Ariel Pink is megaprolific LA-based songwriter who sits at the center of a whole constellation of artists making homemade, rinky dink could-be-hits. Using often outdated, underpowered and/or rudimentary equipment, Pink (née Rosenberg) makes quirky pop music that sounds like a sun-damaged, slowly melting version of 1970s FM rock. Since first hitting record on the boombox [...]

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And now. The time is near. And so we face. Your #1 album.
eMusic’s Member Poll concludes today, so pop in and see how many of your favorites made the cut. One thing I learned from this list? I have been seriously underestimating Metric. I have duly downloaded.
I wanted to take [...]

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We asked, you answered, and part one of our eMusic Members’ Poll is live today! Some interesting surprises on here — and it will get more interesting when we unveil the Top 10 tomorrow! Enjoy!

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The wait is over — eMusic’s Best of 2009 is complete! So now’s your chance to tell us what we got wrong and who we might have missed! We’d also like to know if any albums on here sparked your interest.
Monday and Tuesday we’ll be unveiling the results of our member poll. [...]

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We’re almost at the end of our countdown, so keep those lists rolling in! We’ve got another batch of staff lists for you in the meantime, so be sure to follow us after the jump.
And, once again, take a look at our Best Albums of 2009 and our Best Audiobooks of [...]

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Our countdown continues on eMusic, and we unveil The Best Audiobooks of 2009. As if that’s not enough, we’ve got even more eMusic staff lists today below the jump!
It’s been fun seeing your lists, so keep them coming — my ‘Save for Later’ is growing by the day!
The lists [...]

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Our main list and our staff lists continue today — three more personal faves below the jump.
I don’t want to push the preceding posts down the page, so please follow us after the cut and don’t forget to add your own lists to the mix!

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eMusic’s Best Albums of 2009 countdown has begun! All this week, we’ll be counting down our 60 favorite albums, 12 at a time, leading up to the big unveiling on Friday. And then, on Monday and Tuesday of next week, we’ll be revealing the big winners in our User Poll.
We think the [...]

Sometimes I have to stop what I’m doing and contemplate what a crazy, excellent, post-’Marquee Name’ world we’re living in right now. You see that up there? That’s fucking Jawbox. On Jimmy Fallon. Playing “Savory.” I mean, I know that back in the day you’d see Belly on Letterman and all that, and that [...]

We may be heading into the time of year where the release schedule slows down, but there’s an insane amount of ‘hidden treasures’ hitting the site today, many of them compilations. I don’t wanna push our Hooray for Earth video interview too far down the page, so I hope you’ll join me after the jump [...]

So by now, hopefully, you’ve all had a chance to get acquainted with the two newest members of our Selects family, Hooray for Earth and Best Coast. Perhaps you’d like to know a little more about both bands?
This round of Selects was a special one: we teamed up with the fantastic blog Amplified — [...]

eMusic’s User Poll for the Best Albums of 2009 is going on right now! Take a few minutes to review your playlists, scan your hard drive, search the site and scratch your head, then VOTE HERE for your favorites.
The ballots have been flooding in this year, and we’re just as curious as you are to [...]

Man, myth, badass — Fela Kuti was all of them and more. Even people who love him can’t deny some of his views were a bit, er, unconventional, but the power of the man’s music and the force and passion with which he stood up to a corrupt government — in the face of repeated [...]

“I guess I’ve just really become comfortable with the idea that none of this is real, and that we’re not quite in the Matrix but it’s close, and that all the things we’re doing are constructions.”
How many times have we posted Q&A’s with musicians and authors on 17 Dots without really thinking about what these [...]

I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Alan Gilbert, the New York Philharmonic’s new music director, for an interview. Although he had just returned the day before we spoke from Hamburg, where he had conducted and performed in three consecutive concerts (he’s a violinist as well as a conductor), and even though he [...]

We could not possibly be more excited about our two newest Selects acts! From Brooklyn, NY (by way of Boston, MA), Hooray for Earth and from sunny Los Angeles, Best Coast. Both bands do what we love best: put their own singular spin on irresistible pop hooks, spanning pop history, condensing it, and turning it [...]