Best of 2009

The Village Voice unveiled its annual Pazz and Jop Poll today, and, well, there aren't many surprises. The poll, which compiled the votes of 696 music critics,…

Just in case you missed Greg Haymes playing selections from the Nippertown Top 10 Albums of 2009 when the show originally aired on radio station WEXT-FM on New…

It's one thing to create a year-end Top 10 list. Let's face it, it's a totally subjective process, so there is no right or wrong.On the other hand, it's…

We ran this quiz a week ago. As it turned out, nobody scored very high. Maybe it was just too tough. Perhaps you were distracted by the holidays. Or maybe you…

I spent considerable time compiling a Top 10 list of local Capital Region CDs, and a list of Top 10 concerts of 2009, as well, but I ran out of steam before I…

As you can tell from our previous lists of the past four years - which we've been posting all week long - there's no shortage of musical talent in the Capital…

Maya Lin's "Storm King Wavefield" @ Storm King Art Center: acres of undulating earth mimic the form of ocean waves, or perhaps the surrounding hills, and…

FAVE CONCERTS of 2009I tried my best to really put the screws on and nail down my Top 10 fave concerts of the year, but I simply couldn't do it. So…

We here at Nippertown.com are thrilled that Andrzej Pilarczyk has become a very valued member of our team. He's a superb fine-arts photographer who has…

MATT MAC HAFFIE10 Aimee Bobruk – "The Safety Match Journals" (did you miss this Austin, TX songbird live at the Beat Shop in Troy?) 09 La Roux – "La Roux"…

ANDY GREGORY (CRUMBS blogger, "and I play guitar, too"))It was hard to whittle down to 10. So...the first six are in no particular order, but the next five…

We here at Nippertowm.com aim to offer you a well-rounded variety of opinions. We served up 10 different Top 10 lists, but that wasn't enough for our discerning…