Well, it’s that time of year again – people are killing each other at Walmart, Christmas music is officially real effin annoying, and bloggers are telling everyone what they should’ve been listening to this year. We figured why should we be any different at Blendetta? So, I’ve compiled a list of my five favorite albums of the year and recruited Blendetta guest blogger StevO (of StevO’s Movie Preview fame) to provide another opinion on what made music worthwhile this year. And because I’m such a nice lady, I’ll even let my guest go first…
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Wye Oak believes, hon

I came across this term recently in an interview on the AV Club website with Jenn Wasner & Andy Stack from Wye Oak. They used it to describe the local indie scene in the Baltimore area. Was it just a bit of humor on their part or is there actually something more happening in the back alleys of B-more, hon?

There’s always a catchy term to describe the era of a band or area music. We all remember the craze (although few of us probably reading this right now lived it) of Beatle-Mania. And T.Rextacy or Bolan-mania. Then when certain areas of the world had their scenes. New York going through two major ones with the 60’s Andy Warhol/Velvet Underground art scene…..and later on with a newer art rock scene created by bands such as the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Moldy Peaches, and TV On The Radio. (more…)