The best records seem to appear without hype or explanation; instead, they’re often steeped in mystery and speculation.

After three weeks of ruminating, here are my favorite songs of the decade. Ask me tomorrow and my list will probably be different.

Although my ears are now tuned to the single rather than the album, there were a handful of long-players that demanded my full attention.

As electric music continues to become more atomized, some favorite genres were refined, a few envelopes were pushed, and several promising new corners were staked out…

I offer the 10 most influential books I read this year.

The greatest albums of 2008, listed in order of greatness.

An absolutely definitive list of the all-time best electro albums.

I want to be that guy who’s rocking the boat with a controversial barnburner of a list of b-sides and field-recordings that you never heard of – but there were several instant-classics this year and they’re all over this list.