Subject: Jesse Sykes

• Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

  By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen Trapper's fantastic Furr smells more like the Kinks than Neil Young. [Editor's note: That's why we put it on our indie-rock list.] We likewise discarded Shearwater's near-masterpiece Rook, despite the

  December 26, 2008

• White No Lie

  January 14, 2009

• Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter

  February 7, 2007

• Hear This

  Giant Drag is anything but; Michael Penn introduces us to Mr. Hollywood, Jr.

  September 7, 2005

• House Of Tudor

  Documenting DeviantRhythms, Dead Low Tide's Devil-ish charm, and the elusive Jesse Sykes

  May 22, 2002

• Into Thin Air

  September 9, 2009