Will, Barrett and Chris discuss our favorite music of the past decade. In this podcast we count down the top five on our respective lists. Here are the lists: Will's Top Ten: 1. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002) 2. The National - Boxer (2007) 3. The Brother Kite - Waiting for the Time to be Right (2006) 4. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005) 5. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002) 6. Cloud Cult - The Meaning of 8 (2007) 7. Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism (2003) 8. Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights (2002) 9. Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers (2003) 10. Nada Surf - Let Go (2002) Barrett's Top Ten: 1. Radiohead - Kid A (2000) 2. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002) 3. The Strokes - Is This It (2001) 4. The Shins - Oh, Inverted World (2001) 5. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (2007) 6. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (2001) 7. Beck - Sea Change (2002) 8. Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights (2002) 9. The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike (2005) 10. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America (2006) Chris's Top Ten: 1. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (2005) 2. OutKast - Stankonia (2000) 3. Clem Snide - Your Favorite Music (2000) 4. Clap Your Hand Say Yeah (2005) 5. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (2007) 6. Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank the Cradle (2002) 7. Andrew W.K. - I Get Wet (2002) 8. Green Day - American Idiot (2004) 9. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Master and Everyone (2003) 10. The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious (2000)

Holiday music special -- Here are ten holiday-themed songs we hope you will like. 1. Ron Sexsmith - Maybe This Christmas 2. The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Angels We Have Heard On High 3. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Cold White Christmas 4. Bill Evans - Santa Claus is Coming to Town 5. Bob Dylan - Here Comes Santa Claus 6. The Flaming Lips - White Christmas 7. Death Cab For Cutie - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 8. Cocteau Twins - Frosty the Snowman 9. The Raveonettes - Come On Santa 10. Dan Wilson - What a Year for a New Year Next week we will publish part 2 of our favorite music of the decade.

Will, Barrett and Chris discuss our favorite music of the past decade. In this podcast we count down numbers 10 through 6 on our respective lists.

Chris hosts a special edition of the podcast in which we discuss our favorite music of 2009.

Will's top ten:

1. There Will Be Fireworks - There Will Be Fireworks

2. Girls — Album

3. The Decemberists — The Hazards of Love

4. The Answering Machine — Another City, Another Sorry

5. Neko Case — Middle Cyclone

6. Marching Band — Spark Large

7. Metric — Fantasies

8. Yeah Yeah Yeahs — It’s Blitz

9. Phoenix — Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

10. Dananananaykroyd — Hey Everyone

Barrett's top ten:

1. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle

2. Girls - Album

3. Noah and the Whale - The First Days of Spring

4. BLK JKS - After Robots

5. Raveonettes - In and Out of Control

6. Animal Collective - Meriweather Post Pavilion

7. Decemberists - The Hazards of Live

8. Wilco - Wilco (The Album)

9. Woods - Songs of Shame

10. Deer Tick - Born on Flag Day

Chris's top ten:

1. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

2. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

3. Noah and the Whale - The First Days of Spring

4. Devendra Banhart - What Will We Be

5. Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg

6. Laura Gibson - Beasts of Seasons

7. Tinted Windows

8. Floating Action

9. Future of the Left - Travels With Myself and Another

10. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career

Will, Barrett and Chris discuss the new album by Bill Callahan and, as usual, get distracted by various other topics.

Will and Chris talk about the new album by Wolfmother, "Cosmic Egg." Also, music news -- end of decade lists.

Will and Jason discuss the latest band fronted by Robert Pollard, Boston Spaceships, and Pollard's latest solo release. Also, music news.

The Story of Anvil - official trailer

Will, Barrett and Chris talk about the latest album by The Flaming Lips, “Embryonic,” the Anvil movie, why bands don’t make money, and other musical topics.