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Christmas is almost here, and the amount of holiday songs clogging up my inbox is a bit more than I can handle. I like to highlight some of my favorites though from time to time, and this song from Silver Swans is excellent.

 Cincinnati, Coming To Cincinnati and Music News       

One of the newest venues in the Cincinnati area continues to book some of the best shows this winter. MOTR in Over the Rhine has another good one for us to kick off 2011. Un-officially the first good show of the year. Or at least the first …

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We got wind of a couple new Sufjan Stevens holiday songs today, I know, crazy right. The prolific holiday songwriter teamed up with Bryce and Aaron Dessner of The National for a new version of “Silent Night” and we also get the less traditional tune “Barcarola” as well.

 Cincinnati and Music News       

After a little over three years of serving as a home for live experimental music in Cincinnati, Northside’s Art Damage Lodge will be closing its doors at the end December. As a way of saying goodbye (and to help fund the move), the organizers of the D.I.Y. space are planning a final farewell show and garage sale.

 Giveaways and Videos       

We have a pair of tickets to giveaway to one lucky ENS reader for a show a great local show on Saturday night at the Mad Hatter featuring Walk the Moon and The Lions Rampant among others. The turnaround time is quick and there are a few things you need …

 Best Of 2010       

For the first time ever since writing for ENS, I am refraining from submitting my top albums of the year. 2010 had some great albums (Local Natives’ Gorilla Manor, Yeasayer’s Odd Blood and Vampire Weekend’s Contra, to name a few), but I didn’t listen to nearly enough of them to culminate a list of favorites.

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Last year, our friends from Vandaveer released a free Christmas EP that we fell for right away. Well it looks to be a tradition as we just got word that a second Christmas EP is finished and ready for downloading.

 Best Of 2010       

It’s never easy to put this list together, but it’s always alot of fun. I give to you my favorite albums of 2010.

 Best Of 2010       

Another day, another best of albums list. Today, ENS contributor Dave Tobias checks in with his favorite albums of 2010.

 Best Of 2010       

ENS contributor John Crowell (@terriblesounds) did some great work for us in 2010. John was at several live music events for us and did a large amount of excellent interviews as well. Today, he picks his favorite albums of 2010.