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With the addition of new writers in Vancouver (namely, Robert Latham ) and our very own Andy Stewart catching a few shows in the U.K. this year, Off the Dial expanded it's musical horizon in terms of artists and venues. Read More

Jesse Neider/The Post-Standard Syracuse party band Atlas will be joined by Classified to welcome 2010 at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino Event Center in Verona, N.Y. The Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona will be humming tonight with New Year's Eve celebrations. Read More

It speaks to the strength of the bands in the Triangle that a few LPs we'd considered shoe-ins for this list—Spider Bags' barnstorming Goodbye Cruel World, Hello Crueler World ; Cesar Comanche's brazen Die in Your Lap ; Ryan Gustafson's broken-dream Donkey LP —appear nowhere here besides this paragraph. Read More

Like any other artist who reaches legend status, the books that have come out on Led Zeppelin are a mixed bag. Read More

Paul Oakenfold is flying in from his residency in Las Vegas to perform at Gatecrasher. Read More