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AS THE DECADE comes to a close, Monitor readers are sharing their 10-best lists in music, movies, television and books from the past 10 years: Greg Grappone, manager of the Grappone Auto Group's Business Development Center, is no music critic, but he knows what he likes.

London based alt-folk/pop ensemble Fanfarlo was formed back in 2006 by multi-talented Swedish musician Simon Balthazar .

Jon or Birgisson, the helium-voiced frontman of Sigur Ros, has announced his first solo album, Go , will be be unleashed unto the world in 2010.

Birds Make Good Neighbors : Folk pop at its best. The songs are bouncy, fun and great for car trips.

Earnest, unpretentious and disarming lyrics about love and and all it entails, usually a little more positive regardless of heartbreak-content level.

New Cat Power album will feature Chan Marshall all alone again . Weezer cancels remaining 2009 tour dates following bus crash.

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs balance their own accolades with a multitude of indie-music superstar collaborations, especially by frontwoman Karen O. The punk-pop bombast on their first studio album, Fever to Tell , dragged the critical spotlight to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and they have kept that shining beacon of acclaim firmly engaged ever since.

Before the 2000s, post-rock music was virtually unknown to anyone other than serious music geeks.

Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies.

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If we had a dollar for every time a record reviewer called Sigur Ros "cinematic," we'd have our own yachts.

Seven songs by Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Ros, in addition to one song from Riceboy Sleeps, a side-project of the band's front man, Jonsi, will be included in the British movie The Boys Are Back starring Clive Owen.

Music from Christina Ricci's movies: Now & Then, The Ice Storm, Speed Racer, Casper, and so much more! Playlist: 1) Love is a Battlefield [KayGee Remix]--Pat Benatar, Kay Gee, & Queen Latifah , 1998 2) Hoppipolla--Sigur Ros , 2006 3) Speed Racer--Michael Giacchino , 2008 4) Falling From Grace--The Gentle Waves , 2002 5) Breathe --Anna Nalick , 2006 ...

The Kronos Quartet is now as much of a musical tour guide as a string quartet. The standard four instruments of its basic ensemble have been increasingly augmented by prerecorded tape and amplification as the group extends its scope into world music and indie pop, and that's what dominated the group's concert Saturday, part of the Kimmel Center's ...

Ah, Iceland, with its bubbling volcanic action, pervasive fairy magic, and recent unfortunate financial meltdown.

It's time to hit the dance floor again! Tiesto has done it again. One of the biggest DJs in the world has produced his fifth artist album and there is something in it for everyone.

Mum 8pm, $15-$18. First Unitarian Church. Icelandic septet Mum broke through in 2002 with Finally We Are No One , an album that earned comparisons to Bjork and Sigur Ros for its stately, sometimes playful mix of glitchtronica, girlish vocals, and indie-pop. Though traditional instrumentation like piano and strings, and the occasional presence of ...

The knock on direct-to-fan music marketing toolkit developer Topspin Media has always been that its tools work better for major label refugees and other established acts than for developing artists seeking to build an audience.

Oh, Tiesto, you sweet Dutch man. You have a lot of famous friends and we get that you want to show it off a bit.

He sells out arenas and coliseums around the world, hosts summer residencies in the world's biggest nightclub and played to a TV audience of four billion at the 2004 Olympics opening ceremonies, but until now, one group of music fans has eluded Tiesto.