Top 5 1. Sigur Rós, ValtariBlues and roots seem to be all the rage this week, but there’s still room for weird Icelandic music sung in a made-up language.2. JD McPherson, Signs & SignifiersThis famil   More

Top 5 Santigold (7:10 pm Friday, Sasquatch stage) Well, we’re not above a little stargazing. The Helio Sequence (6:20 pm Saturday, Bigfoot stage) It has been a long time, and we hear great things about the f   More

Top 5 The Shawshank RedemptionThis is the best prison movie ever made. Doesn’t seem like something Stephen King would write, but I loved the short story too. Cool Hand LukeStrange that my two favorite mov   More

Top 5 Teahouses [WIN: PORTLAND]Portland has the best teahouse in the world: the Tao of Tea. We don’t have anything like that in Austin yet. We have great coffee shops, but to really be a tea connoisse   More

Top 5 Portland Cello Project, Homage LPThe local pop-classical outfit tackles such timeless classics as Kanye and Jay-Z’s “That’s My Bitch” and 50 Cent’s “Lollipop.” Starfucker, Heaven’s You   More

Top 5 Buddy HollyHe inspired generations of musical nerds from Elvis Costello to Kanye, not to mention most of the current-day NBA. You know you’ve arrived when Weezer writes a song about you. Ray    More

Top 5 Vancouver, B.C.Bass music is huge. The audiences are smart. Activism/politics in art aren’t considered taboo like in the states.Yogyakarta, IndonesiaAn autonomous city-state sultanate, where the sul   More

Top 5 Anya’s Ghost (First Second)A great coming-of-age tale with bonus spookiness and excitement. Sleeper (Wildstorm)An early work by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips who later took the comics world by storm   More

Top 5 Soul’d Out Music Festival, April 12-25We’re excited about: Dr. Lonnie Smith, who absolutely killed last year’s fest; the mighty Maze; French electro-geniuses Justice.Waterfront Blues Festival, J   More

Top 5 C.J. WatsonHe’s an ex-Warrior, and when I say “Watson,” I’m imitating Arsenio Hall introducing Mr. Randy Watson in Coming to America. Derrick RoseBecause he subs in for C.J. Watson sometime   More