Summer may be over, but these jams will take the pain away.

The musical equivalent of valerian root.

A soundtrack for your life. A life soundtrack, if you will.

Whether you’re the type who watches ‘Love Actually’ on loop from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve or you’re more of a Scrooge, we’ve got a suck-proof holiday playlist to tackle every mood. Cherry cherry boom boom, motherf*ckers.

Remember that time in your life when you listened to Oasis and ate at Sbarro? Look inside the eye of your mind, children, don’t you know you might find a better album to play.

P!nk’s Greatest Hits Record is about to drop but my fangirl heart knows it should probably be a two-disc set with the list of songs contained in this post. This is very important.

Today, new records drop from Azure Ray, Justin Townes Earle, of Montreal, Weezer, Robert Plant, Bilal, Brandon Flowers and many more. Lindsay’s here to give us the run down.

Female fashion trendsetters in the music world! Karmen and Becky have thoughts and feelings about hot girls on guitars and why they’re seriously styln’ and you get to read about it! Lot’s of girls, clothes, and music videos await.

Top Ten Desert Island Albums. GO! Intern Emily already did – find out which records she can’t live without, and why – from Death Cab and Tegan and Sara, to Sarah Mclachlan, Okkervil River and more. Plus, the top ten albums the rest of Audiostraddle can’t live without … what are your favorites?