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And now the moment you've all been waiting for: drumroll, the crowd goes wild. Yes, it's John Dalton's 2005: The Year in Alternative and Indie Rock. Dalton lists not ten, but eleven of the choicest new releases. I would have heard of none of these performers if John didn't keep me informed on these matters. Check it out.

And while you're at his site, read about his novel Heaven Lake, now in paperback from Scribners. This year it won the Barnes and Noble Discover New Writers Award as well as the American Academy of Arts and Letters Sue Kaufman Award. Aside from all that, it's a great read.

Wendell the Gallery Cat