The holidays have passed, the diets have begun and the best of 2010 lists are now a part of history. It’s 2011, folks, which means it’s time to look forward and survey the year ahead. While the second week of January is barely even a notch in the year’s belt, lots of exciting new releases have ...

In the process of reviewing, compiling, ranking and tallying up our favorite music at the end of a given year, inevitably comes the question of how the year compares to the one that preceded it. Sometimes it takes years to fully discover everything worthwhile released in a certain year; 2006 ...

The last 11 months produced an overwhelming number of great songs. An obscene amount even, which made the very act of narrowing a list down to the 50 best songs of the year made for a tricky assignment. By the time all of Treble's ballots were in, the total candidate field numbered a dizzying 314 ...

I've been a comedy junkie for years. It started with inherited records from my parents: Bill Cosby, the Smothers Brothers, and George Carlin. In between listening to albums by the day's top 'alternative' bands, I was soon hunkering down and reveling in the belly laughs provided by Eddie Murphy, ...

It's common practice to highlight the best albums of the year. We've been doing it every year since 2004 and don't have any plans to stop anytime soon. But sometimes the shorter releases of the year can be overlooked in favor of long players. But 2010 certainly had its share of great EPs, and here ...

In the past 12 months, a lot of veterans have released some spectacular albums. And for that matter, some, like Gil Scott-Heron, emerged after a long absence with some stunning new material. But there's an undeniable thrill about hearing something brand new, and the most exciting music of the year ...

Ever since the Internet became the primary medium through which music videos have been viewed, artists have been breaking more barriers with what they can do with the art form, from ignoring decency standards to making interactive experiences. Some of the best videos this year, however, are merely ...

One of the interesting side effects of MTV phasing out any and all musical programming is that the Internet, in turn, has become the premier venue for music video viewing. And the thing with the Internet, as you might have noticed, is an absence of strict decency standards. As such, artists are ...

One of the interesting shifts in both the music industry and television is that mainstream TV has actually become a reliable source of great musical moments. Admittedly, some of the best moments on TV in the last year didn't happen in the United States, so we technically found out about them ...

While not celebrated quite so fondly in an age of digital media, an album's cover, when done well, is still something to be celebrated. It creates a mood before the music even starts. It catches the eye and draws the potential listener in. And more often than not, stands as a brilliant piece of ...