Two things I really like about the end of the year–making comprehensive mixes of the music of the last 12 months, and giving cheap presents. This is a way for me to do both. Well, here they are–the first two products of about two weeks (off and on, mind you) of narrowing my year-end favorites [...]

This podcast will serve as the first to be distributed with Feedburner, a free and comprehensive distribution service that will allow marathonpacks to automatically download to your feed-reader of choice. Coolest to me, though, is the ability to feed it directly into your iTunes, and let it update each time you open the application (music [...]

Definitely bound for the top 17 (or maybe even 16!) of marathonpacks’ year-end list, Sons and Daughters‘ debut The Repulsion Box (on Domino Records, of Franz Ferdinand notoriety) is a tense, driving affair rife with a high, rough drama recalling the American Southwest like the Pixies through Surfer Rosa and Nick Cave. The band is [...]