Paul Shirley

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Shirley's Top 10 albums of the year

Paul Shirley, Special to ESPN.com

The past year wasn't so good for a lot of people, but there was plenty of great music that Paul Shirley had to choose from to make his Top 10 albums of 2009 list.

Story | Conversation | December 22, 2009

Doldrums give way to musical ghosts

Paul Shirley, Special to ESPN.com

While being reminded of the Sunday doldrums of his youth, Paul Shirley is visited by the Ghosts of Musical Past, Present and Future, who are better known as Spoon, Metric and Hockey.

Story | Conversation | December 14, 2009

Old music favorites get better with age

Paul Shirley, Special to ESPN.com

Paul Shirley debates author Todd Gallagher about the quality of music high schoolers listen to today compared with 15 years ago, and somehow Pink gets caught in the middle.

Story | Conversation | December 07, 2009

Smell the memory with music

Paul Shirley, Special to ESPN.com

Certain albums once marked significant moments in Paul Shirley's life. But as his musical library has expanded, those noteworthy Shirley sound track events have somehow become less frequent.

Story | Conversation | November 30, 2009

Music ideas for everyone on your list

Paul Shirley, Special to ESPN.com

Finding the right musical gift for everyone on your shopping list isn't easy, so Paul Shirley is here to match those diverse personalities with the albums they need.

Story | Conversation | November 24, 2009

Charisma energizes a musician's stature

Paul Shirley, Special to ESPN.com

As the sometimes puzzling allure of Leonard Cohen shows, singers better have a healthy dose of charisma to go along with whatever amount of talent they possess if they want to survive in today's music industry.

Story | Conversation | November 16, 2009

In search of the meaning of post-rock

Paul Shirley, Special to ESPN.com

How can you define post-rock if the bands of that genre are reluctant to be labeled? Paul Shirley gives it a shot.

Story | Conversation | November 09, 2009

Mascis' music brightens night's mood

Paul Shirley, Special to ESPN.com

Paul Shirley's plans for a musical man date unfortunately had to be altered because of a tragedy in Bruce Springsteen's inner circle, but Dinosaur Jr. came to the rescue.

Story | Conversation | November 02, 2009

Show faith in Brand New's progression

Paul Shirley, Special to ESPN.com

Brand New isn't afraid to write about religious subjects, but that doesn't make them a Christian band, writes Paul Shirley.

Story | Conversation | October 26, 2009

Go for it, try the new Jamie T

Paul Shirley, Special to ESPN.com

Jamie T's "Kings and Queens" is an impressive sophomore follow-up to the 2007 song "Sheila," which sparked Paul Shirley's interest in the British singer-rapper.

Story | Conversation | October 19, 2009

Steel cage match of grunge greats

Paul Shirley, Special to ESPN.com

Grunge greats Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains recently released new albums mere days apart, so Paul Shirley pits them against each other and declares a winner.

Story | Conversation | October 12, 2009

Rain, lawn chairs test my limits at Austin

Paul Shirley, Special to ESPN.com

After three days of sidestepping lawn chairs, slogging through the mud and, of course, listening to great and not-so-great music, Paul Shirley reports on the Austin City Limits festival.

Story | Conversation | October 02, 2009

I saw the sign so you can open your ears

Paul Shirley, Special to ESPN.com

Now that you and Paul Shirley know each other better, he's put together sort of a mix tape of some artists you need to hear. Nothing weird, just a musical cheat sheet from a friend, so enjoy.

Story | Conversation | June 22, 2009

In honor of Tisdale, give Auerbach a try

Paul Shirley, Special to ESPN.com

Continuing on his jazz theme, Paul Shirley pays tribute to Wayman Tisdale the man and recommends a musician he probably would have liked -- Dan Auerbach.

Story | Conversation | May 18, 2009

It's not you, it's jazz and the NBA

Paul Shirley, Special to ESPN.com

While blissfully challenging his ignorance of the intricacies of jazz, Paul Shirley discovers it's like the NBA in that some abstract art forms aren't for everyone.

Story | Conversation | May 11, 2009