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MOG Music Network and Obscure Sound have teamed up to offer a Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Deluxe, a beautiful guitar made even better by Tired Pony. The supergroup - which includes Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody and R.E.M. guitarist Mike Mills - autographed the guitar! Anyone can enter to win, simply by answering a question in the comments.

It is getting to that point where serious consideration for the year-end feature must be done. This year’s top 20 or so is relatively easy for me to make; there are so many quality albums that could fit. It is the actual ordering of them that becomes tricky though. November is essentially the last month [...]