Jan
13
2011
20. Vampire Weekend – Contra
Vampire Weekend – Cousins
19. Jeff the Brotherhood – Heavy Days
Jeff the Brotherhood – Bone Jam
18. Male Bonding – Nothing Hurts
Male Bonding – Year’s Not Long
17. Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter – Desire Lines
16. The Tallest Man On Earth – The Wild Hunt
The Tallest Man On Earth – King of Spain
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no comments | tags: Deerhunter, Fang Island, Jeff the Brotherhood, Male Bonding, Star Slinger, The Radio Dept., The Tallest Man On Earth, The-Dream, Toadies, Vampire Weekend | posted in Best of 2010, List, MP3, Music
Jan
5
2011
no comments | tags: A-Trak, Band of Horses, Ben Folds, Best Coast, Big Boi, Big K.R.I.T., Bon Iver, Carte Blanche, ceo, Chiddy Bang, Cloud Nothings, Crystal Castles, De La Soul, Deftones, DOM, Dominique Young Unique, Drake, Evan Voytas, Free Energy, Games, Gauntlet Hair, Gil Scott-Heron, Gorillaz, Gruff Rhys, Hooray For Earth, Japandroids, Jay Z, Jeff the Brotherhood, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Kelis, Kid Sister, Magic Kids, Matthew Dear, Nick Hornby, Nicki Minaj, One Wolf, PS I Love You, Rick Ross, Rihanna, Robyn, School of Seven Bells, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Sleigh Bells, Star Slinger, Superchunk, Tame Impala, The National, The White Stripes, The-Dream, Thrift Store Cowboys, Toadies, Twin Shadow, Vampire Weekend, Wavves, Wolf Gang, Yeasayer | posted in Best of 2010, List, MP3, Music
Dec
15
2010
This year I made the big move from Lubbock to Austin, and the transformation has done wonders for my live music fix. I should have been writing down all the awesome bands I saw this year (and the years before, for that matter) but alas, hindsight, she is 20/20 once again. I think this post covers the highlights more or less, however. There’s plenty of great live music I saw this year that I’m leaving out, but after the jump, in no particular order, are twelve of the best shows I witnessed in 2010, eleven of them right here in the Live Music Capital of the World.
And for the record, I wanted to put the Sleigh Bells show on here, as fun as it was once they finally started playing, but everyone who attended knows Beauty Bar is at fault for that show’s omission. What a disaster.
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no comments | tags: A-Trak, Andrew WK, Antone's, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Austin, Austin Music Hall, Besnard Lakes, Best Coast, Big Boi, Big Freedia, Cults, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Dam-Funk, Dead Confederate, Deftones, Dirty Projectors, Dominique Young Unique, Dwight Yoakam, East Side Drive In, Free Energy, Fun Fun Fun Fest, Green Day, Hanson, Hold Steady, Japandroids, Jeff the Brotherhood, Josh Ritter, Local Natives, Man Man, Mohawk, No Age, Nutty Brown Cafe, OFF!, Peelander Z, Pixies, Red 7, RJD2, Slick Rick, Small Black, Stubb's, Superpages.com Center, Surfer Blood, SXSW, The New Pornographers, The Thermals, Toadies, Toro y Moi, Washed Out, Waterloo Park, Waterloo Records, Wavves, Weird Al Yankovic | posted in Analysis, Best of 2010, Music, Opinion