Jan
9
2011
no comments | tags: Arcade Fire, Avey Tare, Big K.R.I.T., Broken Social Scene, Dr. Dog, Harlem, How to Destroy Angels, Josh Ritter, Kelis, No Age, School of Seven Bells, Scissor Sisters, She & Him, Superchunk, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, The New Pornographers, Tokyo Police Club, Twin Shadow, Ty Segall, Warpaint | posted in Best of 2010, List, Music
Jan
6
2011
no comments | tags: Arcade Fire, Beach House, Big Boi, Brothertiger, Cee Lo Green, Cloud Nothings, Colleen Green, Crystal Castles, Deerhunter, Delorean, Diamond Rings, DOM, Evan Voytas, Fang Island, Free Energy, Hooray For Earth, Janelle Monae, Josh Ritter, Kanye West, LCD Soundsystem, Male Bonding, Nicki Minaj, Pusha T, Rihanna, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Stars, Superchunk, Tame Impala, The Tallest Man On Earth, The Thermals, The Walkmen, Toro y Moi, Vampire Weekend | posted in Best of 2010, List, MP3, Music
Jan
4
2011
no comments | tags: Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Band of Horses, Beach House, Ben Folds, Big Boi, Brothertiger, ceo, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Cults, Deerhunter, Deftones, Delorean, Diamond Rings, Dominique Young Unique, Fang Island, Janelle Monae, Japandroids, Josh Ritter, Kelis, LCD Soundsystem, Local Natives, Magic Kids, Male Bonding, Marnie Stern, Nick Hornby, OFF!, Onra, PS I Love You, Reggie B, Rihanna, Robyn, Rogue Wave, Sleigh Bells, Surfer Blood, Tanlines, Teenage Fanclub, The Hold Steady, The National, The New Pornographers, The Radio Dept., The Tallest Man On Earth, The Thermals, The-Dream, Thrift Store Cowboys, Toadies, Tobacco, Toro y Moi, TV Girl, Wavves | posted in Best of 2010, List, MP3, Music
Jan
3
2011
no comments | tags: Arcade Fire, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Avi Buffalo, Band of Horses, Beach House, Ben Folds, Best Coast, Big K.R.I.T., Cloud Nothings, Crystal Castles, Cults, Deerhunter, Delorean, Dent May, Diamond Rings, Drake, El Guincho, Evan Voytas, Fang Island, Free Energy, Games, Harlem, Interpol, Janelle Monae, Japandroids, Josh Ritter, Junip, Kanye West, Ke$ha, LCD Soundsystem, Lindstrom and Christabelle, Marnie Stern, Nick Hornby, No Age, Of Montreal, OFF!, One Wolf, Restless People, Star Slinger, T.I., Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Telephoned, The Black Keys, The Delta Mirror, The Golden Filter, The Hold Steady, The Radio Dept., The Thermals, The Walkmen, The White Stripes, Underworld, 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
50. LCD Soundsystem – Dance Yrself Clean
