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
50. LCD Soundsystem – Dance Yrself Clean
49. 1. Dom - Living In America
48. 2. Arcade Fire - We Used To Wait
47. 3. The Walkmen - Victory
46. 4. Free Energy - Free Energy
45. 5. Deerhunter - Desire Lines
44. 6. Delorean - Simple Graces
43. 7. Josh Ritter - Folk Bloodbath
42. 8. Diamond Rings - Show Me Your Stuff
41. 9. Janelle Monae - Tightrope (feat. Big Boi)
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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
150. 1. Toro y Moi - Causers Of This
149. 2. Toadies - Pink
148. 3. Surfer Blood - Take It Easy
147. 4. Local Natives - Warning Sign
146. 5. Dominque Young Unique - War Talk
145. 6. Magic Kids - Good To Be
144. 7. Rihanna - Cheers (Drink To That)
143. 8. Deftones - Royal
142. 9. Wavves - Super Soaker
141. 10. Thrift Store Cowboys - One Gentle Inch To Nine Violent Miles
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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
200. 1. The Golden Filter - Solid Gold
199. 2. Delorean - Real Love
198. 3. Band of Horses - On My Way Back Home
197. 4. Games - Heartlands
196. 5. Cults - Oh My God
195. 6. El Guincho - Bombay
194. 7. Marnie Stern - Nothing Left
193. 8. Interpol - Barricade
192. 9. Ke$ha - Your Love Is My Drug
191. 10. Janelle Monae - Make the Bus (feat. of Montreal)
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no comments | tags: Arcade Fire , Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti , Avi Buffalo , Band of Horses , Beach House , Ben Folds , Best Coast , Big K.R.I.T. , Cloud Nothings , Crystal Castles , Cults , Deerhunter , Delorean , Dent May , Diamond Rings , Drake , El Guincho , Evan Voytas , Fang Island , Free Energy , Games , Harlem , Interpol , Janelle Monae , Japandroids , Josh Ritter , Junip , Kanye West , Ke$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
Sep
23
2010
1. Josh Ritter - Change Of Time
from So Runs the World Away
2. Minus the Bear - My Time
from OMNI
3. The Tallest Man On Earth - King of Spain
from The Wild Hunt
4. Toadies - Dead Boy
from Feeler
5. Deerhunter - Helicopter (Star Slinger Remix)
from Star Slinger’s Bandcamp page
no comments | tags: Deerhunter , Josh Ritter , Minus the Bear , Star Slinger , The Tallest Man On Earth , Toadies | posted in MP3 , Music
Jul
16
2010
1. Panda Bear - Slow-Motion
source /buy
2. Cut Copy - Where I'm Going
source
3. Local Natives - Wide Eyes (Fools Gold ft. Aristotle Pop a Bottle Remix)
source
4. Josh Ritter - Folk Bloodbath
buy
5. Wavves - King of the Beach
buy
no comments | tags: Cut Copy , Fools Gold , Josh Ritter , Local Natives , MP3 , Panda Bear , Wavves | posted in MP3 , Music