Martin Anderson (Trekky Records)
Records
01. Megafaun- Heretofore
02. Sharon Van Etten- Epic
03. Tallest Man on Earth- The Wild Hunt
04. Lost in the Trees- All Alone in an Empty House
05. High Places- High Places vs. Mankind
06. The War On Drugs- Future Weather
07. Des Ark- WXDU vol. III
08. Joanna Newsom- Have One On Me
09. Gayngs- Relayted
10. Butterflies- Residual Child
11. Veelee- Future Sight
12. Embarrassing Fruits- Frontier Justice
13. No Age- Everything in Between
14. William Tyler- Behold the Spirit
15. Menomena- Mines
16. Superchunk- Majesty Shredding
17. Jack Rose- Luck in the Valley
18. Breathe Owl Breathe- Magic Central
19. The Love Language- Libraries
20. Phosphorescent- Here's to Taking it Easy
21. Konono no. 1- Assume Crash Position
22. Sam Quinn- The Fake That Sank a Thousand Ships
23. Broken Social Scene- Forgiveness Rock Record
24. NAPS- Cassette
25. Oval- O
EPs/Singles/7"s
01. Mount Moriah- The Letting Go
02. High Places- Can't Feel Born
03. Wye Oak- My Neighbor/My Creator
04. Tallest Man On Earth- Sometimes the Blues is Just a Passing Bird
05. Sharon Van Etten- I'm Giving Up on You
06. Whatever Brains- Rappers Delight
Shows
Songs of the South - Hayti Heritage Center - Durham, NC
TRKfest 2010 - Piedmont Biofuels - Pittsboro, NC
Akron/Family - Pour House - Raleigh, NC
Lost in the Trees, Midtown Dickens, Sharon Van Etten, Embarrassing Fruits, Butterflies - Pour House - Raleigh, NC
GAYNGS - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC
Tallest Man On Earth - The Bottletree - Birmingham, AL
Lost in the Trees, Stuart McLamb, Midtown Dickens, Butterflies - The Layabout house - Durham, NC
Megafaun, Breathe Owl Breathe, Hi Ho Silver Oh - The Echo - Los Angeles, CA
Bowerbirds, Sharon Van Etten - Iron Horse - Northampton, MA
Lost in the Trees, Veelee, Butterflies - Motorco - Durham, NC
Bowerbirds, Death Vessel, Des Ark - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
Megafaun, The War On Drugs - Mercury Lounge - New York, NY
Mountain Goats, Mount Moriah, Midtown Dickens - The Pinhook - Durham, NC
Phil Cook & his Feat, Catherine Edgerton - The Pinhook - Durham, NC
Driveby Truckers - Toronto, ON
Liars, Lost in the Trees - Antone's - Austin, TX
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Clare Connolly (Auxiliary House)
1. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
2. Josephine Foster - Graphic as a Star
3. Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
4. Sam Amidon - I See the Sign5. Bonnie "Prince" Billy & the Cairo Gang - The Wonder Show of the World
6. Jack Rose - Luck in the Valley
7. Women - Public Strain
8. Richard Youngs - Beyond the Valley of the Ultrahits
9. Phosphorescent - Here's to Taking it Easy
10. Xiu Xiu - Dear God, I Hate Myself
11. Wild Nothing - Gemini
12. Mountain Man - Made the Harbor
13. Les Savy Fav - Root for Ruin
Things I love far too much, in too many ways, to compare them with anything else I listened to this year:
Butterflies - Residual Child
Cassis Orange EP
Embarrassing Fruits - Frontier Justice
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Wil Donegan (Auxiliary House)
Joanna Newsom- Have One On Me
Bill Callahan- Rough Travel For A Rare Thing (live)
Blake Mills- Break Mirrors
Actress- Splazsh
Gil-Scott Heron- I'm New Here
Vex'd- Cloud Seed
Vex'd- Cloud Seed
William Tyler- Behold The Spirit
Home Blitz- Out Of Phase
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Will Hackney (Trekky Records)
Top 16 Albums of 2010
1. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
2. Des Ark - Live on WXDU Vol. 3
3. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
4. Michael Hurley - Blue Hills
5. Joe Norkus - Soft Parenting EP
6. Sharon Van Etten - Epic
7. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
8. Phil Cook and His Feat - s/t
9. Mount Moriah - The Letting Go
10. Drake - Thank Me Later
11. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty
12. Veelee - The Future Sight
13. Schooner - Duck Kee Sessions
14. Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
15. Rick Ross - Teflon Don
16. Xiu Xiu - Dear God, I Hate Myself
Top 10 Shows I played in 2010
1. 03.12 Joanna Newsom + Bowerbirds @ Calvin College. Grand Rapids, MI.
Amazing show in a giant church opening for the genius Joanna.
2. 01.29 Bowerbirds + Julie Doiron @ Historic Brookdale Lodge. Brookdale, CA.
Somehow got booked to play in one of the most haunted buildings in America. Freaky ghost vibes. Look it up on Wikipedia!
3. 05.14 Lost in the Trees + Midtown Dickens + Stu McLamb + Butterflies @ The Layabout. Durham, NC.
Secret surprise show at Craig's was rowdy and electric. Can't believe we had so many people in such a small place.
4. 09.11 DAY-DREAM Hopscotch Day Party @ The Pour House. Raleigh, NC.
Our Hopscotch Day Party was surprisingly packed but unsurprisingly awesome, with all of our bands plus some dear friends.
5. 06.23 Bowerbirds @ Duke Gardens. Durham, NC.
We were hit with a brutal rain and wind storm about an hour before we played, soaked to the bone. But of course the sun came out and made it all better.
6. 10.14 Lost in the Trees + Midtown Dickens @ Legitimate Business. Greensboro, NC.
Incredible energy in one of my favorite venues. LITT Misfits cover and "Love On My Side" sing-along were crucial.
7. 01.19 Bowerbirds + Sharon Van Etten @ Varsity Theater. Minneapolis, MN.
Giant warehouse "theater" in Minneapolis with the most rockstar light show you've ever seen. Intense vibe after Sharon played, as always.
8. 06.26 TRKfest @ Piedmont Biofuels. Pittsboro, NC.
Blissfest.
9. 11.16 Amy Ray Band + Mount Moriah @ Lizard Lounge. Cambridge, MA.
Intimate storytellers simulation in the basement of a nice restaurant in Boston. People were sitting about 2 feet next to me. Close encounters.
10. 07.31 The Mountain Goats + Mount Moriah + Midtown Dickens @ The Pinhook. Durham, NC.
Group sing-along on "This Year". Perfect.
Top 3 Shows I Attended in 2010
1. 03.20 Broken Social Scene @ SXSW. Austin, TX.
Relentless 2.5 hour set in a small club. No cameras allowed. Amazing!
2. 09.11 Tortoise @ Lincoln Theater. Raleigh, NC.
My first Tortoise show. Tortoise transcends time and space.
3. 04.27 Gillian Welch @ Cat's Cradle. Carrboro, NC.
Gillian has one of the best voices I've heard and writes some of the best songs I've ever heard. This show was great despite drunk people whooping everytime Dave Rawlings played a solo.
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Daniel Hart (The Physics of Meaning)
Albums
Sufjan Stevens: "The Age of Adz" and "All Delighted People"
Beach House: "Teen Dream"
Efterklang: "Magic Chairs"
Queen Sea Big Shark: "Wave"
Owen Pallett: "Heartland"
Arcade Fire: "The Suburbs"
Toro y Moi: "Causers of This"
Konono No. 1: "Assume Crash Position"
Lost in the Trees: "All Alone in an Empty House"
Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World: "Soundtrack"
Shows
Sufjams at McFarlin Auditiorium (Dallas), October 20th
Dirty Projectors and Sharon Jones at Les Nuits Des Fourvieres, (Lyon, France), mid-July
TuNe-YaRdS at Central Park, August 1st
Vampire Weekend and Beach House at the Palladium Ballroom (Dallas), September-ish
Debashish Bhattacharya and Man Man and Konono No. 1 at Calgary Folk Festival, July 24-25
Videos
LCD Soundsystem: "Drunk Girls", dir. Spike Jonze
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xT6cdfP_cM
FM Belfast: "Underwear", dir. The Daniels
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUWVCEVv7oE
Big Boi: "Shutterbug", dir. Chris Robinson
http://www.outkast.com/news/big-boi-shutterbug-video
Here We Go Magic: "Fangela", dir. Snejina Latev
(yep, I know it's old but it's AMAZING and I slept on it until the '10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpxZvQsQH8Y
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Patrick Jones (Butterflies)
1. Mice Parade - What It Means to Be Left-Handed
2. The Black Keys - Brothers
3. Zeus - Say Us
4.Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
5. Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
6. Veelee - The Future Sight
7. Jaga Jazzist - One-Armed Bandit
8. Stereolab - Not Music
9. Javelin - No Mas
10. Twin Shadow - Forget
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Josh Kimbrough (Butterflies)
01. Javelin- "No Mas"
01. Javelin- "No Mas"
02. Embarrassing Fruits- "Frontier Justice"
03. Lost in the Trees- "All Alone in an Empty House"
04. Phosphorescent- "Here's to Taking it Easy"
05. Adam Thorn and the Top Buttons- "S/T"
06. Cuddle Magic- "Picture"
07. Joanna Newsom- "Have One on Me"
08. Veelee- "The Future Sight"
09. The Dead C- "Patience"
10. Darwin Deez- "S/T"
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Joe Norkus (Embarrassing Fruits)
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: Before Today
Deerhunter: Halcyon Digest
Sharon Van Etten: Epic
Beach House: Teen Dream
Toro Y Moi: Causers of This
Crystal Castles: II
Local
Wesley Wolfe: Storage
Secret Message Machine: Orphanville
Butterflies: Residual Child
Wild Wild Geese: Sorry, Earth
The Moaners: Nocturnal
Veelee: Future Sight
Free Electric State: Caress
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Ari Picker (Lost in the Trees)
National:
Jonsi - Go
Beach House - Teen Dream
Phosphorescent - Here's to taking it easy
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
Blonde Redhead - Penny Sparkle
Local:
Veelee - The Future Sight
Butterflies - Residual Child
Embarrassing Fruits - Frontier Justice
Best Concerts:
Blonde Redhead @ Cat's Cradle
Aux House @ Nightlight
Midtown Dickens @ Duke Coffee House
Sharon Van Etten @ Black Cat
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Lee Shaw (Embarrassing Fruits)
1. Blag'ard - Mach II
2. Secret Message Machine - Orphanville
3. Wild Wild Geese - Sorry Earth
4. Veelee - Future Sight
5. The Moaners - Nocturnal
6. Butterflies - Residual Child
7. Spermcount - Live Spunk
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David Straughan (Endless Mic)
1. Big Boi - Sir Luscious Left Foot (Son of Chico Dusty)
2. The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt
3. Cee-Lo Green - The Ladykiller
4. The Black Keys - Brother
5. Deerhunter - Halcyondigest
6. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
7. Best Coast - Crazy For You
8. Janelle Monae - Archandroid
9. The Tallest Man on Earth - Sometimes The Blues Is Just a Passing Bird EP
10. Elvis Costello - National Ransom
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Stephen Tunnell (Vibrant Green)
The National- High Violet
Lost in the Trees- All Alone in an Empty House
Phosphorescent- Here's to Taking it Easy
Butterflies- Residual ChildEmbarrassing Fruits- Frontier Justice
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