Top Albums of 2010

I've finally compiled my list. I chose to rank 39 albums this time, mostly b/c I couldn't figure out where to put the rest of the albums I listened to this year and none of them were that good anyway. So here it is. I might write up a little something more about some of these later.

39. Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks
38. High Places - High Places vs. Mankind
37. Hot Chip - One Life Stand
36. Tokyo Police Club - Champ
35. Girl Talk - All Day
34. High on Fire - Snakes for the Divine
33. Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
32. Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo
31. RJD2 - The Colossus
30. Wavves - King of the Beach

29. Interpol - Interpol

28. Charred Walls of the Damned - Charred Walls of the Damned

27. Matt & Kim - Sidewalks
26. The Black Keys - Brothers

**TOP 25**

25. Broken Bells - Broken Bells
24. Tobacco - Maniac Meat
23. Joy Formidable - A Balloon Called Moaning
22. Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
21. Midlake - The Courage of Others
20. MGMT - Congratulations
19. Die Antwoord - $O$
18. Zola Jesus - Stridulum
17. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
16. Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart
15. Beach House - Teen Dream
14. Spoon - Transference
13. Local Natives - Gorilla Manor
12. The National - High Violet
11. The New Pornographers - Together

**TOP 10**

10. Caribou - Swim
9. Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night
8. Titus Andronicus - Monitor
7. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
6. Vampire Weekend - Contra
5. The Walkmen - Lisbon
4. Harlem - Hippies
3. Sleigh Bells - Treats
2. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
1. LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening

This Weekend In Shows (TWIS) & New Shows

Last show notification of 2010! Here's what you can go see through New Years. Happy holidays!

	Friday, December 17, 8:00pm		Elsinore @ Double Door
	Friday, December 17, 8:00pm		Andrew Bird @ Fourth Presbyterian Church
	Saturday, December 18, 8:00pm		Dashboard Confessional @ Lincoln Hall
	Saturday, December 18, 10:00pm		White Mystery @ Sub-T
	Sunday, December 19, 5:30pm		Dashboard Confessional @ Bottom Lounge
	Monday, December 27, 8:00pm		Paper Arrows @ Schubas
	Thursday, December 30, 7:00pm		Black Keys @ Aragon
	Thursday, December 30, 7:30pm		Pretty Lights/Major Lazer @ Congress Theatre
	Thursday, December 30, 8:00pm		Yeasayer/HEALTH @ Metro
	Thursday, December 30, 9:00pm		Hold Steady @ Lincoln Hall
	Friday, December 31, 7:30pm		Pretty Lights/Holy Fuck @ Congress Theatre
	Friday, December 31, 8:00pm		Pegboy/White Mystery @ Abbey Pub
	Friday, December 31, 8:00pm		Smoking Popes @ Reggie's
	Friday, December 31, 9:00pm		Local H @ Bottom Lounge
	Friday, December 31, 9:00pm		Cursive @ Sub-T
	Friday, December 31, 10:00pm		Flosstradamus @ Lincoln Hall
	Friday, December 31, 10:00pm		Japandroids @ Schubas
	Friday, December 31, 10:00pm		Yeasayer @ Metro

Record Releases - December 14, 2010

Here's what comes out today. Lots of reissues in time for Christmas?

Dec-14-10	Branku - BRANKU!	Kill Shaman
Dec-14-10	Grandaddy - Sumday (reissue)*	The Control Group
Dec-14-10	Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump (reissue)*	The Control Group
Dec-14-10	Grandaddy - Under the Western Freeway (reissue)*	The Control Group
Dec-14-10	Lower Dens - Batman 7"	Gnomonsong
Dec-14-10	Panda Bear - Last Night at the Jetty*	FatCat
Dec-14-10	Saroos - See Me Not	Anticon
Dec-14-10	The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Heart in Your Heartbreak*	Slumberland
Dec-21-10	Curren$y - Muscle Car Cronicles	Def Jam
Dec-21-10	Ghostface Killah - Apollo Kids	Def Jam
Dec-21-10	Ride - Nowhere (reissue)*	Rhino/Warner Bros.

This Weekend in Shows (TWIS) & New Shows

Here's what you can see this week:

	Friday, December 10, 8:00pm		Cloud Cult @ Metro
	Friday, December 10, 9:00pm		Badly Drawn Boy @ Lincoln Hall
	Friday, December 10, 10:00pm		Tennis @ Schubas
	Friday, December 10, 10:00pm		Killing Joke @ Empty Bottle
	Saturday, December 11, 10:00pm		Killing Joke @ Empty Bottle
	Monday, December 13, 8:00pm		Paper Arrows @ Schubas
	Wednesday, December 15, 8:00pm		Andrew Bird @ Fourth Presbyterian Church
	Thursday, December 16, 6:30pm		Minus the Bear @ Vic
	Thursday, December 16, 8:00pm		Andrew Bird @ Fourth Presbyterian Church

Record Releases - December 7, 2010

Here's what comes out this week:

Dec-07-10	Air Waves - Dungeon Dots	Underwater Peoples
Dec-07-10	Banjo or Freakout - 105 7"	Rare Book Room
Dec-07-10	Daft Punk - Tron Legacy OST*	Walt Disney Records
Dec-07-10	DNTL - After Parties 1	Sub Pop
Dec-07-10	DNTL - After Parties 2	Sub Pop
Dec-07-10	Earth - A Beureaucratic Desire for Extra-Capsular Extraction (vinyl reissue)	Souther Lord
Dec-07-10	Eluvium - the Motion Makes Me Last EP	Temporary Residence Ltd.
Dec-07-10	Feist - Look at What the Light Did Now DVD	Interscope
Dec-07-10	Heavy Winged - Sunspotted	Type
Dec-07-10	Memoryhouse - Caregiver b/w Heirloom 7"	Suicide Squeeze
Dec-07-10	Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine: 2010 Remaster	The Null Corporation / The Bicycle Music Co.
Dec-07-10	Sufjan Stevens - All Delighted People EP*	Asthmatic Ktty Records
Dec-07-10	The Coathangers & the Numerators - Chicken 30 b/w Strawvberry Dreams	Suicide Squeeze

This Weekend in Shows (TWIS) & New Shows

Here's what's going on this weekend and next week:

	Friday, December 3, 10:00pm		1900s @ Empty Bottle
	Saturday, December 4, 6:30pm		Roots @ HOB
	Saturday, December 4, 7:30pm		Edward Sharpe @ The Magnetic Zeros @ Congress Theatre
	Saturday, December 4, 8:00pm		Delta Spirit @ Metro
	Sunday, December 5, 7:30pm		Broken Bells @ Vic
	Monday, December 6, 8:00pm		Paper Arrows @ Schubas