This Weekend In Shows (TWIS) & New Shows

Arcade Fire & National, Zola Jesus and others added to the SHOWcal. Here's what's on tap for the coming week:

	Friday, January 21, 10:00pm		Life and Times @ Empty Bottle
	Saturday, January 22, 8:00pm		Liz Phair @ Metro
	Wednesday, January 26, 8:00pm		Josh Carter (Smoking Popes) @ Schubas
	Thursday, January 27, 8:00pm		Jayhawks @ Vic

Record Releases - January 18, 2011

Here's what comes out today. Stuff marked * should be good:

Jan-18-11	16 Horsepower - Yours Truly	Alternative Virus
Jan-18-11	Boris - Live In Japan DVD	Southern Lord
Jan-18-11	Braids - Native Speaker	Kanine
Jan-18-11	Catwalk - One By Words 7"	Captured Tracks
Jan-18-11	Daniel Martin Moore - The Cool of the Day	Sub Pop
Jan-18-11	Disappears - Guider	Kranky
Jan-18-11	Distractions - Dark Green Sea	Infinite Best Recordings
Jan-18-11	Eulogies - Tear The Fences Down	Dangerbird
Jan-18-11	Fergus & Geronimo - Unlearn	Hardly Art
Jan-18-11	Robert Pollard - Space City Kicks	Guided By Voices, Inc.
Jan-18-11	Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde*	Fat Possum
Jan-18-11	Sparklehorse - Good Morning Spider (vinyl reissue)*	Plain
Jan-18-11	Sparklehorse - Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot (vinyl reissue)*	Plain
Jan-18-11	Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies (vinyl reissue)	Plain
Jan-18-11	Spiritualized - Pure Phase (vinyl reissue)	Plain
Jan-18-11	Tennis - Cape Dory*	Fat Possum
Jan-18-11	The Decemberists - The King is Dead*	Capitol
Jan-18-11	White Fence - Is Growing Faith	Woodsist
Jan-18-11	White Lies - Rituals	Fiction / Interscope

This Weekend In Shows (TWIS) CORRECTION

Looks like my macro missed several shows this weekend. Stupid MobileMe. Here's the better list:

	Friday, January 14, 8:00pm		Mister Heavenly/Screaming Females @ Lincoln Hall
	Friday, January 14, 8:00pm		Fol Chen @ Lincoln Hall
	Friday, January 14, 9:00pm		Twin Shadow/Fol Chen @ Schubas
	Saturday, January 15, 8:00pm		Handsome Furs @ Lincoln Hall
	Saturday, January 15, 9:00pm		How to Dress Well @ Hideout
	Sunday, January 16, 9:00pm		Little Dragon @ Lincoln Hall

This Weekend In Shows (TWIS) & New Shows

Besnard Lakes put on an amazing show last night. Frankie Rose and the Outs was a pleasant (if not quite up to the hype) opener, but both sets made me realize I haven't been to nearly enough live shows in this new year. We're in the middle of the Tomorrow Never Knows festival in these parts, and I'm kicking myself for not seeing more of it. But, that all changes now. New shows have been added to the SHOWcal, including Crystal Castles, Smoking Popes, Of Montreal, and Simian Mobile Disco. Here's what's on tap for the coming week:

	Friday, January 14, 8:00pm		Fol Chen @ Lincoln Hall
	Friday, January 14, 9:00pm		Fol Chen @ Schubas
	Saturday, January 15, 8:00pm		Handsome Furs @ Lincoln Hall
	Saturday, January 15, 9:00pm		How to Dress Well @ Hideout

Record Releases - January 11, 2011

And now for some decent new releases in 2011!

Jan-11-11	British Sea Power - Valhalla Dancehall*	Rough Trade
Jan-11-11	Broken Records - Let Me Come Home	4AD
Jan-11-11	Cake - Sick of You*	Upbeat Records
Jan-11-11	Cheveu - 1000	Kill Shaman
Jan-11-11	Clive Tanaka y Su Orquesta - Jet Set Siempre #1 (vinyl edition)	Tall Corn Music
Jan-11-11	Ducktails - Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamics	Woodsist
Jan-11-11	Dungen - Oga Nasa Mum b/w Highway Wolf	Third Man
Jan-11-11	Love and Rockets - Sorted! The Best of Love and Rockets	Beggars Banquet
Jan-11-11	MINKS - By The Hedge	Captured Tracks
Jan-11-11	N.E.R.D. - The Best of N.E.R.D.*	Virgin/EMI
Jan-11-11	Shenda K - The Most Wanted	Fanatic Records
Jan-11-11	Starflyer 59 - The Changing of the Guard	Burnt Toast Vinyl
Jan-11-11	Tape Deck Mountain - Secret Serf EP	Lefse
Jan-11-11	The Cult - Pure Cult Singles Compilation	Beggars Banquet
Jan-11-11	The Fall - The Nation's Saving Grace (Omnibus Edition)	Beggars Banquet
Jan-11-11	The Pixies - Wave of Mutilation: The Best of the Pixies*	4AD
Jan-11-11	Widowspeak - Brainfreeze 7"	Captured Tracks
Jan-11-11	Wire - Red Barked Tree	Pink Flag

New Shows, This Weekend In Shows (TWIS)

Destroyer! Surfer Blood! All the new shows for the new year have been added over at SHOWcal. Here's what you can see this week:

	Friday, January 7, 7:30pm		Weezer (Blue Album) @ Aragon
	Friday, January 7, 8:00pm		Marcy Playground @ Double Door
	Friday, January 7, 9:00pm		Go Long Mule/Alison Breitman/Julia Klee
	Saturday, January 8, 7:30pm		Weezer (Pinkerton) @ Aragon
	Saturday, January 8, 8:00pm		Wu Tang @ Congress
	Wednesday, January 12, 8:00pm		Helio Sequence @ Lincoln Hall
	Thursday, January 13, 8:00pm		Besnard Lakes @ Lincoln Hall
	Thursday, January 13, 9:30pm		Del Rey @ Empty Bottle

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