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

Record Releases - November 30, 2010

Here's what comes out this week:

Nov-30-10	Dreams - TBD	Kill Shaman
Nov-30-10	Florence and the Machine - KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic 10"	Universal Republic
Nov-30-10	Kisses - The Heart of the Nightlife	This is Music
Nov-30-10	Ladytron - Ace of Hz	Nettwerk
Nov-30-10	Laurel Halo - King Felix	Hippos in Tanks
Nov-30-10	Simian Mobile Disco - Delicacies	Delicacies
Nov-30-10	Sonny Smith - 100 Records Volume Two	I Miss Turn Up
Nov-30-10	The 1900s - Return of the Century	Parasol Records

Record Releases - November 23, 2010

Here's what's out this week. It's pretty barren for new releases during the holidays. Stuff marked * might be good:

Nov-22-10	Girls - Broken Dreams Club*	True Panther
Nov-22-10	Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy	Roc-A-Fella / Def Jam
Nov-23-10	Barn Owl & The Infinite String Ensemble - The Headlands	Important
Nov-23-10	Eleh - Radiant Vibrations	Important
Nov-23-10	Eleh/Ellen Fullman - Split	Important
Nov-23-10	Gentleman Jesse & His Men - Got The Wrong Man b/w Stufforn Ghost 7"	HoZac
Nov-23-10	Girls Names | Brilliant - I Lose / You Win 7"	Slumberland
Nov-23-10	Group Doueh - Beatte Harab	Sublime Frequencies
Nov-23-10	MF Doom - Special Herbs Box - Vol. 0-9	Nature Sounds
Nov-23-10	Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday	Young Money
Nov-23-10	Reading Rainbow - Prism Eyes	HoZac
Nov-23-10	Royal Baths - 7" EP	HoZac
Nov-23-10	The Happy Thoughts - The Happy Thoughts	HoZac
Nov-23-10	Yuck - Georgia 7"	Fat Possum

This Weekend in Shows (TWIS) & New Shows

It's not even Thanksgiving, and we already have a show booked for May. Check out all the new additions over at the SHOWcal. Here's what you can see in the coming week:

	Friday, November 19, 7:00pm		Ezra Furman & the Harpoons @ Kingsbury Hall
	Friday, November 19, 8:00pm		Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti/Os Mutantes @ Metro
	Friday, November 19, 9:00pm		DJ Shadow @ Park West
	Saturday, November 20, 7:00pm		Josh Carter (Smoking Popes) @ Schubas
	Saturday, November 20, 8:00pm		Nitzer Ebb @ Double Door
	Sunday, November 21, 7:00pm		No Age @ Lincoln Hall
	Sunday, November 21, 7:30pm		KT Turnstall @ Vic
	Tuesday, November 23, 7:00pm		Wold Parade @ House of Blues
	Tuesday, November 23, 8:00pm		The Frames @ Vic

Record Releases - November 16, 2010

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

Nov-16-10	Brave Irene - Brave Irene 12"	Slumberland
Nov-16-10	Bruce Springsteen - The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story (Box Set)	Columbia
Nov-16-10	D'Eon - Palinopsia	Hippos in Tanks
Nov-16-10	Deerhoof/Physical Forms - Hoofdriver 7"*	Polyvinyl
Nov-16-10	Dum Dum Girls - Bhang Bhang, I'm A Burnout 7"*	Slumberland
Nov-16-10	Expo '70 - Sonic Messenger	Beta-Lactam Ring
Nov-16-10	Faun Fables - Lighe of a Vaster Darke	Drag City
Nov-16-10	Japandroids - Heavenward Grand Prix 7"*	Polyvinyl
Nov-16-10	Matthew Dear - You Put a Smell On Me	Ghostly International
Nov-16-10	Pan American - Fore Waiting, For Chasing	Kranky
Nov-16-10	Pigeons - Liasons	Soft Abuse
Nov-16-10	Rhianna - Loud	Def Jam
Nov-16-10	Sharon Van Etten - I'm Giving Up on You	Polyvinyl
Nov-16-10	Stereolab - Not Music	Drag City
Nov-16-10	The Russian Futurists - the Weight's on the Wheels	Upper Class
Nov-16-10	The Shipping News - One Less Heartless to Fear	Karate Body

This Weekend in Shows (TWIS) & New Shows

Wu Tang added to the SHOWcal, and not much else. So, suck on what you can see this week instead:

	Saturday, November 13, 6:00pm		Robyn @ Metro
	Saturday, November 13, 10:00pm		The Blow @ Empty Bottle
	Sunday, November 14, 7:00pm		Surfer Blood/The Drums @ Lincoln Hall
	Sunday, November 14, 9:00pm		Dan Deacon @ Hideout
	Monday, November 15, 8:00pm		Ezra Furman (solo acoustic) @ Schubas
	Monday, November 15, 9:30pm		Small Black @ Empty Bottle
	Tuesday, November 16, 9:00pm		Shearwter @ Lincoln Hall
	Wednesday, November 17, 6:00pm		Suicidal Tendencies @ Metro
	Wednesday, November 17, 8:00pm		Dresden Dolls @ Vic
	Wednesday, November 17, 9:00pm		Delorean @ Lincoln Hall
	Wednesday, November 17, 9:30pm		Maserati @ Empty Bottle

Record Releases - November 9, 2010

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

Nov-06-10	Bjorn Torske - Kokning	Smalltown Supersound
Nov-06-10	Expo '70 - Sonic Messenger	Beta-Lactam Ring
Nov-09-10	Botany - Feeling Today EP	Western Vinyl
Nov-09-10	Cee Lo Green - Lady Killer*	Atlantic
Nov-09-10	Fenn O'Berg - Live in Japan Part One and Live in Japan Part Two	Editions Mego
Nov-09-10	Fern Knight - Castings	VHF
Nov-09-10	Gregory and the Hawk - Leche	FatCat
Nov-09-10	Justine & The Victorian Punks - Beautiful Dreamer / Still You 12"	DFA
Nov-09-10	Le Sins - Lina 23"	Carpark
Nov-09-10	Maserati - Pyramid of the Sun*	Temporary Residence Ltd.
Nov-09-10	Meca Normal - Malachi 7"	K Records
Nov-09-10	Minks - TBD LP	Captured Tracks
Nov-09-10	Nadja - Bodycage	Broken Spine
Nov-09-10	Nightlands - Forget the Mantra	Secretly Canadian
Nov-09-10	Orange Juice - Coals to Newcastle	Domino
Nov-09-10	Parting Gifts - Strychnine Dandelions	In The Red
Nov-09-10	Phil Wilson - God Bless Jim Kennedy	Slumberland
Nov-09-10	Saroos - See Me Not	Anticon
Nov-09-10	Shigeto - Full Circle	Ghostly International
Nov-09-10	Soft Circle - Shore Obsessed	PPM
Nov-09-10	Soft Moon - TBD LP	Captured Tracks
Nov-09-10	Supersilent - Supersilent 10	Rune Grammofon
Nov-09-10	Supersilent - Supersilent 11	Rune Grammofon
Nov-09-10	The Big Pink - Tapes	!K7
Nov-09-10	The Concretes - WYWH	Friendly Fire
Nov-09-10	The Greenhornes - ****	Third Man
Nov-09-10	The Orb and Youth - Impossible Oddities	Year Zero
Nov-09-10	The Tallest Man on Earth - Sometimes the Blues is Just a Passing Bird*	Dead Oceans
Nov-09-10	Tobacco - LA UTI EP	Anticon
Nov-09-10	Tyvek - Nothing Fits	In The Red
Nov-09-10	Weekend - Sports	Slumberland
Nov-09-10	Woolfy - The Looking Glass 12"	DFA
Nov-09-10	Wyatt/Atzmon/Stephen - For the Ghosts	Domino