Heavy experimental droners Wroom sent us one of our favorite records we’ve ever reviewed. Nigel Barnes let us know the top ten (or maybe nine? eleven?) records he listened to in 2010. Yob – The Great Cessation Inside the gatefold of this double album are a couple of great photos of an amazing Yob show. In [...]
Like most poster artists, Detroit design collective The Silent Giants are really into music. Here is a list of their 2010 jams. 1. The National- High Violet (4AD) High Violet was my most anticipated release of the year and it is nothing short of amazing. The national are able to create such beautiful atmosphere between [...]
Will Wiesenfeld’s Baths project represents one of the most exciting new electronic acts to come out in 2010. Here are his favorite albums from this year. (In No Particular Order (except the first one)): Husky Rescue – “Ship of Light” Darwin Deez – “Darwin Deez” Coco Rosie – “Grey Oceans” Robyn – “Body Talk” Gold [...]
When you tour constantly, it’s hard to get ahold of ten great albums in a year. Brendan Ekstrom from Circa Survive didn’t have ten favorites this year, but he did have six. Enjoy! Deftones- Diamond Eyes The deftones have been one of my favorite bands since Adrenaline changed the way I think about music seventeen [...]
Texas poster artist Todd Slater is a huge music fan. We asked him to tell us about his ten favorite albums from the past year, he delivered. 10. Of Montreal – False Priest This is not my favorite OM album but it did inspire me to make a poster of Prince riding a praying mantis. [...]
Stuart Braithwaite, the legendary guitarist for Mogwai, sent over his great list of favorites from 2010. 1. Brian McBride -The Effective Disconnect 2. Salem – King Night 3. Emeralds – Does It Look Like I’m Here? 4. Umberto – From The Grave 5. Daniel Higgs – Say God 6. LCD Sound System – This Is [...]
Brad Rose, the man behind both the Digitalis label and the Foxy Digitalis website, sent us a great list of this year’s vinyl reissues. Top 10 Vinyl Reissues of 2010 1. Drexciya “Neptune’s Lair” & “Harnessed the Storm” (Tresor) Drexciya make the kind of electronic music I dream of making some day and they were [...]
Experimental power couple Grant Evans (aka Nova Scotian Arms) and Rachel Evans (Motion Sickness of Time Travel) sent over their lists from the past year. “2010 definitely treated our stereo well. We were never once hard-pressed for new jams to space out to; it seems like every other day we were digging something new and [...]
Aaron Horkey is one of the best poster artists working today, plus he’s also one of the biggest music fans I know. It was great to get him in for a list of favorites for 2010. (In No Particular Order): U.S. Christmas, “Run Thick In the Night” (Neurot) Agalloch, “Marrow of the Spirit” (Profound Lore) [...]
Adam Bartlett, head of the Gilead Media label, sent over a ton of great lists for our year-end wrapup. Check them out below, the dude rules. Best Records of 2010 – AKA The best new albums I heard Daughters – Daughters I was a huge fan of As The Sun Sets, but when Daughters first [...]
