TOP 20 OF 2010

This is by no means intended to be the 'Ulitmate 2010 list'; just my 20 favorite albums I heard this year.  Other lists will follow.

1- Tame Impala - Innerspeaker



2- Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

 

3- Fang Island - Fang Island



4- The Fresh and Onlys - Play It Strange

  

5- Blackbird Blackbird - Summer Heart LP



6- Ty Segall - Melted



7- Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz



8- Harlem - Hippies




9- The Whitsundays - Saul





10- Young Mammals - Carrots



11- Teen Daze - Four More Years



12- The Fatty Acids - Stop Berries, Berries and Berries, Berries



13- Suuns - Zeroes QC



14- Yeasayer - Odd Blood





15- Fitz & the Tantrums - Pickin' Up the Pieces of Love



16- The Strange Boys - Be Brave



17- Beach House - Teen Dream



18- Miniature Tigers - Fortress





19- Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo



20- Forest Magic - Is Energy

AND I'VE TRIED SO HARD TO SAY PLEASE DON'T GO AWAY

RIYL: talented musicians making music

This is an Austin band that I would like to see soon.  Mother Falcon is a classically trained group of musicians, lead by Nick Gregg.  Due to the number of persons involved in playing Mother Falcon shows, they have not performed anywhere but Austin.  Their website says they perform with anywhere from 10-20 members at a time.  Here is the list of musicians currently playing... 

Laura Andrade- Cello
Rita Andrade - Viola
Italo Benavides - Cello
Diana Burgess - Cello
Kira Bordelon - Violin
Clara Brill - Violin
Nick Calvin - Cello
Maurice Chammah - Violin
Yun Du - Violin
Nick Gregg - Vocals, Cello, Mandolin, Guitar
Austin Harris - Violin
Tamir Kalifa - Vocals, Accordion
Matt Krolick - Trumpet
Gilman Lykken - Bassoon
Josh Newburger - Violin
Claire Puckett - Vocals, Guitar, Piano
Matt Puckett - Vocals, Saxophone, Glockenspiel
Luke Stence - Bass
Isaac Winburne - Saxophone, Percussion, Piano


See... I wasn't bullshitting!  That's a lot of people

Please make the 3 hour trip North up I-35 and come see us!

Mother Falcon - Still Life EP - 2010



YOU DO WHAT YOU DO, I'LL DO WHAT I DO TIL I DIE

Great throwback sound.  I am decidedly a fan of any talented psych-rockers and this suits me perfectly.  The added female vocals set the bad apart from the other psych buzz-bands of the moment.  I think these guys are going to be big.





Secret Colours - (S/T) - 2010

Secret Colours - Tomorrow Never Knows (Beatles cover, single) - 2010

Secret Colours - In The Absence (b/w Carry My Soul) - 2010