Best of 2010

Kevin Drew likes Beach House who played Conan last night

Beach House @ Prospect Park (more by Amanda Hatfield) Kevin Drew’s Favorite Albums of 2010 (via)The National, High Violet (4AD) Here We Go Magic, Pigeons (SECRETLY CANADIAN) Beach House, Teen Dream (SUB POP) Big Boi, Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty (PURPLE RIBBON/DEF JAM) Owen Pallett, Heartland (DOMINO) Brian McBride, The Effective Disconnect (KRANKY) Bishop Morocco, Bishop Morocco (HAND DRAWN DRACULA) Four Tet, There Is Love in You (DOMINO) Matthew Dear, Black City (GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL) Pastor T…

Pitchforks Top 50 Albums of 2010

And the winner is… (obviously) Kanye West. Pitchfork posted their annual much-talked-about list of the best albums of 2010. Much like Rolling Stone, SPIN and others, Kanye’s new album topped the list…

the year 2010 in Metal (BBG's favorite records & live shows)

DOWNLOAD: Thou – “By Endurance We Conquer” (MP3) Sleep at Brooklyn Masonic Temple (more) Lists are very subjective. A “best of” list is always an amalgam of personal experiences – that fateful moment when you press “Play” for the first time, in addition to a grade of excellent songwriting…

the BBC's Sound of 2011 list, new Yuck tour dates, Mona shows & more

DOWNLOAD: Yuck – Rubber (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Yuck – Georgia (MP3) The BBC recently published its Sound of 2011 list, its annual picks of artists they think will be hot next year…

Pitchfork's Top 100 Tracks of 2010

Ariel Pink backstage @ Webster Hall (more by Erez Avissar) Ariel Pink wrote the best song in 2010 Pitchfork says.

Rolling Stone & SPIN list their 'best albums of 2010'

Both Rolling Stone and Spin Magazines have released their top LPs of the year. Guess who tops them both? Full lists below….

MOJO's Top Albums of 2010 + John Grant tour dates & stream

Like every other UK music mag, MOJO published their Top Albums of 2010 list today. Your first reaction to their Album of the Year might be “Who is John Grant…

Q Magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2010

I (Bill) stopped reading Q around 2003 but here’s their Best of 2010 list, topped by The Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs. (NME’s #2 of the year…

NME's Top Albums of 2010

Rough Trade listed These New Puritans at #3. NME listed them as #1. The UK magazine’s full list of favorite albums of the year, below…

Decibel's Top 40 of 2010

DOWNLOAD: Agalloch – “The Watcher’s Monolith” (MP3) Decibel has released their top 40 metal albums of the year, abd Agalloch‘s Marrow of The Spirit landed at #1…
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