Entries from December 2010

Patrick Wall’s Top Albums of 2010

December 31st, 2010

Mr. Wall is a writer, editor and Doctor Zoidberg enthusiast from Columbia, S.C. He is the music editor of Free Times, contributes to Shuffle magazine and blogs infrequently at WeekendsOfSound. He is a founding member of the Meatsweats, whose sloppy post-punk has pleased nary a critic. Also, Mr. Wall is kind of an asshole. KNEE […]

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Tug Baker’s Top Albums of 2010

December 29th, 2010

Tug Baker is the proprietor of one of our more frequently referenced music blogs, About Today. He also has a loose definition of victuals, as evidenced by this cover piece he wrote for Free Times. He even made downloadable mixes out of his favorites this year because he loves you like that. Here are his […]

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K’s Top Albums of 2010

December 23rd, 2010

Looking back at my list from 2009, I find I still listen to the majority of those records to this day. To be quite honest, I seriously doubt I’ll be listening to the bulk of my Top 10 of 2010 come next year. That’s not to say I don’t love these records; I do. Many […]

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Eric Greenwood’s Top Albums of 2010

December 23rd, 2010

1. Deerhunter, Halcyon Digest (4AD) Some songs are so good they make you pull over to the side of the road to let them sink in. “Helicopter” is one such song. I’m talking goose bumps on your arms good. And it speaks microcosmically to Halcyon Digest’s effect as a whole. As Carrie Brownstein wrote of […]

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Robert J. Howell’s Top Albums of 2010

December 22nd, 2010

Robert J. Howell probably spent more on his turntable than you did on food for the last year. He is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Southern Methodist University and co-wrote a book about the problem of explaining consciousness. Dollars to donuts, he’s smarter than you are. Here are his Top Albums of 2010:

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Logan K. Young’s Top Albums of 2010

December 21st, 2010

Renaissance man of all that is unholy, Logan K. Young is master manipulator of ringtones, turns of phrase, and the sexually undecided. He has once again graced Drawer B with his top ten albums of the year:

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STREAM: New Music from The Cars

December 17th, 2010

So, not only have The Cars reunited with Ric Ocasek, but the newly reformed group (minus bassist Benjamin Orr, who died of pancreatic cancer back in 2000) has even posted clips of a few new tunes. I’m somewhat surprised given the debacle that was The New Cars, a lame attempt by three remaining Cars to […]

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