Merry Christmas nerds. We are snowed in, Charlotte NC, low on beer and cold meds. Santa made a mighty deposit yesterday, and the kitchen elves were particularly active, rendering roasts and roasted things. A smashing event, full nog.
Good day to bang out the year's best. At least the best we were able to muster. Didn't get to a bunch. Saving for an air conditioned vehicle.
Kind of a more singles year, band's seem less capable or interested in making full length rippers these days. With a few couple of exceptions. The usual white FM from TX, though we did purchase the Kanye thing. We could stand a macho-up.
In order:
1. Walkmen "Lisbon"
The only instance this year where I succumbed to restraint.
2. Deerhunter "Halcyon Digest"
Beerhunter is a better band name, but whatever.
3. Phosphorescent "Here"s to Taking it Easy"
Finally makes a record that makes perfect sense.
4. Black Keys "Brothers"
The soundtrack to bath soap and economy vehicles.
5. Soft Pack "The Soft Pack"
Reminds me of paint as a fragrance, busted, but pretty jiggy when it hits its spots.
6. Superchunk "Majesty Shredding"
This year's sentimental entry. It's our turkey bacon.
7. Tame Impala "Innerspeaker"
Thin Lizzy + Swervedriver = Coco puffs
8. Purling Hiss "P.S.A."
Shredders! #3 Philly best of, right behind cheesesteak and Kurt Vile.
9. Best Coast "Crazy for You"
Pretty good songs about pots and tubes.
10 Avi Buffalo "Avi Buffalo"
Mellow Mommy selection. Right between the AudraRox and Bob Ivan.
Guessing we're forgetting something.
Yer hitlist mixtape:
"Parasites" Soft Pack
"Year's Not Long" Male Bonding
"King of the Beach" Wavves (single of the year?)
"Stroller" Jaill
"Should Have Taken Acid With You" Neon Indian
"Trouble Comes Running" Spoon
"Boyfriend" Best Coast
"Cousins" Vampire Weekend
"While We Were Young " Department of Eagles
"Solitude is Bliss" Tame Impala
"Crown on the Ground" Sleigh Bells
"All the Same" Real Estate
"Old Fang" Black Mountain
"Excess Energies" Les Savy Fav
"Chinatown" Destroyer
"TAOS" Menomena
BEST SHOWS
French Kicks, Hawes wedding
Polvo / Deerhunter, FFFest
Bad Brains, Mohawk
SPOON, ACL
White Rhino, Shiner Stage
Black Joe Lewis, Continental Club
Kurt Vile / Purling Hiss, Emo's
GBV, East Side Drive In
Pixies, Austin Music Hall
Missed the Pavement shows.
Movies seen in theater this year: 1
Tacos consumed (estimate): 400
Worst shooting performance, Crockett High Gym: 0-9
Number of dash lights on the VOLVO that stay lit after car is in gear: ALL
Barracudas caught on fly: 2
Weddings: 5
Charles Newman: 40
Snakes paddled: 1
Hogs cooked: 1
Groins pulled: 1
Interest in resuming wakeboarding ambitions: 0
Yaos!
2 comments:
I had not a drop of alternabeats bumping in my car or on my Beats by Dre in 2010. Mostly got into some Dio-era Sabbath, brand new Maiden, and Baroness. Saddened and dissapointed by Sword, Broken Bells, and a bunch of others. I can haz officially entered middle age?
Yeah the sword shoulda been better, ditto the wolf parade, menomena, clientele, others. Dio is terrifying.
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