It’s hard to believe 2010 is already over (which is probably why this list is so late), as it was one of the biggest and craziest years of my lifetime. I quit working full time to start a business with my fiance, and, as some of you know, mid-way through last year I decided it […]
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20 words each on 11 of the Best Releases of 2010
By Chris Estey on December 8, 2010 in Asthmatic Kitty, Can You Imagine?, Damien Jurado, Dum Dum Girls, Imaginary Scoop, Jaill, Kill Rock Stars, Local 638 Records, Math and Physics Club, New Pornographers, Parenthetical Girls, Perfume Genius, Reggie Watts, Shabazz Palaces, Slender Means Society, Sub Pop, Sufjan Stevens, Terri Tarantula, The National, The Shondes, The Thermals, The Young Evils, Thee Emergency, Villagers, Wavves, Wehrwolve
{Shabazz Palaces photo from the Three Imaginary Girls Flickr Pool by Jason Tang} Through sheer quirk of fate and possibly my own fatally quirky tastes, the top spots for my four favorite records of the year were given to two separate EPs by two different bands. I’m going to start my Top 20 of 2011 list […]

That's How We Burn
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7.8
/11}Underground veterans Jaill (made up of lead vocalist Vincent Kircher, along with unexplained players Austin Dutmer, Andrew Harris, and Ryan Adams) make a strange connect between shared hometown Milwaukee’s alternative daddies Violent Femmes (think fast songs on the first, frat-loved album), and wordy garage art-rock bands like The Shins. The latter is the major discernible […]