Episode 14: Favorites of 2010
December 31, 2010
This is my first attempt at any sort of top best of… list. It was quite daunting. Do I do best songs? Best albums? How do I decide what’s best? So, I basically ended up punting and doing a combo of all those things. I split this episode into two halves. The first half is 10 songs in no particular order from 2010 that I thought were pretty great or from albums I thought were pretty great. The second half is 10 songs, ranked in an order, that as of 12/30/2010 I thought were the best of 2010 or on albums that I thought were the best. Overall, personally, this was a great year for me and music. I only had heard music by 4 bands in this list before 2010 (The Slackers, The Hold Steady, Geoff Useless via The Guts, and Bomb the Music Industry). People talk a lot about the music industry dyeing or being on it’s way out but, I think it’s testament to quite the opposite when I can find 16 bands making incredible music that I had never heard of before. The top 2 I saw at Insub Fest this year and that’s what pushed me over the edge to thinking they were awesome. If you get a chance to see The Dopamines or Be My Doppelganger - you must go. I hope you enjoy this episode. Whether you agree with the order I put my picks in or not, I don’t think there’s any denying that this is a great mix of music! Thanks for checking it out and we’ll see ya in 2011!
| Number | Artist | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | We Are The Union | We're All Dead (Great Leaps F orward) |
| 2 | The Holy Mess | A Soulful Punk Tune About A Working Class Dreamer (Benefit Sesh) |
| 3 | The Slackers | How It Feels (The Great Rocksteady Swindle) |
| 4 | The Hold Steady | The Weekenders (Heaven Is Whenever) |
| 5 | Make Do and Mend | Unknowingly Strong (End Measured Mile) |
| 6 | Geoff Useless | Tell Me What (Tell Me What EP) |
| 7 | Bomb the Music Industry! | Slumlord (Adults!!!... Smart!!! Shithammered!!! And Excited By Nothing!!!!!!!) |
| 8 | Spraynard | Ruth Buzzi Better Watch Her Back (Cut and Paste) |
| 9 | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | I Learned The Hard Way (I Learned The Hard Way) |
| 10 | The Wonder Years | New Years Eve with Carl Weathers (The Upsides) |
| 11 | The Bandulus | Ska, Reggae, Soul (Ska. Reggae. Soul.) |
| 12 | Think Big | Losing Ground (Losing Ground) |
| 13 | The State Lottery | Coming Alive (When The Night Comes) |
| 14 | Direct Hit! | Werewolf Shame (Mixtapes/Direct Hit! Split) |
| 15 | Everyone Everywhere | Fld Ovr (Everyone Everywhere) |
| 16 | RVIVR | Cold in Your Bones (LP) |
| 17 | Captain, We're Sinking | Crushed By Milwaukee's Best (It's a Trap!) |
| 18 | Mixtapes | Sprinkles (Thought About Growing Up) |
| 19 | Be My Doppelganger | Turning Seventeen (No Composure) |
| 20 | The Dopamines | Public Domain (Expect the Worst) |