December 2010
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The Velvet Underground “I Found A Reason...
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The Easybeats “Falling Off The Edge Of The...
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The Velvet Underground “Sad Song...
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Slowdive “Catch The Breeze” (from the...
Interview with Peggy Burns of Drawn & Quarterly →
Peggy, Tom , Gigi and Woody are good friends of our family, and Drawn & Quarterly is the BEST. Ended up doing most of my Christmas shopping at the store this year.
(Tom, Gigi, Woody, Peggy drawing by Adrian Tomine)
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SONGZ: Sinoia Caves - The Enchanter Persuaded →
songz:
A Vancouver Classic from 2000!
Blissful, beautiful and deeply spaced album by Jeremy Schmidt, keyboardist for the excellent psych/70s/space/prog-rock-influenced Black Mountain. Mr Schmidt has some wicked keyboards, and uses them brilliantly. 35 minutes of this album are taken up by…
Love this record.
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Sic Alps “Clarence” (from Skulls...
LA DOUBLURE: La Doublure's Favorite Records of... →
ladoublure:
My Favorite Records of 2010
*in no particular order, and including reissues, comps, etc (i.e., my favorite records of 2010, not necessarily the best music made in 2010)
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti- Before Today
What can I say, I love this record. The playing, the…
Very nice end-of-year list from a Von Bingen.
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Curtis Mayfield “Hard Times” (from...
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Roxy Music “The Pride and the Pain”...
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Venuses →
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Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band...
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Captain Beefheart “Her Eyes Are A Blue...
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Al Stewart “In Brooklyn” (from Love...
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Bobbie Gentry “Chickasaw County Child”...
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Graham Nash “Better Days” (from Songs...
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Grimmertown's 10 favorite albums of 2010
For the record, The Velvet Underground The Quine Tapes was my all-in-all favorite release of the year, and that was a reissue of a reissue. Call in comfort, or call it class (as I’d prefer), but this 6-LP set of badly recorded live versions of over-four-decades-old music hit the spot in a way nearly everything else I heard this year didn’t.
the 10 records I enjoyed most:
(click covers...
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Love “Doggone” (from Studio/Live...
Bob Dylan's Shortest Interview. →
DYLAN: This next number is a song I once did with the Band. You remember the Band, don’t you? It was on an album called Planet Waves. It sold twelve copies. CREEM: WHY? DYLAN: Get this guy outta here.
Google Translate Beatbox. →
songz:
Click on the “Listen” button! rules!
great news!
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Grimmertown's 10 favorite compilations of 2010
Cloud Cuckooland (Finders Keepers)
In a Cloud: New Sounds of San Francisco (Secret Seven)
I Remember The First Time I Heard Your Voice (Dirty)
Deutsche Elektronische Musik: Experimental German Rock & Electronic Music 1972-1983 Vols. 1 & 2 (Soul Jazz)
Fihavanana: A Collection of Field Recordings and Photography from Madagasikara (Mississippi)
Minimal Wave Tapes...
ladoublure:
Scott Walker - We Came Through
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Grimmertown's 10 favorite reissues of 2010
…also includes single artist compilations and previously unreleased archival recordings…
The Velvet Underground The Quine Tapes (Sundazed)
Marika Papagika The Further The Flame, The Worse It Burns Me (Mississippi)
Robert Wyatt Shleep (Domino)
The Monochrome Set Early Recordings 1975-1977: “White Noise” (Captured Tracks)
Iggy Pop & James Williamson Kill City (Bomp)
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Love “Gather ‘Round” (from Out...
Georgie Fame “Do Re Mi” (1964)
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Levon & The Hawks “He Don’t Love...
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The Walker Brothers “Deadlier Than The...
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The Monochrome Set “Inside Your Heart”...