New Garage Explosion

My Favorite Albums of 2010

Chinawoman
Show Me the Face (self released)



Magic Slim & the Teardrops
Raising the Bar (Blind Pig)



Klaus & Kinski
Tierra, trágalos (Jabaline)



The Blue Squares
Hard Times (self released)



Cyanide Pills
Cyanide Pills (Damaged Goods)



The Ex
Catch My Shoe (Ex)



The Fall
Your Future Our Clutter (Domino)



Cheese People
Well Well Well (self released)



Bare Wires
Seeking Love (Castle Face)



Laura Marling
I Speak Because I Can (Virgin)



Bettie Serveert
Pharmacy of Love (Palomine)



The Besnard Lakes
The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night (Jagjaguwar)



Boston Spaceships
Our Cubehouse Still Rocks (Guided By Voices)



Pikelet
Stem (Chapter Music)



Howe Gelb and a Band of Gypsies
Alegrias (Eureka)



ミドリ
Shinsekai (SAR)



Clogs
The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton (Brassland)



Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3
Propellor Time (Sartorial)



Guinea Worms
Sorcererers of Madness (4rd Year in a Row) (Columbus Discount)



The Fresh & Onlys
Play It Strange (In the Red)



Giant Sand
Blurry Blue Mountain (Fire)



Club 8
The People's Record (Labrador)



Swans
My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky (Young God)



Elephant9
Walk the Nile (Rune Grammofon)



White Fence
White Fence (Woodsist)



Carolina Chocolate Drops
Genuine Negro Jig (Nonesuch)



Summer People
Good Problems (Red Leader)

friday random ten

[Note: This is a randomized list of some of my favorite albums of 2009 so far...]



She's a River
Gurf Morlix
Last Exit to Happyland (Rootball)




Dirty Water
Shemekia Copeland
Never Going Back (Telarc)




Turbine Womb
Soap&Skin
Lovetune for Vacuum (Play It Again Sam)




Dos Fridas
The Diamond Center
My Only Companion (self released)




Norman Bleik
I Was a King
I Was a King (Hype City)




Get Yo Shit
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
Tell 'em What Your Name Is! (Lost HighwayRecords)




Dues Paid In Full
Ruthie Foster
The Truth According to Ruthie Foster (Blue Corn Music)




Hallway Master
Pikelet
Not So Still [EP] (Special Award)




In a Day
Girl in a Coma
Trio B.C. (Blackheart Records)




Lorca and the Orange Tree
The Mummers
Tale to Tell (Big Bass Drum)


bonus track:


Fuck Your God
The Callas
The Callas (Out of Tune Records)