just got a fantastic shipment of vinyl. heres what Im listening to.

Jesu: Heartache & Dethroned (White)

lately Ive really been blown away with the metal/shoegaze style Justin Broadrick plays. His tunes are so powerful. This is a reissue of his first EP Heartache and a collection of early songs that were never released.

Mastodon: Leviathan Reissue (Orange)

in my top 10 favorite albums of all time.

Path Metheny: New Chautauqua

Released in 1979. This is just him playing a 12 string acoustic guitar. My favorite of his.

Dave Brubeck: Countdown- Time In Outer Space

Nails: Unsilent Death

Produced by one of the guys in Converge. One of the shortest yest most relentlessly heavy albums I have ever heard.

Cloudkicker: Beacons

One man instrumetal act. I love this guy’s rhythms.

Mogwai: Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will

Mogwai’s 2011 release.

Beck-Modern Guilt

Helms Alee- Night Terror

Another amazing Hydrahead band.

I Also preordered the new Radiohead album which comes with a bunch of art drawn by Thom Yorke and a bunch of other extras. There is alot of speculation that the 8 tracks that were released digitally will not be the only ones on the vinyl release. I wouldnt doubt it with Radiohead.

Ok so it’s a little late but I finally feel like I can post a best of 2010 album list that I feel confident in. Honestly I had a really hard time coming up with 10 albums that I was truly impressed with. Maybe I just didnt listen to enough music this year. However I recently discovered The Black Angels and Amia Venera Landscape records and they both sound excellent! Here they are in order:

1. The Black Keys-Brothers

2. Cloudkicker-Beacons

3. Intronaut-Valley of Smoke

4. Menomena-Mines

5. Nails-Unsilent Death

6. The Album Leaf-A Chorus of Storytellers

7. The Gaslight Anthem-American Slang

8. Pantha Du Prince-Black Noise

EPS & 7”s:

Torche-Songs For Singles

Frodus-Soundlab 1

Worth Mentioning:

The Black Angels-Phospene Dream

Amia Venera Landscape-The Long Procession

Jesu-Heartache & Dethroned (Reissue)

I think 2011 is going to be alot better for music.

There have been some great music releases this year. Heres are my picks for best of 2010. Still waiting for the new Underoath!

• Intronaut - Valley of Smoke
• The Black Keys - Brothers
• Nails - Unsilent Death
• Maps & Atlases - Perch Patchwork
• Torche - Songs For Singles
• The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang
• Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise
• Isis/Melvins Split
• Menomena - Mines
• Local Natives - Gorilla Manor