THE NEU TOPS (2011 releases)
Yuck, s /t
Wye Oak, Civilian
Bon Iver, s/t
Hammers of Misfortune, 17th Street
Furrows, Malcontent & Adored
tUnE-YaRdS, w h o k i l l
Widowspeak, s/t
Overnight Lows, “Slit Wrist Rock Rock N’Roll” b/w “I’m Gonna Be Everything”
Bass Drum of Death, GB City
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Here We Rest
Tennis, Cape Dory
Davila 666, Tan Bajo
Big K.R.I.T., “Country Shit” (remix)
Lykke Li, “Sadness Is a Blessing”
Missing Monuments, Painted White
THEM OLD TOPS (pre-2011 releases I just got into/got real back into)
Joni Mitchell’s jazz catalog (Hejira, Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter, The Hissing of Summer Lawns)
Mastodon, Crack the Skye
R.E.M. catalog
David Dondero, Number Zero with a Bullet
Dio, Holy Diver
Megadeth catalog
Black Sunday, various 7”s
Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago
Stryper, To Hell with the Devil
Black Sabbath, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Dennis Wilson, Pacific Ocean Blue
Reigning Sound, “Funny Thing”
Liver Mousse, Sans Pants EP
Best Live Shows
Vivian Girls, Widowspeak, Los Buddies (Sneaky Beans)
Venice Is Sinking, Wooden Finger, a. Fox (Blaylock Studio)
Taylor Hildebrandt & Passenger Jones, Wooden Finger, Johnny Bertram & the Golden Bicycles (Martin’s Bar, St. Patrick’s Day)
Liver Mousse (Ole Tavern, March 2011)
Furrows, Liver Mousse (Eudora Welty Commons)
Horse Trailer (Hal & Mal’s)
El Obo, Dead Gaze (Hal & Mal’s)
Mr. Kid & the Brothers Fox, Spacewolf, Mark Roemer (Hal & Mal’s)
Eye Candy
Josh Schooler (of PAPER DAGGERS)
Justin Schultz (of the Flying Chair).
Rest In Peace
Poly Styrene
Bebop Record Shop