Thursday, December 16, 2010

Blog of Lists

"T'was the morning after a long night and I was trying to think of something to write." A little shout out to the "Season". A time when we all look back and look ahead and speaking of "a head" (what? am I supposed to apologize for liking puns); I'm sure many of you have heard about the girl below. Her name is Ann Kirstin Kennis and she is most recently famous for donning the cover of Vampire Weekends Album Contra (she was a busy model in the 80's). She claims that she never gave permission for her photo to be used (despite her signature on the release form). She is now suing for $2 million. What I want to know is did she illegally download the album? I could go on about about artists rights and how musicians get a raw deal but... instead I'll just encourage you to tell me what YOU think in todays reader's poll.

Now for the lists

Top 3 Local Record Shops

3.Red Cat
2. Scratch
1. Zulu

Top 5 Local Venues for Live Music

5. The Media Club
4. Venue
3. The Rickshaw Theatre
2. The Commodore
1. The Biltmore

Top 10 Concerts of the Year

10. The Cave Singers
9. Matt & Kim
8. Broken Bells (The Morning Benders opened)
7. The Drums and Surfer Blood
6. The Tallest Man on Earth (S. Carey opened)
5. Bear in Heaven and Cymbals Eat Guitars (Freelance Whales opened)
4. The Black Keys
3. J Roddy Walston and the Business, Phosphorescent and Deer Tick
2. Free Energy and Titus Andronicus
1. Sasquatch (I know this is technically not a concert but a festival and it's not local but it's the best)

Top 40 Albums of the Year (40-21) (Stay tuned for the top 20 soon)

40. Woods - At Echo Lake
39. She & Him - Volume 2
38. LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening
37. Male Bonding - Nothing Hurts
36. Joanna Newsome - Have One On Me
35. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
34. Warpaint - the Fool
33. The Roots - How I Got Over
32. Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
31. Surfer Blood - Astrocoast
30. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
29. The Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards
28. Spoon - Transference
27. Yeasayer - Odd Blood
26. Best Coast - Crazy for You
25. J Roddy Walston and the Business - Self Titled
24. Diamond Rings - Special Affectations
23. Sleigh Bells - Treats
22. MGMT - Congratulations
21. Crystal Castles - Self Titled

Check out Joanna Newsome here and Tame Impala here

All other bands should be on the  Tasty Top 40 (40-21) playlist below






Check out the video from local band Zoomafloome. Go!

Posted by Tasty Ears at 1:10 PM

3 comments:

  1. Kemosabe CafeDecember 17, 2010 at 11:15 AM

    Good post Beard about town. The new video looks great! I think you should do a list of best band beards of 2010. I know I'm not in a band but check out my beard in this picture, nice right? Like a young Alec Guinness.

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  2. Tasty EarsDecember 17, 2010 at 12:26 PM

    Yes, Kemosabe, excellent start to a healthy beard farm. I like your idea for a list so here it is The Beards (a band from Australia) that all have beards and sings exclusively about beards. There you have it, the best beard band of 2010 is... The Beards. Check the link http://www.myspace.com/thebeardsclub (you'll have to copy and paste).

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  3. Kemosabe CafeDecember 18, 2010 at 12:31 PM

    Nice! Thanks, its taken awhile but it is starting to come in nicely. Just in time for winter. I checked out the Beards on my space. Well done T.A. well done indeed. Post.

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