Posted: Nov 20, 2010 12:57 am
Since I have nothing better to do, except for cow tipping or something, I've decided to drink a few beers and make a top ten list. It's going to be hard, because I didn't really start digging the scene until about October of 09. The thing is I bought alot of great 2010 records, but 2010 was also the year I bought my first Oblivians and Back From the Grave albums. It's all a little tainted I think. Sorry, if this gets long but I'm bored and I've got a six pack to kill.....
10. No Bunny-First Blood- I think this guy is a great songwriter. That might be sometimes missed in all the masked antics and such. I do seem to like my stuff a little harder and weirder so that's what kept this at #10.
9. J.C. Satan- Sick Of Love- Alright, this pick is really tainted. Mainly because I just got it today and It's all I've been listening to. I do love it though. I love the Oh Sees alot. These guys kind of sound like them but a little less pretentious and with less freak out guitars and I love the slower songs. Just good grooves and strong songwriting.
It's also the only record I've bought that the cover made my wife(a church piano player,but not a fundamentalist) raise an eyebrow. She was like "WTF is this about?" I just said "rock 'n' roll" and she just shrugged.
8.Pierced Arrows-Descending Shadows- I've played the hell out of this. Great record. The only thing I've heard from the Cole's so I know I'm behind, but for people in their fifties to be writing songs this good is amazing.
7.Eddie Current Suppression Ring-Rush To Relax-Great album by one of the best bands on the planet. It should be higher. The problem is that when I bought this I'd only had "Primary Colors" for about a month so I think it got overshadowed. It's great though. I have a feeling I'll start listening to it more later and be like, "This should have been #1!".
6.Limes-Rhinestone River-Like a garage rock Dylan. Simply great songs with a weird country twist. I don't need to write alot, if you've heard it you understand.
5.Thee Oh Sees- Warm Slime-I love this band. This band is to me what Pink Floyd are to classic rock dudes. It's weird though, as good as they are, and have been, you just get the feeling that they're going to release a "classic" at some point that can't be denied.
4.Overnight Lows-City of Rotten Eyes-I love punk. It's what helped define me as a teen. This is a great, kick-ass, punk album from my state of MS and I didn't think that was possible. I'm fucking proud.
Hung out with Marsh at Gonerfest a couple of times...really cool guy.
3. Menthols-Michigan Works-This is just a kick ass album. I will be listening to this years down the road. I think this album is a low-fi classic that will never get it's proper due. When I'm not listening to it, I remind myself how life would be more kick-ass if I was.
2.James Arthurs Manhunt- This is a delightedly fucked up album. The sounds this band gets just touches a nerve with me. This is the kind of music I'd like to make if I had any talent. I don't even know how to properly describe it, which is a huge compliment.
!. John Wesley Coleman-Bad Lady Goes To Jail-This guy is my favorite at the moment. This is everything I love about music. It's loose, fun, and catchy. I think that this guy is highly underrated in the Goner universe. His music is everything I've ever heard about Austin, Texas put on wax. I can't get enough.