.:Colter:.

Cheese Shop approval

We were the world

Synchronicity

Tasty Beer

Woody is tired from rocking out

Loot

Lukather’s rig

“my album” (A Crimson Grail, for 200 guitars) on sale at Earwax in Williamsburg!

OK since 2010 pretty much sucked on all fronts, I was left bereft of a serious collection of musical discoveries for the year. So I polled the Facebook, plumbed the depths of Pitchfork and went on a walkabout through iTunes. I had a $25 iTunes gift card to spend, so in lieu of an actual “Best Of” list, here is what I ended up purchasing based on my research. In no particular order:

The Nervous Wreckords – Everything Stops for Tea

James Blake – I Only Know (What I Know Now)

Kanye West – Power

Sade – Soldier of Love

Trombone Shorty – Backatown

Florence + The Machine – Girl With One Eye

Fitz & The Tantrums – MoneyGrabber

The Avett Brothers – I and Love and You

Mumford & Sons – Little Lion Man

Griffin House – The Guy that Says Goodbye to You is Out of His Mind

The Morning Benders – Pleasure Sighs

Beach House – 10 Mile Stereo

Tired Pony – Get On the Road

Local Natives – Wide Eyes

Gayngs – The Beatdown

Lyrics Born – Oh, Baby!

Tennis – Things to Do When You Are Sad (no link, sorry)

I actually ran out of ideas at that point and used the remaining $3 to buy part of Keith Horn’s “Rock Scissors” album. Check out Keith if you like your music weird.

Were I to compile a list of favorite songs prior to this little adventure, it would go something like this:

The Weepies – Please Speak Well Of Me

Sun Kil Moon – Half Moon Bay

James Murphy – Please Don’t Follow Me

Esperanza Spalding – Really Very Small

Daft Punk – Derezzed

Crowded House – Twice If You’re Lucky

The Bird & The Bee – I Can’t Go For That

The Books – I Didn’t Know That

Jaga Jazzist – One-Armed Bandit

Eric Johnson – Fatdaddy

Black Country Communion – Black Country

Admiral’s Row