Comments on: Fuel/Friends favorites of 2010

By: 50 Listens legacy: the 250+ Listens/Best Songs I Heard This Year From People I’d Never Heard of Before | Jealous, Bitches? (continued)

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 03:46:08 +0000

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By: tadpole audio » Blog Archive » RIYL Mixtape / The Head and The Heart :: There’s No Place Like Home?

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:04:22 +0000

[...] Have Known In 2010,” and they made it onto several “Best of 2010” year end lists, including I Am Fuel, You Are Friends and, well, Tadpole Audio, to name a couple. I’ve reviewed their live show twice, once for SXSW [...]

By: Dan Mangan – May 6th | Billsville House Concerts

Dan Mangan – May 6th | Billsville House Concerts — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:32:37 +0000

[...] Fuel Friends Blog (Top 10 of 2010) “Dan Mangan has made a dense, thoroughly gorgeous album, heavy on the intelligent lyrics, his oaky-warm voice weaving in amongst a whole orchestra of instruments. This album is beautifully arranged and well-crafted, one you can swim deeply in during rainy days all winter long (although I discovered it in August and it sounded just as good in the sticky warmth).” [...]

By: tincanman2010

tincanman2010 — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:16:48 +0000

Superb list, unsurprisingly, and some interestiung choices in the comments too.
My picks (www.tincanland.wordpress.com)were:
Tom Petty – Mojo
Dessa – A Badly Broken Code
Joe Pug – Messenger
Local Natives – Gorilla Manor
RayWylie Hubbard – A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: There is no C)
Joe Bonamassa – Black Rock
Perfume Genius – Learning
Tinie Tempah – Disc Overy
Robert Randolph & the Family Band – We Walk This Road
Jeff Beck – Emotion & Commotion
Honorable mentions to the Crayonettes (a children’s album), Sharleen Spiteri (a movie songbook) and Thea Gilmore‘s Strange Communion (a late 2009 Christmas album).

And 7 UNHERALDED SONGS: Thea Gilmore – How The Love Gets In (best song of the year!!); Damien Jurado – Rachel & Cali; Watson Twins – Midnight; Dylan Leblanc – If The Creek Don’t Rise; Mates of State – True Love Will Find You..; Barton Carroll – Do You Want To Get Out Of Here; Old Believers – Granny’s Song

Thanks for all the time you put in Heather!

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 05:21:07 +0000

I also really like safe and sound by electric president, but all this time I thought he was saying “when there’s no way out, I will come and marry you” but I just found out it’s actually “I will come and bury you.” Thoughts on this critical distinction?

By: Rap Round Table, Week Ending 1/7/2011

Rap Round Table, Week Ending 1/7/2011 — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:39:40 +0000

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By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:47:49 +0000

Haha you’re right about the Black Keys song,..most excellent,….and conversation 16, i think that might be my favorite National song of all time.

Happy new year!

By: Christof

Christof — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:11:34 +0000

I haven’t heard a note from 5 out of your 10 picks, I’m looking forward to putting them under the magnifying glass. I was beginning to grow worried as I scrolled further and further down, my eyes not finding High Violet and The Wild Hunt, I’ve a hard time taking any year-end list seriously that omits those undeniable masterpieces that have given me so much joy and emotional fulfillment over the course of these last few months. Furthermore, my top 10 list includes (in order, from 3 to 10): Beach House, Arcade Fire, Local Natives, Laura Veirs, Laura Marling, Johnny Flynn, The New Pornographers and First Aid Kit. Anyone care to throw in a “hell yeah” in support of any of those albums?

By: Jake

Jake — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:17:39 +0000

Thanks for sharing with us this year. It has been a blast to follow you and see some great things. All the best in 2011.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:09:31 +0000

Very nice list. I feel like I’ve been waiting for Matt Pond PA to put a record like ‘The Dark Leaves’ together for a really long time. It was totally worth the wait.

About the only two I would add to the list are Horse Feathers’ ‘Thistled Spring’ and Nathaniel Rateliff and the Wheels’ ‘In Memory of Loss.’ However, like you said, music has become this personal experience, and while I enjoyed them and connected with them, there’s no reason to bicker with you about them not being on there. Especially when you have such solid taste in music.