Here are some of my favourites from 2010. Tune into "Twee Time" every Friday at 20:00 on CJLO.com 1690 AM in Montreal; Concordia University's underground radio.
Fave Releases
Twee Time's favourite albums of 2010 (in order of release), with selected tracks.
01. Magnetic Fields - Realism
Listen to: Better Things; You Must Be Out of Your Mind
02. The Strange Boys - Be Brave
Listen to: Be Brave; Night Might
03. Black Tambourine - Black Tambourine
Listen to: Dream Baby Dream (cover song, originally by Suicide)
04. Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be
Listen to: Jail La La
05. MGMT - Congratulations
Listen to: Song for Dan Treacy
06. Woods - At Echo Lake
Listen to: Blood Dries Darker
07. The Apples in Stereo - Travellers in Space and Time
Listen to: It's All Right
08. The Black Keys - Brothers
Listen to: Howlin' for You
09. Best Coast - Crazy for You
Listen to: Our Deal; Goodbye
10. Play Guitar - Shields / Don't Worry About Death
Listen to: Celebration
11. Magic Kids - Memphis
Listen to: Good to Be
12. Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart
Listen to: Old Fangs; Wilderness Heart
13. The Vaselines - Sex with an X
Listen to: Ruined; I Hate the 80s; Exit the Vaselines
14. Various Artists - No More of Your Fairy Stories (an indiepop loveletter to the Ramones)
Listen to: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Don't Go; The Just Joans, Questioningly; Horowitz, Judy is a Punk
15. Belle & Sebastian - Belle & Sebastian Write About Love
Listen to: I Can See Your Future; Write About Love; I Want the World to Stop
16. Stereolab - Not Music
Listen to: So is Cardboard Clouds
17. Girl Talk - All Day (internet release)
Listen to: All of it, all day.
Fave Singles
Twee Time's favourite 7" singles of 2010.
01. The Nymphets - Slow Song
02. Bearsuit - Please Don't Take Him Back
03. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Heart in Your Heartbreak
04. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Say No to Love
05. Veronica Falls - Beachy Head
06. Seapony - Dreaming
07. La Sera - Never Come Around
Fave Old Releases
On repeat in 2010.
01. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
02. Gorilla - Rock Our Souls
03. Plumtree - Predicts the Future
04. Television - Marquee Moon
05. The Slits - Cut
06. MC5 - Kick Out the Jams
Fave Independent Labels
01. Fortuna Pop!
02. Darla
03. In the Red
04. Slumberland
05. Happy Happy Birthday to Me
Best Live Show of the Year
It's a tie!
01. Devo @ Osheaga
02. The Strange Boys @ Casa del Popolo
Most Memorable Moment
Stephen Malkmus of Pavement getting hit in the face with a beer at Osheaga.
Most Annoying Moment
When the guest list for the Magnetic Fields was pulled at the last minute, causing me to miss the show at the Corona Theatre on February 6th 'cause I didn't have a damn ticket.
Live Shows to Remember
01. The Nymphets @ Divan l'Orange
02. Red Mass @ Café Campus
03. Devo, Pavement, Sonic Youth, Owen Pallett, Black Keys, Japandroids, Snoop Dog, Seu Jorge & Almaz, Arcade Fire @ Osheaga
04. Superchunk @ Le National
05. The Vaselines @ Sala Rosa
06. Asexuals @ Cabaret
On the Internet
Because I'm modern that way.
01. Arcade Fire @ Madison Square Garden Webcast (streamed on Youtube August 5th)
02. Belle & Sebastian @ Barrowland Webcast (streamed on NPR Music December 21st)
Those Who Will Be Missed
01. Ari Up (The Slits)
02. Jay Reatard (The Reatards, Lost Sounds, etc.)
03. Alex Chilton (Big Star)
04. Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse)
05. Peter Steele (Type O Negative)
06. Malcolm McLaren (manager of the Sex Pistols and the New York Dolls)
07. Sergio Vega (seriously, look him up)
08. Captain Beefheart (The Magic Band)
09. Miep Gies (shelterer of the Frank family, preserved Anne Frank's diary)
10. J.D. Salinger (author of The Catcher in the Rye, Franny and Zooey, etc.)
11. Alexander McQueen (fashion designer)
12. Andrew Koenig (actor on Growing Pains, and son of Walter Koenig "Chekov" from Star Trek)
13. Chris Haney (inventor of Trivial Pursuit)
14. Corey Haim (actor, The Lost Boys, Goonies, and the better half of the two Coreys)
15. Gary Coleman (actor, Diff'rent Strokes)
16. Tom Bosley (actor, Mr. C on Happy Days)
17. Tony Curtis (actor, Some Like It Hot)
18. Leslie Nielsen (actor, Airplane! and The Naked Gun series)
19. Blake Edwards (director, Breakfast at Tiffany's and the Pink Panther)
20. Harvey Pekar (American Splendor)
