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Music I like, adventures I have, bits & pieces of Nashville and self-indulgent ramblings that I should probably not allow to be archived on the internet.

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Thanks for the music, 2010.

Posted 1 year ago
My 2010 playlist, which I sort of gave up on ordering halfway through. My sincerest apologies to anyone who is startled out of their Jónsi listening trance by Katy Perry:

And a shoutout to one Mr. Justin Vernon, who despite not releasing any new music of his own this year appears no less than three times on my 2010 mix.

My top twenty albums of 2010:
1. The Age of Adz, Sufjan Stevens
2. Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons
3. Go, Jónsi
4. High Violet, The National
5. The Suburbs, Arcade Fire
6. Broken Bells, Broken Bells
7. B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray, B.o.B
8. Infinite Arms, Band of Horses
9. Big Echo, The Morning Benders
10. Take a Bow, Greg Laswell
11. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West
12. Write About Love, Belle & Sebastian
13. Teen Dream, Beach House
14. Bad Books, Bad Books
15. The Courage of Others, Midlake
16. Mines, Menomena
17. God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise, Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs
18. Hunting My Dress, Jesca Hoop
19. Catching A Tiger, Lissie
20. Downtown Church, Patty Griffin
[edit to say that somehow I forgot to work Janelle Monae’s The ArchAndroid into my list and it needs to be there, so I’ll insert it at 9 1/2.]
I also went to more concerts than I ever have before (and I’ve always gone to a lot of concerts). Here’s (what I think is) a complete list:

1/16/10 - The Grand Ole Opry with Dierks Bentley and Vince Gill, The Ryman, Nashville, TN
01/24/10 - The Civil Wars, 3rd & Lindsley, Nashville, TN
03/07/10 - They Might Be Giants, Exit/In, Nashville, TN
03/17/10 - David Bazan, Exit/In, Nashville, TN
03/23/10 - Hockey, Mercy Lounge, Nashville, TN
03/31/10 - Tegan & Sara, The Ryman, Nashville, TN
04/01/10 - Midlake, Mercy Lounge, Nashville, TN
04/05/10 - Copeland, Rocketown, Nashville, TN
04/16/10 - Peter Frampton (rehearsal, but it was still badass), Nashville, TN
04/28/10 - Beach House, Mercy Lounge, Nashville, TN
05/06/10 - Dierks Bentley, Highline Ballroom, New York, NY
05/18/10 - The Swell Season, The Ryman, Nashville, TN
05/22/10 - David Bazan, house show, Nashville, TN
05/22/10 - Dierks Bentley, The Ryman, Nashville, TN
06/05/10 - Imogen Heap, The Ryman, Nashville, TN
06/11/10 - Kings of Leon, The Flaming Lips, B.o.B, Bonnaroo, Manchester, TN
06/15/10 - Patty Griffin, The Ryman, Nashville, TN
06/16/10 - Ke$ha, Limelight, Nashville, TN
06/24/10 - Lovedrug & Brian McSweeney, Exit/In, Nashville, TN
06/27/10 - Eisley, 3rd & Lindsley, Nashville, TN
07/25/10 - Greg Laswell & Cary Brothers, 3rd & Lindsley, Nashville, TN
08/17/10 - AA Bondy, Mercy Lounge, Nashville, TN
09/29/10 - Next Big Nashville
09/30/10 - Next Big Nashville
09/30/10 - Jars of Clay & Sixpence None The Richer, Live on the Green, Nashville, TN
10/01/10 - Next Big Nashville (The Features)
10/02/10 - Next Big Nashville
10/07/10 - Band of Horses, Live on the Green, Nashville, TN
10/11/10 - Margot & The Nuclear So & So’s, Exit/In, Nashville, TN
10/29/10 - The Avett Brothers, The Ryman, Nashville, TN
10/31/10 - Jónsi, The Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA
11/01/10 - Mumford & Sons, War Memorial Auditorium, Nashville, TN
11/05/10 - Sufjan Stevens, Bijou Theater, Knoxville, TN
12/03/10 - Relient K, Rocketown, Nashville, TN

I wish I hadn’t skipped out on Josh Ritter, The National and MGMT shows. But 2011 is promising to be another great live music year - Jimmy Eat World, David Bazan, The Civil Wars, U2 and Florence & The Machine. Bring it on.