beat it, 2010!

where to begin?... how about with last year's new year's resolution: i wanted to keep track of every concert i attended so i could do an end of the year count. i have been on a concert hiatus since november, but up until that point, i recorded 72 shows (that's with lollapalooza and acl shows clumped together as one show). yikes.

my favorites of 2010:

shows
miike snow @ galaxy backyard & acl
memory tapes/washed out @ klub krucial
beach house/washed out @ emo's
lcd sound system @ stubb's
mumford & sons @ la zona rosa
gogol bordello @ lollapalooza
arcade fire @ lollapalooza
the fuck buttons @ lollapalooza
the foals @ acl
deerhunter @ fun, fun, fun fest
jónsi @ austin music hall
sufjan stevens @ the long center (tie w/ jónsi for most beautiful show of 2010!)

venues
ah, summer in new york. i love you forever: bowery ballroom, music hall of williamsburg & ps1 moma. and in austin: the long center and the parish

songs (they may not have been released in 2010, but that's when i discovered them)
"closet astrologer" by the ruby suns


"modern drift" by efterklang


"go outside" by the cults


"swim until you can't see land" by frightened rabbit


"this is how we walk on the moon" by arthur russell


"i need a dollar" by aloe blacc


"spanish sahara" by the foals


"chinatown" by wild nothing


"frost" by salem



albums of 2010
mumford & sons: sigh no more ("awake my soul")


lcd sound system: this is happening ("dance yrself clean")


beach house: teen dream ("take care")


deerhunter: halcyon digest ("he would have laughed")


the walkmen: lisbon ("blue as your blood")


washed out: life of leisure-ep ("feel it all around")


to my loved ones: i have been blown away by the people in my life this year. i am so blessed. you are the music in my heart!