Top 3 Albums of 2010:
- Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
- Le Concorde – House
- Anberlin – Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place
Best Show of 2010:
- I want to, despite all of the great concerts this year, have Anberlin’s show the top on my list for the year. I am a big fan of the band and love shows at either Showbox because of the venues’ intimacy. In regards to Anberlin, everything about it was good, the stage set-up, the sound, and the presence the band had on stage as well. Not only that, the entire night was great with Civil Twilight and Crash Kings opening for them. I feel that a show, as a whole, can lose some of it’s magic, even if it is your favorite band, because of an artist that doesn’t sit well with you or is just not that good, this did not happen at that show.
- Runner ups include: Matt and Kim, Switchfoot and Arcade Fire. Those shows were all fantastic in so many ways, they just didn’t compare to everything the Anberlin show was.
Most Anticipated in 2011:
- The King is Dead – The Decemberists
- Killing Time – Bayside
- Mine Is Yours – Cold War Kids
- Different Time – Five O’Clock Heroes
- Hi-Five Soup! – The Aquabats
- In Memory Of… – D:Ream
- Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will – Mogwai
- Turbulences – Rise Against
- Kiss Each Other Clean – Iron & Wine
- Thank You, Happy Birthday – Cage The Elephant
- There Are Rules – The Get Up Kids
- Showroom of Compassion – Cake
- The People’s Key – Bright Eyes
This is a list of albums that I am excited for, not many concerts or tours have been announced yet, but I am going to be at as many as possible.
Most Overrated in 2010:
- Hands down, Ke-dollar sign-ha
Favorite Musical Memory of the Year:
- There has been so much, I am ultimately glad for the position that I got from PopWreckoning because they have given me a good bit of new music that I would have most likely not found before. From all of the shows I have been to, the friends I have made at them and the people I have known, I have gotten to know better at the shows, like Uproar Fest, Arcade Fire, Alex Band of The Calling, Deck the Hall Ball, and all the others we have gone to together.
