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this is my own twist on the best of list! I didn't have a personal computer until this XXXmas (thanks steve snider!) and therefore didn't have any digital media in 2010. so this is a pairing of the best music I bought paired with the shows I saw of those bands. in other words hard copy// cd, vinyl, cassettes// yeah i'm being pretentious on this one, but what are you gonna do? in no particular order...

WHITE SUNS "MOURING CHAMBER" - cdr + NURSE BEACH "BOYFRIENDS" - cassette

:: 3.4.2010 :: white suns + rhythm bandit + nurse beach + comparative anatomy @ random row books (charlottesville, va)

JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD “HEAVY DAYS” - lp + THESE ARE POWERS “CANDYMAN EP” -lp + ANDREW CEDERMARK "MOON DELUXE" - lp

:: 2.27.2010 :: jeff the brotherhood + these are powers + andrew cedermark + rhythm bandit @ twisted branch tea bazaar (charlottesville, va)

DUSTIN WONG “LET IT GO” -CASSETTE

:: 5.24.2010 :: high places + dustin wong + lichens @ dc9 (washington, dc)

ARRINGTON DE DIONYSIO “MALAIKAT DAN SINGA” - lp + GREAT DADS "untitled" - cassette

:: 5.13.2010 :: arrington de dionysios's malaikat dan singa + great dads + dbb plays cups @ twisted branch tea bazaar (charlottesville, va)

MYTHS "S/T" - mini-cdr + MINCEMEAT OR TENSPEED "STRANGE GODS" - lp

:: 7.20.2010 :: mincemeat or tenspeed + nero's day at disneyland + rhythm bandit + myths + three brained robot @ my favorite things records (greensboro, nc) + :: 7.19.2010 :: mincemeat or tenspeed + nero's day at disneyland + diamond black hearted boy + head molt + rhythm bandit @ stange matter (charlottesville, va)

QUIET HOOVES “SADDLE UP” - cdr

:: 7.31.2010 :: quiet hooves + rhythm bandit @ the bridge pai (charlottesville, va)

FUTURE ISLANDS “IN EVENING AIR” - lp + PICTUREPLANE "DARK RIFT" - cassette

:: 9.8.2010 :: future islands + double dagger + pictureplane @ twisted branch tea bazaar + afterparty w/ narwhalz + shams + rhythm bandit @ magnolia? (charlottesville, va)

ORDER “WILD ORDER” -LP + INVISIBLE HAND "S/T"-LP and/or "SINISTER HAND" -cassette

:: 8.21.2010 :: ORDER w/ drunk tigers + drums like machine guns + heavy medical @ twisted branch tea bazaar (charlottesville, va) + :: 9.19.2010 :: order + invisible hand + rhythm bandit + projexorcism + buildings + true womanhood + softspot + lots more @ witchmond music festival (charlottesville, va) ::

I don't know what really falls into a "BEST OF" but here's some other mentions...

shows..

WHARTSCAPE - saw raw so much sick shit -- ed schrader, sewn leather, teengirl fantasy, yip-yip, chandeliers, no age, eric copeland, ponytail, dj dog dick, etc.

(10-5-2010) Kania Tieffer + Raw Moans + CJ Boyd @ MAGNOLIA(charlottesville)

(5-17-2010) Julianna Barwick @ DC9 (dc)

(3-29-2010) Gang Gang Dance + Rhythm Bandit @ The Southern (charlottesville)

(6-19-2010) Aa + Dinowalrus + Hume + Rhythm Bandit @ Everlasting Life Cafe (dc)

music..

Julianna Barwick - "flourine" (it was pressed in 2009 but i got it in may this year and cant stop listening to it)

RUN DMT - "bong voyage"

Julian Lynch - "mare"

all JUICEBOXXX mixxxtapes that came out this year

Aa - "GLOSSY" (pressed 2009 but an anthem of 2010 for me)

blissed out - "white triangle"

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SO MUCH STUFF I'M LEAVING OUT// I"M FINISHING THIS BEFORE I GO INSANE

thanks 2010 for being awesome

love,

Dylan