my list:

arcade fire – the suburbs
yeasayer – odd blood
wolf parade – expo 86
midlake – (random songs)
rancid – and out come the wolves (my own personal 2010 revival)
sole and the skyrider band – plastique (released in 2009 but i didn’t get it until 2010)
live at kexp volume 6
CocoRosie (new band discovery)
Pela (new band discovery)
NAS + K’NAAN + Damian Marley (courtesy of Bil Johnson)

I just downloaded Live At Ancienne Belgique from Yeasayer

Celebrate the close of 2010 with some live Yeasayer.

A whole bunch of people came together in Omaha on Saturday night to say these unjust, anti-immigrant laws are UNACCEPTABLE. And we rocked. Loud. To our immigrant communities, to our Latino brothers and sisters, we stand with you in solidarity.

The Concert for Equality featured Desaparecidos, Cursive, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Bright Eyes, Lullaby For The Working Class, FATHR^, The Envy Corps, David Dondero, The So-So Sailors, Conchance, Simon Joyner, Flowers Forever, Vago and a final Hootenanny at the end of the night. All proceeds went to the ACLU Nebraska’s effort to repeal Fremont’s Anti-Immigration Law.

Fight the Fremont Law! Bright Eyes, Desaparecidos, Cursive, Lullaby for the Working Class and more will perform at an ACLU Benefit Concert in Omaha, Nebraska. On Saturday July 31st people will gather together to fight for equality. The show benefits ACLU Nebraska.

At the intersection of art and politics in an effort to make change: “This way of thinking and legislating is so dangerous, and such a threat to our basic ideals as Americans and humans, that we cannot stand by and do nothing. We cannot play on as if nothing is wrong.“

Always one to recognize the importance of not remaining neutral on a moving train, Conor Oberst is also part of the The Sound Strike, an artists call to boycott Arizona. You can read his thoughts in an open letter on the Arizona law and watch the video below.

This is about a just and humane immigration system. This is about holding true to the idea of America. In Nebraska this about “the Good Life” for everybody. And it’s about beautiful music performed to galvanize a movement for equality to make all of this possible.

The National. The Take-Away Shows.

yeasayer

the faint

russian circles

Very nice posters from doe-eyed. Filed under “wish I’d done that.”

"The Suburbs"

Let’s hear it again for 2010. Out in August. Available to pre-order now. Arcade Fire’s new album “the Suburbs” has quite a lovely cover design and adds to what will be one of the best years ever for new music.

cds

Sole has spent the last two years living in a cabin in the midst of the Coconino National Forest in Arizona with no mayor, no phone lines, broken cell phone reception, just books and environmental canyon sprawl. I’ve spent a good portion of the last two years “figuring shit out.” Having sole’s rhymes handy certainly helped. Must be the plutonium in me.

Playlist #8 Cover

Completely enjoying ISO50 Playlists. So good.

http://www.yeasayer.net/

2010 will be quite a year for new music. My favorite thus far is the new Yeasayer. I will not comment further. Just listen.