Hannah Levin (KEXP, City Arts Magazine, Seattle Weekly)
Top 10 Live Shows.
2. Converge, Coalesce and Black Breath @ Neumos
3. Soundgarden @ The Showbox
4. Sleep @ Roseland (Portland)
5. Red Fang @ The Sunset
6. Portland Cello Project @ Triple Door
7. Black Keys @ Roseland (Portland)
8. Kaylee Cole, My Goodness, The American Girls, and the Head and the Heart @ My Birthday Party
9. Absolute Monarchs opening for Les Savy Fav @ Neumos
10. EVERYONE that participated in the Vic Chesnutt tribute nite, particularly Ian Moore:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Risve3IakxY
Carly Henry (Starbird Booking)
Top 10 shows of 2010.
1 - Grinderman @ King Cat Theater, Seattle, WA
2 - Sleep @ Roseland, Portland, OR
3 - Black Flag Tribute Night w/ Akimbo @ East End, Portland, OR
4 - High On Fire @ Dante's, Portland, OR
5 - Harkonen @ Comet, Seattle, WA (technically this year since it happened on New Years and they played after midnight)
6 - Billy Bragg @ Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA
7 - Black Cobra @ Berbatis, Portland, OR
8 - The Body @ The Know, Portland, OR
9 - Tom Tom Magazine Benefit with 8 "one night only" bands made up of all female drummers @ Holocene, Portland, OR
10 - Cough @ Plan B, Portland, OR
Chris Rasmussen (Police Teeth)
Favorite Records of 2010:
1. Bottomless Pit - "Blood Under the Bridge"
2. the Bismarck - "Great Plains"
3. Nina Nastasia - "Outlaster"
4. Dynamic Truths - "Understanding Is Overrated"
5. Coliseum - "House With A Curse"
6. Unnatural Helpers - "Cracked Love and Other Drugs"
7. the Ruby Doe - "Getting Ahead In The Music Business"
8. Generalissimo - "Western Medicine"
9. Bear Claw - "Refuse This Gift"
10. Black Breath - "Heavy Breathing"
Live Shows:
1. Bottomless Pit, Electrical Audio Forum BBQ, Chicago, June 2010
2. Triumph of Lethargy, Neumo's, January 2010
3. Guided By Voices, Showbox SODO, October 2010
4. Coliseum, Funhouse, September 2010
5. Black Breath, Capitol Hill Block Party, July 2010
6. Obits, Crocodile and CHBP, July 2010
7. Night Marchers, CHBP, July 2010
8. Wedding Present, Crocodile, April 2010
9. Superchunk, Showbox Market, October 2010
10. Unsane, Funhouse, November 2010
Nathan "TRON" Donnel (Bands: Brickbats, Mercy Sounds / Promotion: Greenhouse, Carousel Fest)
Top 10 Shows.
10. Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! w/ Dr. Steve Brule @ Showbox Sodo. (I feel like it's kind of blasphemy to have a show at Showbox Sodo on my Top 10, but this was a pretty fun show.)
9. Carousel Fest Day 3 @ the Black Lodge w/ Ravenna Woods, Constant Lovers, Great Falls, Cold Lake, Mongrel Blood, Carson McWhirter (Hella/Advantage), XDS, & Wild Orchid Children.
8. Pavement @ the Paramount
7. Blonde Redhead @ the Showbox Market
6. Tortoise @ Neumo's
5. Isis's final show @ Neumo's
4. Night Marchers & the Obits, Capitol Hill Block Party afterparty @ Radar Hair & Records
3. The Need, The Bangs, CAverage, & Thrones @ the Crocodile & The Loft in Olympia
2. Helms Alee, Thrones, Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, & Lozen @ the Greenhouse
1. Soundgarden Reunion show @ Showbox Market
Shawn Kock (Absolute Monarchs)
Top 10 Records.
1. OFF! - First Four Ep's
2. OFF! - First Four Ep's (its that fucking good)
3. Black Breath - Heavy Breathing
4. Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
5. Grinderman - 2
6. Thee Oh Sees - Warm Slime
7. Black Angels - Phosphene Dream
8. See Me River - The One That Got a Wake
9. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (don't tell anyone)
10. The Spits - Vol. IV
Aaron Krause (High Class Wreckage, Ancient Warlocks)
Top Shows of 2010 (INPO)
1. Pierced Arrows/Monotonix at The High Dive
2. Kylesa/Lesbian/Book of Black Earth at The Funhouse
3. Buzzoven/Akimbo/Atriarch at The Funhouse
4. Boris/Helms Alee at Neumo's
5. Red Fang/Valient Thorr at El Corzon
6. Tit Pig/Christian Mistress/Milk Music at The Comet
7. Hobosexual/Police Teeth at The Blue Moon
8. The Whore Moans/What What Now at The Josephine
9. Imperial Legions of Rome/Android Hero/This Blinding Light at The Belltown Underground Events Center
10. Converge/Coalesce/Black Breath at Neumos
h/t and a sincere thanks to Hannah, Carly, Chris, Natron, Shawn, and Aaron for their contributions to our end of year coverage.
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