2010

2010 has been a crazy one.. I don't know about you but I'm sure glad it is over. Here are some of our fav memories from 2010. See you doods in 2011!

Best shows I saw in C'dale in 2010 by DA
So many good ones.. my Top Ten were for sure (in chronological order):

JEFF The Brotherhood @ skihouse 1/19

Drunk Virago @ swamp 1/28

Velvet Davenport @ skihouse 2/16

MWMF Benefit w/ Himz, B-40s, STLT, Nighty Night @ gatsbys 2/19

Parlor @ sweet spring classic 5/8

Screaming Females @ skihouse 5/23

Tweak Bird @handsome fest 8/16

Apache Dropout @ handsome fest day show 8/17

Young Loves @ john browns 8/27

It Burns @ skihouse lost cross benefit 9/2

Others that really stick out too were Mondo Drag @skihaustoberfest, Moonhearts @tres, Hippie Repellent @lost cross, Daniel Francis Doyle @skihouse, Prizzy Prizzy Please @danite, Pujol @skihouse, Yellowfever @handsomefest, State Champion @pks, Goodnight Loving @tres, Juiceboxxx @skihouse, Parlor @derbybenefit at tres, Alright Alreadies @skihouse, JEFF and Screamales both the 2nd times they played here, Near Death Experience @gatsbys, Dikes of Holland @pks, and Himalayas @IMC. I also feel like Jessi's pool parties deserve a mention..

And there are some shows I'm pissed I missed.. like The Hell reunion, Ray's Bday shows, Sprickets acoustic @ Lost Cross, Red Dons @ Plaza, Icarus Himself at least twice..

And of course I can't pick my own bands, but my top 5 favorite shows I played were:
3/6 @ Skihouse w/ Spokesmen
2/19 @ Gatsbys w/ Small Time London Thug
1/19 @ Skihouse w/ Nighty Night
6/28 @ Tres w/ Spokesmen
2/12 @ The Glove w/ Small Time London Thug

A good year for shows, for sure.

Bottom 10 things I ate in 2010 by tresadilla

(i made this list while riding in a car from nashville, tn, to carbondale. i started to get queazy while thinking of the foods, which was funny in itself, but then, the driver pulled over, suggesting i walk around to get some fresh air, and i SERIOUSLY YAKKED! it was unbelievable. this list made me barf. for real. fuck. it was crazy.)

10. cottage cheese @ jessi's house in carbondale, il

9. permanti bros. sandwich in pittsburgh, pa

8. dorito pizza in glens falls, ny

7. gas station tamale in texas

6. eggs in houma, la

5. chicken bone taco in aurora, il

4. hash browns @ "friend's" in ft. wayne, in

3. mock ribs @ the dubois center in dubois, il

2. cream cheese wrap in philadelphia, pa

1. cheesy broccoli potato thing @ wendy's in rhode island

20 favorite records of 2010 by DA
1. Royal Baths - Litanies (San Francisco, WZRD MNTN / Woodsist)
2. Ty Segall - Melted (San Francisco, Goner)
3. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today (LA, 4AD)
4. Women - Public Strain (Calgary, Flemish Eye / Jagjaguwar)
5. Grass Widow - Past Time (San Francisco, Kill Rock Stars)
6. The Night Beats - H-bomb EP (Seattle, Trouble In Mind)
7. Anika - S/T (Berlin, Stones Throw)
8. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest (Atlanta, 4AD)
9. Tweak Bird - S/T (LArbondale, Volcom)
10. Moonhearts - S/T (San Francisco, Tic Tac Totally)
11. Nite Jewel - Am I Real? (LA, Gloriette)
12. Thee Oh Sees - Warm Slime (San Francisco, In The Red)
13. Screaming Females - Castle Talk (New Brunswick, Don Giovanni)
14. White Fence - S/T (LA/San Fran, Woodsist / Make A Mess)
15. Heavy Cream - Danny (Nashville, Infinity Cat)
16. V/A - Afrobeat Airways (compilation by Analog Africa)
17. Black Tambourine - S/T (re-issue by Slumberland)
18. V/A - Alan Lomax's Southern Journey 1959-1960 (re-issue on 5 LPs by Mississippi Records)
19. The Psychedelic Aliens - Psycho African Beat (re-issue by Academy)
20. V/A - Fanajana: A Collection of Recordings and Photography from Madagasikara (compilation by Mississippi Records)

Fav records from 2010 by DVDG

LPs

Nite Jewel//Am I Real?

Ariel Pink// Before Today

Heavy Hawaii//HH

Dunes//self-titled

Trash Kit//self-titled

Fresh & Onlys//August In My Mind

LA Vampires and Zola Jesus//LA Vampires Meets Zola Jesus

Nu Sensae//TV Death and the Devil

Smith Westerns//Dye It Blonde

EPs

Fresh & Onlys//Vanishing Cream

Sea Ponys//Dreaming

Nude Boy//The Room/D.I. Dad

Dazzle Ships//Least Resistance

Top 10 of 2010 by King Mike

We told our buddy Mike (of Screaming Females) that we were making year end lists and he sent us over this:

Dear Babiemecca,

This was a really hard list to make. I am pretty out of touch with the current state of independent music. I tried my hardest...

1. Shellshag- Rumors in Disguise (Probably should be 2 through 10 as well)

2. Stoned At Heart- Party Tracks Vol. 1 (Listened to this on repeat for 2 months straight)

3. PUJOL- Live at Third Man Records (I didn't know this existed ‘til just a few weeks ago. I heart Daniel)

4. Dead Dog- Don't Touch Me (Athens via Brooklyn and New Jersey. Fuck Yea!)

5. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists- The Brutalist Bricks (Great record. Great dudes.)

6. Sass Dragons (RIP)- New Kids on the Bong (So sad to see these guys go after such an incredible record)

7. Prizzy Prizzy Please- Chroma Cannon (Magic the Gathering)

8. Japanther- Rock 'n' Roll Ice Cream (Just heard this the other day...it’s that other Shellshag record that I wish came out this year)

9. Campo Formio- Spooky Fools (Puerto Rico. I'd try to describe it but I'd probably use the word angular and that's just dumb)

10. Silent Way- Less is Less (My annoying neighbors) ~OR~ Staring Problem, if that’s officially out yet...if not, 2011 for sure

It was a rad year for music in Carbondale.. a lot of killer bands came through, a few new Carbondale bands were formed and we've seen some rad shit from them already, Hangar 9 re-opened, the Swamp changed hands, people came together to help Lost Cross, Handsome Fest happened, and there were a lot of awesome local releases, from Parlor, Secondary Modern, Himalayas, Spokesmen, Young Loves, Black On Brown, Whistle Pigs, Sprickets, These Magnificent Tapeworms, and more. Good things are gonna happen in 2011, we're looking forward to it.

Oh and to take you out in style.. we've been sitting on this for most of the year, I guess it's time to let it out. For a brief moment the forces behind Spokesmen and Parlor merged to form Ooh Barracuda, wrote an album's worth of songs, and recorded these with Mike at Russian Recording in Bloomington, and were done with it. B Haley and A Leech on gee-tar, T Spray on bass, and DA on drums. Enjoy:
Ooh Barracuda by babiemecca