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Class of 2010: Children of the Damned

December 9, 2010
Class of 2010: Children of the Damned

This is the ILSUDH2 extreme music year-in-review.  This is by no means an extensive list, these are just the albums that made my first full year listening to metal since 1991 a great one!  Having said this many times before, I don’t claim to be an expert in metal and can hardly pronounce half...
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Class of 2010: The Overachievers

December 5, 2010
Class of 2010: The Overachievers

Out of the countless releases of 2010, ILSUDH2 got through around 600 of them.  Here are the Top 25.  The 25 albums that defined 2010 for ILSUDH2.  This list includes rock, hip-hop, electronic and country music; there will be a separate post for metal.  Like any list, these won’t be everyone’s favorite, there will...
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Class of 2010: The Soundtrack

December 2, 2010
Class of 2010: The Soundtrack

A list of songs is always a personal thing.  No two people will ever create the same mixtape or playlist.  That being said, ILSUDH2 listened to over 9,000 tracks in 2010 so you didn’t have to.  Those thousands of tracks have been narrowed down to a personal Top 40*.  You won’t like everything here,...
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Class of 2010: Performers

December 2, 2010
Class of 2010: Performers

After seeing over 250 acts at around 100 shows and 5 festivals in 8 states, these are my 20 most memorable live music experiences of 2010… Attending SXSW for the first time.  Highlights included Lissie, Ben Nichols, Sleigh Bells, a showcase featuring The Besnard Lakes, Soft Pack, Band of Horses, Drive-By Truckers and meeting...
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Class of 2010: Freshmen

December 1, 2010
Class of 2010: Freshmen

These are the 40 new (and not so new) artists I have discovered in 2010… Active Child (experimental, chillwave, hymtronica) Alias of L.A.-based ex-choir boy, harpist Pat Grossi who released his debut EP, Curtis Lane, this year. Avi Buffalo (indie pop/rock, lo-fi) Very young indie pop band from Long Beach, CA released their self-titled...
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MidYear Review Part 4: R&B/Rap Roundup

June 25, 2010
MidYear Review Part 4: R&B/Rap Roundup

In the past weeks I have posted the 10 Live acts YOU Have to See,  15 Albums YOU have To have and Extreme Essentials…this entry wraps up the mid-year review with a few urban releases that I think are worth your time.
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MidYear Review Part 3: Extreme Essentials

June 23, 2010
MidYear Review Part 3: Extreme Essentials

In the past weeks I have posted the 10 Live acts YOU Have to See and 15 Albums YOU have To have .  This week I will recommend some extreme albums that are worth your time.  I have tried to include an album from each of the subgenres (progressive, death, black, doom, stoner, thrash...
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MidYear Review Part 2: 15 Albums YOU have To have

June 18, 2010
MidYear Review Part 2: 15 Albums YOU have To have

After spending time with around 300 new albums this year, these are the 15 I pulled from the masses. The 15 you have to experience for yourself…I listened, now You Have To!
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MidYear Review Part 1: 10 Live acts YOU Have to See

June 3, 2010
MidYear Review Part 1: 10 Live acts YOU Have to See

The National Broken Social Scene Drive-By Truckers Sleigh Bells Broken Bells Lucero Miike Snow Alice in Chains Local Natives Lissie
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