GRIMEY'S STAFF PICKS - The Best Thing We've Heard All Year
Here are our lists of all things musical that rang our bells this year.

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D~Funk

Doyle "D-Funk" Davis:
(vinylist/co-owner):

these are the records that I couldn't get out of my player (or my head) this year:

Seu Jorge & Almaz - Seu Jorge & Almaz
Grinderman - Grinderman 2
The Black Keys - Brothers
Metallica - Live At Grimey's
KORT (Kurt Wagner & Cortney Tidwell) - Invariable Heartache
Dr. Dog - Shame Shame
Spoon - Transference
The City Champs - The Set-Up
Kings Go Forth - The Outsiders Are Back
Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart
Dungen - Skit I Allt
Jim Sullivan - UFO (reissue)
Bright Little Field - Treatment Bound
Jason & The Scorchers - Halcyon Times
Los Lobos - Tin Can Trust
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - I Learned The Hard Way
The Greenhornes - ****
The Soft Pack - The Soft Pack

Honorable Mentions:
Robert Plant - Band Of Joy
Boston Spaceships - Our Cubehouse Still Rocks
Aloe Blacc - Good Things
Mavis Staples - You Are Not Alone
Best Coast - Crazy For You

some shows that made me tingle at some point:

Grinderman @ The Cannery Ballroom
Tinariwen @ Bonnaroo
Guided By Voices @ The Buckhead Theatre, Atlanta
Dr. Dog @ Live On The Green
Neil Young @ The Ryman
Dungen @ Mercy Lounge
Black Mountain & Black Angels @ Mercy Lounge
KORT @ Betty's Grill
Jason & The Scorchers @ Mercy Lounge
New Mastersounds & The New Majority @ Proud Larry's, Oxford MS
Metallica Tribute: Back To Black Friday @ The Basement
The Soft Pack @ Grimey's
Tristen @ Grimey's
The Punch Brothers @ Grimey's

Mike "Grimey" Grimes (co-owner):
1. Black Keys 'Brothers'
2. Metallica 'Live At Grimey's'
3. Avi Buffalo
4. Beach House 'Teen Dream'
5. Silver Seas 'Chateau Revenge'
6. The City Champs The Set-Up
7. Warpaint 'The Fool'
8. Cee Lo Green 'The Lady Killer'
9. Greenhornes  4 Stars
10. Here We Go Magic 'Pigeons'

Best Reissue
Jimi Hendrix 'West Coast Seattle Boy'

Best Show of 2010
Paul McCartney Bridgestone

Anna "Indie Pop Princess" Lundy (store manager/head buyer):

Top 12 New Releases:
Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
The Vaselines - Sex With an X
Best Coast - Crazy For You
The Black Keys - Brothers
Grinderman - Grinderman 2
KORT - Invariable Heartache
Cee-Lo Green - Ladykiller
Here We Go Magic - Pigeons
Black Angels - Phosphene Dream
Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be
Budos Band - III

Top Reissues:
Jim Sullivan - UFO
Riley - Grandma's Roadhouse
Black Tambourine - Black Tambourine
The Endtables - The Endtables
The Method Actors - This Is Still It
Kevin Dunn - No Great Lost: Songs 1979-1985
Psych-Funk 101 (various artists)
The Soft Boys - A Can of Bees
Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady, Buzzcocks, Another Music in a Different Kitchen
Kris Kristofferson - Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends: The Publishing Demos 1968-72

Honorable Mentions:
Buke & Gass - Riposte
Corin Tucker Band - 1,000 Years
Belle & Sebastian - Write About Love
Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
Mavis Staples - You Are Not Alone
Admiral Radley - I Heart California
Ty Segall - Melted
Jaill - That's How We Burn

2010 Shows of note:
Surfer Blood instore at Grimey's
The Ex at the Big Ears Festival
Harlem instore at Grimey's
Frank Fairfield at Music City Roots
Ty Segall at the End
Arcade Fire at the Ryman Auditorium
The Pixies at the Ryman Auditorium
The Parting Gifts and The Greenhornes at the Basement
Punch Brothers at Grimey's
Dungen at the Mercy Lounge
Black Angels & Black Mountain at the Mercy Lounge
Deerhunter at the Exit/In
Grinderman at the Cannery Ballroom
Reggie Watts at Third Man Records

No particular order...

Dungen - Skit I Allt
Grinderman - Grinderman 2
Seu Jorge - Seu Jorge & Almaz
Laetitia Sadier - The Trip
City Champs - Set-Up
Black Keys - Brothers
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
Cee-Lo Green - The Lady Killer
Junip - Fields
Jimi Hendrix - West Coast Seattle Boy

re-issues
Buzzcocks
Robert Wyatt
Jim Sullivan - UFO

favorite local releases:
Kort - Invariable Heartache
Malkauns - Electric / Sunshine 7"
Tristen - Eager For Your Love   7"

favorite live shows of 2010:
Grinderman @ Cannery
Dungen @ Mercy Lounge

Mia Krout, "the beer wench":

In alphabetical order....

Album Leaf -- Chorus of Storytellers
Black Keys -- Brothers
Blonde Redhead -- Penny Sparkle
Cee-Lo -- The Lady Killer
Deerhunter -- Halcyon Digest
Do Make Say Think  -- Other Truths (didn't come out this year
but late last year and I've thoroughly enjoyed it this year)
Dungen -- Skit I Allt
Efterklang -- Magic Chairs
Grinderman -- Grinderman 2
Javelin -- No Mas
Metallica -- Live At Grimey's
Morning Benders -- Big Echo
National -- High Violet

Re-Issues:
Jim Sullivan -- U.F.O
T-Rex -- Slider

Top Shows:
Black Angels/ Black Mountain @ Mercy Lounge
Blonde Redhead @ Mercy Lounge
Bonnie "Prince" Billy @ Picathon's Wood Stage
Deer Tick @ Grimey's
Deerhunter @ Exit/In
Dungen @ Mercy Lounge
Wayne Hancock @ Grimey's
Harlem @ Grimey's
Grinderman @ The Cannery
National @ The Ryman
Parting Gifts @ The Basement
John Prine @ Bonnaroo
Punch Brothers @ Grimey's
Soft Pack @ Mercy Lounge AND @ Grimey's
Surfer Blood @ Grimey's
Tristen @ Grimey's
Ty Segall @ Grimey's

Rollum

Rollum "Haaspitality" Haas:
Things I've enjoyed this year:
Chrisma "Chinese Restaurant" & "Hibernation"
Deerhunter "Halcyon Digest"
Tristen "Eager For Your Love" 7"
Beak "s/t"
All of the Moebius & Roedelius reissues. In particular Moebius "Tonspuren"
& Roedelius "Durch die Wuste"
Malkauns "Electric/Sunshine" 7"
Beach House "Teen Dream"
LCD Soundsystem "This Is Happening"
Method Actors "This Is Still It"
Laetitia Sadier "The Trip"
Orange Juice "Coals To Newcastle" box
Genesis when Peter Gabriel sang
The Walkmen "Lisbon"

Ryan

Ryan "Ryno" Norris:
My favorite albums of 2010 in no particular order:

Beach House "Teen Dream"
Deerhunter "Halcyon Digest"
The Walkmen "Lisbon"
Twin Sister "Color Your Life"
Grinderman "Grinderman 2"
Chrisma "Chinese Restaurant" (reissue)
Chrisma "Hibernation" (reissue)
Here We Go Magic "Pigeons"
Laetitia Sadier "The Trip"
Jim Sullivan "U.F.O." (reissue)
Kris Kristofferson "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends: The
Publishing Demos 1968-72"
Emma Tricca "Minor White"
Charlotte Gainsbourg "IRM"
BEAK> "s/t"

Dylan

Dylan Simon (psychedelic pilgrim):

favorite vinyl reissues of 2010 in no special order.

Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come
LES RALLIZES DENUDES  - Blind Baby Has It's Mother's eyes
Chrisma - Chinese Restaurant
Poobah - Let Me In
The Plastic People of the Universe - Magical Nights

I saw Terry Riley at the big ears festival, which was transcendent.
I also send my love to sleazy and dr. john, who have transcended.

Jacob

Jakob "The Kid" Eckert:
Here are records I liked this year:
Psych Funk 101- Various Artists Compilation
Cromagnon- Orgasm/Cave Rock (Jackpot Reissue)
Fraction- Moon Blood (Mexican Summer Reissue)
Boris- Absolutego and Amplifier Worship Vinyl Issues
Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg- Self-Titled (Light in the Attic Reissue)
Eddie Detroit- Immortal Gods'
Chris Carter- The Spaces Between
Robert Wyatt Vinyl Reissues
Second Hand- Death May Be Your Santa Claus (Sunbeam Reissue)
Dwarr- Animals (Drag City Reissue)

Will

Lil' Will Orman(seasonal mainstay):

A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Autumn, again
Xiu Xiu - Dear God, I Hate Myself
The National - High Violet
Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
Sleigh Bells - Treats
Twin Sister - Color Your Life
Beach House - Teen Dream
Four Tet - There Is Love in You
Baths - Cerulean
Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks
Owen Pallett - Heartland
Mount Kimbie - Crooks & Lovers
School of Seven Bells - Disconnect from Desire
Glasser - Ring
Marnie Stern - Marnie Stern
Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner
Drivan - Disko
The Chap - Well Done Europe
Bonobo - Black Sands
Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma

Aaron

"Big" Aaron Briggs:

in no particular order:
• The Tallest Man on Earth -- The Wild Hunt
• The Walkmen -- Lisbon
• Deerhunter -- Halcyon Digest
• The Morning Benders -- Big Echo
• The National -- High Violet
• KORT -- Invariable Heartache
• Twin Shadow -- Forget
• Superchunk -- Majesty Shredding
• Spoon -- Transference
• Sharon Van Etten -- Epic
• Arcade Fire -- The Suburbs
• Crowded House -- Intriguer
• Miles Kurosky -- The Desert of Shallow Effects
And a few of my favorite songs of the year:
• The Morning Benders -- "Excuses"
• Darwin Deez -- "Radar Detector"
• The Tallest Man on Earth -- "Burden of Tomorrow"
• Deerhunter -- "Coronado"
• Big Boi -- "Shutterbugg"
• The National -- "Bloodbuzz, Ohio"
• Superchunk -- "Digging for Something"
• Twin Shadow -- "Slow"
• Beach House -- "Norway"
• LCD Soundsystem -- "Dance Yrself Clean"
• Caribou -- "Odessa"
• Titus Andronicus -- "A More Perfect Union"