The Thermals - "Never Listen to Me" / "Separate"

New Thermals video plus an older song from a record store day split.

Random New Year Notes

Albums I forgot about/just listened to that should have been on my 2010 list:

Maserati - Pyramid of the Sun

Phantogram - Eyelid Movies

Local Natives - Gorilla Manor

My favorite song right now:

My winter Soundtrack:

Agalloch is from Portland, but I imagine them writing songs in a cabin on a wintry fjord. Pretty much everything song they write is about winter.

Favorite Metal Albums 2010

1) Black Breath - Heavy Breathing
2) Holy Grail - Crisis in Utopia
3) Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit
4) Ihsahn - After
5) Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
6) Melvins - The Bride Screamed Murder
7) White Wizzard - Over the Top
8) Withered - Dualitas
9) Twilight - Monument to Time End
10) Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

Favorite Albums 2010

1) The Moondoggies - Tidelands

2) Fitz & the Tantrums - Pickin' Up the Pieces

3) Blitzen Trapper - Destroyer of the Void

4) Wavves - King of the Beach

5) The Budos Band - The Budos Band III

6) The Black Keys - Brothers

7) The Thermals - Personal Life

8) No Age - Everything In Between

9) Tame Impala - Innerspeaker

10) Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Elks Blood

Elks Blood sound like a promising metal band from Seattle. Their website says they have a demo. Check out "Dune" on their myspace.

The Maldives - "Go Back to Virginia"

Since I heard Jason play this song back in March, I've been looking for a recording of it. Not great quality, but I love this song.

Elkfest 2010 - Spokane, WA (6/4-6/6/2010)

The Booze Fighters

Finn Riggins

La Cha-Cha


The White Buffalo

Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band