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June 10, 2008
GRIMEY'S STAFF PICKS
You wanted the best, you got the best. Here are each of our
top 10 lists. Use them for gift suggestions, investigate some records
you haven't heard before, or just make fun of our taste. We don't
care. We'll love you just the same. All of these titles are also
featured on a special display in the store. Don't hesitate to ask
us to play some for you. Click here to see 2007's Staff Pics |
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Doyle Davis (aka D-Funk):
1. R.E.M. – Accelerate
2. The Raconteurs – Consolers Of The Lonely
3. Fleet Foxes – Sun Giant EP
4. Howlin Rain – Magnificent Fiend
5. Black Mountain – In The Future
6. The Black Keys – Attack & Release
7. The Heavy – Great Vengeance & Furious Fire
8. The Kills – Midnight Boom
9. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig
10. The Lions – Jungle Struttin’
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Mike
Grimes
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Mike Grimes (aka Grimey):
1. Beach House - Devotion
2. She and Him - Volume One
3. Hotpipes - Future Bolt
4. The Dynamics - Version Excursions
5. Altered Statesmen (not out yet, but I love it)
6. Justin Townes Earle - The Good Life
7. The Dirtbombs - We Have You Surrounded
8. The Black Keys - Attack and Release
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Anna
Lundy
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Anna Lundy (aka Indie Pop Princess):
Pumice - Pebbles
Marnie Stern - In Advance of the Broken Arm
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Akron/Family - Love is Simple
Nervous Patterns - Nervous Patterns
Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay (various artists)
Band of Horses - Cease to Exist
Johnny Lunchbreak - Appetizer / Soup's On
Drug Rug - Drug Rug
Dungen - Tio Bitar
Ed Askew - Little Eyes
Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation
Life is a Problem (various artists)
Lipa Kopi Ya City Council (various artists)
Old Time Relijun - Catharsis in Crisis
Boris with Michio Kurihara - Rainbow
Best Live Music:
Yo La Tengo & Lamchop @ the Bijou Theatre (Knoxville)
Band of Horses @ the Ryman Auditorium
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings @ the Ryman Auditorium
Black Mountain @ Headliner's (Louisville)
Arcade Fire & LCD Soundsystem (Louisville)
Daniel Johnston @ the Southgate House (Newport, KY)
These Are Powers @ the Springwater Supper Club
White Stripes @ the Cannery Ballroom
Bob Dylan @ the Ryman Auditorium
Greatest Instore Performances:
Liars
Vic Thrill
Elekibass
Black Moth Super Rainbow
the Annuals
Menomena Halloween Bash!
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Smokin'
Josh Walker
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Smokin' Josh's Top 10 +1 obvious pick & an upcoming release:
1--R.E.M.--Accelerate
2--Cave,Nick--Dig Lazarus Dig
3--Kills--Midnight Boom
4--Earth--Bees Made Honey
5--Black Keys--Attack & Release
6--Richard Swift--As Onasis
7--Hotpipes--Future Bolt
8--Umbrella Tree--Church & Hospital
9--Jim Noir--S/T
10--Gutter Twins--Saturnalia
and now for Josh's obvious pick
11--Morrissey--Greatest Hits (come on...did you think i wouldn't put Moz on the list)
Upcoming release to get frickin' pumped about!
12--Portishead--Third
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Candice
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Candice Blackburn:
In no particular order (except for #1!)
1. Man Man - Rabbit Habits
2. Vampire Weekend - S/T
3. Dark Meat - Universal Indians
4. Destroyer - Trouble in Dreams
5. Portishead - Third
6. Caribou - Andorra
7. Justin Townes Earle - The Good Life
8. Black Angels - Directions to see a Ghost
9. Devotchka - A Mad and Faithful Telling
10. The Kills - Midnight Boom
honorable mentions:
*Akron/Family - Meek Warrior
*REM - Accelerate
*Born Ruffians - Red Yellow & Blue
*Best of Seth - S/T
*Cave Singers - S/T |
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Larry
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Larry T-Bone Vaughn:
Budos Band-II
Dungen-Tio Bitar
Antibalas-Security
Japancakes-Loveless
Akron/Family-Love Is Simple
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Adam Franklin-Bolts of Melody
Animal Collective-Strawberry Jam
The Dynamites feat. Charles Walker-Kaboom!
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
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Jon
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Jonathan "Hot Pipe" Rogers:
1. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
2. Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
3. Menomena - Friend And Foe
4. Various - Brazil 70: After Tropicalia
5. Culture - Two Sevens Clash: 30th Anniversary reissue
6. Akron/Family - Love is Simple
7. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
8. Battles - Mirrors
9. Various - Bombay Connection
10. Drug Rug - Drug Rug
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Luke
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Luke Schneider (in this order):
1. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
2. Besnard Lakes - Are the Dark Horse
3. Papercuts - Papercuts
4. Budos Band - Budos Band II
5. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Ove Kortedala
6. Phosphorescent - Pride
7. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
8. Justice - Cross
9. Grizzly Bear - Friend ep
10. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
11. Richard Swift - Dressed Up For The Letdown
Best Shows of the Year:
Damo Suzuki Network @ the Springwater Supper Club
Monotonix @ the Springwater Supper Club
Jeff / the Infinity Cat Showcase @ the End (Next Big Nashville)
Daniel Johnston @ the Exit / In
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Rollum
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Rollum Haas:
1.LCD Soundsystem "Sound Of Silver"
2.Justice "Cross"
3.Junior Senior "Hey Hey My My Yo Yo"
4.Charlotte Gainsbourg "5:55"
5.Amy Winehouse "Back To Black"(once I stopped hearing it at work 3 times a day for a solid month)
6.Dungen "Tio Batar"
7.Blonde Redhead "23"
8.Prefab Sprout "Steve McQueen"(reissue)
9.Blockhead "Uncle Tony's Coloring Book"
10.Spoon "Gagaga....."
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Aaron
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Aaron Briggs:
1. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
2. Okkervil River -- The Stage Names
3. Wilco -- Sky Blue Sky
4. Menomena -- Friend and Foe
5. The National -- Boxer
6. Dr. Dog -- We All Belong
7. LCD Soundsystem -- Sound of Silver
8. Richard Swift -- Dressed Up for the Letdown
9. Dungen -- Tio Bitar
10. Arcade Fire -- Neon Bible
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Lil' Will
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Lil' Will Orman:
The National - Boxer
Frog Eyes - Tears of the Valedictorian
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Battles - Mirrored
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Low - Drums and Guns
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
José González - In Our Nature
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