2010 Mid Year Review: Albums You Should Have Bought!

Well, here we are, six months in to 2010.  Musically it has been a pretty solid half a year.  Today I will list a few of the albums that you should have picked up thus far this year.

The albums are listed in no particular order.

2010 Mid-Year Review: Albums You Should Have Bought

Artist	Album
Massive Attack	Heligoland
The Black Keys	Brothers
Gary Allan	Get Off On the Pain
John Butler Trio	April Uprising
Spoon	Transference
She & Him	Volume Two
Vampire Weekend	Contra
Drive-By Truckers	The Big To-Do
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club	Beat the Devil’s Tattoo
The New Pornographers	Together
Jack Johnson	To The Sea
The Gaslight Anthem	American Slang
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	Mojo
Band of Horses	Infinite Arms
Flobots	Survival Story
The Dead Weather	Sea of Cowards
The National	High Violet
Minus the Bear	Omni

 Great music awaits!

2010 Music Festivals (a partial list)!

Spring has sprung and the concert season is nigh upon us!  SXSW kicked of the festivals and the summer concert series is just weeks away.  Here is a list of the music fests that will draw a litany of artists and hordes of people.  This list highlights the main( in my humbly superior opinion) music festivals that take place in the continental U.S.  Most festivals are three days long and I’ve highlighted some of the featured (great) artists.

Festival	Date	Partial Line Up
Coachellawww.coachella.com	Apr. 16-18	Jay Z Them Crooked Vultures Gorillaz Pavement Thom Yorke MGMT
New Orleans Jazzwww.nojazzfest.com	Apr. 23-25	Lionel Richie Simon & Garfunkel Black Crowes My Morning Jacket Jonny Lang Darius Rucker
New Orleans Jazz Week 2www.nojazzfest.com	Apr. 29-May 2	Pearl Jam Aretha Franklin B.B. King Van Morrison The Dead Weather Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Summer Campwww.summercampfestival.com	May 28-30	Gov’t Mule Avett Brothers ALO Yonder Mountain String Band Umphrey’s McGee
Sasquatchwww.sasquatchfestival.com	May 29-31	Band of Horses Vampire Weekend The National Public Enemy She & Him Massive Attack
Wakarusawww.wakarusa.com	June 3-6	The Black Keys Slightly Stoopid Widespread Panic John Butler Trio Blues Traveler State Radio
Bonnaroowww.bonnaroo.com	June 10-13	Dave Matthews Band Kings of Leon Jay Z Stevie Wonder Nora Jones The Flaming Lips
Lollapaloozawww.lollapalooza.com	Aug. 6-8	Not yet released but always a stellar lineup
Austin City Limitswww.aclfestival.com	Oct. 8-10	Not yet released but always a stellar lineup

 The cool thing about the festivals is that if one takes place geographically close to you, you might catch some really good shows on both sides of the festival dates.

If you have attended any of the above or one not listed, let me know what was great about it and who you saw.

As mentioned in previous blogs I am a ACL acolyte and would strongly recommend that if you have the time and disposable income, you need to check itout.

Great music awaits!