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2010: A Year In Review

January 3, 2011

2010: A Year In Review
2010: A Year In Review

Top 5 2010 Releases We Haven't Had Time To Digest Yet

  • Dan Padilla – As the Ox Plows (no physical release)
  • The Goodnight Loving – Supper Club (Dirtnap)
  • Leatherface – The Stormy Petrel (No Idea)
  • Stoned at Heart – Party Tracks Vol. 1 (It’s Alive)
  • Jim Bryson & Weakerthans – Falcon Lake Incident

(Loren)

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— words by the SPB team • January 3, 2011

2010: A Year In Review
2010: A Year In Review

Pages in this feature

  1. Opening page
  2. Top 5 EPs of 2010
  3. Top 5 Most Anticipated Records of 2011
  4. Top 5 Newest Musical Discoveries / Obsessions
  5. Top 5 Reissues / Retrospectives
  6. Top 5 Splits and Collaborations
  7. Top 5 Cassette Releases 2010
  8. Top 5 2010 Releases We Haven't Had Time To Digest Yet
  9. Top 5 Worst Cover Art of 2010

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