Meta-Turf Club

Turf Turf? Turf Club²? Meta-Turf? Call it what you will, seeing Romantica play their song "Turf Club" live at the Turf Club in St. Paul was a treat for those who stayed well after the clock had technically closed out Saturday evening.



The band was also joined for a tune by Carrie Rodriguez who has a duet album with Romantica's lead singer, Ben Kyle.

My 10 most listened to albums released in 2010

I tend take a more qualitative approach to picking my 'top albums' of the year. Instead of presenting a subjective list of what I feel I liked best, I present below my list of most listened to albums released in 2010. It's pretty indicitive of what I liked most but does bias the list towards albums that came out earlier in 2010.


1. Dessa – A Badly Broken Code
2. Dosh – Tommy
3. Rogue Valley – Crater Lake
4. Dan and Matt Wilson – Minneapolis 2010 (*inflated due to intro tracks)
5. The National – High Violet
6. Yeasayer – Odd Blood
7. Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
8. Storyhill – Shade Of The Trees
9. Guster – Easy Wonderful (Deluxe Edition)
10. Kaiser Cartel – Secret Transit

My 10 favorite concerts of 2010 - #1-5

There were lots of great concerts in the Twin Cities in 2010. It was hard to narrow it down, but I eventually settled on ten favorites. Here are my top 5 of the shows I saw this year (see Monday's post for #6-10).

#5 - Dan & Matt Wilson @ Pantages Theater


#4 - Carolina Chocolate Drops @ MN Zoo



#3 - Mark Mallman's Marathon III @ Turf Club





#2 - The Avett Brothers @ First Avenue




#1 - Mumford & Sons @ Varsity Theater

My 10 favorite concerts of 2010 - #6-10

There were lots of great concerts in the Twin Cities in 2010. It was hard to narrow it down, but I eventually settled on ten favorites. Here are #6-10, with #1-5 to come later this week.

#10 - Brad Kern Benefit @ First Avenue


#9 -Greg Brown @ MN Zoo (video by otherkind)



#8 -Broken Social Scene @ First Avenue (video by courtskeet17)


#7 - Shout Out Louds @ Varsity Theater




#6 - Mumford & Sons @ First Avenue

Dosh at the Cedar Cultural Center 12-17-2010

Dosh played the Cedar Cultural Center last Friday evening. The room was kept very dark, so video was nearly impossible, but I did get one song of the first segment of the set with Dosh solo.


The setlist read:
Solo
    India
    Don't Wait
    Summertime Time

Dosh and Lewis
    Capture the Flag
    The Lost Take
    Subtractions

Dosh, Lewis, Ylvisaker, Broder
    Call the Kettle
    Bye Rhodsy
    If You Want To

Dosh, Lewis, Ylvisaker, Broder, Bates
    Airlift
    Pure Trash
    Caesar
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The encore was an amazing edition of Gare de Lyon



Dosh - Don't Wait For The Needle To Drop (Dec. 17, 2010)