Greg Bartalos’s Top Ten — December 27 by Greg Bartalos

Here’s a list of some of my faves from the past decade. Though they’re not ranked in order, I suppose I’ll make an exception for Love performing Forever Changes live in 2003 (yeah, yeah, I know the original album was recorded 32 years ago).

Honorable Mention:

Rob Dickinson Fresh Wine for the Horses
The Damned Grave Disorder
The Stranglers Norfolk Coast
Why? Elephant Eyelash
Caribou Andorra
Scott Walker The Drift
The Polyphonic Spree The Fragile Army
Radiohead Kid A
The Hold Steady Almost Killed Me
The Shins Chutes Too Narrow

Greg Bartalos’s Top Ten — November 29 by Greg Bartalos

Devo with JP Inc. - The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza (New York, NY) - November 20, 2009 by Greg Bartalos

Whether you want to call Devo legends or not, their highly influential legacy is finally being given its due.

Hugh Cornwell – Highline Ballroom (New York, NY) – Saturday, September 12, 2009 by Greg Bartalos

Ex-Stranglers lead singer/guitarist Hugh Cornwell put on one of the most spirited performances I’ve ever seen by him.

Greg Bartalos’s Top Ten — September 20 by Greg Bartalos

Found Music in Newfoundland by Greg Bartalos

A trip up north goes far in introducing new music.

Greg Bartalos’s Top Ten — July 19 by Greg Bartalos

10 great (more or less) songs with memorable titles.

Greg Bartalos’s Top Ten — July 12 by Greg Bartalos

10 great (more or less) songs with memorable titles.

Greg Bartalos’s Top Ten — June 14 by Greg Bartalos

The Damned with The Bellrays and Electric Frankenstein - The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza (New York, NY) – Thursday, May 14, 2009 by Greg Bartalos

33 years and counting, the Damned remain an unstoppable force.

Greg Bartalos’s Top Ten — April 26 by Greg Bartalos

The Damned - So, Who's Paranoid (English Channel) by Greg Bartalos

The Damned have released their first album in seven years and thankfully the wait was well worth it.

Greg Bartalos’s Top Ten — November 16 by Greg Bartalos

Greg Bartalos’s Top Ten — October 19 by Greg Bartalos

Rob Dickinson - Fresh Wine for the Horses (Sanctuary) by Greg Bartalos

Dickinson flirts with melodrama but unlike Wile E. Coyote, who invariably chases the Road Runner only to fall off a cliff, Dickinson is more a like an experienced horse that gallops near the periphery of a jagged cliff yet knows enough to not fall off.