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Staff Lists 2010

By The Staff | 13 December 2010

Mark Abraham

01. Grass Widow :: Past Time
02. HEALTH :: DISCO 2
03. Z’s :: New Slaves
04. Robyn :: Body Talk
05. Beach House :: Teen Dream
06. Flying Lotus :: Cosmogramma
07. Warpaint :: The Fool
08. Glasser :: Ring
09. Frog Eyes :: Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph
10. Jana Winderen :: Energy Field
11. Smegma :: Mirage
12. Kanye West :: My Dark Twisted Fantasy
13. Growing :: PUMPS!
14. Kemialliset Ystävät :: Ullakkopalo
15. Grimes :: Halfaxa
16. AIDS Wolf :: March to the Sea
17. Big Boi :: Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
18. Teebs :: Ardour
19. Villagers :: Becoming a Jackal
20. Pop Winds :: The Turquoise
21. Fond of Tigers :: Continent and Western
22. Ninca Leece :: There is No One Else When I Lay Down and Dream
23. Busy Signal :: D.O.B.
24. Women :: Public Strain
25. Sharon Van Etten :: epic
26. Freddie Gibbs :: Str8 Killa EP
27. FNS :: FNS
28. Baths :: Cerulean
29. Ellen Allien :: Dust
30. Autechre :: Oversteps

Conrad Amenta

01. Flying Lotus :: Cosmogramma
02. Future Islands :: In Evening Air
03. Janelle Monae :: The ArchAndroid
04. Arcade Fire :: The Suburbs
05. Yellow Swans :: Going Places
06. Teebs :: Ardour
07. Baths :: Cerluean
08. Pantha du Prince :: Black Noise
09. Four Tet :: There is Love in You
10. Big Boi :: Sir Lucious Left Foot
11. Beach House :: Teen Dream
12. Villagers :: Becoming a Jackal
13. Books :: The Way Out
14. Chicago Underground Duo :: Boca Negra
15. Grimes :: Geidi Primes / Halfaxa
16. Emeralds :: Does It Look Like I’m Here?
17. Walkmen :: Lisbon
18. Frog Eyes :: Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph
19. Shad :: TSOL
20. Qua :: Q&A
21. Gil Scott-Heron :: I’m New Here
22. Das Racist :: Sit Down, Man
23. Ikonika :: Contact, Want, Love, Have
24. Women :: Public Strain
25. Blue Hawaii :: Blooming Summer EP
26. Crush Buildings :: Things Luminous

Alan Baban

01. Women :: Public Strain
02. No Age :: Everything in Between
03. Kanye West :: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
04. Walkmen :: Lisbon
05. Das Racist :: Sit Down, Man
06. Emeralds :: Does it Look Like I’m Here?
07. Frog Eyes :: Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph
08. Big Boi :: Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
09. Curren$y :: Pilot Talk
10. Beach House :: Teen Dream
11. Tyvek :: Nothing Fits
12. Spoon :: Transference
13. Drake :: Thank Me Later
14. Deerhunter :: Halcyon Digest
15. Radio Dept. :: Clinging to a Scheme
16. Surfer Blood :: Astro Coast
17. Working for a Nuclear Free City :: Jojo Burger Tempest
18. Menomena :: Mines
19. Freddie Gibbs :: Str8 Killa EP
20. Flying Lotus :: Cosmogramma
21. Titus Andronicus :: The Monitor
22. Four Tet :: There is Love in You
23. Grass Widow :: Past Time
24. Girls :: Broken Hearts Club EP
25. Wolf Parade :: Expo 86

George Bass

01. Skytree :: Hyphae
02. Emma Pollock :: The Law of Large Numbers
03. RadioSeed :: There Has To Be More
04. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma :: Love is a Stream
05. Echospace :: Liumin
06. Another Electronic Musician :: States of Space
07. Amman Abbasi :: I Mi$$ 3v3rything
08. Dryft :: Ventricle
09. Bullion :: You Drive Me To Plastic 12”
10. Starscream :: The Space Years
11. Underworld :: Barking
12. Altar Eagle :: Mechanical Gardens
13. Proem :: Enough Conflict
14. Kyle Hall :: Kaychunk / You Know What I Feel EP
15. Richard Skelton :: Landings
16. Oneohtrix Point Never :: Returnal
17. Gareth Hardwick :: Of the Sea and Shore
18. iTAL tEK :: Midnight Colour
19. Memoryhouse :: The Years EP
20. Roel Funcken :: Vade
21. Ikonika :: Contact, Want, Love, Have
22. Directorsound :: Two Years Today
23. Dozens :: Dozens EP
24. Belvedere Mountain Express :: Cauldstane Slap
25. Indignant Senility :: Plays Wagner
26. Kria Brekken :: Uterus Water EP
27. Ruxpin :: Where Do We Float From Here?
28. Grant Valdes :: At Peace At Last
29. Giardini Di Miró :: Il Fuoco
30. Greg Harwood :: Innocent Crimes OST

Chet Betz

01. Kanye West :: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
02. Frog Eyes :: Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph
03. Big Boi :: Sir Lucious Left Foot
04. Women :: Public Strain
05. Emeralds :: Does It Look Like I’m Here?
06. Das Racist :: Sit Down, Man
07. Gil Scott-Heron :: I’m New Here
08. Surfer Blood :: Astro Coast
09. Teebs :: Ardour
10. Black Milk :: Album of the Year
11. Flying Lotus :: Cosmogramma
12. Bambara :: Dog Ear Days EP
13. Blue Hawaii :: Blooming Summer EP
14. Yellow Swans :: Going Places
15. Eluvium :: Similes
16. Freddie Gibbs :: Str8 Killa EP
17. Velella Velella :: Atlantis Massif
18. Grimes :: Geidi Primes
19. Jamie Lidell :: Compass
20. Gonjasufi :: A Sufi and a Killer
21. Pantha du Prince :: Black Noise
22. Erykah Badu :: New Amerykah, Part Two: Return of the Ankh
23. Ikonika :: Contact, Love, Want, Have
24. Greenhouse :: Electric Purgatory, Part 2
25. Janelle Monae :: The ArchAndroid

Joel Elliott

01. Beach House :: Teen Dream
02. Yellow Swans :: Going Places
03. Janelle Monae :: The ArchAndroid
04. Swans – My Father Will Guide me Up a Rope to the Sky
05. Kanye West :: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
06. Big Boi :: Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
07. New Pornographers :: Together
08. Flying Lotus :: Cosmogramma
09. Emeralds :: Does It Look Like I’m Here?
10. Richard Skelton :: Landings
11. Brian McBride :: The Effective Disconnect
12. Pantha du Prince :: Black Noise
13. Clang Sayne :: Winterlands
14. Lindstrom & Christabelle :: Real Life is No Cool
15. Shearwater :: The Golden Archipelago
16. Sufjan Stevens :: The Age of Adz
17. The Element Choir :: At Rosedale United
18. Erykah Badu :: New Amerykah Pt. 2: Return of the Ankh
19. Tobacco :: Maniac Meat
20. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti :: Before Today
21. Holy Fuck :: Latin
22. Evan Parker :: Whistable Solo
23. Islaja :: Keraaminen Paa
24. Loscil :: Endless Falls
25. Oneohtrix Point Never :: Returnal

Jessica Faulds

01. Blue Hawaii :: Blooming Summer EP
02. Marnie Stern :: Marnie Stern
03. Beach House :: Teen Dream
04. Long Long Long :: Shorts EP
05. Grass Widow :: Past Time
06. Frog Eyes :: Paul’s Tomb
07. Women :: Public Strain
08. Liars :: Sisterworld
09. Kanye West :: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
10. Explode Into Colors :: Quilts
11. Ariel Pink & The Haunted Graffiti :: Before Today
12. Radio Dept. :: Clinging to a Scheme
13. Flying Lotus :: Cosmogramma
14. The Arcade Fire :: Suburbs
15. The Pop Winds :: The Turquoise
16. Sharon Van Etten :: epic
17. Gil Scott-Heron :: I’m New Here
18. Grimes :: Geidi Primes
19. RatTail :: George Mounsey EP
20. The Tallest Man on Earth :: The Wild Hunt
21. Gonjasufi :: A Sufi and a Killer
22. Matmos & So Percussion :: Treasure State
23. GOBBLE GOBBLE :: Lawn Knives 7”
24. ARMS :: EP
25. Caribou :: Swim
26. Deerhunter :: Halcyon Digest
27. Wild Nothing :: Gemini
28. Hot Panda :: How Come I’m Dead?
29. Surfer Blood :: Astro Coast
30. Tobacco :: Maniac Meat

David M. Goldstein

01. Kanye West :: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
02. The National :: High Violet
03. Big Boi :: Sir Lucious Left Foot
04. Robyn :: Body Talk
05. Foals :: Total Life Forever
06. Budos Band :: Budos Band III
07. Janelle Monae :: The ArchAndroid
08. Hot Chip :: One Life Stand
09. Gorillaz :: Plastic Beach
10. Working for a Nuclear Free City :: Jojo Burger Tempest
11. Corin Tucker Band :: 1000 Years
12. Arcade Fire :: The Suburbs
13. Titus Andronicus :: The Monitor
14. Sufan Stevens :: Age of Adz
15. Black Angels :: Phosphene Dream
16. New Pornographers :: Together
17. Warpaint :: The Fool
18. Wolf Parade :: Expo 86
19. Superchunk :: Majesty Shredding
20. Deerhunter :: Halcyon Digest
21. Drive by Truckers :: The Big To Do
22. Tame Impala :: Innerspeaker
23. Walkmen :: Lisbon
24. Black Keys :: Brothers
25. Bad Religion :: The Dissent of Man

Andrew Hall

01. Sharon Van Etten :: epic
02. Beach House :: Teen Dream
03. The Radio Dept :: Clinging to a Scheme
04. Titus Andronicus :: The Monitor
05. No Age :: Everything in Between
06. Robyn :: Body Talk
07. Deerhunter :: Halcyon Digest
08. Los Campesinos! :: Romance is Boring
09. Big Boi :: Sir Lucious Left Foot
10. Sufjan Stevens :: Age of Adz
11. Arcade Fire :: The Suburbs
12. Bonnie Prince Billy + Cairo Gang :: The Wonder Show of the World
13. Salem :: King Night
14. The Books :: The Way Out
15. Das Racist :: Sit Down, Man
16. Menomena :: Mines
17. Nina Nastasia :: Outlaster
18. Girls :: Broken Dreams Club EP
19. Kanye West :: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
20. Wacka Flocka Flame :: Flockaveli
21. Warpaint :: The Fool
22. Best Coast :: Crazy For You
23. Oneohtrix Point Never :: Returnal

Kaylen Hann

01. Frog Eyes :: Paul’s Tomb
02. Flying Lotus :: Cosmogramma
03. Drake :: Thank Me Later
04. Women :: Public Strain
05. Blue Hawaii :: Blooming Summer
06. Tame Impala :: Innerspeaker
07. Menomena :: Mines
08. Surfer Blood :: Astro Coast
09. The Tallest Man on Earth :: The Wild Hunt
10. Kanye West :: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
11. Wolf Parade :: Expo 86
12. Beach House :: Teen Dream
13. Janelle Monae :: The ArchAndroid
14. The National :: High Violet
15. Sharon Van Etten :: epic
16. Deerhunter :: Halcyon Digest
17. Sleigh Bells :: Treats
18. No Age :: Everything in Between
19. Suckers :: Wild Smile
20. Joanna Newsom :: Have One On Me
21. Grimes :: Halfaxa
22. Warpaint :: The Fool
23. Teebs :: Ardour
24. Black Milk :: Album of the Year
25. Long Long Long :: Shorts EP
26. Moonface :: Dreamland EP: Marimbas and Shit Drums
27. Tennis :: Baltimore/Marathon 7”
28. Deer Tick :: The Black Dirt Sessions
29. The Drums :: The Drums
30. Happy Birthday :: Happy Birthday

Calum Marsh

01. Kanye West :: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
02. Big Boi :: Sir Lucious Left Foot
03. Drake :: Thank Me Later
04. The-Dream :: Love King
05. Sufjan Stevens :: The Age Of Adz
06. Blue Hawaii :: Blooming Summer EP
07. Grimes :: Geidi Primes / Halfaxa
08. Flying Lotus :: Cosmogramma
09. Gonjasufi :: A Sufi and a Killer
10. Menomena :: Mines
11. Future Islands :: In Evening Air
12. Das Racist :: Sit Down, Man
13. Robyn :: Body Talk
14. Women :: Public Strain
15. Spoon :: Transference
16. Frog Eyes :: Paul’s Tomb
17. Yellow Swans :: Going Places
18. Freddie Gibbs :: Str8 Killa EP
19. Janelle Monae :: The ArchAndroid
20. Salem :: King Night
21. Waka Flocka Flame :: Flockaveli
22. Emeralds :: Does It Look Like I’m Here?
23. Rich Aucoin :: Public Publication EP
24. Sleigh Bells :: Treats
25. The Pop Winds :: The Turquoise
26. Curren$y :: Pilot Talk
27. The New Pornographers :: Together
28. Black Milk :: Album of the Year
29. Teebs :: Ardour
30. Method Man / Raekwon / Ghostface :: Wu Massacre

Maura McAndrew

01. WAVVES :: King of the Beach
02. Gorillaz :: Plastic Beach
03. Big Troubles :: Worry
04. Old 97’s :: The Grand Theatre Vol. 1
05. Girls :: Broken Dreams Club
06. Woods :: At Echo Lake
07. Kanye West :: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
08. Limes :: Rhinestone River
09. Beach Fossils :: Beach Fossils
10. No Age :: Everything in Between
11. Deerhunter :: Halcyon Digest

Colin McGowan

01. Kanye West :: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
02. Big Boi :: Sir Lucious Left Foot
03. Frog Eyes :: Paul’s Tomb
04. Beach House :: Teen Dream
05. Big KRIT :: KRIT Wuz Here
06. Yellow Swans :: Going Places
07. Das Racist :: Sit Down, Man
08. Curren$y :: Pilot Talk / Pilot Talk 2
09. Surfer Blood :: Astro Coast
10. Waka Flocka Flame :: Flockaveli
11. Ikonika :: Contact, Love, Want, Have
12. Menomena :: Mines
13. Gucci Mane :: Mr. Zone 6
14. Future Islands :: In Evening Air
15. Emeralds :: Does It Look Like I’m Here?
16. Flying Lotus :: Cosmogramma
17. Freddie Gibbs :: Str8 Killa EP
18. Wiz Khalifa :: Kush & OJ
19. Blue Hawaii :: Blooming Summer EP
20. Gil Scott-Heron :: I’m New Here
21. Shabazz Palaces :: Of Light EP / Shabazz Palaces EP
22. Teebs :: Ardour
23. CFCF :: Do U Like Night Bus?
24. Salem :: King Night
25. Women :: Public Strain

Chris Molnar

01. Das Racist:: Sit Down, Man / Shut Up, Dude
02. Gonjasufi :: A Sufi and a Killer
03. MGMT :: Congratulations
04. Bonobo :: Black Sands
05. Sufjan Stevens:: Age of Adz
06. Big Boi :: Sir Lucious Left Foot
07. Flying Lotus :: Cosmogramma
08. Baths :: Cerulean
09. Warpaint :: The Fool
10. Waka Flocka Flame :: Flockaveli
11. Twin Sister :: Color Your Life EP
12. Girls :: Broken Dreams Club EP
13. Ariel Pink :: Before Today
14. Velella Velella :: Atlantis Massif
15. Four Tet:: There is Love in You
16. Gil Scott-Heron:: I’m New Here
17. Loscil :: Endless Falls
18. Caribou :: Swim
19. Curren$y :: Pilot Talk
20. Bonnie “Prince” Billy + Cairo Gang :: The Wonder Show of the World
21. Team Ghost:: You Never Did Anything Wrong to Me
22. Deerhunter :: Halycon Digest
23. Starflyer 59 :: The Changing of the Guard
24. Meth Ghost & Rae :: Wu-Massacre
25. Black Milk :: Album of the Year

Aaron Newell

01. Kanye West :: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
02. Black Milk :: Album of the Year
03. Walkmen :: Lisbon
04. Owen Pallett :: Heartland
05. The National :: High Violet
06. Erykah Badu :: New Amerykah Pt. 2
07. Deerhunter :: Halcyon Days
08. Robyn :: Body Talk
09. Beach House :: Teen Dream
10. Big Boi :: Sir Lucious Left Foot
11. Wolf Parade :: Expo 86
12. Vampire Weekend :: Contra
13. Arcade Fire :: The Suburbs
14. Curren$y :: Pilot Talk
15. Das Racist :: Sit Down, Man
16. Menomena :: Mines
17. Gil Scott-Heron :: I’m New Here
18. Warpaint :: The Fool
19. Field Music :: Measure
20. Future Islands :: In Evening Air
21. Gold Panda :: Lucky Shiner
22. The Roots :: How I Got Over
23. New Pornographers :: Together
24. Eligh :: Grey Crow
25. Charlotte Gainsbourg :: IRM

Andre Perry

01. Sharon Van Etten :: epic
02. Wolf Parade :: Expo 86
03. Kanye West :: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
04. Beach House :: Teen Dream
05. Deerhunter :: Halcyon Digest
06. The Walkmen :: Lisbon
07. Menomena :: Mines
08. Yellow Swans :: Going Places
09. Titus Andronicus :: The Monitor
10. Women :: Public Strain
11. Big Boi :: Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
12. Sufjan Stevens :: Age of Adz
13. The Besnard Lakes :: The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night
14. Crystal Castles :: Crystal Castles
15. Lower Dens :: Twin Hand Movement
16. The Poison Control Center :: Sad Sour Future
17. Warpaint :: The Fool
18. Caribou :: Swim
19. Sleigh Bells :: Treats
20. oOoOO ::oOoOO EP

Clayton Purdom

01. Kanye West :: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
02. Das Racist :: Sit Down, Man
03. Drake :: Thank Me Later
04. Flying Lotus :: Cosmogramma
05. Big Boi :: Sir Lucious Left Foot
06. Surfer Blood :: Astro Coast
07. Curren$y :: Pilot Talk / Pilot Talk 2
08. Women :: Public Strain
09. CFCF :: Do U Like Night Bus?
10. Emeralds :: Does It Look Like I’m Here?
11. Beach House :: Teen Dream
12. Salem :: King Night
13. Janelle Monae :: The ArchAndroid
14. Deerhunter :: Halcyon Digest
15. Shabazz Palaces :: Of Light EP / Shabazz Palaces EP
16. Freddie Bibbs :: Str8 Killa EP
17. Wiz Khalifa :: Kush & Orange Juice
18. Gorillaz :: Plastic Beach
19. Four Tet :: There is Love in You
20. Caribou :: Swim
21. Big KRIT :: KRIT Wuz Here
22. Teebs :: Ardour
23. Waka Flocka Flame :: Flockaveli
24. Gucci Mane :: Mr. Zone 6
25. Young Jeezy :: Trap or Die 2
26. Black Milk :: Album of the Year
27. Meth Rae Ghost :: Wu-Massacre
28. Oneohtrix Point Never :: Returnal
29. Erykah Badu :: New Amerykah Pt. 2
30. Swans :: My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky

Scott Reid

01. Frog Eyes :: Paul’s Tomb
02. Women :: Public Strain
03. Kanye West :: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
04. Teebs :: Ardour
05. Future Islands :: In Evening Air
06. Flying Lotus :: Cosmogramma
07. Big Boi :: Sir Lucious Left Foot
08. Beach House :: Teen Dream
09. Grimes :: Geidi Primes / Halfaxa
10. Field Music :: Measure
11. Swans :: My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
12. Surfer Blood :: Astro Coast
13. Yellow Swans :: Going Places
14. Gorillaz :: Plastic Beach
15. Blue Hawaii :: Blooming Summer EP
16. Eluvium :: Similes
17. Sharon Van Etten :: epic
18. Glasser :: Ring
19. Gonjasufi :: A Sufi and a Killer
20. Oneohtrix Point Never :: Returnal
21. Menomena :: Mines
22. Das Racist :: Sit Down, Man
23. Owen Pallett :: Heartland
24. Black Milk :: Album of the Year
25. Pop Winds :: The Turqoise
26. Erykah Badu :: New Amerykah Pt. 2
27. Big KRIT :: KRIT Wuz Here
28. Deerhunter :: Halcyon Digest
29. Villagers :: Becoming a Jackal
30. Walkmen :: Lisbon

Dom Sinacola

01. Kanye West :: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
02. Frog Eyes :: Paul’s Tomb
03. Menomena :: Mines
04. Big Boi :: Sir Lucious Left Foot
05. Flying Lotus :: Cosmogramma
06. Beach House :: Teen Dream
07. The Books :: The Way Out
08. Surfer Blood :: Astro Coast
09. Blue Hawaii :: Blooming Summer EP
10. Drake :: Thank Me Later
11. Gorillaz :: Plastic Beach
12. Curren$y :: Pilot Talk
13. Women :: Public Strain
14. Freddie Gibbs :: Str8 Killa EP
15. Owen Pallett :: Heartland
16. Gil Scott-Heron :: I’m New Here
17. Villagers :: Becoming a Jackal
18. Sharon Van Etten :: epic
19. Arcade Fire :: The Suburbs
20. Teebs :: Ardour
21. Warpaint :: The Fool
22. Grimes :: Halfaxa
23. Velella Velella :: Atlantis Massif
24. Oneohtrix Point Never :: Returnal
25. Phantogram :: Eyelid Movies
26. Das Racist :: Sit Down, Man
27. Sleigh Bells :: Treats
28. Black Milk :: Album of the Year
29. Wolf Parade :: Expo 86
30. Vampire Weekend :: Contra

Lindsay Zoldaz

01. Beach House :: Teen Dream
02. Women :: Public Strain
03. Kanye West :: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
04. Joanna Newsom :: Have One on Me
05. Future Islands :: In Evening Air
06. Sharon Van Etten :: epic
07. Frog Eyes :: Paul’s Tomb
08. Explode Into Colors :: Quilts
09. Tender Trap :: Dansette Dansette
10. Grass Widow :: Past Time
11. Wolf Parade :: Expo 86
12. Janelle Monae :: The ArchAndroid
13. The Corin Tucker Band :: 1000 Years
14. The Walkmen :: Lisbon
15. Glasser :: Ring
16. Eternal Summers :: Eternal Summers
17. Teebs :: Ardour
18. Big Boi :: Sir Lucious Left Foot
19. The Tallest Man on Earth :: The Wild Hunt
20. Four Tet :: There Is Love in You
21. Warpaint :: The Fool
22. The New Pornographers :: Together
23. Baths :: Cerulean
24. Blue Hawaii :: Blooming Summer EP
25. Surfer Blood :: Astro Coast