The best covers of 2010 (by non-cover bands), all free and legal, from Archive.org.  Support the Archive!  It’s awesome! 25.  For #25, see #1. 24.  Marie-Caitlin Rose (Randy Newman) 23.  I Know You Rider-Akron Family (Traditional) 22.  Beast of Burden-Big Head Todd and the Monsters (Rolling Stones) 21.  Everyone Ona Move/Billie Jean-Spearhead (Michael Jackson).  Michael [...]

I know, I know.  I already wrote about this once, and said I couldn’t really put together a definitive “best of” list.  But I’ve done more research, much more reading, and I’ve come to conclude that I can!  And have!  This list builds on that old one—you can just ignore that post, in fact, and [...]

Okay, maybe the worst is too harsh.  For my last 2010 list, I’m digging into the albums that should have been much better than they were–either because of hype or expectation based on past performance.  So they’re not worse than Justin Bieber or that kinda nonsense but, really, guys–if this was the best you could [...]

The final installment of dudes people dug this year, but I just . . . Didn’t. When I’m With You (Best Coast cover)-Kitner Boy http://player.groovebat.com/player.swf When I’m With You-Beat Radio http://player.groovebat.com/player.swf Fuck You (Cee-lo)-William Shatner. Okay, I’m kinda lying here. I didn’t like the album all that much, but this single is pretty damn cool. [...]

What makes Passion Pit so great?  I mean, their album is fun and all, but is it really all that? Here are some of my favorite renditions of what I thought was a decent, but forgettable, pop band that everyone else liked. Truth (feat. Passion Pit)-Chiddy Bang http://player.groovebat.com/player.swf Sleepyhead (passion pit cover)-Gazing from Rooftops http://player.groovebat.com/player.swf [...]

The XX: Another 2010 band everyone liked but I . . . Didn’t. You’ve Got the Love (Theophilus London Remix) http://player.groovebat.com/player.swf Islands/Love The Way You Lie (Jay-Z and The XX covers))-The Pretty Reckless http://player.groovebat.com/player.swf

TOP 10 REASONS FOR COMIC BOOK FANS TO OWN T.V.s AND GO TO THE MOVIES 2010 10. Smallville. The show was on fumes last season, but it’s picked up. It’s getting annoying, though, waiting for Darkseid. And they better bring it. Because if they don’t, it’ll be the biggest cop out since Rise of the [...]

The hardest part about doing these end of the year lists is that I know as soon as I publish it, someone will suggest (or I’ll otherwise find) an album that shoulda been here. With that caveat, I proceed. But before saluting artists on labels without “big money backing,” major label push, and attendant RIAA-enforcement, [...]

Seems like she’s been around forever.  She got tons of play this year, and I just don’t see what differentiates her pop from everyone else’s. Unless it’s the right one and the left one. I Kissed a Girl-A Faylene Sky http://player.groovebat.com/player.swf California Gurls-AB and the Sea http://player.groovebat.com/player.swf Teenage Dream (Katy Perry Cover)-Darwin Deez http://player.groovebat.com/player.swf Your [...]

I wouldn’t be presumptuous enough to list “the best comics of 2010″ because I haven’t read nearly enough–and because I read trades and not single issues for the most part, so I’m 6-9 months behind real comicheads.  That said, if I’m not poring over complex legal documents for my job, chances are what I’m reading [...]