THE PORTABLE INFINITE: 2010

12/19/2010

Best shows of 2010

Best shows of 2010:

Jan 9th: Sonic Youth @ Wiltern (Photo: Alexander Laurence)

Feb 23rd: Plastic Ono Band + Deerhoof @ Fox Oakland (Photo: AL)

April 10th: Liars @ El Rey (Photo: Angel Ceballos)

April 13th: Public Image Limited @ Club Nokia (Photo: AL)

May 19th Massive Attack @ Wiltern (Photo: AL)

June 1st: First Aid Kit @ Bootleg (Photo: Angel Ceballos)

June 4th: LCD Soundsystem @ Hollywood Palladium (Photo: AL)

June 6th: The XX + Phantogram @ Wiltern (Photo: AL)

June 22nd: BJM @ Henry Fonda (Photo: Angel Ceballos)

Aug 11th: Empire of The Sun @ Henry Fonda (Photo: AL)

Sept 10th: Beak @ Troubadour (Photo: AL)

Oct 13th: Off! @ Club Lingerie (Photo: AL)

Nov 4th: Gary Numan @ El Rey (Photo: Angel Ceballos)

11/28/2010

BEST RECORDS 2010
By Alexander Laurence

1. Tame Impala – Innerspeaker
2. Beach House - Teen Dream
3. Brian Eno - Small Craft on A Milk Sea
4. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
5. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
6. First Aid Kit - Big Black and The Blue
7. School of Seven Bells - Disconnect From Desire
8. Sleigh Bells - Treats
9. Warpaint - The Fool
10. Liars - Sisterwold

11. Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles
12. Olaf Arnalds - Innundir Skinni
13. MGMT - Congratulations
14. Goldfrapp - Headfirst
15. Sade - Soldier of Love
16. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
17. Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More
18. Surfer Blood – Astrocoast
19. Male Bonding - Nothing Hurts
20. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today

21. Phantogram - Eyelid Movies
22. Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
23. Antony and The Johnsons - Swanlights
24. Marina and The Diamonds - Family Jewels
25. Yeasayer - Odd Blood
26. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
27. Laura Marling - Speak Because I Can
28. Kings & Queens – Jet In Carina
29. Paul Weller - Wake Up The Nation
30. Crocodiles - Sleep Forever

31. The Blue Angel Lounge – Narcotica
32. The Black Keys - Brothers
33. Foals - Total Life Forever
34. Janelle Monae – The ArchAndroid
35. Freelance Whales - Weathervanes
36. Autechre – Move of Ten
37. Trentemoller – Into The Great Wide Yonder
38. Sharon Van Etten - Epic
39. No Age - Everything In Between
40. Los Campesinos! - Romance Is Boring

41. Roky Erickson with Okkervil River - True Love Cast Out All Evil
42. Maximum Balloon - Maximum Balloon
43. Screaming Females - Castle Talk
44. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Hawk
45. Massive Attack - Heglioland
46. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
47. BEAK> - BEAK>
48. The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream
49. Karen Elson – The Ghost Who Walks
50. John Grant – Queen Of Denmark