By Maxwell Silver
Brooklyn Street Team
Even though 2010 is over, it’s not long gone. So, we can’t see anything wrong with sneaking in just a couple of additional installments of the popular playlist series, Recent Releases We Almost Missed. The Almost Missed playlist series offer an eclectic array of tracks from 2010 albums, EPs and singles, many of which were largely overlooked, but, in our opinion, deserve some coverage.
Because there were so many good-to-amazing releases in 2010, it was only inevitable that a number of otherwise strong releases – at least based on the lead single in many cases – would slip through the wide net cast out by the weekly Best New Releases series. Over time, these releases piled up in a folder, until we recently got a chance to listen to them again, and decide which should be included in this last (maybe second to last) installment of the ‘Almost Missed’ highlighting 2010 music.
“Rattle Your Bones” – Black Whales from Rattle Your Bones 7″ – Nov. 17th
“Bon Koum” – Sidi Toure from Sahel Folk – Jan. 25th
“Stand In The Water” – Wildlife from Strike Hard, Young Diamond EP – Nov. 16th
“Giraffe’s Kiss” – Sore Eros from Know Touching – Nov. 23rd
“Begs Me Not To Beg” – Brass Bed from Melt White – Sept. 21st
“Abandoned Bridges” – Owen P from Abandoned Bridges – Sept. 28th
“Dancing In Slow Motion” – Teenage Fantasy from 7 AM – Sept. 21st
“You Can Only Be So Lonely” – The Shape of the Earth from The Romantics – June 20th
“Wiff of Father” – Pregnant from Pregnant – Oct. 1st
“Chipped Teeth” – Tim Gilbertson from Palisades – May 3rd
“Japanese” – The Art of Shooting from Traveling Show – May 3rd
“The Way to Canaan” – The King Left from Perfect Without People – May 14th
“Jimmy Had a Polaroid” – Math and Physics Club from I Shouldn’t Look as Good as I Do
“I Am From The Future” – Alright Alright from You Are One of Us Now – Sept. 22nd
“God and Me” – The Kopecky Family Band from The Disaster EP – Aug. 10th
“I’m Asking You” – The Cinnamon Band from All Dressed EP
“The Puget Sound” – Wow & Flutter from Equilibrio – Oct. 19th
“Let Me Sleep” – TV Buddhas from TV Buddhas – Nov. 23th
“Get What You Want, Get What You Need” – The Ascetic Junkies from This Cage Has No Bottom – Nov. 16th
“Doorways” – Radical Face from Touch The Sky EP – Nov. 16th