February 2011
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January 2011
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Best Albums of 2010 Staff Picks: Hailey Hill
Positivexposure’s newest family member, contributing writer Hailey Hill, shares her top 10 albums of 2010 and shows why we added her to the team.
#10 Skyway // Nauseating Suburbia Australian pop-punk at its best. It was such a massive year for the Gold Coast quintet and after seeing them with The Wonder Years and listening to this on a regular basis, they had me hooked in. Their cover of...
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Best Albums of 2010 Staff Picks: Ashton Dixon
Assistant Copy Editor Ashton Dixon takes an in-depth stroll down memory lane as she shares her top 10 picks of 2010.
#10 Tiger Suit // KT Tunstall Tiger Suit is a fantastic album from KT Tunstall that seamlessly mixes pop and folk sounds. Her lyrics are powerful and her voice is full of emotion.
#9 Invented // Jimmy Eat WorldJimmy Eat World will more than likely always be one of my...
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Best Albums of 2010 Staff Picks: Clara Dee
Assistant Features Editor Clara Dee shares her top 9 picks of 2010.
#9 I’m Having Fun Now // Jenny and Johnny
#8 No Ghost // The Acorn
#7 Made the Harbour // Mountain Man
#6 Infinite Arms // Band of Horses
#5 I Speak Because I Can // Laura Marling Raw, rough folk heroism.
#4 One of Us // Pomegranates Underwater incinerations.
#3 The Ghost Who Walks // Karen Elson...
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Best Albums of 2010 Staff Picks: Ashley Greene
Music Director Ashley Greene keeps it simple with her top 10 of 2010.
#10 The Age of Ads // Sufjan Stevens
#9 Color Your Life // Twin Sister
#8 Astro Coast // Surfer Blood
#7 Contra // Vampire Weekend
#6 Halcyon Digest // Deerhunter
#5 Beach Fossils // Beach Fossils
#4 Crystal Castles ll // Crystal Castles
#3 Volume 2 // She & Him
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Best Albums of 2010 Staff Picks: Emma Hope
Creative Director Emma Hope decides that 7 is a brilliant number and shares with you her brilliant list of 2010’s 7 most brilliant albums.
#7 Lo-Fi for the Dividing Nights // Broken Social Scene This is my last choice and I was going to give it to First Aid Kit’s album The Big Black and the Blue but, for some reason recently I’ve not really been feeling their music. Instead the last...
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Best Albums of 2010 Staff Picks: Nick Kennedy
Contributing writer Nick Kennedy is considered indie by a lot of people, but he disagrees. See if his top 10 is indie or not. click click click.
#10 LP4 // Ratatat
#9 Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes // Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes
#8 Foxy Shazam // Foxy Shazam
#7 Contra // Vampire Weekend
#6 Future Weather // The War on Drugs
#5 Innerspeaker // Tame Impala
#4 This is...
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Best Albums of 2010 Staff Picks: Annabel Smith
It’s only fitting that Assistant Art Editor Annabel Smith would pick ten albums whose covers are works dreamy works of art themselves.
#10 The Years Ep // Memoryhouse
#9 Crystal Castles ll // Crystal Castles
#8 Cerulean // Baths #7 Treats // Sleigh Bells #6 Crazy for You // Best Coast
#5 Innerspeaker // Tame Impala
#4 Halycon Digest // Deerhunter...
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Best Albums of 2010 Staff Picks: Josh Mitrou
For a bunch of writers some of us are sure silent. Contributing writer Josh Mitrou continues the trend of keeping mum about our reasons but shares his list with us. It’s quite different than the rest of the staff.
#10 Two Worlds // Tigers Jaw
#9 This Addiction // Alkaline Trio
#8 Snakes for the Devine // High on Fire
#7 Operation Paralysis // The Dillinger Escape...
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Real Talk // Man Overboard
Once upon a time I raged over the influx of pop-punk bands I was discovering who I felt sounded pretty much the same, or had few unique qualities. Then I came across New Jersey band, Man Overboard and I began to defend pop-punk once again. As an avid pop-punk fan, I’ve followed bands such as The Wonder Years, With The Punches and Skyway and looked on with excitement as they developed...
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True Grit
Directed By: Joel and Ethan Coen
Written By: Joel and Ethan Coen
Genre: Western, Drama, Action
Running Time: 1 hr. 50 min.
In Theaters: January 26
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin and Hailee Steinfeld True Grit is the story of a headstrong young girl of fourteen named Mattie, who sets out on a journey to find, and bring to justice a man named Tom Chane (Josh Brolin), who...
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Best Albums of 2010 Staff Picks: Jack Kelleher
Positivexposure’s movie reviewer Jack Kelleher talks music with his top 5 albums of 2010.
#5 Hurley - Weezer
I worried when I first heard about this album. I really, really, didn’t want a repeat of Weezer’s cringe-worthy previous album, Raditude. But I was pleasantly surprised, Hurley ended up being a very solid, very listenable album. Most of the songs are pleasant, and the standout...
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Best Albums of 2010 Staff Picks: Alyce-Keli
Assistant Manager Alyce-Keli’s picks are also short and sweet, and pretty different from the rest of the staff picks.
#1 Youngbloods // The Amity Affliction
#2 Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place // Anberlin
#3 There Is A Hell Believe Me I’ve Seen It, There Is A Heaven Let’s Keep It A Secret // Bring Me The Horizon
#4 Line ‘Em Up EP // States...
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Best Albums of 2010 Staff Picks: Tyler Vick
Marketing Assistant (aka professional Tumblr-er) Tyler Vick’s picks are short and sweet. Yes, we think it’s super awesome that that sort of rhymes.
#1 All Delighted People Ep // Sufjan Stevens
#2 The Suburbs // Arcade Fire #3 Blue Sky Noise // Circa Survive
#4 The Years Ep // memoryhouse
#5 Color Your Life // Twin Sister
#6 Avi Buffalo // Avi...
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Best Albums of 2010 Staff Picks: Sarah Nitt
Copy Editor Sarah Nitt is indecisive of the order, so disregard it and just enjoy the list!
#1 Brothers // The Black Keys
I’ve only recently been listening to The Black Keys, which I know for fact now is tragedy. ‘Tighten Up’, the single from Brothers, is definitely a winning track. I love modernized blues (and videos with lip-synching children).
#2 Forgiveness Rock Record...
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Best Albums of 2010 Staff Picks: Sunny Landon
Positivexposure’s General Manager Sunny Landon picks her top 8 albums of 2010, a year that saw 6 albums released by only two of her favorite bands and the discovery of a few new favorites.
#1 Firewood // The Bear Romantic
Firewood came in summer 2010 courtesy of prolific musician Jesse Clasen. It introduced me to a more mellow, softer side of his vocals than he showed off on his...
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