ISSUE 127: DECEMBER 13–24, 2010

BEST OF 2010
Best Albums #20-#11
Best Albums #10-#1
Best Singles
Best Reissues
Primitive Futures' 20 Artifacts

AGIT STAFF FAVORITES
Alexandra Kelley
Ron Wadlinger
Matt Slaybaugh
Michael P. O'Shaughnessy
Eric Davidson
David Holmes
Dorian S. Ham
Kevin J. Elliott
Phil Goldberg
Luke Winkie
Jennifer Farmer
Josie Rubio
Stephen Slaybaugh


ISSUE 126: DECEMBER 6–10, 2010

FEATURE
Steve Wynn

ALBUM REVIEWS
OFF! First Four EPs
The Blue Angel Lounge, Narcotica
Kisses, The Heart of the Nightlife
The White Wires, WWII
Pascal Pinon, Pascal Pinon

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Hüsker Dü: The Story of the Noise-Pop Pioneers Who Launched Modern Rock

PAST PERFECT
Squirrel Bait, Skag Heaven

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
CDR Singles Club Back from Hiatus


ISSUE 125: NOVEMBER 29–DECEMBER 3, 2010

ALBUM REVIEWS
Eux Autres, Broken Bow
Minitel Rose, Atlantique
Franz Nicolay, Luck and Courage
The Soft Moon, The Soft Moon
Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Ill Ease and Lazer Crust, A Double Edged Sword Reversed

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Bob Marley and the Golden Age of Reggae 1975–1976

PAST PERFECT
Nine Inch Nails, Pretty Hate Machine

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Hank IV, III


ISSUE 124: NOVEMBER 22–26, 2010

FEATURE
Avey Tare

ALBUM REVIEWS
Kid Cudi, Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager
Girl Talk, All Day
Nightlands, Forget the Mantra
Reading Rainbow, Prism Eyes
Gary Wilson, Electric Endicott

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
A Dead Boy's Tale from the Front Line of Punk Rock

PAST PERFECT
Orange Juice, Coals to Newcastle

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Idle Times, Idle Times


ISSUE 123: NOVEMBER 15–19, 2010

FEATURE
Twin Sister

ALBUM REVIEWS
Stereolab, Not Music
The Greenhornes, ★★★★
Cee Lo Green, The Lady Killer
Gregory and the Hawk, Leche
El Ten Eleven, It's Still Like a Secret

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Roky Erickson Live Review

PAST PERFECT
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Damn the Torpedoes

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Dan Melchior und das Menace, Visionary Pangs


ISSUE 122: NOVEMBER 8–12, 2010

FEATURE
Foals

ALBUM REVIEWS
The Concretes, WYWH
The 1990s, Return of the Century
Bear Hands, Burning Bush Supper Club
Maserati, Pyramid of the Sun
Shipping News, One Less Heartless to Fear
Elliott Smith, An Introduction to Elliott Smith

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Joy Division

PAST PERFECT
The New Hope

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Pregnant, Pregnant


ISSUE 121: NOVEMBER 1–5, 2010

FEATURE
The Unholy Two

ALBUM REVIEWS
Brian Eno, Small Craft on a Milk Sea
Elvis Costello, National Ransom
Diplo Presents Dubstep
Nottz, You Need This Music
Pop. 1280, The Grid EP

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Moogfest 2010

PAST PERFECT
The Gibson Bros, Build a Raft

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Tyvek, Nothing Fits


ISSUE 120: OCTOBER 25–29, 2010

FEATURE
Blank Dogs

ALBUM REVIEWS
Bryan Ferry, Olympia
Masters of Reality, Pine/Cross Dover
Lyrics Born, As You Were
The Postelles, The Postelles
Badly Drawn Boy, It's What I'm Thinking

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
The Boombox Project

PAST PERFECT
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Year One, Orange and Acme

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Introducing... Deathly Fighter


ISSUE 119: OCTOBER 19–22, 2010

ALBUM REVIEWS
Avey Tare, Down There
Super Wild Horses, Fifteen
Jail Weddings, Love Is Lawless
Belle and Sebastian, Write About Love
Tired Pony, The Place We Ran From

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Bad Religion Live Review

PAST PERFECT
The Church, Deep in the Shallows

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Purling Hiss, Hissteria


ISSUE 118: OCTOBER 11–15, 2010

FEATURE
The Fresh & Onlys

ALBUM REVIEWS
Antony and the Johnsons, Swanlights
Cloud Nothings, Turning On
Wolf People, Steeple
Zola Jesus, Valusia EP
Pomegranates, One of Us

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Mozipedia: The Encyclopedia of Morrissey and the Smiths

PAST PERFECT
Dwarr, Animals

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
October Harvest


ISSUE 117: OCTOBER 4–8, 2010

FEATURE
Slayer

ALBUM REVIEWS
Marnie Stern, Marnie Stern
Alain Johannes, Spark
Owen Pallett, A Swedish Love Story EP
Dark Dark Dark, Wild Go
White Dress, White Dress EP

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Pop Montreal 2010

PAST PERFECT
Iggy Pop & James Williamson, Kill City

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Kevin Greenspon and Cloud Nothings, Split


ISSUE 116: SEPTEMBER 27–OCTOBER 1, 2010

FEATURE
Women

ALBUM REVIEWS
Deerhunter, Halcyon Digest
The Corin Tucker Band, 1,000 Years
Half-Handed Cloud, Stowaways
Pink Nasty, Pink Nasty
OMD, History of Modern

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Leonard Cohen, Bird on a Wire and Songs from the Road

PAST PERFECT
The Dream Syndicate, Medicine Show

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Kito-Mizukumi Rouber, Midori Mushi San Connichiwa


ISSUE 115: SEPTEMBER 20–24, 2010

FEATURE
The Walkmen

ALBUM REVIEWS
Abe Vigoda, Crush
Black Milk, Album of the Year
Chromeo, Business Casual
Dungen, Skit I Allt
James, The Morning After the Night Before
La Strada, New Home

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
I Think We're Alone Now

PAST PERFECT
INXS, Shabooh Shoobah

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Mark McGuire, Living with Yourself


ISSUE 114: SEPTEMBER 13–17, 2010

FEATURE
Superchunk

ALBUM REVIEWS
Crocodiles, Sleep Forever
The Thermals, Personal Life
Wait. Think. Fast. Luces del Sur
Winter Gloves, All Red
The Intelligence, Males
Mice Parade, What It Means to Be Left-Handed

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Shellac and Helen Money and Hallogallo 2010 Live Reviews

PAST PERFECT
Fela Kuti, "Zombie" Batch, Part II

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Rotate the Completor, Rotate the Completors: Completed Rotations of the...


ISSUE 113: SEPTEMBER 6–10, 2010

FEATURE
Of Montreal

ALBUM REVIEWS
The Vaselines, Sex with an X
Interpol, Interpol
Electric Sunset, Electric Sunset
Sam Prekop, Old Punch Card
Blonde Redhead, Penny Sparkle

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Keep On Running: The Story of Island Records

PAST PERFECT
Royal Trux, Cats and Dogs

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Hozac Hookup Klub Year Two


ISSUE 112: AUGUST 30–SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

FEATURE
Eels

ALBUM REVIEWS
Jenny Wilson, Hardships!
Titles, Dirt Bell
Film School, Fission
Megafaun, Heretofore
Sonny and the Sunsets, Tomorrow Is Alright
Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs, God Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Rush Live Review

PAST PERFECT
Fela Kuti, "Zombie" Batch, Part I

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Introducing... Prince Rama


ISSUE 111: AUGUST 23–27, 2010

FEATURE
Uffie

ALBUM REVIEWS
Geographer, Animal Shapes EP
Land of Talk, Cloak and Cipher
Ra Ra Riot, The Orchard
Brad Laner, Natural Selections
Prisoners, Back in the USSA

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Neil Hamburger, Hot February Night

PAST PERFECT
Arab Strap, The Week Never Starts Around Here and Philophobia

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Stark Folk Band, Well-Oiled


ISSUE 110: AUGUST 16–20, 2010

FEATURE
!!!

ALBUM REVIEWS
Matthew Dear, Black City
Darker My Love, Alive As You Are
Toadies, Feeler
Lissie, Catching a Tiger
Black Label Society, Order of the Black

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Clinic Live Review

PAST PERFECT
Superchunk, No Pocky for Kitty and On the Mouth

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
El Jesus de Magico, Ragtime Hors


ISSUE 109: AUGUST 9–13, 2010

FEATURE
Squeeze

ALBUM REVIEWS
Arcade Fire, The Suburbs
Camu Tao, King of Hearts
Autolux, Transit Transit
Los Lobos, Tin Can Trust
The Budos Band, The Budos Band III
El-P, Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Devo Live Review

PAST PERFECT
Queens of the Stone Age, Rated R

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Sacred Bones' Summer Swoon


ISSUE 108: JULY 26–30, 2010

FEATURE
Kim Salmon and the Surrealists

ALBUM REVIEWS
Wavves, King of the Beach
Leif Vollebekk, Inland
The Kyle Sowashes, Nobody
Kylie Minogue, Aphrodite
Dan Sartain, Lives

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Rush, Beyond the Lighted Stage

PAST PERFECT
Billy Squier, Don't Say No

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Frank (Just Frank), The Brutal Wave


ISSUE 107: JULY 19–23, 2010

FEATURE
Diplo

ALBUM REVIEWS
Danzig, Deth Red Sabaoth
K-X-P, K-X-P
Jaill, That's How We Burn
Francis and the Lights, It'll Be Better
Carissa's Wierd, They'll Only Miss You When You Leave
So Percussion and Matmos, Treasure State
School of Seven Bells, Disconnect from Desire

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Pitchfork Music Fest '10 Wrap-Up

PAST PERFECT
Department of Eagles, Archive 2003-2006

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
An Interview with Fabulous Diamonds


ISSUE 106: JULY 12–18, 2010

FEATURE
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

ALBUM REVIEWS
Crowded House, Intriguer
Fol Chen, Part II: The New December
Sun Kil Moon, Fell Promises
The Books, The Way Out
Au Revoir Simone, Night Light
Big Boi, Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Legend of Chico Dusty

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Here Comes Your Weekend Parking Lot Blowout Live Review

PAST PERFECT
Spur, Of the Moments

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Welcome Home/Diggin' the Universe: A Woodsist Compilation

PITCHFORK '10
The Agit Reader at the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival


ISSUE 105: JULY 5–9, 2010

FEATURE
Medications

ALBUM REVIEWS
Procedure Club, Doomed Forever
The Roots, How I Got Over
The Chemical Brothers, Further
Thieves Like Us, Again and Again
Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody, I Could Sleep for a Thousand Years
The Main Street Gospel, Love Will Have Her Revenge

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Tristan Perich, 1-Bit Symphony

PAST PERFECT
Concrete Blonde, Bloodletting

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Top 10 Artifacts for the First Half of 2010


ISSUE 104: JUNE 28–JULY 2, 2010

FEATURE
CocoRosie

ALBUM REVIEWS
Wolf Parade, Expo 86
DiskJokke, En Fin Tid
Health, Disco2
Oval, Oh EP
Cloud Cuckooland

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Touch and Go: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine '79-'83

PAST PERFECT
The Undertones

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Knowing the Unknown


ISSUE 103: JUNE 21–25, 2010

FEATURE
Tame Impala

ALBUM REVIEWS
Tender Trap, Dansette Dansette
To Rococo Rot, Speculation
Dead Luke, American Haircut
Ed Harcourt, Lustre
Stone Temple Pilots, Stone Temple Pilots
Casiokids, Topp Stemning på Lokal Bar

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
A Live Evening with MGMT

PAST PERFECT
Oasis, Time Flies... 1994-2009

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Naked on the Vague, Heaps of Nothing


ISSUE 102: JUNE 14–18, 2010

FEATURE
Flying Saucer Attack

ALBUM REVIEWS
Foals, Total Life Forever
Woom, Muu's Way
Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles
Rayon Beach, Memory Teeth
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse, Dark Night of the Soul
Pernice Brothers, Goodbye, Killer

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
The World Cup Top 10

PAST PERFECT
The Cure, Disintegration

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Knight School, Revenger


ISSUE 101: JUNE 7–11, 2010

FEATURE
Teenage Fanclub

ALBUM REVIEWS
Cave, Pure Moods EP
Sia, We Are Born
Deer Tick, The Black Dirt Sessions
Cali 2na, Fish Market Part 2
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Before Today

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Five Hundred 45s

PAST PERFECT
Shoes, Eccentric Breaks and Beats

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Florida's Dying Party Planner


ISSUE 100: MAY 31–JUNE 4, 2010

FEATURE
Beach Fossils

ALBUM REVIEWS
Thee Oh Sees, Warm Slime
Wild Nothing, Gemini
The Futureheads, The Chaos
Damien Jurado, Saint Bartlett
Melvins, The Bride Screamed Murder
Born Ruffians, Say It

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine and Chrome Cranks Live Reviews

PAST PERFECT
Refused, The Shape of Punk to Come

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Introducing... Fey Gods


ISSUE 99: MAY 24–28, 2010

FEATURE
Ty Segall

ALBUM REVIEWS
CocoRosie, Grey Oceans
Jamie Lidell, Compass
Andy Bell, Non-Stop
First Aid Kit, Drunken Trees EP
Hoodoo Gurus, Purity of Essence

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
David Cross, Bigger and Blackerer

PAST PERFECT
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Now I Got Worry and Controversial Negro

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Getting into Nerve City


ISSUE 98: MAY 17–21, 2010

FEATURE
Javelin

ALBUM REVIEWS
The National, High Violet
Band of Horses, Infinite Arms
Audio Bullys, Higher Than the Eiffel
Japandroids, No Singles
Woven Bones, In and Out and Back Again
Solex vs. Cristina Martinez + Jon Spencer, Amsterdam Throwdown, King Street Showdown!

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Rock 'n' Roll High School

PAST PERFECT
The Moles, Untune the Sky

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Hozac Hookup Klub's Final Hookup


ISSUE 97: MAY 10–14, 2010

FEATURE
Woods

ALBUM REVIEWS
The Dead Weather, Sea of Cowards
Male Bonding, Nothing Hurts
Zs, New Slaves
Gun Outfit, Possession of Sound
Birds of Maya, Ready to Howl

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Beach House Live Review

PAST PERFECT
Jeff Eubank, A Street Called Straight

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Psychedelic Horseshit, Hell to Play


ISSUE 96: MAY 3–7, 2010

FEATURE
The Styrenes

ALBUM REVIEWS
The Fall, Your Future Our Clutter
The New Pornographers, Together
Minus the Bear, Omni
Batusis, Batusis EP
Flying Lotus, Cosmogramma
Snowglobe, Little More Lived In

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
I Need That Record!

PAST PERFECT
Tommy James & the Shondells

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
The Whines, Hell to Play


ISSUE 95: APRIL 26–30, 2010

FEATURE
Sleigh Bells

ALBUM REVIEWS
BoB, The Adventures of Bobby Ray
Doves, The Places Between
White Fence, White Fence
StreetLab, Auto Spkr
Wounded Lion, Wounded Lion

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
The Specials Live Review

PAST PERFECT
Destroyer, City of Daughters, Thief and Streethawk: A Seduction

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Introducing... Mount Carmel


ISSUE 94: APRIL 19–23, 2010

FEATURE
Robert Pollard

ALBUM REVIEWS
Plants and Animals, La La Land
Sam Amidon, I See the Sign
Bustin' Loose
Horse Feathers, Thistled Spring
The Apples in Stereo, Travellers in Space and Time
Kim Salmon & the Surrealists, Grand Unifying Theory

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
The Antlers Live Review

PAST PERFECT
Big Audio Dynamite, This Is Big Audio Dynamite: Legacy Edition

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Ron House, Blind Boy in the Back Seat


ISSUE 93: APRIL 12–16, 2010

FEATURE
Liars

ALBUM REVIEWS
Nice Nice, Extra Wow
Murs and 9th Wonder, Fornever
Dosh, Tommy
Mi Ami, Steal Your Face
The Tallest Man on Earth, The Wild Hunt
Chin Chin, Sound of the Westway

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Girls and the Wedding Present Live Reviews

PAST PERFECT
Elliott Smith, Roman Candle and From a Basement on the Hill

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Spring Singles Round-Up


ISSUE 92: APRIL 5–9, 2010

FEATURE
Caribou

ALBUM REVIEWS
High Places, High Places vs. Mankind
The Dø, A Mouthful
Boy Eats Drum Machine, Hoop + Wire
Viv Albertine, Flesh EP
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, I Learned the Hard Way
Erykah Badu, New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
The Big Pink and A Place to Bury Strangers Live Review

PAST PERFECT
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Reissues Part Two

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Hell, Yes! New Singles for Italy


ISSUE 91: MARCH 29–APRIL 2, 2010

FEATURE
Zola Jesus

ALBUM REVIEWS
The Bird and the Bee, Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates
Titus Andronicus, The Monitor
King Rhythm, Hardships & Head Trips
Via Audio, Animalore

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine and Joanna Newsom Live Reviews

PAST PERFECT
Black Tambourine, Black Tambourine

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
All Hands Electric Singles Club Round One


ISSUE 90: MARCH 22–26, 2010

FEATURE
Iggy and the Stooges

ALBUM REVIEWS
She & Him, Volume Two
Bettie Serveert, Pharmacy of Love
Matt Pond PA, The Dark Leaves
Archie Bronson Outfit, Coconut
The Internal Tulips, Mislead Into a Field By a Deformed Dear
Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Rush to Relax

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
SXSW 2010 Recap

PAST PERFECT
Paul Revere & the Raiders, The Complete Columbia Singles

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Captured Tracks' International Division and the Birth of "Undie"


ISSUE 89: MARCH 15–19, 2010

FEATURE
Dum Dum Girls

ALBUM REVIEWS
Love Is All, Two Thousand and Ten Injuries
Gorillaz, Plastic Beach
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
Golden Triangle, Double Jointer
Drive-By Truckers, The Big To-Do

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Blank Generation

PAST PERFECT
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Dirty Shirt Rock 'n' Roll

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
The Fresh & Onlys, August in My Mind EP

SXSW
The Agit Reader at SXSW10


ISSUE 88: MARCH 8–12, 2010

FEATURE
A Sunny Day in Glasgow

ALBUM REVIEWS
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, The Brutalist Bricks
JJ, jj nº 3
These New Puritans, Hidden
Black Rebel Motorcylce Company, Beat the Devil's Tattoo
Frightened Rabbit, The Winter of Mixed Drinks
Year Long Disaster, Black Magic: All Mysteries Revealed
Emma Pollock, The Law of Large Numbers

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Leatherface, Pere Ubu, and RJD2 Live Reviews

PAST PERFECT
The Plimsouls, Live! Beg, Borrow & Steal

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Introducing... Circle Pit


ISSUE 87: MARCH 1–5, 2010

FEATURE
The Soft Pack

ALBUM REVIEWS
Joanna Newsom, Have One on Me
Seabear, We Built a Fire
Adam Green, Minor Love
Aloha, Home Acres
Miles Kurosky, The Desert of Shallow Effects
Robert Pollard, We All Got Out of the Army
Bridges & Blinking Lights, Heroes, Guns & Snakes
Blessure Grave, Judged By Twelve, Carried By Six
Clogs, The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
The TAMI Show

PAST PERFECT
Pavement, Quarantine the Past

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Nice Face, Immer Etwas


ISSUE 86: FEBRUARY 22–26, 2010

FEATURE
Shout Out Louds

ALBUM REVIEWS
Xiu Xiu, Dear God, I Hate Myself
Jaga Jazzist, One-Armed Bandit
Moon Duo, Escape
Strange Boys, Be Brave
Freeway & Jake One, The Stimulus Package
Groove Armada, Black Light
Quasi, American Gong
Fan Death, Coin for the Well EP

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
The Soundtrack of Our Lives Live Review

PAST PERFECT
Fela Kuti, "Chop 'n' Quench" Batch

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Guinea Worms, Sorcererers of Madness (4rd Year in a Row!)


ISSUE 85: FEBRUARY 15–19, 2010

FEATURE
Home

ALBUM REVIEWS
Lil' Wayne, Rebirth
Massive Attack, Heligoland
Juliana Hatfield, Peace & Love
Field Music, (Measure)
Tindersticks, Falling Down a Mountain
The Knife, Tomorrow, In a Year
Untied States, Instant Everything, Constant Nothing
Leatherfacce, The Stormy Petrel
Efterklang, Magic Chairs

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Walking on the Moon: The Untold Story of the Police and the Rise of New Wave Rock

PAST PERFECT
Buzzcocks, Another Music in a Different Kitchen, Love Bites and A Different Kind of Tension

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Dead of Winter Singles Mixer


ISSUE 84: FEBRUARY 8–12, 2010

FEATURE
Yeasayer

ALBUM REVIEWS
Pantha du Prince, Black Noise
You Say Party! We Say Die! XXXX
Puerto Muerto, Drumming for Pistols
U.S. Girls, Go Grey
The Watson Twins, Talking to You, Talking to Me
Ashley Beedle Presents Mavis

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Bowie: A Biography

PAST PERFECT
Frank Sinatra, Strangers in the Night

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Introducing... Cloud Nothings


ISSUE 83: FEBRUARY 1–5, 2010

FEATURE
RJD2

ALBUM REVIEWS
Malachai, Ugly Side of Love
Fucked Up, Couple Tracks
Pierced Arrows, Descending Shadows
Medication, This Town
Bomb the Bass, Back to Light

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Soul Power

PAST PERFECT
Next Stop... Soweto

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Nudge Squidfish, 20,000 Leagues Under Nashville


ISSUE 82: JANUARY 25–29, 2010

FEATURE
White Denim

ALBUM REVIEWS
The Magnetic Fields, Realism
Los Campesinos, Romance Is Boring
Clipd Beaks, To Realize
Beach House, Teen Dream
Silver Swans, Realize the Ghost
Scout Niblett, The Calcination of Scout Niblett

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Prefuse 73 Live Review

PAST PERFECT
Good God! Born Again Funk

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Night Control, Life Control


ISSUE 81: JANUARY 18–22, 2010

FEATURE
Toro Y Moi

ALBUM REVIEWS
Spoon, Transference
Surfer Blood, Astro Coast
Four Tet, There Is Love in You
Yellow Fever, Yellow Fever
Oh No Ono, Eggs
Kevin Barker, You & Me
Lindstrøm & Christabelle, Real Life Is No Cool
The Red Krayola with Art & Language, Five American Portraits

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Best Music Writing 2009

PAST PERFECT
Animal Collective, Campfire Songs

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Hozac's Winter Storm


ISSUE 80: JANUARY 11–15, 2010

FEATURE
Darlings

ALBUM REVIEWS
Vampire Weekend, Contra
Dragonette, Fixin to Thrill
Owen Pallett, Heartland
Freedy Johnston, Rain on the City
Joyful Noise

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Sid! By Those Who Really Knew Him

PAST PERFECT
13th Chime, The Lost Album

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Introducing... Sweatheart


ISSUE 79: JANUARY 4–8, 2010

FEATURE
Wolf People

ALBUM REVIEWS
The King Khan & BBQ Show, Invisible Girl
The Dry Spells, Too Soon for Flowers
Animal Collective, Fall Be Kind EP
Trans Am, What Day Is It Tonight?
Goldspot, And the Elephant Is Dancing
The Gaslamp Killer, All Killer

WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Bomp! 2: Born in the Garage

PAST PERFECT
Tin Huey, Before Obscurity: The Bushflow Tapes

PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Carl Simmons, Honeysuckle Tendrals

PREVIOUS YEARS