I’ve only found a handful of new albums that I’ve been able to sit through this year. For the most part I can’t make it through the first minute of the first song. Sometimes the second song does the album in. Either way, I’ve been particularly bored with new music in 2010.

However there does seem to be a light at the end of the tunnel: 2010 seems to be the year of reissues. One of my favorite labels, Polyvinyl Records is reissuing out of print LPs by both Braid and Cap’n Jazz.. I love both bands and am happy to be able to plop the records on my turntable.

The best news came last week though. Well it really came about a month ago but I didn’t hear about it until last week. Hardly Art is re-releasing 3 Carissa’s Wierd albums: Ugly but Honest, You Should Be at Home Here, and Songs about Leaving. All of these have been out of print for a few years, the first 2 nearly impossible to find aside from $100+ CDs on ebay. The label is also releasing a “best of” album, but that pales in comparison to the reissues. Best news of the year? So far.