Lithium Magazine

With 2010 winding down, the requisite 'Best Of The Year' lists will soon be showing up all over the interweb. Here's a running list of favourite shows, photo opportunities, interviews, albums and films that rocked the house at Camp Lithium in 2010:

Mike Bax
Top 5 Interviews:
Gary Numan - October 22nd, 2010
Nitzer Ebb Interview with Bon Harris, Douglas McCarthy and Jason Payne - November 2010
Jaz Coleman of Killing Joke - November 18th, 2010
Tim Burgess from The Charlatans – August 13th, 2010
Brann Dailor of Mastodon - Sept 18th, 2010

Top 5 Show Reviews:
Heavy MTL Festival - Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montréal, Québec, Canada July 24th & 25th, 2010
Jesse Malin & the St. Marks Social – Legendary Horseshoe Tavern – September 15th, 2010
Chapterhouse w Ulrich Schnauss - Lee’s Palace, Toronto - Oct 6th, 2010
Faith No More - Williamsburg Waterfront, Brooklyn, NY - July 2nd & 5th, 2010
Nitzer Ebb - Magic Stick - Detroit MI, Nov 18th, 2010

Top 5 Photo Shoots:
Rammstein / Apocalyptica - Festival D'´été 2010, Québec July 18th, 2010
Rush – Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, Toronto – July 13th, 2010
Heavy MTL Festival - Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montréal, Québec, Canada July 24th & 25th, 2010
Green Day - Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, Toronto - August 18th, 2010
Korn - Sound Academy, Toronto - April 6th, 2010

Top 5 Album Reviews:
Killing Joke – Absolute Dissent
Underworld – Barking
The Sword - Warp Riders
Holy Grail - Crisis In Utopia
Nitzer Ebb – Industrial Complex

Top 5 Blu-ray Reviews:
The Exorcist
Inception
The Pacific
V Season One
Fringe: The Complete Second Season
 
Laurie Lonsdale
Top 5 Interviews:
Tommy Lee – September 2010
Jacoby Shaddix – Papa Roach – September 2010
Steve Vai – July 2010
Hinder – November 2010
Rudy Sarzo – October 2010

Top 5 Live Reviews:
Jason Bonham – Sony Centre, Toronto – October 2010
Roger Hodgson – Casino Rama, Orillia – November 2010
Uproar Festival with Avenged Sevenfold and Disturbed  - Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto – August, 2010
Alice in Chains – Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto – September, 2010
Hinder – Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto – November 2010

Top 5 CD Reviews:
Papa Roach – Time for Annihilation
Hinder – All American Nightmare
Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare
Halestorm – self titled
Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughn – In Session

Alex Young
Top 5 Interviews:
Josh Gilbert of As I Lay Dying – October, 2010
Chris Shiflett of Foo Fighters and The Dead Peasants – July, 2010
Dan Watchorn of Priestess – July, 2010
Steve Von Till of Neurosis – September, 2010
Jesse Hughes – June, 2010

Top 5 Live Reviews:
Gorillaz – Air Canada Centre, Toronto – October, 2010
The Melvins – Opera House, Toronto – September, 2010
As I Lay Dying, All That Remains and Unearth – Cowboy Ranch, London – September 2010
Iggy & The Stooges – NXNE – June, 2010
Priestess – London Music Hall, London – July 2010

Top 5 CD Reviews:
The XX - self-titled
Chris Shifflett & the Dead Peasants - self-titled
Monster Magnet - Mastermind
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
The Melvins - The Bride Screamed Murder
 
Top 5 Film Reviews:
Inception
Machete
Search and Destroy: Iggy & the Stooges' "Raw Power"
Mesrine: Killer Instinct
The Social Network

Vickie Young
Top 3 Interviews:
Cage the Elephant – August, 2010
Keith Nelson – Buckcherry – July 2010
Basia Lyjak – September 2010

Top 5 Live Reviews:
Billy Idol – Casino Rama, Orillia – September 2010
Rob Thomas – Casino Rama, Orillia - July 15, 2010
BB King – Casino Rama, Orillia – November, 2010
Stone Temple Pilots/Cage the Elephant – Air Canada Centre, Toronto – August 2010
Phil Collins – Going Back Concert on the big screen – Cineplex – October, 2010

Top 5 CD Reviews:
Ronnie Wood – I Feel Like Playing
Buckcherry – All Night Long
Kid Rock – Born Free
Neil Young – Le Noise
Rolling Stones – Ladies and Gentlemen

Scott McAlpine
Top 5 Photo Shoots:
Jason Bonham – Sony Centre, Toronto – October 2010
Slayer – Canadian Carnage Tour – Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto – July, 2010
Alexisonfire at the 2010 Casby Awards – Kool Haus, Toronto – October, 2010
KISS – Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto – September 2010
Gwar – Opera House, Toronto – October, 2010

Top 5 CD Reviews:
Hellyeah – Stampede
Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughn – In Session
Jerry Lee Lewis – Mean Old Man
Dick Dale – Guitar Legend – The Very Best Of
Rory Gallagher – Beat Club

Sarah Myers
Top 3 Interviews:
Andrew Seward – Against Me! – September, 2010
Spencer Burton – Grey Kingdom – September, 2010
Paul Hawley/Luke Paquin – Hot Hot Heat – June, 2010

Top 5 Live Reviews:
Against Me! – Sound Academy, Toronto – September, 2010
Brandon Flowers – Sound Academy, Toronto – December, 2010
Wakey! Wakey! – Horseshoe Tavern – November, 2010
Gwar – Opera House, Toronto – October, 2010
Holy Fuck – The Phoenix – September, 2010

Val Bennett
Top 5 Interviews:
George Pettit and Wade MacNeil – Alexisonfire – December, 2010
Kennedy Brock, Garrett Nickelson and Pat Kirch – The Maine – July, 2010
Jeremy Hiebert – Comeback Kid – September, 2010
Chris Pennie – Coheed and Cambria – October, 2010
Russian Futurists – November, 2010
 
Top 5 Live Reviews:
Alexisonfire - Sound Academy, Toronto - December 16th, 2010
City and Colour & Tegan and Sara - Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto -  August 28th, 2010
David Gray & Ray LaMontagne - Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto - August 27th, 2010
Usher - Air Canada Centre, Toronto - November 29th, 2010
The Maine - Opera House, Toronto - July 29th, 2010
 
Top 3 Album Reviews
Fools by The Reason
Black and White by The Maine
Avec Des Mecs by Humans

Myles LaCavera
Top 5 Interviews:
Golden Dogs – October, 2010
Tellervo Kalleinen of Complaints Choir – December, 2010
Ra Ra Riot – December, 2010
Phantogram – December, 2010
Jenny and Johnny – October, 2010

Top 5 Live Reviews:
The Flaming Lips with Spoon - Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto – July, 2010
Florence and the Machine – Sound Academy, Toronto – November, 2010
Olympic Island Festival – Olympic Island, Toronto – June, 2010
The Black Keys – Kool Haus, Toronto – August, 2010
NXNE (The Soft Pack) – Lee’s Palace, June 2010

Top 5 CD Reviews
Golden Dogs - Coat of Arms
Cactus's - New Bones
Hot Panda - How Come I'm Dead?
Land Of Talk - Cloak and Cipher
Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs - God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise

Top 5 DVD Reviews:
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Flight of the Conchords Complete series
King Kong (1933)
Maltese Falcon
TCM: Greatest Gangster Films collection

Chris Heighington
Top 5 Photo Shoots:
Slash – Kool Haus, Toronto – September, 2010
The Dandy Warhols – The Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto – November, 2010
Jonas and the Massive Attraction – Lee’s Palace, Toronto – September, 2010
Silversun Pickups – Tattoo Rock Parlour, Toronto – September, 2010
The Zolas – The Horseshoe Tavern – June, 2010

Top 5 Live Reviews:
Slash – Kool Haus, Toronto – September, 2010
Ozzy Osbourne - Air Canada Centre, Toronto – November, 2010
The Dandy Warhols
Silversun Pick Ups – Tattoo Rock Parlour, Toronto – September, 2010
The Zolas – The Horseshoe Tavern – June, 2010

Vanessa Markov
Top 5 Photo Shoots:
Turbogeist – Silver Dollar, Toronto – September, 2010
Sweet Thing at Horseshoe, Toronto – June, 2010
KT Tunstall – The Phoenix, Toronto – November, 2010
Finger Eleven – Mod Club, Toronto – September, 2010
The Honey Brothers – Tattoo Rock Parlour – October, 2010

Top 5 Show Reviews:
Polaris Music Prize Gala – Masonic Temple, Toronto – September, 2010
The Johnstones – Rockpile, Toronto – October, 2010
KT Tunstall – The Phoenix, Toronto – November, 2010
Sweet Thing – Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto – June, 2010
Honey Brothers – Tattoo Rock Parlour – October, 2010
 
Walid Lodin
Top 5 Photo Shoots:
Flaming Lips – Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto – July, 2010
Gorillaz – Air Canada Centre, Toronto – October 14, 2010
Ozzy Osbourne – Air Canada Centre, Toronto – November, 2010
Coco Rosie – Opera House, Toronto – June, 2010
The Black Keys - Kool Haus, Toronto – August, 2010

Dave MacIntyre
Top 5 Photo Shoots:
Florence & The Machine - Sound Academy, Toronto – November 3, 2010
JP Jones, Chrissie & The Fairground Boys - The Phoenix, Toronto – October, 2010
Wakey Wakey - Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto – November, 2010
Sweet Thing - Mod Club, Toronto – August 2011
Against Me - Sound Academy, Toronto – September 11, 2010

Greg Young
Top 5 Photo Shoots:
Billy Idol – Casino Rama, Orillia – September, 2010
Rob Thomas - Casino Rama, Orillia - July 15, 2010
Great Big Sea – Hamilton Place, Hamilton – November, 2010
Mudhoney – NXNE, Dundas Square, Toronto – June 2010
X - NXNE, Dundas Square, Toronto – June 2010

Matt Ing
Top 3 Live Reviews:
Jay-Z/Eminem – Comercia Park, Detroit – September, 2010
Miyavi - Sound Academy, Toronto – June 2010
Keys N Krates  - Lees Palace, Toronto – December 2010