​Charlie Sheen dominated the wild and weird this week but the rest of the world proved able keep pace. Lady Gaga birthed some sort of goey monster-baby while blood-covered panda bears danced with leather-bound vampires at the Cradle of Filth show. Suffice it to say we felt the stirrings of a trend. As our critic Rob Harvilla wrote about the Get Up Kids show this week (that came about a decade too late), "This was a weird one folks."

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Santiago Felipe

​And so it came to pass that a sleepy 2011 all of a sudden woke up and went crazy, as Arcade Fire won a Grammy, spawning a thousand think pieces (or two, anyway). Then Odd Future played Santos Party House! And Fallon! Many people said the word "swag." But just as the internet truly began to chant "Fuck Steve Harvey" in earnest, Radiohead intervened, and put out a new whole record called The King of Limbs. So discombobulated was Twitter at that point that the sun came out and we all became warm again for the first time in six months.

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​We started out the week on a positive jam. Riding high off Bob Dylan Week, we spent the weekend paying tribute to all those bands who came before with Craig Finn at Music Hall of Williamsburg and trying with all our hearts to sing along while the Dismemberment Plan flailed around on stage at Webster. We were heartened to hear that PJ Harvey will be in town this April, and that the tUnE-yArDs have a new album on the way. Not to mention Jeff Mangum and Portishead helped sell out this year's All Tomorrow's Parties in Asbury.

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Presenting... burger-core. Pic by Puja Patel.

​In the week we spent holed up in Sound of the City headquarters preparing Pazz & Jop results, we still found time to report back from shows by former Talking Heads members Tom Tom Club, former Deee-Lite member, Lady Miss Kier, former the Pack member Lil B, and solo artist from the start Sharon van Etten. (We then posted about an excellent recording of that last show a little later on) If that weren't enough, DJs from across country emerged from oversize hamburger boxes and battled at Arena, 13 acts from around the world converged upon the East Village for globalFEST, and the Bunker threw an eighth birthday party that was way more fun than anything we ever went to as a kid (even the Skate Inn).

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Ariel Pink says hi. Photo by Rebecca Smeyne.

​In the week we found out exactly how many professional music critics can actually name all nine members of the Wu-Tang Clan (the results may surprise and depress you!), we also found ourselves accusing Kanye West of maybe ripping off a Dr. Dog video. Next week's resolution? Being more positive. Hopefully.

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​That's it for us, internet, we're back on Monday. But before we leave, let's run it back. The worst song of 2010? Well, it wasn't the cast of Glee's "Loser." And it wasn't Bret Michaels's repulsive cover of "What I Got." Which only really leaves...

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A thing that happened. Photo by Phil Freeman.

​In the week we debated whether 2010 was the best year for music ever (you guys know that was a joke, right?), we pitted Chris Brown against Katy Perry, Titus Andronicus against LCD Soundsystem, Taylor Swift against M.I.A., and house music against hashtag rap. Everybody won.

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​In the week we continued counting down the worst songs of 2010, noting atrocities from Susan Boyle, Liz Phair, Christina Aguilera, Jackyl, and NeverShoutNever, and Die Antwoord, we also began our overall year in review, listing the 10 biggest music stories of 2010, our 10 favorite concerts, the top 10 NSFW music videos of the year, and a primer on the year in hardcore from our pal and former Status Ain't Hood blogger Tom Breihan.

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​In the week we began our countdown of the 20 worst songs of 2010, we celebrated by mocking efforts from the Far East Movement, Ringo Starr, Godsmack, Trade Martin, and Lil Wayne. Where will Susan Boyle fall? Tune in next week and suffer more abuse until you find out.

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​In the week Kanye West finally let us in on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (for the small price of $3.99!, we informed you of the rapper's last-minute Bowery Ballroom show, interviewed an intern who typed his Captcha faster than we did, and ultimately gave you a song-by-song breakdown of his set. If none of that satisfied your desire for Kanye-themed content, we posted some of our favorite Twitter reactions to Pitchfork's 10.0 MBDTF review and selected the five most awkward moments in his Interview conversation with Rihanna.

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