JOSH BURKETT is a Western Massachusetts cornerstone. He runs MYSTERY TRAIN RECORDS in Amherst and plays/played music under his own name, as TARP, as a member of VERMONSTER, etc. He also runs a record label called MYSTRA RECORDS. Busy guy jeez!

His 2011 TOP TEN list:

1.shrinnirs shows
2.s/o/r time machine building party
3.supreme dicks/bunwinkies record release show
4.michael chapman in the us… again!
5.metal mountains live & lp
6.steve gunn!
7.frozen corn recording sessions
8.bombino live & dvd
9.bobb trimble live
10.glenn jones live