best of 2010
I may not post here much anymore, but this is as good a reason as any.
2010 was a pretty good year for music; so good it took me until the end of january to finish off this list :) even taking an extra few weeks to listen to even more albums, there are still a bunch I haven't gotten to yet. so, a snapshot of how I feel right now. these are the albums that meant the most to me during the past year. it was definitely an interesting one.
the link is to a mix containing a track from each of my top 20. some of the selections were a given while others, and the cover I made for it, reflect a bit about how 2011 has gone so far. I'm just going to tag those who have asked if I was doing a list this year, or I thought might be interested, but please pass it along to anyone you want. enjoy :)
the mix
1) Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
2) Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
3) Freelance Whales - Weathervanes
4) Johnny Flynn - Been Listening
5) The Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt
6) Spoon - Transference
7) Glasser - Ring
8) Allo Darlin' - s/t
9) Menomena - Mines
10) Matthew Dear - Black City
11) Big Boi - Sir Luscious Left Foot... The Son Of Chico Dusty
12) I Build Collapsible Mountains - A Month Of Lost Memories
13) New Pornographers - Together
14) Yeasayer - Odd Blood
15) The Roots - How I Got Over
16) Best Coast - Crazy For You
17) The Head & The Heart - s/t
18) Beach House - Teen Dream
19) Phantogram - Eyelid Movies
20) Caribou - Swim
21) Dr Dog - Shame Shame
22) Eels - End Times/Tomorrow Morning
23) Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
24) Sleigh Bells - Treats
25) Autechre - Oversteps/Move of Ten
26) Sufjan Stevens - Age Of Adz/All Delighted Peoples
27) Efterklang - Magic Chairs
28) The National - High Violet
29) Belle & Sebastian - Write About Love
30) Aloe Blacc - Good Things
The Next 10:
Blitzen Trapper - Destroyer Of The Void
Blonde Redhead - Penny Sparkle
Broken Bells - s/t
The Drums - s/t
Frightened Rabbit - Winter Of Mixed Drinks
Idlewild - Post Electric Blues
Of Montreal - False Priest
Squarepusher presents Shobaleader One - d'Demonstrator
Underworld - Barking
Weekend - Sports
Others worth a mention:
Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
Blue Giant - s/t
The Books - The Way Out
Jason Collett - Rat A Tat Tat
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Dark Night Of The Soul
Extra Lens - Undercard
Kate Tucker - White Horses
Let's Wrestle - In The Court Of The Wrestling Let's
The Love Language - Libraries
The Magnetic Fields - Realism
Math & Physics Club - I Shouldn't Look As Good As I Do
Matt & Kim - Sidewalks
Mt St Helens Vietnam Band - Where The Messengers Meet
Perfume Genius - Learning
Pernice Brothers - Goodbye Killer
Pomegranates - One Of Us
Rogue Wave - Permalight
S - I'm Not As Good At It As You
Stars - Five Ghosts
Jen Wood - Finds You In Love
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Heard good things about & still need to acquire:
The Apples In Stereo - Travellers In Space And Time
Baths - Cerulean
Elf Power - s/t
Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
Four Tet - There is Love In You
The Fresh & Onlys - Play It Strange
Local Natives - Gorilla Manor
Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
Massive Attack - Heligoland
Miles Kurosky - Desert of Shallow Effects
Pantha du Prince - Black Noise
Emma Pollock - Law Of Large Numbers
Quasi - American Gong
Shout Out Louds - Work
Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
Swans - My Father Will Guide Me A Rope Up To The Sky
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Brutalist Bricks
The Thermals - Personal Life
Toro Y Moi - Causers Of This
Velella Velella - Atlantis Massif
The Walkmen - Lisbon
Warpaint - The Fool
Wild Nothing - Gemini
Woods - At Echo Lake
2010 was a pretty good year for music; so good it took me until the end of january to finish off this list :) even taking an extra few weeks to listen to even more albums, there are still a bunch I haven't gotten to yet. so, a snapshot of how I feel right now. these are the albums that meant the most to me during the past year. it was definitely an interesting one.
the link is to a mix containing a track from each of my top 20. some of the selections were a given while others, and the cover I made for it, reflect a bit about how 2011 has gone so far. I'm just going to tag those who have asked if I was doing a list this year, or I thought might be interested, but please pass it along to anyone you want. enjoy :)
the mix
1) Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
2) Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
3) Freelance Whales - Weathervanes
4) Johnny Flynn - Been Listening
5) The Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt
6) Spoon - Transference
7) Glasser - Ring
8) Allo Darlin' - s/t
9) Menomena - Mines
10) Matthew Dear - Black City
11) Big Boi - Sir Luscious Left Foot... The Son Of Chico Dusty
12) I Build Collapsible Mountains - A Month Of Lost Memories
13) New Pornographers - Together
14) Yeasayer - Odd Blood
15) The Roots - How I Got Over
16) Best Coast - Crazy For You
17) The Head & The Heart - s/t
18) Beach House - Teen Dream
19) Phantogram - Eyelid Movies
20) Caribou - Swim
21) Dr Dog - Shame Shame
22) Eels - End Times/Tomorrow Morning
23) Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
24) Sleigh Bells - Treats
25) Autechre - Oversteps/Move of Ten
26) Sufjan Stevens - Age Of Adz/All Delighted Peoples
27) Efterklang - Magic Chairs
28) The National - High Violet
29) Belle & Sebastian - Write About Love
30) Aloe Blacc - Good Things
The Next 10:
Blitzen Trapper - Destroyer Of The Void
Blonde Redhead - Penny Sparkle
Broken Bells - s/t
The Drums - s/t
Frightened Rabbit - Winter Of Mixed Drinks
Idlewild - Post Electric Blues
Of Montreal - False Priest
Squarepusher presents Shobaleader One - d'Demonstrator
Underworld - Barking
Weekend - Sports
Others worth a mention:
Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
Blue Giant - s/t
The Books - The Way Out
Jason Collett - Rat A Tat Tat
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Dark Night Of The Soul
Extra Lens - Undercard
Kate Tucker - White Horses
Let's Wrestle - In The Court Of The Wrestling Let's
The Love Language - Libraries
The Magnetic Fields - Realism
Math & Physics Club - I Shouldn't Look As Good As I Do
Matt & Kim - Sidewalks
Mt St Helens Vietnam Band - Where The Messengers Meet
Perfume Genius - Learning
Pernice Brothers - Goodbye Killer
Pomegranates - One Of Us
Rogue Wave - Permalight
S - I'm Not As Good At It As You
Stars - Five Ghosts
Jen Wood - Finds You In Love
---
Heard good things about & still need to acquire:
The Apples In Stereo - Travellers In Space And Time
Baths - Cerulean
Elf Power - s/t
Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
Four Tet - There is Love In You
The Fresh & Onlys - Play It Strange
Local Natives - Gorilla Manor
Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
Massive Attack - Heligoland
Miles Kurosky - Desert of Shallow Effects
Pantha du Prince - Black Noise
Emma Pollock - Law Of Large Numbers
Quasi - American Gong
Shout Out Louds - Work
Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
Swans - My Father Will Guide Me A Rope Up To The Sky
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Brutalist Bricks
The Thermals - Personal Life
Toro Y Moi - Causers Of This
Velella Velella - Atlantis Massif
The Walkmen - Lisbon
Warpaint - The Fool
Wild Nothing - Gemini
Woods - At Echo Lake