Against Me!: White Crosses
—Ed D'Oliviera
Arcade Fire: The Suburbs
—Kate Richardson
Arcade Fire: The Suburbs
—Margaret Wappler
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffitti: Before Today
—Randall Roberts
Arp: The Soft Wave
—Scott Tennent
Band of Horses: Infinite Arms
—Kevin Amorim
Baths: Cerulean
—Reed Fischer
Beach House: Teen Dream
—David Marchese
Big Boi: Sir Lucious Left Foot … The Son Of Chico Dusty
—Frannie Kelley
Big Boi: Sir Lucious Left Foot … The Son Of Chico Dusty
—Nate Patrin
Bob Seger: Never Mind the Bullets Here’s Early Bob Seger
—Chuck Eddy
Brian McBride: The Effective Disconnect (Music Composed for the Documentary “Vanishing of the Bees”)
—Miles Klee
The Budos Band: III
—Sasha Frere-Jones
The Bug: Infected EP
—Michaelangelo Matos
Butch Walker & The Black Widows: I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart
—Al Shipley
The Cheniers: Trouble! (7”)
—Matt Ealer
Ciara: Basic Instinct
—Alex Macpherson
Citay: Dream Get Together
—Mike Lupica
Curren$y: Pilot Talk
—Rafi Kam
Deerhunter: Halcyon Digest
—Marc Hogan
Deftones: Diamond Eyes
—Chris Steffen
Destroyer: Streethawk – A Seduction
—Ryan Catbird
Erykah Badu: New Amerykah Part 2
—Seth Colter Walls
Flaming Tusk: Old, Blackened Century
—Brad Nelson
Freddie Gibbs: Str8 Killa EP
—John Gotty
The Fresh & Onlys: Play It Strange
—Aaron Leitko
Frog Eyes: Paul's Tomb: A Triumph
—Matt LeMay
Grinderman: Grinderman 2
—Evie Nagy
Harvey Milk: A Small Turn of Human Kindness
—Christopher R. Weingarten
Hot Chip: One Night Stand
—David Raposa
Insane Clown Posse: Bang! Pow! Boom! (Nuclear Edition)
—Camille Dodero
Jack Rose: Luck in the Valley
—Bill Meyer
James Blake: (“My iTunes playlist of James Blake’s 2010 collected works”)
—Scott Plagenhoef
Jamey Johnson: The Guitar Song
—J. Freedom du Lac
Janelle Monáe: The ArchAndroid
—Jeanne Fury
Janelle Monáe: The ArchAndroid
—Todd Martens
Janelle Monáe: The ArchAndroid
—Ann Powers
Jim O’Rourke: All Kinds of People
—Brandon Soderberg
Joanna Newsom: Have One On Me
—Tyler Coates
Joanna Newsom: Have One On Me
—Douglas Wolk
John Grant: Queen of Denmark
—Dorian Lynskey
Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—Charles Aaron
Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—Antiquiet
Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—Zach Baron
Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—John Brodeur
Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—Dave Bry
Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—Zoe Chace
Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—Caryn Ganz
Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—Dan Gibson
Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—J. Edward Keyes
Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—Amy Phillips
Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—Chris Richards
Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—Simon Vozick-Levinson
Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—Jonah Weiner
Kate Nash: My Best Friend Is You
—Alexandra Corhan
Kelis: Flesh Tone
—Jessica Hopper
Kelis: Flesh Tone
—David Moore
Kylesa: Spiral Shadow
—Gillian Reagan
LCD Soundsystem: This Is Happening
—David Malitz
The Library Is On Fire: Magic Windows, Magic Nights
—John Sellers
Lil B: 6 Kiss
—Andrew Noz
Lindstrøm & Christabelle: Real Life Is No Cool
—Kate Silver
Lower Dens: Twin Hand Movement
—Richard Baluyut
Lower Dens: Twin Hand Movement
—Wye Oak
Marnie Stern: Marnie Stern
—Maura Johnston
Mount Carmel: Mount Carmel
—Aaron Lefkove
Ólafur Arnalds: …And They Have Escaped the Weight of Darkness
—Sean Carruthers
Owen Pallett: Heartland
—Otis Hart
Owen Pallett: Heartland
—Laura Leebove
The Radio Dept.: Clinging to a Scheme
—David Greenwald
Rangda: False Flag
—Marc Masters
Rasputina: Sister Kinderhook
—Rohin Guha
Robyn: Body Talk
—Erica Futterman
Robyn: Body Talk
—Jacob Ganz
Robyn: Body Talk
—Doree Shafrir
Robyn: Body Talk
—Edith Zimmerman
School of Seven Bells: Disconnect From Desire
—Ned Raggett
Screaming Females: Castle Talk
—Julia Factorial
Skream: Outside the Box
—Rich Juzwiak
Sleigh Bells: Treats
—Jess Harvell
Sleigh Bells: Treats
—Matthew Perpetua
Sufjan Stevens: The Age of Adz
—Jim Cantiello
Superchunk: Majesty Shredding
—Jon Solomon
These New Puritans: Hidden
—Colleen Nika
Titus Andronicus: The Monitor
—Amanda Petrusich
Titus Andronicus: The Monitor
—Patrick Rapa
Tracey Thorn: Love and its Opposite
—Chris Molanphy
Triptykon: Eparistera Daimones
—Kory Grow
Two Door Cinema Club: Tourist History
—Dustin “Fletcher” Matthews
Vampire Weekend: Contra
—Keith Harris
Vampire Weekend: Contra
—Pitchfork Reviews Reviews
Vampire Weekend: Contra
—Lindsey Thomas
Various Artists: Stroke: Songs For Chris Knox
—Todd Pruzan
Violens: Amoral
—Michaela Drapes
Warpaint: The Fool
—Rob Harvilla
Why pick one?
etc.
Never could. Ain't gonna start trying.
I am torn between The Social Network and Mad Men?
Movie/TV. Apple/Orange.
Apple TV.
Movie is to short story as TV is to novel; see a short story, watch a novel. (Gaze a navel.)
Also I did not see The Social Network or watch Mad Men. Kbai!
if we are all honest with ourselves we know the real winner here is the beatles
That's the old people Girl Talk, right??
Hey, three people got the right answer, which is The ArchAndroid. Prizes for Jeanne, Todd and Ann!
(Sorry, Doree and Edith, I've tried to get into Robyn, really...)
The ArchAndroid is super fucking boring, peace.
ditto on the super fucking boring. and, this might be the least pc thing i will ever say on the awl but dollars to donuts, if that record were made by a white person nobody would fucking care.
I really like the singles I've heard from her, but I saw her live at the beginning of the year and her show was awful! Awful! So boring, good music but she had so little connection with the (white, hipster) audience that it would have been more enjoyable and less awkward if we had just all listened to a recording together. So I'm not surprised if the album as a whole was a bust.
Ouch.
You can listen to my pick, for free, on the internet, by traveling to http://music.flamingtusk.com
Listen if you like some fucking metal.
Metal sucks.
Maybe you should listen to your 7" from Arlington some more and think about how you're not leaving Washington, D.C.
Whatever Bard maybe you should write more about how John Coltrane relates to you riding the N train, NYC poseur.
duttes. -sssssssssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.-
Whatever, Michel Foucault.
I know right? Like we're gonna take orders from an egg. Who doesn't even answer his VYoos.
putting you in timeout.
Dude who listens to jazz anyway??
old dudes.
also, hopheads.
God. Duke Ellington totally sold out when he left Washington, DC.
Yes, but look at the nice monument we gave him.
WE GAVE HIM THE WHOLE SIDE OF A BUILDING.
Thank you for conceding that point.
North Kanye has amassed quite an arsenal.
North Kanye does not appreciate your belligerence.
Much love for Team Kansas.
Was it North Kanye or West Kanye that bought all those tanks for Southern Sudan? (My grandkids keep telling me I should keep up with teh music.)
doug paisley - constant companion
- iantenna
also. i don't know what's on that early bob seger bootleg. but i'll give a big fuck yeah to pre-silver bullet band bob seger of all varieties, be it the system or the herd. i'll also give a big fuck yeah to silver bullet band seger but that's a much less hip thing to say.
I forgot about that Doug Paisley release. Good lookin' out.
I'm going with Body Talk (all three parts) as well. Robyn was a pop revelation this year.
I really like the Kanye album and have been listening to it regularly, but it's a stretch for me to even make it my 3rd favorite of the year. And as much as I liked The Suburbs (sorry so many contrarians), also not most outstanding. Then again, I am of the mind that it is impossible most years to name a #1 album, because there are so many facets of music, so having so many different ones show up here is heartening.
Menomena - Mines - deepomega
(duh)
What happened to them? I really liked the album that "Rusting and Dying" or "Coming and Crying" or whatever was off of, but where did they goooooo?
This is a really excellent album, yeah.
They kinda disappeared for a few years - one of the dudes was in Ramona Falls, and I think there were other side projects? But Mines is great and worth the wait! (Rhymes!)
Ramona Falls is also way good, ditto Lackthereof. Lotta talent in that band.
And they are CRAZY GOOD live! I didn't appreciate them nearly as much till I saw them and realized how much they know what they are doing.
Heck yes they are good live. They make the sounds they make on the recordings, and these days, for some reason, there are too many people not doing that. Please, stop playing samples from your keyboard to loop while you actually play, everybody I see these days. That is cheatery.
Apparently they hate each other?
http://wweek.com/editorial/3644/14490/
No love for The XX from anyone?
Yeah, I mean, what about TV on the Radio, guys?
I love The XX, but no one asked me. Also missing is a mention for The National.
The xx: came out in 2009
The National: people hate to identify as mopey and white.
ouch!!! But I'm not white so it's all good.
The National: people hate to admit they also still owe money to the money to the money they owe
I'm team The National, also team White and Mopey
The XX Century was kinda meh but I've got good vibes about the XXIst.
Thank you 100+ people. (No endorsements from the masthead?)
CERTAIN EDITORS JUST COULDN'T PICK, GOSH IT WAS SO HARD
I keep thinking Miles chose Brian McKnight
but
he did
It's true! I couldn't decide.
That just means Bodies of Water and Faun Fables didn't have albums this year.
ALSO? THE SMITHS BROKE UP???
asfjadsfl;
faun fables! east bay represent!
Oh god, Faun Fables. I saw them/her right before they took "The Transit Rider" on tour and liked it for the first. three. hours. and then wanted to kill everyone, all of us, but especially my friends/hosts who would not admit that the evening had become a folky theatrical slog to the limits of twee.
So, Faun Fables. I have not been back. Should I?
What album was Bollywood on?
High Violet
Funstyle. Obviously my number two pick. WHAT A YEAR FOR WOMEN IN ROCK!
Number Two? Chickenshit.
Ha ha, JKsers! It's not even in my top twenty.
WTF, I own exactly one on that list.
LONG LIVE TEAM OLDS
(I own two, and have asked for Kelis and Big Boi for xmas) (I am teh old)
two here also. apparently we all suffer from pine ear.
power to the (old) people!!
Two too! And they're like the least obscure ones on the list!
Whatever, I'm having a kid.
I tend to buy stuff at least a year after it came out.
Have you heard of this awesome band, Grizzly Bear?!?!?!?
I have three.
Suck it, squares.
And? one of the ones I have on the list I was alerted to first here. And THEN THEY BOUGHT AD SPACE (Merge) KOFF...
Bought the Laurie Anderson after the big SCW post, too. I regret nothing.
I acquired 4 of these in the last three weeks via Amazon's mp3 firesale. Investigate it, guys! Many of these albums are like $4! (This comment not paid for by amazon, unfortunately)
OK, now I own two.
Me two.
Hey, no love for Cee-lo? Didn't see it in the above list, unless I missed it...
I dunno guys.... I got nuffin.
Handclaps!
a;sdkaksd;lakds;sadf
#CHL GETS A HAT-TIP!
#CHL GETS A HAT-TIP!
#CHL GETS A HAT-TIP!
well!
I bet the 13 people that picked Kanye feel very original.
Galactic – Ya-Ka-May. Check it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwov3pyn7pw&feature=player_embedded
WEARE GONNA NEED TO SEE YR [______] HANDS AT THE CONCERTINA WIRE.
I bet the 13 people that picked Kanye are totally burned by your comment.
Less talk more [____] right now haaah.
Yes. I was going to lie in an effort to be more original. But then I decided to tell the truth.
"Public Apology"
When you turn on the lights in here, it's hard for the truth to hide.
RECRD CRTCS ROOOOOL!!!!!!!!!
I didn't realize honesty and originality were mutually exclusive.
Also, this isn't a "new" album in the truest sense but the Hendrix anthology "West Coast Seattle Boy" is spectacular. Ya-Ka-May still stands as the "new" album of the year in my book, though.
Real Talk: The Kanye record has this ability to keep hijacking the conversation and therefore the playlist. You feel us?
Wish I could feel ya but I haven't even heard Kanye's record yet.
THERE, I SAID IT
Even mopey non-white people like it... so get on that!
Naaah... I'm pretty sure they feel a warm sense of camaraderie
They're probably high-fiving each other right now!!
El Guincho - Pop Negro.
This list is incomplete without that, in every sense of the word.
Vampire Weekend Kryptonite, generally. (Wooden Stake in the form of a viral video.)
I really enjoyed the new Tokyo Police Club.
I think they're pretty solid.
I'm kind of embarrassed at how much I listened to that record. But not really, because it's SO FUN.
Right? There is about one song of theirs total that I'm kinda "eh" on -- everything else is silver or gold. They're just really good at catchy alt-pop-rock. It helps that most of the tracks are so short.
Mine is Los Campesinos!: Romance is Boring. The amount of growth they've made in the past 3 years is amazing.
Maura with the sole Marnie Stern vote. Have not been able to get into this one as much as the last one but maybe I'll give it a second chance now.
oh it is so good
it is like feeding your head with color
Oh wow yes. Is her whole catalogue this good????
the black keys: brothers
Jukebox the Ghost - Everything Under the Sun
though also, yay for Rasputina!
OH SHIT WAIT I TOTALLY LIED.
Gogol Bordello - Transcontinental Hustle.
Oh my god yes. How could I have forgetten that one!
Were you not allowed to pick your own album? Cuz I would have done that.
Why this list no is 1000 tweepy pwple for Girl Talk?????!??
Contra was a horribly disappointing followup, rife with autotune for vocals that simply do not require them, and rehashed ideas that were neat the first time around, but less so now. Those are three very sad selections.
And anyways, who cares? The best album ever is clearly the new Deerhunter. Kudos, M Hogan.
Liking Deerhunter is fucking stupid.
brad, would you like to tell us how you feel about the new deerhunter album?
What the fuck is Deerhunter?
Angelina's dad's finest hour.
lololololololol
Brad, you also like Deerhunter?
I'm just grateful to Kanye for allowing me to feel a little less unoriginal for having Vampire Weekend at the top of my favorites list.
knit this man a zany hairsweater.
Those are all Internet people. Shouldn't they be picking their favorite websites?
Also? This: http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/features/decision-points-by-george-w-bush/audio.php
My favorite website is when I stopped reading Gawker.
"all"
Fit, athletic LA dude sks over-educated women for laments about futility of creative accomplishment when 'Internet People' are sucking up all the air in the room, excessive drink and occasional fumbling sex. 323 preferred.
The Internet!!!!
Real winners of the day and essentially the whole year are Gillian Reagan and Christopher R. Weingarten for picking two other records that are completely fucking metal.
YES.
Not so fast! Two thumbs-up comments with THE SAME TIME STAMP??? YOU, BRAD NELSON, ARE THE BEST COMMENTER
I am suddenly a huge fan of Gillian Reagan. Despite seeing Kylesa when they came through town with Kylesa and High on Fire, I had no idea they had a new record out until yesterday. Now my problem is I can't decide which song off it I want to hear most.
The first track, "Tired Climb," is amazing. Also "Don't Look Back." But I don't dig the whole thing as much as I adored last year's *Static Tensions*. [Sez the guy who voted for Badu.]
Ryan Catbird wins, per usual.
(Though the Brian McBride pick is also very very solid.)
Good job, Kate Silver, for showing some love to that Lindstrom LP. Also, kind of surprised that LCD Soundsystem didn't garner more votes.
(TRUTH be told? I put myself down for LCD! Because I just saw them and loved them. And then I wussed out!)
Honestly I think my #1 album of the year is "Master of Puppets." But IDK.
Please, Choire. Everyone knows it's all about Master of Puppies at this point.
WE MISS U CLIFF
"They love comment-bait posts, generally."
I know, Miles and Maura are huge whores.
With hearts of gold.
Hmm. Someone hasn't been reading their Feminism For Dudes, obviously.
Note: This only applies to the Maura piece of the puzzle. Please to continue saying whatever you like about that Joose-denying bastard Not-Davis.
Miles Davis woulda loved Joose.
Does Baud/Mavis slashfic involve y'all licking Loko off each other?
In Which the 40-Year-Old Art Director Provides a Theme for the Upcoming Brad Nelson/Miles Klee Naked Calendar, a YEAH BUDDY MEDIA Production.
Dude we haven't secured all the rights yet.
Girl Talk is still pretty unstoppable. That Curren$y album is wicked good. And Big Boi is probably my favorite of the year. Hmm, needs more guitars? How about The Walkmen, whose album was very nice indeed.
Sir Luscious Left Foot's on fire
So we can all agree that the new Belle & Sebastian was a huge disappointment?
Not a huge disappointment, but only because my expectations were low and I'm kind of thrilled that they're still touring.
actually that album was really fucking good, I dont care what a motherfuckers says and yeah I was playlisting the shit out of it still just a few weeks ago and boy, do I have pop music amnesia. It's the fault of brainwashing by North Kanye agents.
Man, this thread made everyone seem awful.
Aw man! Why you have to be like that.
i am fucking precious
recognize
you think this is bad? you should've been around for the tumblr outage.
Streethawk: A Seduction?! Is that some kind of fucking joke? Streethawk came out in like, 1997. Digitally-remastered reissues don't count, so you just wasted your vote, Catbird.
But yeah, maybe your point is, 2010 hasn't been a great year for music. Agreed. I'm still loving the sweet sounds of 2009. Of the titles listed, I do like that Titus Andromicus. Not listed: Broken Social Scene's 'Forgiveness Rock Record' which I do quite love.
if it weren't for reissues my year end lists would be really fucking sparse.
Reissue of the year: Earth: A Bureaucratic Desire for Extra Capsular Extraction
actually, it was bill withers' +'justments.
i give everything up to iantenna
here are my shoes
have them
No New York?
Yeah. No it.
No love for Merry Christmas II You? It's MIMI, guys, c'mon
Did Beach House just come out too long ago for people to still be giving it props? Or am I just in a sad minority of 2?
That makes sense - kind of a morose record.
Of Montreal - False Priest
(I haven't seen this on any year-end lists yet, :/). I also liked These New Puritans and James Blake this year.
I dunno. Kevin Shields leaves me kind of cold.
Oh, Nic. You know damn well you fetishize the archetype with the best of them.
Nic Musolino = Georgie Fruit
Hanz Moleman = Aladdin Sane
cool-dog.jpg
Nobody's gay for Moleman.
Not yet.
Maps & Atlases - Perch Patchwork
Not one for The Walkmen!?
Fuck you all!
Talk to Matt Ealer.
He probably has Great Big Balls (GBB)
I think that it has its merits, and I maintain that the Walkmen will forever be better than Johnathan Fire*Eater, but it just doesn't really move me as an entire album at this point.
Now, just the other day I found a CDr of You & Me lying around and it was funny because while I still felt the same way about it the first time I listened to it, I also realized God damn this is a good record. So maybe this is likewise a "sleeper" and I'll need to give it two years before I canonize it.
"All My Great Designs" and "Woe Is Me" are tops, though.
i'm tryin
to WAKE UP
You & Me is massive. My 'favorites' trade places all over that one.
I'd probably go "Angel Surf City" and "Blue As Your Blood" - but that's only because I'm predictable. Something approximating "punk" and "regal", which you don't get to see much.
More Importantly: they are 'live' as fuck.
These guys make looking hard look very, very easy.
No Gorillaz means everyone is wrong. Wrong I tell you!
I rather liked that Deerhunter album. That's probably my favorite.
Though I probably listened to Murmur and Fulfillingness' First Finale more than any 2010 record this year.
Oh wait, the new B&S. I keep telling people I don't listen to new music, but I dig the new B&S.
"It's not as bad as everyone says, generally."
First track especially.
I'll give my kudos to Surf City's Kudos.
Word. I jam this one regularly. Alternated with The Clean's Anthology for maximum kiwi-pop-overload.
I was glad, though, to see Prozan vote for Stroke on this list. Anthologies never make top album choices, even when they're that good. Kiwipop overload indeed.
One other ridiculously good and not-mentioned album to shout out: Wild Nothing - Gemini
Magrudergrind Crusher EP
Sent from my Scion xB
I remember when your blog was about Magrudergrind and Kaoru Abe.
See also "Room, get a"
Oh you have no idea.
You have no idea how idea-free I am.
Dudes get a Room of Their Own and Solve Everything: The history of rock since Sleater-Kinney disbanded"
BUT WHAT ABOUT PRESTON SCHOOL OF INDUSTRY? NO ONE EVER TALKS ABOUT THAT PART.
I already wrote that man.
Right, hate those racist tea party people, us hipsters do. Hey! Too bad latin music and jazz have died, right? Oh, you mean the 100 smartest people in pop don't know anything about those genres? Oh. Gosh. Hmm. Let me think this through again. Grumble. Whine.
Dude I went back and forth between my actual pick and this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnK8ksUWqTU
I don't fuck around
KOFF (country)
Mimi--I filed my ballot tonight for the Village Voice's jazz poll. Some of the records at the top of this list will likely also make my "overall" 10-best-of-the-year list for the purposes of Pazz + Jop.
1. Mary Halvorson Quintet - Saturn Sings
2. Jason Moran - Ten
3. Benoit Delbecq Trio - The Sixth Jump
4. Maurice Brown - The Cycle of Love
5. Paul Motian - Lost In A Dream
6. Ingrid Laubrock - Anti-House
7. Steve Coleman and Five Elements - Harvesting Semblances and Affinities
8. Geri Allen - Flying Toward the Sound
9. Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up - Actionspeak
10. Rudresh Mahanthappa & Steve Lehman - Dual Identity
Streethawk: A Seduction, yes.
Oh, and since no one asked, this album kicks all of your albums' asses:
Twin Shadow: Forget
YES.
Vampire Weekend: Contra is less than a year old?! Cripes.
What about the 35th anniversary re-release of Free To Be You and Me?!? You think your shit'll be around in 35 years!! And sound that good? YOU AND MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Anyone who releases an album over the next 22 days is going to be like, "Aw man, shit! We fucking missed it!" And then next year people will be, like, "My best album of 2011 is that one by... ah, wait, sorry but that actually came out in late 2010." And then those same people who released their album over the next 22 days will once again be like, "Aw man, shit! We fucking missed it... again!" Then someone in the band will say, "Guys, we gotta start getting these fucking albums out earlier in the year." And everyone will be like, "Yeah, you're right. We missed two lists with our last album. Two!" But then someone else, probably that one quiet dude, will suddenly say, "Fuck that shit, man! We can't compromise our music just to make some kind of Best of list!" And everyone will be, "Yeah! Fuck that!" And then they'll drink some beers, talk about something else and have a few laughs but they'll still be secretly pissed that they released the album too late to make anyone's list, even the one quiet dude who only said something because he hates confrontation and wanted to make everyone in the band feel better.
Dude have you been eavesdropping on the Summer of Megadeth backchannel?
this totally happened to fall out boy in 2008
see? the system works
grr
Yes -- Jason Moran's "Ten" and his record with Paul Motian: "Lost in a Dream"!
But -- although I replied above, and adored, two jazz piano outings.... best record for me, my limited exposure is truly Jonsi's "Go" --
Hell yeah to Sufjan Stevens Age of Adz, Joanna Newsom Have on on me, Beach House Teen Dream.
But what about these albums?!
Harlem : Hippies
Antony and the Johnsons : Swanlights (seriously no-one chose this and 35 people chose Kanye?)
Best Coast : Crazy for You
The Besnard Lakes : Are the Roaring Night
Devendra Banhart is so misunderstood.
It's because he mumbles.
Comment 200!
lost.
I don't know if I'm sad or happy !!!'s Strange Weather, Isn't It? isn't anywhere on this page.
WHATEVER I STILL FEEL COOL ABOUT IT
Superchunk's Majesty Shredding kicks FUCKING ASS!
FUCKING A RIGHT IT DOES.
I'm really glad Beach House made the list, but I'm also surprised no one threw in Edward Sharpe or Mumford and Sons to be a little contrarian. Also, while I love Infinite Arms, I question whether it can make the list solely because it is at best Band of Horses second best if not third best album.
Also with all the Cee-Lo love that was going on here, kinda surprised he didn't make the list, but Ke$ha and Ciara did.
edward sharpe and mumford and sons are actually, objectively, and hands down, the two worst things to happen to music in recent history. also, edward sharpe came out in 2009. the absolute lowest form of musical bandwagon jumping and critic baiting. so, so, so, bad. i don't even have the words to explain just how awful those two albums are.
Amen brother.
The Suburbs was fucking boring. Why do people like it? Me no understand.
I hate music
Tommy says so, so, so, so what.
can someone tell me why Destroyer’s (utterly classic) 2001 Streethawk - A Seduction, counts?
VERSUS - ON THE ONES & THREES
Duh.
Ugh. The Kanye monotony was mind-numbing. I realize these are subjective (durr). But still, there are glaring omissions. I guess that these respected listener types mostly went with the "total album sales equals good" aka the popularity contest picks.
Here's my list of 21 I really dug this year in no particular order:
1. Tomorrow, In a Year - The Knife/Mt. Sims/Planningtorock ('Colouring of Pigeons' is incredible)
2. The Magician's Private Library - Holly Miranda
3. Disconnect From Desire - School of Seven Bells
4. The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night - The Besnard Lakes
5. Forgiveness Rock Record - Broken Social Scene
6. Treats - Sleigh Bells
7. Omni - Minus the Bear
8. Further - The Chemical Brothers
9. Does it Look Like I’m Here? - Emeralds
10. Teen Dream - Beach House
11. There Is Love In You - Four Tet
12. Transference - Spoon
13. Swim - Caribou ('Odessa' is darkly beautiful)
14. Cerulean - Baths
15. Crazy For You - Best Coast (how did no one pick this???)
16. The Way Out - The Books (again, not mentioned. Monkey demands answers! /Mr. Show)
17. Crystal Castles II/CC 2010/whatever you want to call it - Crystal Castles
18. The Other Side of Zero - Elizabeth & The Catapult
19. Ring - Glasser
20. Heligoland - Massive Attack
21. Am I Real? - Nite Jewel
22. The Best of Nelly Furtado - Just kidding.
227 comments and no SALEM? No Junip?
Awesome to see Mount Carmel and Lower Dens here. People should definitely check those out.
Orion by Ryan Adams! ELECTROSNAKE!
Streethawk- a seduction is awesome; but it's not from 2010, or even the last 10 years...
I hate whitey.