Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Sunday, January 2, 2011

THE LIST

My Top 3 of 2010:




Joanna Newsom - 'Have One On Me' (Heartbreakers: 'Baby Birch', 'Does Not Suffice')



The Books - 'The Way Out' (Take time: 'Thirty Incoming', 'Free Translator')




MGMT - 'Congratulations' (Favies: 'Brian Eno', 'Congratulations')



The rest of the good stuff:



Sleigh Bells - 'Treats' (Bam Jams: 'Crown On The Ground', 'A/B Machines')




Liars - 'Sisterworld' (Prettiest Evils: 'Scarecrows On A Killer Slant', 'Goodnight Everything')



Fang Island - 'Fang Island' (Happiest happy's: 'Daisy', 'Dorian')




Best Coast - 'Crazy For You' (Dank jams: 'Goodbye', 'When I'm With You')



Titus Andronicus - 'The Monitor' (Bests: 'No Future Part Three: Escape From No Future', 'To Old Friends And New')




Growing - 'Pumps' (Fuzziest: 'Camera '84', 'Massive Dropout')



Dum Dum Girls - 'I Will Be' (Faves: 'Blank Girl', 'Rest Of Our Lives')




Crystal Castles - 'Crystal Castles' (Best remixes: 'Not In Love (featuring Robert Smith)', 'Celestica (Thurston Moore remix)')



HEALTH - 'Disco2' (Chillwave/Sadwave interpretations: 'Severein (Small Black Remix)', 'Before Tigers (Blindoldfreak Remix)')




Wavves - 'King of the Beach' (Impossible to pick just two: 'Mickey Mouse', 'Green Eyes')



Fuck Buttons - 'Olympians [single]' (There's only three songs, I'm not picking two, they're all fantastic.)




School of Seven Bells - 'Disconnect from Desire' (HypnoJams: 'Babelonia', 'Dust Devil')



Arpline - 'The Travel Book' (Goodies: 'Speed (Rush Ah)', 'Amplify')




Avey Tare - 'Down There' (Jammies: 'Lucky 1', 'Oliver Twist')



Lower Dens - 'Twin Hand Movement' (Best make out tracks: 'Truss Me', 'I Get Nervous')




Marnie Stern - 'Marnie Stern' (Goodies: 'For Ash', 'The Things You Notice')



Robyn - 'Body Talk' (Dancies: 'Call Your Girlfriend', 'Dancing On My Own')




Girl Talk - 'All Day' (How can you not dance to: 'Get It Get It', 'Let It Out')



Dom - 'Sun Bronzed Greek Gods EP' (Besties: 'Rude As Jude', 'Burn Bridges')




Girls - 'Broken Dreams Club' (Sweetest romanticals: 'Substance', 'Carolina')



Delorean - 'Subiza' (Sickest grooves: 'Real Love', 'Stay Close')




Teengirl Fantasy - '7 AM' (More sick grooves: 'Cheaters', 'Floor To Floor')



Arcade Fire - 'The Suburbs' (Besties: 'Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains), 'Rococo')




Matt and Kim - 'Sidewalks' (Faves: 'Red Paint', 'Block After Block')



Frankie Rose and the Outs - 'Frankie Rose and the Outs' (Nice: 'Hollow Life', 'Memo')




Vampire Weekend - 'Contra' (Super: 'Giving Up The Gun', 'California English')



Small Black - 'New Chain' (Chillest Waves: 'Goons', 'Search Party')




Simian Mobile Disco - 'Is Fixed' (Bams: 'U Can Dance (SMD Mix)', 'Midnight Madness')



There's surely a ton of other albums I didn't get to (and a garbage can filled with overrated trash) but that's what this year is for.

Thursday, December 2, 2010