TOP 10 ALBUMS
1. Halcyon Digest – Deerhunter
2. Measure – Field Music
3. How I Got Over – The Roots
4. Teen Dream – Beach House
5. The Suburbs – Arcade Fire
6. Blood/Candy – The Posies
7. Gemini – Wild Nothing
8. Before Today – Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
9. Grinderman 2 – Grinderman
10. Stroke: Songs For Chris Knox – Various Artists
Bubbling Under:
• New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) – Erykah Badu
• Mount Wittenberg Orca – Dirty Projectors & Björk
• This Is Happening – LCD Soundsystem
• Transference – Spoon
• My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West
TOP 40 TRACKS
1. “The Suburbs” – Arcade Fire
2. “The Day” – The Roots (featuring Blu, Phonte, and Patty Crash)
3. “Round and Round” – Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
4. “Revival” – Deerhunter
5. “For the Ashes” – The Posies
6. “I Can Change” – LCD Soundsystem
7. “Desire Lines” - Deerhunter
8. “We End Up Together” – The New Pornographers
9. “Cousins” – Vampire Weekend
10. “Chinatown” – Wild Nothing
11. “Waterfall” – Fresh and Onlys
12. “Stylo” – Gorillaz (featuring Mos Def and Bobby Womack)
13. “Ready to Start” – Arcade Fire
14. “Don’t Catch Fire” – Peter Gutteridge
15. “Don’t Fall in Love with a Lonely Girl” – Freedy Johnston
16. “Right On” – The Roots (featuring Joanna Newsom and STS)
17. “Them That Do Nothing” – Field Music
18. “The Outer Skin” – Sean Donnelly
19. “Who Makes Your Money?” - Spoon
20. “On Melancholy Hill” - Gorillaz
21. “Measure” – Field Music
22. “The Blues” – Primary 1 (featuring Nina Persson)
23. “Shutterbugg” – Big Boi (featuring Cutty)
24. “This Time Around” – The Radio Dept.
25. “Used to Be” – Beach House
26. “Helicopter” – Deerhunter
27. “Runaway” – Kanye West (featuring Pusha T)
28. “So Caroline” – The Posies
29. “Our Composition Book” – Wild Nothing
30. “Palaces of Montezuma” – Grinderman
31. “Invisibility: Nonexistent” – Kurt Vile
32. “Youth” – Beach Fossils
33. “The Fall” – Teenage Fanclub
34. “Walcott” – Robert Forster
35. “Just Enough” – Julian Lynch
36. “In My Younger Days” - Eels
37. “New York Is Killing Me” – Gil Scott-Heron
38. “Albatross” – Besnard Lakes
39. “Window Seat” – Erykah Badu
40. “Sprawl II” (Mountains Beyond Mountains) – Arcade Fire
BEST BASSLINE:
• “Who Makes Your Money” – Spoon
WORST ALBUM TITLES:
• InDRUpendence Day – Dru Hill
• Y Not – Ringo Starr
NEWLY DISCOVERED:
• The Strange Idols Pattern and Other Short Stories – Felt (1984)
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Rick Sieber's 2009 List
TOP 10 ALBUMS
1. Two Dancers – Wild Beasts
2. Bitte Orca – Dirty Projectors
3. Logos – Atlas Sound
4. Jewellery – Micachu & the Shapes
5. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
6. Embryonic – Flaming Lips
7. Merriweather Post Pavilion – Animal Collective
8. Nowhere Forever – Love of Diagrams
9. Actor – St. Vincent
10. Primary Colours – The Horrors
Bubbling Under:
• Mister Pop – The Clean
• Bonfires on the Heath – The Clientele
• Get Guilty – A.C. Newman
• Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix
• Watch Me Fall – Jay Reatard
TOP 40 TRACKS
1. “Cannibal Resource” – Dirty Projectors
2. “Quick Canal” – Atlas Sound (featuring Laetitia Sadier)
3. “Marrow” – St. Vincent”
4. “Stillness is the Move” – Dirty Projectors
5. “Summertime Clothes” – Animal Collective
6. “I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris” – Morrissey
7. “The Fun Powder Plot” – Wild Beasts
8. “Daniel” – Bat for Lashes
9. “Golden Phone” – Micachu & the Shapes
10. “Wounded” – Jay Reatard
11. “Knotty Pine” – David Byrne & Dirty Projectors
12. “Black Hearted Love” – PJ Harvey & Jon Parish
13. “Disappearing Ink” – Deerhunter
14. “Young Adult Friction” – Pains of Being Pure at Heart
15. “All the King’s Men” – Wild Beasts
16. “Who Can Say” – The Horrors
17. “Got Nuffin” – Spoon
18. “Antenna” – Sonic Youth
19. “Zero” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
20. “Everyone’s At It” – Lily Allen
21. “Lisztomania” – Phoenix
22. “Forever” – Love of Diagrams
23. “Once We Walked in the Sunlight” – Papercuts
24. “Friend to Many” – David Kilgour & Sam Hunt
25. “No You Girls” – Franz Ferdinand
26. “Prison Girls” – Neko Case
27. “In the Dreamlife U Need A Rubber Soul” – The Clean
28. “That Damned Fly” – Future of the Left
29. “City Lights (Days Go By)” – Bob Mould
30. “Hey, Snow White” – New Pornographers
31. “Lust for Life” – Girls
32. “Journal for Plague Lovers” – Manic Street Preachers
33. “Famous Last Words” – Deerhunter
34. “Come Saturday” – Pains of Being Pure at Heart
35. “Bull Black Nova” – Wilco
36. “Evil” – Flaming Lips
37. “Static Information” – Love of Diagrams
38. “Save Me From What I Want” – St. Vincent
39. “Two Lines” – The Bats
40. “Red Oak Way” – Lotus Plaza
BEST BASSLINE: “Cannibal Resource” – Dirty Projectors
WORST ALBUM TITLE (Tie):
• Abnormally Attracted to Sin – Tori Amos
• Sacred, Profane, & Sugarcane – Elvis Costello
1. Two Dancers – Wild Beasts
2. Bitte Orca – Dirty Projectors
3. Logos – Atlas Sound
4. Jewellery – Micachu & the Shapes
5. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
6. Embryonic – Flaming Lips
7. Merriweather Post Pavilion – Animal Collective
8. Nowhere Forever – Love of Diagrams
9. Actor – St. Vincent
10. Primary Colours – The Horrors
Bubbling Under:
• Mister Pop – The Clean
• Bonfires on the Heath – The Clientele
• Get Guilty – A.C. Newman
• Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix
• Watch Me Fall – Jay Reatard
TOP 40 TRACKS
1. “Cannibal Resource” – Dirty Projectors
2. “Quick Canal” – Atlas Sound (featuring Laetitia Sadier)
3. “Marrow” – St. Vincent”
4. “Stillness is the Move” – Dirty Projectors
5. “Summertime Clothes” – Animal Collective
6. “I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris” – Morrissey
7. “The Fun Powder Plot” – Wild Beasts
8. “Daniel” – Bat for Lashes
9. “Golden Phone” – Micachu & the Shapes
10. “Wounded” – Jay Reatard
11. “Knotty Pine” – David Byrne & Dirty Projectors
12. “Black Hearted Love” – PJ Harvey & Jon Parish
13. “Disappearing Ink” – Deerhunter
14. “Young Adult Friction” – Pains of Being Pure at Heart
15. “All the King’s Men” – Wild Beasts
16. “Who Can Say” – The Horrors
17. “Got Nuffin” – Spoon
18. “Antenna” – Sonic Youth
19. “Zero” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
20. “Everyone’s At It” – Lily Allen
21. “Lisztomania” – Phoenix
22. “Forever” – Love of Diagrams
23. “Once We Walked in the Sunlight” – Papercuts
24. “Friend to Many” – David Kilgour & Sam Hunt
25. “No You Girls” – Franz Ferdinand
26. “Prison Girls” – Neko Case
27. “In the Dreamlife U Need A Rubber Soul” – The Clean
28. “That Damned Fly” – Future of the Left
29. “City Lights (Days Go By)” – Bob Mould
30. “Hey, Snow White” – New Pornographers
31. “Lust for Life” – Girls
32. “Journal for Plague Lovers” – Manic Street Preachers
33. “Famous Last Words” – Deerhunter
34. “Come Saturday” – Pains of Being Pure at Heart
35. “Bull Black Nova” – Wilco
36. “Evil” – Flaming Lips
37. “Static Information” – Love of Diagrams
38. “Save Me From What I Want” – St. Vincent
39. “Two Lines” – The Bats
40. “Red Oak Way” – Lotus Plaza
BEST BASSLINE: “Cannibal Resource” – Dirty Projectors
WORST ALBUM TITLE (Tie):
• Abnormally Attracted to Sin – Tori Amos
• Sacred, Profane, & Sugarcane – Elvis Costello
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Vinay Kini's 2010 List
2010 ALBUMS – [best song]
A-trak – dirty south dance 2 [we don’t want no goblins]
Darkstar – north [under one roof]
Four Tet – there is love in you [plastic people]
Das Racist – sit down, man [all tan everything]
Pantha du Prince – black noise [lay in a shimmer]
Drake – thank me later [unforgettable]
Big Boi – sir lucious left foot [daddy fat sax]
Janelle Monae – the archandroid [tightrope]
Caribou – swim [odessa]
Kanye West – my beautiful dark twisted fantasy [power]
SINGLES
Scuba – lights out
Matthew Dear – black city
Curren$y – the day
How to Dress Well – lover’s start
Mark Ronson – bang bang bang
Jay Electronica – exhibit c
James Blake – CMYK
James Blake – I only know (what I know now)
Lindstrom and Christabelle – lovesick
Crystal castles ft. Robert Smith – not in love
Arcade Fire – ready to start
Blockhead – tricky turtle
LCD Soundsystem – I can change
Gold Panda – same dream china
The XX – VCR (four tet remix)
Wiz Khalifa – mezmorized
Superpitcher – black magic
The National – England
Shabazz Palaces – kill white T
Ramadanman – don’t change for me
Salem – king night
A-trak – dirty south dance 2 [we don’t want no goblins]
Darkstar – north [under one roof]
Four Tet – there is love in you [plastic people]
Das Racist – sit down, man [all tan everything]
Pantha du Prince – black noise [lay in a shimmer]
Drake – thank me later [unforgettable]
Big Boi – sir lucious left foot [daddy fat sax]
Janelle Monae – the archandroid [tightrope]
Caribou – swim [odessa]
Kanye West – my beautiful dark twisted fantasy [power]
SINGLES
Scuba – lights out
Matthew Dear – black city
Curren$y – the day
How to Dress Well – lover’s start
Mark Ronson – bang bang bang
Jay Electronica – exhibit c
James Blake – CMYK
James Blake – I only know (what I know now)
Lindstrom and Christabelle – lovesick
Crystal castles ft. Robert Smith – not in love
Arcade Fire – ready to start
Blockhead – tricky turtle
LCD Soundsystem – I can change
Gold Panda – same dream china
The XX – VCR (four tet remix)
Wiz Khalifa – mezmorized
Superpitcher – black magic
The National – England
Shabazz Palaces – kill white T
Ramadanman – don’t change for me
Salem – king night
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Matt Wiens' 2010 List
ALBUMS 2010
Halcyon Digest – Deerhunter : Helicopter
Pigeons – Here We Go Magic : Land Of Feeling
The Wild Hunt – The Tallest Man On Earth : The Wild Hunt
Lisbon – The Walkmen : Juveniles
Becoming A Jackal – Villagers : I Saw The Dead
Forget – Twin Shadow : Castles In The Snow
Astro Coast – Surfer Blood : Floating Vibes
The Suburbs – Arcade Fire : We Used To Wait
Innerspeaker – Tame Impala : It Is Not Meant To Be
Contra – Vampire Weekend : I Think UR A Contra
King Of The Beach – Wavves : Post Acid
Teen Dream – Beach House : Lover Of Mine
SONGS
Better Things To Do – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
The Last Prom On Earth – Gayngs
Daddy Fat Sax – Big Boi
Alesund – Sun Kil Moon
Promises – The Morning Benders
Our Deal – Best Coast
Bloodbuzz Ohio – The National
ONE – Yeasayer
July Flame – Laura Veirs
Everlasting Light – The Black Keys
Sweetest Kill – Broken Social Scene
RECENTLY DISCOVERED
Touched – Ken Stringfellow (2001)
Halcyon Digest – Deerhunter : Helicopter
Pigeons – Here We Go Magic : Land Of Feeling
The Wild Hunt – The Tallest Man On Earth : The Wild Hunt
Lisbon – The Walkmen : Juveniles
Becoming A Jackal – Villagers : I Saw The Dead
Forget – Twin Shadow : Castles In The Snow
Astro Coast – Surfer Blood : Floating Vibes
The Suburbs – Arcade Fire : We Used To Wait
Innerspeaker – Tame Impala : It Is Not Meant To Be
Contra – Vampire Weekend : I Think UR A Contra
King Of The Beach – Wavves : Post Acid
Teen Dream – Beach House : Lover Of Mine
SONGS
Better Things To Do – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
The Last Prom On Earth – Gayngs
Daddy Fat Sax – Big Boi
Alesund – Sun Kil Moon
Promises – The Morning Benders
Our Deal – Best Coast
Bloodbuzz Ohio – The National
ONE – Yeasayer
July Flame – Laura Veirs
Everlasting Light – The Black Keys
Sweetest Kill – Broken Social Scene
RECENTLY DISCOVERED
Touched – Ken Stringfellow (2001)
Sunday, December 12, 2010
D. Lucas Landis' 2010 List
Here are my favorites for the Year 2010. Choosing the top 10 was relatively easy this year. I didn't find many albums that pressed for top of the list credentials, but the ones I did like, I really liked. In terms of songs, most of the ones I picked came from albums that I really liked. I toyed with placing Katy Perry on the list, but remembered that her singles wore thin after the second listen.
Without further ado, here's the lists:
Albums:
10. Swim - Caribou
Without further ado, here's the lists:
Albums:
10. Swim - Caribou
9. Black Noise - Pantha Du Prince
8. Sir Lucious Left Foot...The Son of Chico Dusty - Big Boi
7. Love Remains - How to Dress Well
6. White Magic - CEO
5. Halcyon Digest - Deerhunter
4. Treats - Sleigh Bells
3. Astrocoast - Surfer Blood
2. The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
1. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
The Rest of the Best:
11. IRM - Charlotte Gainsbourg
12. The Lady Killer - Cee Lo Green
13. Teen Dream - Beach House
14. Contra - Vampire Weekend
15. Body Talk Pt. 1 - Robyn
16. The Archandroid - Janelle Monae
17. Gorilla Manor - Local Natives
18. Innerspeaker - Tame Impala
Songs (In no Particular Order):
All of the Lights – Kanye West
We Used to Wait – Arcade Fire
Follow Us – Big Boi
Round and Round – Ariel’s Pink Haunted Graffiti
Bright Lights Bigger City – Cee Lo Green
Dissolve – Chemical Brothers
Coronado – Deerhunter
Young Aren’t You – The Hundred in the Hand
Tightrope – Janelle Monae
Runaway Love – Kanye West
Bang Bang Bang – Mark Ronson
Paradise Circus – Massive Attack
Little Lion Man – Mumford and Sons
Kids – Sleigh Bells
Who Makes Your Money – Spoon
Floating Vibes – Surfer Blood
Northwestern Skies – Tired Pony
Horchata – Vampire Weekend
Wide Eyes – Local Natives
Acapella – Kellis
Ready for the World – How to Dress Well
Sentimental X's - Broken Social Scene
Rude Boy - Rihanna
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