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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: James Ford on December 29, 2010, 04:20:53 pm
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I used to get pissy that people started this thread in October, but come on guys, it's almost 1/1, where's your list?
My top 20 for 2010:
1. Of Montreal?False Priest
2. Dr. Dog? Shame, Shame
3. Justin Townes Earle? Harlem River Blues
4. Janelle Monae?The Archandroid
5. The Roots?How I Go Over
6. Dierks Bentley?Up on the Ridge
7. Cee Lo Green?The Ladykiller
8. She&Him?Volume Two
9. Spoon?Transference
10. Phosporescence?Here?s to Taking it Easy
11. Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows: A Tribute to John Prine
12. The Mynabirds?What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood
13. Superchunk?Majesty Shredding
14. Free Energy?Stuck on Nothing
15. Vampire Weekend?Contra
16. Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings?I Learned the Hard Way
17. Bobby Bare Jr?.A Storm-A Tree-My Mother?s Head
18. The Head and the Heart?self-titled
19. Kurt Wagner and Cortney Tidwell?Invariable Heartache
20. Old 97?s?The Grand Theatre Volume One
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Oh boy...here comes the onslaught of pretentious lists of albums nobody's heard of before. Let's see who can top who with most obscure albums (above post not included since most are recognizable).
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Oh boy...here comes the onslaught of pretentious lists of albums nobody's heard of before. Let's see who can top who with most obscure albums (above post not included since most are recognizable).
This.
Hey now, it's a well known fact that if more than 100 people go to a band's show, the band has to suck by default. ;D
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Oh boy...here comes the onslaught of pretentious lists of albums nobody's heard of before. Let's see who can top who with most obscure albums (above post not included since most are recognizable).
One of my favorite records of this year, which was technically released first in the UK last year, is the Hello=Fire. Sure the record is "obscure", but it's Dean F. solo album, he of the Waxwings, Dead Weather, and member of both QOSTA's and Ranconteurs touring band. Brendan Benson co-produced and it was recorded with members of QOSTA. The record is straight rock, nothing flashy.
I also really enjoyed several retro soul/r&b/funk releases by the likes of The City Champs, The Sweet Divines, The Haggis Horns.
One of my favorite rock releases was by The Sails, who was a feature artists on Little Steven's Sat Channel.
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#1 = Scott 'Wino' Weinrich - Adrift
This record blew me away actually. The man has made classic after classic for 30 years and yet it feels he is still warming up. The best may be yet to come.
Others I enjoyed:
Killing Joke - Absolute Dissent
The Sword - Warp Riders
BXI
Zoroaster - Matador
Kylesa - Spiral Shadow
Drunkdriver - Self Titled
High on Fire - Snakes for the Divine
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis
Deftones - Diamond Eyes
The Black Keys - Brothers
Intronaut - Valley of Smoke
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
EL-P - Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixx3
Harvey Milk - A Small Turn of Human Kindness ...WTF...
Cough - Ritual Abuse
Sage Francis - Li(f)e
Nachtmystium - Addicts: Black Meddle pt. 2
Tobacco - Maniac Meat
Tobacco - LA UTI
Priestess - Prior to The Fire
Surroundings - Self Titled
2010 had a lot to offer and I still have so much more to hear!
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Oh boy...here comes the onslaught of pretentious lists of albums nobody's heard of before. Let's see who can top who with most obscure albums (above post not included since most are recognizable).
Just to be clear, "pretentious lists of albums nobody's heard of before" means a list of records you haven't heard, right? So how about you list all of the albums you have heard so we can all take care not to offend your delicate sensibilities.
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please somebody stop the list of albums that havent been posted yet. we are all forced to click on this thread
01 tallest man on earth - the wild hunt
02 beach house - teen dream
03 the national - high violet
04 no age - everything in between
05 best coast - crazy for you
06 stars - the five ghosts
07 superchunk - majesty shredding
08 les savy fav - root for ruin
09 male bonding - nothing hurts
10 wavves - king of the beach
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A non-pretentious list because I've heard of these bands before?
hey, where's Arcade Fire's The Suburbs? It won't be pretentious to mention/list it because people have heard of the band, right?
please somebody stop the list of albums that havent been posted yet. we are all forced to click on this thread
01 tallest man on earth - the wild hunt
02 beach house - teen dream
03 the national - high violet
04 no age - everything in between
05 best coast - crazy for you
06 stars - the five ghosts
07 superchunk - majesty shredding
08 les savy fav - root for ruin
09 male bonding - nothing hurts
10 wavves - king of the beach
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A pretentious list even for metal fans. Nachtmystium? Who?
#1 = Scott 'Wino' Weinrich - Adrift
This record blew me away actually. The man has made classic after classic for 30 years and yet it feels he is still warming up. The best may be yet to come.
Others I enjoyed:
Killing Joke - Absolute Dissent
The Sword - Warp Riders
BXI
Zoroaster - Matador
Kylesa - Spiral Shadow
Drunkdriver - Self Titled
High on Fire - Snakes for the Divine
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis
Deftones - Diamond Eyes
The Black Keys - Brothers
Intronaut - Valley of Smoke
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
EL-P - Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixx3
Harvey Milk - A Small Turn of Human Kindness ...WTF...
Cough - Ritual Abuse
Sage Francis - Li(f)e
Nachtmystium - Addicts: Black Meddle pt. 2
Tobacco - Maniac Meat
Tobacco - LA UTI
Priestess - Prior to The Fire
Surroundings - Self Titled
2010 had a lot to offer and I still have so much more to hear!
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#1 - LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening
Other favorites:
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Black Keys - Brothers
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
Grinderman - Grinderman 2
Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM
Dangermouse and Sparklehorse - Dark Night of the Soul
Walkmen - Lisbon
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Top 5 (more or less in order):
Off! - Boxset (First 4 EPs)
Double Negative - Daydreamnation
Killing Joke - Absolute Dissent
Kanye West - My Beautiful......
The Roots - How I Go Over
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Wild Nothing - Gemini
Klaxons - Surfing the Void
The National - High Violet
Foals - Total Life Forever
Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
Sun Airway - Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier
Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
Fenech Soler - s/t
The Charlatans - Who We Touch
Magic Bullets - s/t
and not technically 2010 (but i really started listening to it then)
Bear in Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth
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Chemical Brothers - Further
Kanye - My whatever
Daft Punk - Tron OST
Rolling Stones - Exile Reissue
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Not everyone listens to the same music as you.
Oh boy...here comes the onslaught of pretentious lists of albums nobody's heard of before. Let's see who can top who with most obscure albums (above post not included since most are recognizable).
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My top 20 albums in alphabetical order.
Avey Tare ? Down There
Beach Fossils ? Beach Fossils
The Black Ryder - Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride
Broken Little Sister - Memories, Violet & Demons
Cloud Cult ? Light Chasers
Future Islands ? In Evening Air
GHXST - Evil's Wasted On You
INSECT GUIDE ? Dark Days & Nights
Intronaut ? Valley of Smoke
Love Culture ? Aquamarine
Me You Us Them ? Post-Data
Rusko ? O.M.G.!
Salem ? King Knight
Seasonscollide ? Disappearing Reappearing
Sennan ? Age of Denial
Small Black ? New Chain
Sun Airway - Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier
A Sunny Day in Glasgow ? Autumn, Again
Sway ? This Was Tomorrow
Thrushes ? Night Falls
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Beach House
Lower Dens
High on Fire
Killing Joke
The Roots
Kanye West
Walkmen
Grinderman
Tobacco
Justin Townes Earle
Swans
Gorillaz
Jucifer
Thou (Summit album)
Have it but need to listen: Sun Airway, Salem, Bobby Bare Jr., Agalloch
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Not everyone listens to the same music as you.
Oh boy...here comes the onslaught of pretentious lists of albums nobody's heard of before. Let's see who can top who with most obscure albums (above post not included since most are recognizable).
yes they do . . . because now everybody's me
Now everybody's into what I do
Steve Albini, John? and Frank Sinatra sound exactly like me
I even set up a duo with Julio Iglesias
It was called Me and Julio Down By the Crackhouse
'Cause even Julio Iglesias is me
I have the number one album
I have all the albums
'Cause now everybody's me!
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All these metal releases listed and no Salome? Easily my favorite metal album this year.
Still nowhere near having a complete list here.
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Because Salome are mediocre sludge.
All these metal releases listed and no Salome? Easily my favorite metal album this year.
Still nowhere near having a complete list here.
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And you have not heard it.
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Seen 'em live and it wasn't good....why hear the album? Truth hurts sometimes, you just gotta accept it.
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So you haven't heard it.
Go fluff Beach House and Lower Dens some more.
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I used to get pissy that people started this thread in October, but come on guys, it's almost 1/1, where's your list?
Thanks for posting Rhett. I too wondered why no one had started this thread, maybe best of lists are now passe. That being said, heres mine
1. Pulled Apart By Horses 'Pulled Apart By Horses'
2. These New Puritans 'Hidden'
3. Anais Mitchell 'Hadestown'
4. Broken Bells 'Broken Bells'
5. Lloyd Cole 'Broken Record'
6. The Besnard Lakes ' The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night'
7. Black Mountain 'Wilderness Heart'
8. Justin Townes Earle 'Harlem River Blues'
9. Sister 'Sister'
10. The Soft Pack 'The Soft Pack'
11. Apples in Stereo 'Travellers in Space and Time'
12. Stars 'The Five Ghosts'
13. Emma Pollock 'The Law of Large Numbers'
14. Eels 'End Times'
15. Beach House 'Teen Dream'
16. Hot Chip 'One Life Stand'
17. She and Him 'Volume Two'
18. Cathal Coughlan and the Grand Necropolitan Quartet 'Rancho Tetrahedron'
19. Holly Miranda 'The Magicians Private Library'
20. The Love Language 'Libraries'
Biggest Disappointments
Grinderman
The Whigs
Didn't Understand the Hype
Tamaryn
Deerhinter
Fang Island
Tame Impala
Need to Listen To Based on Rave Reviews etc
Kanye
Jannelle
LCD Soundsystem
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These always stress me out more than they should. That's because I can't remember everything I've heard. Worse yet, I always manage to leave something very good off my list. Plus, I still haven't heard everything relevant for my purposes. Very frustrating and embarrassing, especially if I decide to create an official Air Atlantic Underground Radio Best of list. So, here's just a working list in completely random order of my personal favorite releases of 2010.
Zaza - "Cameo" (EP)
Highspire - "Aquatic"
Presents For Sally - "A Touch Of Joy, A Touch Of Sadness"
Insect Guide - "Dark Days & Nights"
Stellarium - "Stellarium"
Soundpool - "Mirrors In Your Eyes"
Malory - "Pearl Diver"
Ceremony - "Rocket Fire"
The Black Angels - "Phosphene Dream"
Laboratory Noise - "When Sound Generates Light"
The Black Ryder - "Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride"
Dragontears - "Turn On Tune In Fuck Off"
Tears Run Rings - "Distance"
Whirl - "Distressor" (EP)
Air Formation - "Nothing To Wish For (Nothing To Lose)"
Seasonscollide ? "Disappearing Reappearing"
Scarlet Youth - "Goodbye Doesn't Mean I'm Gone"
Ghost Society - "The Back Of His Hands, Then The Palms"
Bon Accord - "Honeydew" (EP)
Sway - "This Was Tomorrow"
Butterfly Explosion - "Lost Trails"
The Vandelles - "Del Black Aloha"
Cotton Club - "Between Drones And Daisies"
Between The Cities Are Stars - "Between The Cities Are Stars"
Whatever Hippie Bitch - "Whatever Hippie Bitch"
Foxtail Somersault - "Reflection" (EP)
*I'm saving the new one by Secret Shine, "The Beginning And The End", for 2011 since it was released only about a week ago and most people won't hear it until then.
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Here's a taste of the albums I enjoyed this year
http://8tracks.com/kosmo/favorite-pop-rock-songs-of-2010
http://8tracks.com/kosmo/favorite-funk-soul-tracks-of-2010
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Jaguar just made Jeffml cry.
P.S. you have to hear that Jefre Cantu-Ledesma album I mentioned in the 2010 albums thread. A majority of the tracks sound like variations on a "To Here Knows When" sounding theme.
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Jaguar just made Jeffml cry.
No, not really. Killsaly has heard of them and I would in no way consider him a 'nobody'. Besides, I can't help it that all of those people who listen to these releases don't bother with this board. Most aren't local anyway so no real need for them to hang around here.
P.S. you have to hear that Jefre Cantu-Ledesma album I mentioned in the 2010 albums thread. A majority of the tracks sound like variations on a "To Here Knows When" sounding theme.
Except for one short very ambient track, I haven't heard it yet. Looking forward to it though.
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Actually that is on the top of my list as well. ;D
Jaguar just made Jeffml cry.
P.S. you have to hear that Jefre Cantu-Ledesma album I mentioned in the 2010 albums thread. A majority of the tracks sound like variations on a "To Here Knows When" sounding theme.
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I want to hear that Salome record! They need to play some more shows too. One more album to add to my pretentious metal list is Unearthly Trance - V that thing was vicious, I can't believe I forgot about it.
Wilderness heart was cool too. Also I'm glad to see others dug the new Killing Joke. It was between that and Wino for album of the year for me.
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1.) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Beat the Devil's Tattoo
2.) MNDR - E.P.E. EP
3.) The National - High Violet
4.) Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Hawk
5.) Beach House - Teen Dream
6.) Twin Tigers - Grey Waves
7.) She & Him - Volume Two
8.) Interpol - Interpol
9.) Toro Y Moi - Causers of This
10.) The Corin Tucker Band - 1000 Years
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You've also gotta get on the Black Breath record if you haven't yet. There's a beast of an album.
I want to hear that Salome record! They need to play some more shows too. One more album to add to my pretentious metal list is Unearthly Trance - V that thing was vicious, I can't believe I forgot about it.
Wilderness heart was cool too. Also I'm glad to see others dug the new Killing Joke. It was between that and Wino for album of the year for me.
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Speaking of 'Black' bands, Black Tusk was probably my favorite hard record of the year
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The Black Boned Angel (Birchville Cat Motel guy and somebody else) album is another good 'black' release.
(Can we count an album of which only 125 copies were pressed?)
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Robyn "Body Talk" (Easily my favorite album of the year)
Kelis "Flesh Tone"
Marina and the Diamonds "The Family Jewels"
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you know . . . i don't think i bought an album in 2010. i just listen to sirius; it gets me through.
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Sirius needs a drone channel.
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yeah the Black Tusk record is cool. I like how they have a Buzzov*en cover thrown in there. They are quite the live attraction now too.
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Finally got a top two.
Kemialliset Ystavat - Ullakkopalo
Double Dagger - Masks
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No, not really. Killsaly has heard of them and I would in no way consider him a 'nobody'.
Aw you are too kind Jag! (But we are definitely in the minority in our love of these bands...
These were definitely quality releases as well.
Stellarium - "Stellarium"
Soundpool - "Mirrors In Your Eyes"
Malory - "Pearl Diver"
I saw them play tracks off of this, but still havent heard it. Thats my first New Years resolution, grab this finally,
Ceremony - "Rocket Fire"
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Most years my top ten list is pretty easy to make and my #1 pick is usually very clear. This year is not the case. I'd have to say Flying Lotus was the 2010 album I enjoyed the most, though Black Tusk and Rick Ross were steady as well.
Flying Lotus 'Cosmogramma'
Black Tusk 'Taste the Sin'
Rick Ross 'Teflon Don'
Bare Wires 'Seeking Love'
Wild Nothing 'Gemini'
Dum Dum Girls 'I Will Be'
Kylesa 'Spiral Shadow'
Crystal Castles s/t
Electric Wizard 'Black Masses'
Major Stars 'Return to Form'
Also-rans:
Black Breath, Paul Cary, Erykah Badu, Darkthrone, Joanna Newsom, Best Coast, Sleigh Bells, Ratt, Drake, Wavves
And actually, I just realized that for some reason (shame? convenient memory lapse? urban vanilla? immaturity?) I neglected to mention that I listen to the Earl Sweatshirt a lot. Definitely my favorite out of all those Odd Future Wolfgang Kill Em All guys.
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The Major Stars release does kick a lot of ass. There is a band that takes something that looks awful/cheesy on paper and makes it sound awesome.
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h/t leafblower:
http://perpetua.tumblr.com/post/2729005230/sales-numbers-for-selected-pitchfork-top-50-albums-of