2010 so far....

[brennser]

So we're almost half way through the year and I think its shaping up to be a pretty strong year musically imho

Good to great efforts from old favorites like Spoon, Ted Leo, The National, New Pornos, Massive Attack, Besnard Lakes, Apples in Stereo, Black Keys, Basia Bulay, Emma Pollock

Very good new (or new to me) stuff from The Soft Pack, Hot Chip, Broken Bells, Holly Miranda, These New Puritans, Beach House, Tallest Man on Earth

The only real clunker so far for me has been The Whigs

Any other good stuff people would care to recommend?

[hutch]

The Dead Weather and Goldfrapp are probably my favorites so far...

[killsaly]

Off the top of my head, Beach Fossils and Malory.

[DeathFromAbove1979]

The new Black Keys is absolutely amazing.

[gaaaaaaaaah]

The new Black Keys is absolutely amazing.

This.

[sweetcell]

other albums that you might wanna try out:

broken social scene - forgiveness rock
gorillaz- plastic beach
jonsi - go
sade - soldier of love

[vansmack]

I would add the new Band of Horses as well.

[atomicfront]

Beach House
Yeasayer
Magnetic Fields
The Brunettes
Marina and the Diamonds
Avi Buffalo
She and Him
Radio Dept
CocoRosie
The National
Lcd Soundsystem

[walkonby]

panera is the new radiohead.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37213165/?gt1=43001

i can't wait for their new salads and sandwiches to leak before they are actually made . . . and azag to tell us where they are playing.

[azaghal1981]

I've enjoyed offerings from the following in no particular order:
Rangda
Jack Rose
Drunkdriver
Twin Stumps
Emeralds
Balaclavas
Carlos Giffoni
Double Dagger
Yellow Swans
Woods
Melvins
The Fall
Sightings
Puerto Rico Flowers
Psychedelic Horseshit
Peeesseye and Talibam!
Omar Souleyman
Omar Khorshid
Naked on the Vague
Mondo Drag
Mi Ami
Medications
High on Fire
Ghetto Ways
Aaron Dilloway

[nkotb]

Is Omar the hot new band prefix?  Like Deer- or Wolf-?

I've enjoyed offerings from the following in no particular order:
Omar Souleyman
Omar Khorshid

[Relaxer]

I've been surprised how much I like the Flying Lotus album. Same with LCD SS, but as I suspected, that one is already kind of fading.
Like Crystal Castles a lot. Same with Major Stars, Black Breath, Erykah Badu, Radio Dept.

[azaghal1981]

Hah!


Wonder if Omar Rodriguez-Lopez is putting out another guitar masturbation-tastic effort this year.


Oh good call on the Major Stars. Still need to get around to that Flying Lotus.

[oso]

I have been really enjoying:

Titus Andronicus
Flying Lotus
Beach House
The National

[MonkeyPants]

So we're almost half way through the year and I think its shaping up to be a pretty strong year musically imho

Good to great efforts from old favorites like Spoon, Ted Leo, The National, New Pornos, Massive Attack, Besnard Lakes, Apples in Stereo, Black Keys, Basia Bulay, Emma Pollock

Very good new (or new to me) stuff from The Soft Pack, Hot Chip, Broken Bells, Holly Miranda, These New Puritans, Beach House, Tallest Man on Earth

The only real clunker so far for me has been The Whigs

Any other good stuff people would care to recommend?

I don't even like the Black Keys and I like their new album.  I have the new National, but haven't listened, yet.  My two faves of the year that I've heard are Two Dancers by Wild Beasts and Gorilla Manor by Local Natives