Ok ladies and gents here is the much debated over year end list. Now I'm not trying to appeal to indie hispters or anyone else for that matter by including Kanye West or anything just albums that really caught my attention over the last year. Year end lists are always a much contested affair but that's why we all have our own tastes and opinions. I encourage you to whip up a favourite's list of your own whether you choose to share it or not is up to you. The lists are always a great way for people to hear new music or rediscover something they may have let slip away. Here's my holiday treat for you and hope you enjoy:
1. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Beat The Devil's Tattoo
2. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
3. Interpol - Interpol
4. Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
5. The Sunshine Underground - Nobody's Coming To Save You
6. Surfer Blood - Astrocoast
7. The Drums - The Drums
8. Kings Of Leon - Come Around Sundown
9. The Besnard Lakes - ...Are The Roaring Night
10. The National - High Violet
The Coral - Butterfly House
Kula Shaker - Pilgrim's Progress
22-20s - Shake, Shiver & Moan
Detroit Social Club - Existence
Frightened Rabbit - The Winter Of Mixed Drinks
Tame Inpala - Innerspeaker
Mystery Jets - Seratonin
Klaxons - Surfing The Void
UNKLE - Where Did The Night Fall
New Young Pony Club - The Optimist
Vampire Weekend - Contra
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
MGMT - Congratulations
Yeasayer - Odd Blood
Gayngs - Relayted
British Sea Power - Zeus EP
The Walkmen - Lisbon
The Strange Boys - Be Brave
Salem - King Night
Foals - Total Life Forever
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
Beach House - Teen Dream
Autolux - Transit Transit
These New Puritans - Hidden
Crocodiles - Sleep Forever
Kele - The Boxer
Clinic - Bubblegum
The Black Angels - Phospene Dream
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
Delphic - Acolyte
Ok Go - Of The Blue Color Of The Sky
Eels - End Times
Spoon - Transference
Hot Chip - One Life Stand
Midlake - The Courage Of Others
RPA & The United Nations Of Sound - RPA & The United Nations Of Sound
Massive Attack - Heligoland
The Courteeners - Falcon
Dead Meadow - Three Kings
Wild Nothing - Gemini
Broken Bells - Broken Bells
The Whigs - In The Dark
Jonsi - Go
The Futureheads - The Chaos
Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
Deftones - Diamond Eyes
The Hold Steady - Heaven Is Whenever
The Dead Weather - Sea Of Cowards
Band Of Horses - Infinite Arms
The Black Keys - Brothers
Wintersleep - New Inheritors
We Are Scientists - Barbara
The Chemical Brothers - Further
Hurts - Happiness
Eels - Tomorrow Morning
Quest For Fire - Lights From Paradise
Sleepy Sun - Fever
Weezer - Hurley
Brandon Flowers - Flamingo
Belle and Sebastian - Belle and Sebastian Write About Love
Warpaint - The Fool
Fran Healy - Wreckorder
Stars - The Five Ghosts
Tricky - Mixed Race
Darker My Love - Alive As You Are
Bombay Bicycle Club - Flaws
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Dark Night Of The Soul
School Of Seven Bells - Disconnect From Desire
Teenage Fanclub - Shadows
Stone Temple Pilots - Stone Temple Pilots
Born Ruffians - Say It
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Mojo
The Nix Dicksons - Giraffe EP
The Explosive Archives: Calgary Live Music. Vol. I
The May Cause - The May Cause EP
Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep
Wolf People - Steeple
Tamaryn - The Waves
Serena Maneesh - 2: Abyss In B Minor
Red Cedar - Enter The Sun Gods
Raised By Swans - No Ghostless Place
Monster Movie - Everyone Is A Ghost
Midnight Juggernauts - The Crystal Axis
Maximum Balloon - Maximum Balloon
Kent - En Plats I Solen
Johnny Cash - American VI: Ain't No Grave
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Hawk
The Hotrats - Turn Ons
Hollerado - Record In A Bag
Good Shoes - No Hope, No Future
Engineers - In Praise Of More
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
The Cinematics - Silent Scream EP
Cherry Ghost - Beneath This Burning Shoreline
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Who Killed Sgt. Pepper
Blood Red Shoes - Fire Like This
Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart
The Bees - Every Step's A Yes
The Automatic - Tear The Signs Down
Titus Andronicus - The Moniter
Admiral Radley - I Heart California
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - III/IV
The Orb Featuring David Gilmour - Metallic Spheres
Free Energy - Stuck On Nothing
Exit Calm - Exit Calm
Mogwai - Special Moves
You beat me to it this year, sir! I think I should have mine on my blog this week or so. Just have to do some more calculations...
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, also:
ReplyDelete"WHAT?! No Neil Young?!"
Congratulations on the hard work of making this blog. I really enjoyed reading it throughout the year, and I like your year end lists. Did you actually listen to every one of these albums more than once? Crazy.
ReplyDeleteI'm posting only to mention some records you may haven't heard, that got me excited and I would like to share them with you:
Women - Public Strain
Caribou - Swim
Wolf Parade - Expo 86
Owen Pallett - Heartland
Tunng - Tourist History
Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards
Blonde Redhead - Penny Sparkle
Some honourable mentions should go to these freaks:
The Kings of Convenience - "Declaration of Dependence" came out in October of 2009, but it's been probably the sexiest album of 2010 for me.
Au Revoir Simone - "Still Night, Still Light" - came out in 2009 as well, but I did spend some time listening to it this year.
And Radiohead did throw authorize the Live in Praha thing... just not in physical form. That was pretty cool.