2010 Year end lists

[RPS]

1. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

2. M.I.A - Maya

3. Beach House – Teenage Dream

4. Gorillaz – Plastic Beach

5. Sleigh Bells - Treats

6. Kelis – Flesh Tone

7. Gil Scott-Heron – I’m New Here

8. Hot Chip – One Life Stand

9. Yeasayer – Odd Blood

10. Kid Cudi – Man On The Moon II

11. Robyn – Body Talk

12. Antony & The Johnsons - Swanlight

13. Broken Bells - Broken Bells

14. Diamond Rings – Special Affections

15. Janelle Monae – The ArchAndroid

16. Deerhunter - Halcyon digest

17. Kele – The Boxer

18. Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma

19. Caribou - Swim

20. Scissor Sisters – Night Work

21. The Black Keys - Brothers

22. Simian Mobile Disco – Delicacies

23. Twin Shadow – Forget

24. Terror Danjah – Undeniable

25. Drake – Thank Me Later

26. Crookers – Tons of Friends

27. A-Trak - Dirty South Dance 2

28. Gold Panda – Lucky Shiner

29. Delorean - Subsiza

30. Kids of 88 - Sugarpills

31. Candy Claws - Hidden Land

32. The Flashbulb – Arboreal

33. Teengirl Fantasy – 7AM

34. LCD Soundsystem – This Is It

35. Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty

36. Salem – King Night

37. Rick Ross – Teflon Don

38. Jonsi – Go

39. Justin Bieber – My World 2

40. Vampire Weekend - Contra

Really great year in music this year. Explanation of my top 10.

Kanye West: fantastic album from head to toe. Production is great, lyrics are stellar, total package.

M.I.A: Hated this album when it was released, but it grew on me fast. Loud, hard and rough in all the right ways.

Beach House: Heard Silver Soul and fell in love. Beautifully crafted summer album.

Gorillaz: amazing pop album. Lots of twists, turns and genres included. Great stuff.

Sleigh Bells: best debut of the year. Great introduction and I can't wait to see what they crank out next.

Kelis: the best mainstream dance album in years. Kelis isn't afraid to experiment

Gil Scott Heron: just a really great, interesting listen. Bit short.

Hot Chip: 7 great to amazing songs, 3 average songs. Could have been a classic but didn't go the extra mile.

Yeasayer: very weird. Best description I heard about them - Rihanna gone experimental.

Kid Cudi: weird, self indulgent, hollow mess, but I still love it.

[GoGo Yubari]

1. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

2. Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid

3. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

4. Stereo Total - Baby Ouh!

5. The Vaselines - Sex With An X

[METALMAN]

These are my favourite songs of the year. Or my favourites that are available on Spotify at least.

Will do albums later.

[caucasianheat]

Army of the Pharaohs - Unholy Terror

Autechre - Move of Ten

Born Ruffians - Say It

Brasstronaut - Mt. Chimaera

Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles II

Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma

Ian Kamau - Vol. 3: Love and Other Struggles

Jaga Jazzist - One-Armed Bandit

Ratatat - LP4

Titus Andronicus - The Monitor

[Damian WayLNKe]

1. Jukebox the Ghost - Everything Under the Sun

2. Matt & Kim - Sidewalks

3. Hot Hot Heat - Future Breeds

4. Greenhornes - *****

5. Ben Folds - Lonely Avenue

6. I'm from Barcelona - 27 Songs from Barcelona

7. The Rocket Summer - Of Men & Angels

8. The Black Keys - Brothers

[YI]

Brasstronaut - Mt. Chimaera

Good call.

[caucasianheat]

I liked Old World Lies better, but it's still a really swell record. The recut of 'Insects' is longer and way different from the original with some of the brass sections padded out and the clarinet added. Their sound is definitely much bigger on this album and has more of an orchestral feel. Awesome band to see live, they're awfully nice and put on a very fun show with demands for weird crowd participation.

[probablyoliver]

I forgot how awesome cauc's music taste was.

And I'm From Barcelona released a new album this year? Fuccccccck, why did I not know this?

[Jive]

This is tough, but thankfully Wikipedia helped me remember all the releases. And also all the music I still got to check out!

January: Contra by Vampire Weekend, Of the Blue Colour of the Sky by OK Go

February: Odd Blood by Yeasayer

March: Tourist History by Two Door Cinema Club, American Ghetto by Portugal. The Man, Broken Bells by Broken Bells, Congratulations by MGMT

April: Forgiveness Rock Record by Broken Social Scene, Treats by Sleigh Bells, Brothers by The Black Keys

June: Barbara by We Are Scientists

August: The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

September: Lonely Avenue by Ben Folds and Nick Hornsby, Invented by Jimmy Eat World

October: Belle & Sebastian Write About Love by Belle & Sebastian

Unknown: Vision Revision by Architecture in Helsinki, Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

Still gotta check out the new Massive Attack, deadmau5, Kayne West, and Jamiroquai.

Tourist History is probably my favorite at the moment.

Edit: Oh, and Matt & Kim - Sidewalks, I'm from Barcelona - 27 Songs from Barcelona.

Edited December 7, 2010 by Jive

[Guest Mr. Potato Head]

In no particular order:

The Wave Pictures - Susan Rode The Cyclone

No Age - Everything In Between

The New Pornographers - Together

Hot Hot Heat - Future Breeds

Hawksley Workman - Meat

The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang

Frog Eyes - Paul's Tomb: A Triumph

Fight Like Apes - The Body of Christ and the Legs of Tina Turner

Caribou - Swim

Best Coast - Crazy for You

Beach House - Teen Dream

The Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

And I don't have any of this in iTunes, but new Broken Social Scene, Kathryn Calder, and especially The Russian Futurists, which I really need to find somewhere. Also Wolf Parade, Wintersleep, and even the Glee stuff is fine in small doses.

Top five albums over all would be New Pornos, Fight Like Apes, Gaslight Anthem, Russian Futurists and Caribou. Maybe even in that order.

[apsham]

Also in no particular order -

The Hold Steady - Heaven Is Whenever

A Loss For Words - Motown Classics

Oh No, Theodore! - Self Titled EP

Steven Page - Page One

That's about it as far as my feeble brain goes. I need to give a few things some better listens, Elvis Costello's new album mainly - and that will likely make it knowing Costello.

[tristy]

01. "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" by Kanye West

02. "Volume Two" by She & Him

03. "King Night" by Salem

04. "Treats" by Sleigh Bells

05. "The Suburbs" by Arcade Fire

06. "EP" by How to Destroy Angels

07. "Teen Dream" by Beach House

08. "EP" by oOoOO

09. "Down There" by Avey Tare

10. "Relayted" by Gayngs

Good, but not Top 10 Good: "As I Call You Down" by Fistful of Mercy, "Maya" by MIA, "Odd Blood" by Yeasayer, "Man on the Moon II" by Kid Cudi, "Thank Me Later" by Drake, "Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty" by Big Boi, "This Is Happening" by LCD Soundsystem, "The Fool" by WarPaint, "The Social Network" by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, "Age of Adz" by Sufjan Stevens, "Tron: Legacy" by Daft Punk

[RPS]

Nice list Trisof. I wasn't such a huge fan of Salem, but it's still growing on me. I just think I need to get really blazed and listen to the thing.

[tristy]

If I wasn't such a sucker for She & Him, and if Kanye's album blew chunks, Salem's would be my #1. It's that good, to me. It's introduced me to alot of new music this year (Dead Virgin, Vagina Wolf, Young Cream, blacktriangle, Modern Witch...) I love me some witch-house.

the Gayngs album is really growing on me, though. Bon Iver is everywhere this year.

[Jimmy]

In no real order:

"I Speak Beacuse I Can" - Larua Marling

"Darwin Deez" - Darwin Deez

"Recovery" - Eminem

"Plastic Beach" - Gorillaz

"Contra" - Vampire Weekend

"Hot Mess" - Cobra Starship

"The Winter of Mixed Drinks" - Frightened Rabbit

I'll add some more when I can think of them. A lot of albums I've listened to this year have also been from a few years before.

[RPS]

If I wasn't such a sucker for She & Him, and if Kanye's album blew chunks, Salem's would be my #1. It's that good, to me. It's introduced me to alot of new music this year (Dead Virgin, Vagina Wolf, Young Cream, blacktriangle, Modern Witch...) I love me some witch-house.

the Gayngs album is really growing on me, though. Bon Iver is everywhere this year.

I listened to it again last night after posting and enjoyed it more at 2AM while on a red bull binge. The first time I listened to the record was at 2 in the afternoon on a sunny day and it didn't feel right.

I am going to "legally acquire" the Gayngs album later on this afternoon when I go to Starbucks for my coffee. I've heard good things.

[Gabriel]

Albums that rocked my 2010:

Danzig: Deth Red Sabaoth

Fozzy: Chasing the Grail

Hank Williams III: Rebel Within

HIM: Screamworks (Love in Theory and Practice) / Baudellaire in Braille (Screamworks Acoustic Album)

Infant Sorrow: Get Him to the Greek

Murderdolls: Women and Children Last

Ov Hell: The Underworld Regime

Rob Zombie: Hellbilly Deluxe II

Triptykon: Eparistera Daimones

Avantasia: The Wicked Symphony / Angel of Babylon

Iron Maiden: The Final Frontier

Megadeth: Rust in Peace Live

Ozzy Osbourne: Scream

Volbeat: Beyond Hell/Above Heaven

[tristy]

If I wasn't such a sucker for She & Him, and if Kanye's album blew chunks, Salem's would be my #1. It's that good, to me. It's introduced me to alot of new music this year (Dead Virgin, Vagina Wolf, Young Cream, blacktriangle, Modern Witch...) I love me some witch-house.

the Gayngs album is really growing on me, though. Bon Iver is everywhere this year.

I listened to it again last night after posting and enjoyed it more at 2AM while on a red bull binge. The first time I listened to the record was at 2 in the afternoon on a sunny day and it didn't feel right.

I am going to "legally acquire" the Gayngs album later on this afternoon when I go to Starbucks for my coffee. I've heard good things.

If you liked Salem, you might like Young Cream first (has a member of Salem), and the other witch-house bands I listed. There's a pretty badass witch-house compilation CD for free at this website called Disco Naivete, too.

[probablyoliver]

Songs of the year, in no particular order;

Everything Everything - Schoolin'

Pulled Apart By Horses - Yeah Buddy

Los Campesinos! - Straight In At 101

LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean

Clock Opera - A Piece Of String

Grafitti6 - Stare Into The Sun

Holy Fuck - SHT MTN

Leatherface - Isn't Life Just Sweet?

OWEN - Abandoned Bridges

Young Legionnaire - Colossus

Paul Baribeau - Black Strat

Calories - Mortal Boys

Das Racist - Hahahaha jk?

Akala - Yours And My Children

Dinosaur Pile-Up - Barce-Lona

Tubelord - Ratchet

The Wave Pictures - I Wanna Be A Ditchdigger

The Divine Comedy - I Like

Swanton Bombs - Viktoria

The Builders & The Butchers - It Came From The Sea

Micah Schnabel - American Static

Deerhunter - Don't Cry

Crystal Castles - Year Of Silence

Antony & The Johnsons - Thank You For Your Love

Broken Social Scene - Art House Director

Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Cauliflower

[livid]

Top Ten

1. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

2. Childish Gambino - Culdesac

3. Warpaint - The Fool

4. The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream

5. Les Savy Fav - Root for Ruin

6. The Black Keys - Brothers

7. Menomena - Mines

8. The National - High Violet

9. Weekend - Sports

10. Bad Cop - Harvest the Beast

Honorable Mentions

Broken Bells - Broken Bells

Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Massive Attack - Heligoland

Wolf Parade - Expo 86

It was hard to narrow it down to just that much, there was a lot of good music this year.