2010 was, in my humilde opinión, much better for new music than last year. I couldn't get excited about much of anything released in 2009; in fact, it was so bad that I didn't bother to post a year end list on that other blog ...
So here's what I've got on my scorecard for this year, in alphabetical order. (But honestly, if I had to pick just one, it would be Spoon's Transference.)
- Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
- Belle And Sebastian - Write About Love
- Devo - Something For Everybody
- The Hold Steady - Heaven Is Whenever
- LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
- The New Pornographers - Together
- Someone Still Love You Boris Yeltsin - Let It Sway
- Spoon - Transference
- Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
- Ted Leo And The Pharmacists - Brutalist Bricks
Broken Bells. That in an amazing album...
ReplyDeleteI knew you'd say that.
ReplyDeleteI guess I am nothing if not predictable... that ans Radiohead didn't release an album this year..yet
ReplyDeleteAdd Cee-Lo's album, Broken Bells, Elvis Costello's National Ransom and the Roots How I Got Over. I just got Ryan Adams and the Cardinals III/IV and I have a feeling that will get on there too.
ReplyDeleteThese are the albums I LOVED this year. I think the Tinariewn album might have been from '09, and there are 12 entries. Sue me.
ReplyDeleteSpoon - Transference
Roky Erikson w/ Okervill River - True Love Cast Out All Evil
Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
Tinariwen - Imidiwan
The Whigs - In The Dark
The Hold Steady - Heaven is Whenever
The National - High Violet
Gaslight Anthem - American Slang
SSLYBY - Let It Sway
Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
Walkmen - Lisbon
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Male Bonding - Nothing Hurts
What's not on the list? Ted Leo, the New Pornographers, DBT, Arcade Fire, Devo (sorry, Jay), Arcade Fire, Neil Young, Broken Bells (never even heard of 'em), the EC album that came out this year (didn't hear it), and Grinderman (never got it either).
Davie, I would LOVE to hear the new Ryan Adams...