Jan 2011
Keeney's Favorites of 2010
Jan/01/2011 Filed in: favorites of
the year
Here's my list along
with a playlist of selected tracks from this top 20:
http://rhap.com/mp.147358052
(in reverse order)
1 Yeasayer Odd Blood
2 LCD Soundsystem This is Happening
3 Ok Go Of the Blue Colour of the Sky
4 Ray Lamontagne & the Pariah Dogs God Willin' & The Creek Wont Rise
5 Hot Chip One Life Stand
6 Vampire Weekend Contra
7 The Black Keys Brothers
8 Johnny Cash American VI: Ain't No Grave
9 Belle & Sebastian Belle & Sebastian Write about Love
10 Kings of Leon Come Around Sundown
11 Rogue Wave Permalight
12 Jimi Hendrix Valleys of Neptune
13 Eminem Recovery
14 Broken Bells Broken Bells
15 B.O.B. B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray
16 The National High Violet
17 Band of Horses Infinite Arms
18 Spoon Transference
19 Arcade Fire The Suburbs
20 MGMT Congratulations
A couple thoughts....I've become more mainstream for sure....perhaps its due to KEXP not being clear at my home, perhaps its due my reliance on Rhapsody for my choice for tunes(whereby I lazily settle for latest/greatest or playlists I created ages ago) and perhaps I am just getting softer.
Regardless, YeaSayer/LCD were hands down the best of the year....I don't know what it is about Yeasayer but they are like some sorta mixed cocktail with a few pills thrown in, you have no idea on ingredients but it just works. Ray/Vampire Weekend followed up with solid releases, not as good as prior, but solid with an S. Same can be said for Kings of Leon, Black Keys, Belle & Sebastian, The National, Band of Horses, MGMT.....all producing good albums that way not be as strong as their previous releases but solid enough to hit this list.
Johnny Cash & Hendrix both jumped in as I found a re-found appreciation for their music and these albums in particular. Not something I think of first to play, but good.
Saw both Eminem and B.o.B at VMAs this year and have to admit these two albums were my guilty pleasures of the year.
http://rhap.com/mp.147358052
(in reverse order)
1 Yeasayer Odd Blood
2 LCD Soundsystem This is Happening
3 Ok Go Of the Blue Colour of the Sky
4 Ray Lamontagne & the Pariah Dogs God Willin' & The Creek Wont Rise
5 Hot Chip One Life Stand
6 Vampire Weekend Contra
7 The Black Keys Brothers
8 Johnny Cash American VI: Ain't No Grave
9 Belle & Sebastian Belle & Sebastian Write about Love
10 Kings of Leon Come Around Sundown
11 Rogue Wave Permalight
12 Jimi Hendrix Valleys of Neptune
13 Eminem Recovery
14 Broken Bells Broken Bells
15 B.O.B. B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray
16 The National High Violet
17 Band of Horses Infinite Arms
18 Spoon Transference
19 Arcade Fire The Suburbs
20 MGMT Congratulations
A couple thoughts....I've become more mainstream for sure....perhaps its due to KEXP not being clear at my home, perhaps its due my reliance on Rhapsody for my choice for tunes(whereby I lazily settle for latest/greatest or playlists I created ages ago) and perhaps I am just getting softer.
Regardless, YeaSayer/LCD were hands down the best of the year....I don't know what it is about Yeasayer but they are like some sorta mixed cocktail with a few pills thrown in, you have no idea on ingredients but it just works. Ray/Vampire Weekend followed up with solid releases, not as good as prior, but solid with an S. Same can be said for Kings of Leon, Black Keys, Belle & Sebastian, The National, Band of Horses, MGMT.....all producing good albums that way not be as strong as their previous releases but solid enough to hit this list.
Johnny Cash & Hendrix both jumped in as I found a re-found appreciation for their music and these albums in particular. Not something I think of first to play, but good.
Saw both Eminem and B.o.B at VMAs this year and have to admit these two albums were my guilty pleasures of the year.
Comments
internationally renowned boaster's favorites of 2010
Jan/01/2011 Filed in: favorites of
the year
As much as I was underwhelmed with 2009's new releases, 2010 has been crazy good, good enough for two strong years. It's been fun and impossible to try to keep up with everything that is going on right now. I'm loving the noise/post punk resurgence as well as the 80's throwback. What is really exciting is that so many of the top albums are first releases. Already looking forward to the follow up releases in 2011. Maybe the only negative for me is the lack of world beats on my list. It is probably more due to my exposure than actual music produced. I trust the BWS will turn in many good nuggets here.
Anyway, here is my master list, broken down by genre and with the top ten in bold. The list is so solid that in a different frame of mind I could easily pick ten others.
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Old School DJ
Cut Chemist - The Audience's listening
dan le sac - the logic of chance
gorilaz -plastic beach
Folk or other music that I listen to when sad or drunk or wearing handmade leather shoes
Isobela Campbell and Mark Lanegan - hawk
Ray LaMontagne - God willing..
the tallest man on earth - the wild hunt
bob dylan -the bootleg series
frightened rabbit -winter of mixed drinks
With the masses
broken bells -
deerhunter -halcyon digest
arcade fire -suburbs
mgmt - congratulations
spoon -transference
Loud
titus andronicus - the monitor
The Dead Weather - sea of cowards
the black keys -brothers
post punk
surfer blood -astro coast
sleigh bells -treats
cloud nothings - turning on
The soft pack - the soft pack
World
asmara all stars - eritrea's got soul
British glam or similar
magic bullets - magic bullets
the drums - the drums
caribou - swim
Electronica
girl talk -all day
Massive Attack - heligoland
lcd soundsystem - this is happening
gotan project -tango 3.0