Halcyon Digest has really grown on me after about 7-8 listens. I think it has to be up near the top of best albums of the year.
broken bells - broken bells the black keys - brothers two door cinema club - tourist history tame impala - innerspeaker the coral - butterfly house
1. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy- Kanye West 2. The Monitor- Titus Andronicus 3. This is Happening- LCD Soundsystem 4. The Suburbs- Arcade Fire 5. Go- Jonsi I go back and forth on whether the Monitor or This is Happening is better
put away your vampire weekend records and skinny jeans - its a late entry, but this one might be my new album of they year... R KELLY - LOVE LETTER double up had some good tunes, but this is the musical weatherman's most solid album since chocolate factory - its a very 70's influenced retro-soul sound, which has become popular the last couple years - hes always had elements of that, but on this album he goes all out. lyrically, its probably his most sincere album too - theres no 'sex weed' or 'sex in the kitchen' or 'sex planet' or 'feelin on your bootie'. the only time he gets really dirty is on 'taxi' - where the pied piper of r&b and his girl 'make love in a taxi' - pretty rockin tune w/ some crunchy guitar - i would say its the best song about taxis since lenny kravitz - mr. cab driver. the last song is a spot on cover of mj's 'you are not alone'. he even did a special x-mas remix of the title track - its probably the best christmas song since that wham tune from the 80's. kellz was kind enough to put it up on his youtube page - <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jXQnRhUDJ3c?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jXQnRhUDJ3c?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> this album only solidifies my belief that r. kelly is a true musical genius - the stevie wonder, berry gordy and marvin gaye of our times all rolled into one. if pitchfork wasnt so lame they would probably give it like an 8.9 or even a 9.2.
1. Linkin park - a thousand suns 2. Eminen - recovery 3. Kanye west - my dark twisted fantasy 4. Kid Cudi - Man on the moon 2
Updated albums of the year for 2010 1 - Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest 2 - Jonsi - Go 3 - Liars - Sisterworld 4 - Beach House - Teen Dream 5 - Kele - The Boxer
Overall outstanding year for indie rock. Probably the best I've encountered in the past 10 years. 1. Beach House--Teen Dream 2. Wild Nothing- Gemini 3. Spencer Krug- Moonface EP 4. Yeasayer- Odd Blood 5. Wolf Parade- Expo 86 6. Arcade Fire- Suburbs 6b* Local Natives- Gorilla Manor (this might technically be 2009) 7. The National- High Violet 8. Royksopp- Senior 9. Caribou- Swim 10. Foals-Total Life Forever 11. Sun Kil Moon- Admiral HIgh Promises 12. Suckers- Wild Smile 13. The Radio Dept- Clinging to a Scheme 14. Casiokids-Topp Stemning Pa Lokal Bar 15. Deerhunter- Halcyon Digest 16. Bag Raiders- ST 17. Solar Bears- She was Couloured IN 18. Restless People 19. Surfer Blood- Astro Coast 20. Tanlines- Settings 21. Tokyo Police CLub- Champ 22. Keane- Night Train LP 23. Two Door Cinema Club- Tourist History 24. Eluvium- Similies 25. Zola Jesus- Stridulum II 26. Das Racist- Sit DOwn, Man 27. Twin Shadow 28. Mark Mcguire- Living with Yourself 29. Nas and Damian Marley- Distant Relatives 30. Matt and Kim- Sidewalks 31* Joanna Newsom- Have One on Me (just recently got this album, sounds decent, but haven't listened to it in depth) 32. Com Truise- Cyanide Sisters EP Dissapointment 1) Band of Horses- Infinite Arms 2) Deer Tick- Black Dirt Sessions 3) Sufjan Steven- Age of Adz 4) Interpol- Self Titled 5) Benoit Pioulard- Lasted 6) CEO 7) Born Ruffians- Say It 8) Plant and Animals 9) The Most Serene Republic 10) MGMT- Congratulations 11) Menomena- Miles 12) Pete Yorn- ST 13) Cocorosie- Grey Oceans Looking forward to in 2011 1) The Strokes 2) Cut Copy 3) Jens Lekman 4) Fiona Apple 5) M83
Whoa, I thought he was the hitting coach for the Cardinals and trying to make people forget that he took steroids. Glad to see that he has accepted that he won't make the HOF and has changed careers, lol. Not looking forward to the new Asobi Seksu, Brightside?? What about new albums by old school post-punkers like Gang of Four and Wire??
My favorites of 2010: 1. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs 2. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest 3. The National - High Violet 4. LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening 5. Beach House - Teen Dream 6. Massive Attack - Heligoland 7. Girls - Broken Dreams Club (EP) 8. Yeasayer - Odd Blood 9. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach 10. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor Looking forward to new albums from The Strokes, Fiona Apple, and dear God I hope Radiohead.
I'm throwing "Postcards From a Young Man" by Manic Street Preachers as my 2nd best album of 2010. Deerhunter's "Halcyon Digest" still number one, though.
It came out late in the year and I think right now, it is only available as an expensive import. Kills me as the best music usually gets resigned to that fate and definitely deserves better. That album reminds me a lot of "Send Away the Tigers" but maybe better.
