disappointed that taylor swift didnt make the decibel list
― markers, Monday, 29 November 2010 08:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I did the typo, I always do one just to see how far it travels.
posted before but
The Fly Magazine (Nov/Dec issue)
50 Wavves - King of The Beach49 Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner48 Connan Mockasin - Please Turn Me Into The Snat47 Menomena - Mines46 Jonsi - Go45 Midlake - The Courage of Others44 Kele - The Boxer43 Vampire Weekend - Contra42 Steve Mason - Boys Outside41 No Age - Everything In Between40 Archie Bronson Outfit - Coconut39 Delphic - Acolyte38 Dinosaur Pile-Up - Growing Pains37 Caribou - Swim36 Crocodiles - Sleep Forever35 Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History34 Sufer Blood - Astro Coast33 Les Savy Fav - Root For Ruin32 Zola Jesus - Stridulum II31 Male Bonding - Nothing Hurts30 Chew Lips - Unicorn29 MGMT - Congratulations28 The Black Keys - Brothers27 Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep26 Villagers - Becoming A Jackal25 Hot Chip - One Life Stand24 Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can23 Los Campesinos! - Romance Is Boring22 Liars - Sisterworld21 Mystery Jets - Serotonin20 Gorrilaz - Plastic Beach19 Bombay Bicycle Club - Flaws18 Warpaint - The Fool17 Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks16 The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster - Blood & Fire15 The Drums - The Drums14 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today13 Pulled Apart By Horses - Pulled Apart By Horses12 Sleigh Bells - Treats11 Best Coast - Crazy For You10 Beach House - Teen Dream09 Interpol - Interpol08 Yeasayer - Odd Blood07 The National - High Violet06 Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo05 Everything Everything - Man Alive04 These New Puritans - Hidden03 LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening02 Arcade Fire - The Suburbs01 Foals - Total Life Forever
La Quenelle Culturelle
50) Grace Potter & The Nocturnals - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals49) Menomena - Mines48) The New Pornographers - Together47) Maximimum Balloon - Maximimum Balloon46) Da Brasilians - Da Brasilians45) Barton Carrol - Together You and I44) The Stone Foxes - Bears and Bulls43) The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt42) The Parting Gifts - Strychnine Dandelion41) Mystery Jets - Serotonin40) Pete Molinari - A Train Bound For Glory39) Blackbird Blackbird - Summer Heart38) Joe Pug - Messenger37) The Go Find - Everybody Knows It's Going To Happen36) James Yuill - Movement In A Storm35) Angus & Julia Stone - Down the Way34) Forest City Lovers - Carriage33) Francois Morel - Le Soir Des Lions32) Spoon - Transference31) Good Old War - Good Old War30) Jonsi - Go29) Pure Reason Revolution - Hammer and Anvil28) Maps and Atlases - Perch Patchwork27) Ray LaMontagne - God Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise26) Jason Collett - Rat A Tat Tat25) Lone Wolf - The Devil and I24) Fyfe Dangerfield - Fly Yellow Moon23) Junip - Fields22) Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo21) Yeasayer - Odd Blood20) The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang19) Minus The Bear - Omni18) Saycet - Through The Window17) Mando Diao - Above and Beyond (MTV Unplugged)16) Uniform Motion - Life15) Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can14) Dr. Dog - Shame, Shame13) Josh Ritter - So Runs The World12) Adam Kesher - Challenging Nature11) Janelle Monane - The Archandroid10) Kula Shaker - Pilgrims Progress9) Broken Bells - Broken Bells8) He's My Brother She's My Sister - Self-Titled EP7) She and Him - Volume Two6) The Black Keys - Brothers5) Gigi - Maintenant4) Folded Light - Kelly3) Portugal. The Man - American Ghetto2) Lightspeed Champion - Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You1) Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown
Get Off the Coast : Favorite 25 of 2010
25. Twins - The Other Side Of (Ruralfaune)24. Lush Cola - Lush Cola (Patient Sounds)23. Dem Hunger - Caveman Smack (Leaving)22. RxRy - VAEIOUWLS (RxRy)21. Sumsun - Samo Milagro (Leaving)20. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today (4AD)19. Truman Peyote & Many Mansions - Peaced Together (Whitehaus Family Record)18. Emily Reo - Witch Mtn (Breakfast of Champs)17. GR†LLGR†LL - GR†LLGR†LL (Disaro)16. Ensemble Economique - Physcal (Not Not Fun)15. Woods - At Echo Lake (Woodsist)14. Twin Shadow - Forget (Terrible)13. Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal (Editions Mego)12. High Wolf - Ascension (Not Not Fun)11. Autre Ne Veut - Autre Ne Veut (Olde English Spelling Bee)10. Julian Lynch - Mare (Olde English Spelling Bee)09. D'EON - Palinopsia (Hippos In Tanks)08. Velvet Davenport - Warmy Girls (Moon Glyph)07. Dylan Ettinger - New Age Outlaws (Not Not Fun)06. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (Universal Motown)05. Pocahaunted - Make It Real (Not Not Fun)04. Clive Tanaka y su orquesta - Jet Set Siempre 1° (Tall Corn Music)03. LA Vampires & Zola Jesus - LA Vampires meets Zola Jesus (Not Not Fun)02. Toro y Moi - Causers Of This (Carpark)01. How To Dress Well - Love Remains (Lefse)
About.com alternative
30. The Walkmen 'Lisbon'29. The Morning Benders 'Big Echo'28. Magic Kids 'Memphis'27. The Radio Dept. 'Clinging to a Scheme'26. Club 8 'The People's Record'25. Wildbirds and Peacedrums 'Rivers'24. Dirty Projectors and Björk 'Mount Wittenberg Orca'23. Ólöf Arnalds 'Innundir Skinni'22. Sam Amidon 'I See the Sign'21. Sharon Van Etten 'Epic'20. Mountain Man 'Made the Harbor'19. How to Dress Well 'Love Remains'18. Grimes 'Halfaxa'17. Here We Go Magic 'Pigeons'16. Twin Shadow 'Forget'15. Toro y Moi 'Causers of This'14. The Ruby Suns 'Fight Softly'13. Vampire Weekend 'Contra'12. Best Coast 'Crazy for You'11. Kisses 'The Heart of the Nightlife'10. Arcade Fire 'The Suburbs'9. Deerhunter 'Halcyon Digest'8. Beach Fossils 'Beach Fossils'7. Beach House 'Teen Dream'6. White Hinterland 'Kairos'5. Zola Jesus 'Stridulum EP4. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti 'Before Today'3. Owen Pallett 'Heartland'2. Sufjan Stevens 'The Age of Adz'1. Joanna Newsom 'Have One On Me'
Amazon.co.uk
Black Keys - BrothersSleigh Bells - TreatsVampire Weekend - ContraBest Coast - Crazy for YouVillagers - Becoming a JackalSteve Mason - Boys OutsideMagnetic Man - Magnetic ManParkway Drive - Deep BlueArcade Fire - SuburbsCaribou - SwimPendulum - ImmersionChief - Modern RitualsImelda May - MayhemBeach House - Teen DreamTwo Door Cinema Club - Tourist HistoryThe National - High VioletBand of Horses - Infinite ArmsFoals - Total Life ForeverPlan B - The Defamation of Strickland BanksMeursault - All Creatures Will Make Merry
Dots and Dashes
20. Cosmogramma, Flying Lotus19. The Heart Of The Nightlife, Kisses18. Ariel Pink Before Today, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti17. Disc-overy, Tinie Tempah16. Treats, Sleigh Bells15. False Priest, of Montreal14. Astro Coast, Surfer Blood13. Crooks & Lovers, Mount Kimbie12. Puzzle, Amiina11. $, Mark Sultan10. Sisterworld, Liars9. Blooming Summer, Blue Hawaii8. Together, The New Pornographers7. Pop Negro, El Guincho6. The Way Out, The Books5. Hidden, These New Puritans4. Plastic Beach, Gorillaz3. Lucky Shiner, Gold Panda2. Teen Dream, Beach House1. Swim, Caribou
Sonic (Sweden)
1. Håkan Hellström - 2 Steg Från Paradiset2. Radio Dept. - Clinging To A Scheme3. Anna von Hausswolff - Singing from the Grave4. Midlake - Courage of Others5. Merle Haggard - I am What I am6. Teenage Fanclub - Shadows7. Phosphorescent - Here's to Taking it Easy8. Beach House - Teen Dream9. Arcade Fire - Suburbs10. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today11. National - High Violet12. Big Boi - Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty13. First Aid Kit - Big Black & the Blue14. Tracey Thorn - Love and It's Opposite15. Sade - Soldier of Love16. Robyn - Body Talk Pt 117. Steve Mason - Boys Outside18. The-Dream - Love King19. Glasser - Ring20. Roky Erickson with Okkervil River - True Love Cast Out All Evil21. Lloyd Cole - Broken Records22. Säkert! - Facit23. The Drums - The Drums24. Caribou - Swim25. Salem - King Night
― Mitchell Stirling, Monday, 29 November 2010 12:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Here's the rest of Mojo.
Re-issues
20 Various - Alan Lomax In Haiti19 Lightni'g Hopkins - His Blues18 Kenny Graham And His Satellites - Moondog Suite17 Charanjit Singh - Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat16 Galaxie 500 - On Fire15 Sandsy Denny - Sandy Denny14 Neu! - Box13 Bob Dylan - The Mono Box12 Kris Kristofferson - Please Don't tell Me How the Story Ends: The Publishing Demos 1968-197211 David Bowie - Station To Station10 Various - Theme Time Radio Hour Vol. 39 R.E.M. - Fables of The Reconstruction8 The Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro: Deluxe Edition7 Robert Wyatt - His Greatest Misses6 Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos5 Miles Davis- Bitches Brew: Collector's Edition4 Iggy and The Stooges - Raw Power3 Jimi Hendrix - West Coast Seattle Boy2 The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St: Deluxe Edition1 Bruce Springsteen - The Promise
Track of The Year: Janelle Monae - 'Tightrope'Book of The Year: Rob Young - 'Electric Eden'DVD of The Year: White, The Edge, Page - It Might Get LoudReturn of The Year: Edwyn Collins
Best of the rest
Jazz
10 John Ellis & Double-Wide - Puppet Mischief9 Esperanza Spalding - Chamber Music Society8 Nigel Price - Organ Trio... Live!7 Paul Motian - Lost In A Dream6 Secret Quartet - Bloor Street5 Tom Harrell - Roman Nights4 Ivo Neame - Caught In The Light of The Day3 Django Bates - Beloved Bates2 Grigoryan Brothers - Distance1 Phronesis - Alive
Reggae Reissues
10 King Tubby - The Roots of Dub9 Sound Iritation - Sound Iritation In Dub8 Evolution of Dub: Vol 5 - The Missing Link7 The Flying Lizards - The Secret Dub Life of The Flying Lizads6 Dadawah - Peace and Love5 King Tubby & The Aggrovaters - Shalom Dub4 Prince Jammy - Strictly Dub3 Gregogry Issacs - Private Lesson2 Henry Junjo - Volcano Eruption1 Lee Parry and The Upsetter - Sound System Scratch
Soundtracks
10 Various - Flipper Pyschout9 Various - Shutter Island8 Brian McBride - The Effective Disconnect7 Hans Zimmer - Inception6 Maurice Jarre - Lawrence of Arabia5 Michael Small - Marathon Man/The Parallax View4 Ray Budd - Get Carter3 Lalo Schifrin - Bullit2 Teho Teardo - Soundtrack Work 2004-20081 The The - Tony: A Soundtrack
Blues
10 Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three - Riverboat Soul9 Cyndi Lauper - Memphis Blues8 Jimmy Dawkins - Presents The Leric Stroy7 Joe Bonamassa - Black Rock6 Various - Fire In My Bones.. Raw + Rare Otherworldy African-American Gospel (1944-2007)5 Janiva Magness - The Devil is An Angel Too4 Oli Brown - Heads I Win Tales You Lose3 Guitar Shorty - Bare Knuckle2 Lightnin' Hopkins - His Blues1 Various - Things About Comin' My Way: A Tribute To The Music Of The Mississippi Shieks
Folk
10 Emily Portman - The Glamoury9 O'Hooley & Tidlow - Silent June8 The Imagined Village - Empire & Love7 Pete Coe - Backbane6 Ian King - Panic Grass & Fever Few5 Alasdair Roberts and Friends - Too Long In This Condition4 Ewan McLennan - Rags and Riches3 Bellowhead - Hedonism2 The Burns Unit - Side Show1 Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson - Gift
Electronica
10 LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening9 Caribou - Swim8 Reboot - Shunyata7 Superpitcher - Kilmanjiro6 Phaeleh - Fallen Light5 Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner4 Luke Abbot - Holkham Drones3 Matthew Dear - Black City2 Actress - Splazsh1 Walls - Walls
Americana
10 Mountain Man - Made The Harbor9 Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Hawk8 Simon Joyner - Out Into The Snow7 Kort - Invariable Heartache6 Rocky Votolao - True Devotion5 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & The Cairo Gang - The Wonder Show of The World4 Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues3 Curtis Harvey - Box of Stones2 Dave Rawlings Machine - A Friend of A Friend1 Willie Nelson - Country Music
World
10 Tamikrest - Adagh9 Marcos Valle - Estatica8 Sa Dingding - Harmony7 Grupo Fantasma - El Existential6 Hangai - Juan Zou De Rem5 Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate – Ali & Toumani4 Konono No. 1 - Assume Crash Postion3 The Chieftains ft. Ry Cooder - San Patrico2 Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine Negro Jig1 AfroCubism - AfroCubism
Underground
10 Sun Araw - On Patrol9 Rachel Grimes - Book of Leaves8 Harvey Milk - A Small Turn of Human Kindness7 Richard Skelton - Landings6 Barn Owl - Ancestral Star5 Sophie Hutchings - Becalmed4 Black Breath - Heavy Breathing3 Tape & Bill Wells - Fugue2 Peter Broderick How They Are1 Endless Boogie - Full House Head
― Mitchell Stirling, Monday, 29 November 2010 12:21 (thirteen years ago) link
I see Caribou showing up a lot, but it's unclear yet if there will be an equivalent to last year's GAPDY. Possible contenders:
Arcade FireDeerhunterJoanna NewsomSufjan StevensYeasayerLCD SoundsystemVampire WeekendAerial PinkKanye West
YAKSVJALD?SLAKYJAVD?
Here's a list of lists that I find interesting, and the date they came out last year. Not necessarily all that similar to my own tastes, but are unique enough that they always have some must-hear entries I missed earlier in the year. Anyone got the Rock-A-Rolla list?
Quietus, Dec 8FACT, Dec 11The Wire, Dec 14Brainwashed, Jan 4Silent Ballet, Dec 25Rock-A-Rolla, Nov 25Decibel, Nov 25Terrorizer, Dec 31Treblezine, Dec 14Cokemachineglow, Dec 22Resident Advisor, Dec 17Artrocker, Dec 3
These are more along lines of general critical consensus, and have few surprises, but generally okay choices, at least for my tastes.
Pitchfork, Dec 18NME, Nov 30 (Dec 8 last year)PopMatters, Dec 14Stereogum, Dec 10Drowned In Sound, Dec 14Onion A.V. Club, Dec 9Guardian, Dec 18
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 29 November 2010 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I think rock-a-rolla was out not that long ago so im not sure if there will be another out before dec. I subscribe so I'll put it up if there is one in dec.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 29 November 2010 18:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Walls @ number one in the Mojo electronica poll is a weird one - didn't think it was all that.
Anyone want to tell me about any of these?
Sophie Hutchings - BecalmedBlack Breath - Heavy BreathingTape & Bill Wells - FugueReboot - ShunyataPhaeleh - Fallen LightLuke Abbot - Holkham Drones
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Monday, 29 November 2010 19:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Black Breath is a really really great thrashy deathy punky metal band who fall squarely into the 'people who like this sort of thing will find it to be the sort of thing they like' category
― smoking on his cigarette / listening to a Carcass set (DJ Mencap), Monday, 29 November 2010 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Where's the fucking Fall in all these fucking lists? And Liars? And Swans? Gah, I'm going back to bed. Unperson's is better than most of these magazine's... and that dude's got pretty far out taste in music.
And by most, I mean all.
― Carl Jung Jeezy (Doran), Monday, 29 November 2010 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Tape + Bill Wells is wonderful, well worth the ~£3 it costs to download. Dreamy melodic textures in an Ashra kind of vein.
― seandalai, Monday, 29 November 2010 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Okay, might well jump for that at that price. Enjoyed the last Tape album, not really familiar with what Bill Wells does though (but have been seeing his name around since forever).
Black Breath - sounds like an odd one for Mojo to get behind?
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Monday, 29 November 2010 21:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Feel like it might be one writer riding primarily for them but hey all good by me
― smoking on his cigarette / listening to a Carcass set (DJ Mencap), Monday, 29 November 2010 21:57 (thirteen years ago) link
They've got a couple of dedicated "underground" writers who take turns on that column and there are a few other heads there. They have, for example, run sizeable features on SunnO))) and Slayer in the last year.
― Carl Jung Jeezy (Doran), Monday, 29 November 2010 22:35 (thirteen years ago) link
10) Kula Shaker - Pilgrims Progress9) Broken Bells - Broken Bells8) He's My Brother She's My Sister - Self-Titled EP7) She and Him - Volume Two6) The Black Keys - Brothers5) Gigi - Maintenant4) Folded Light - Kelly3) Portugal. The Man - American Ghetto2) Lightspeed Champion - Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You1) Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown
oh wow
― rmad and dangerous (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 00:29 (thirteen years ago) link
that versus the mojo top 10 is a grim, grim contention
― rmad and dangerous (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 00:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Re Tape: My Ashra comparison was kind of off, they don't have any Gottsching guitar heroics going on, it was just the first thing that came into my head. If you liked previous Tape albums then I'd say you'll like this.
I'm only familiar with Bill Wells through collaborations like the Maher Shalal Hash Baz + BW album from 2009(?); he seems to be a good fit for Tape because I don't think Fugue sounds that different from Rideau or Luminarium (more piano maybe?).
― seandalai, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 00:37 (thirteen years ago) link
I haven't heard more than like 5 on any of these.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 04:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Joanna Newsome's album is getting a bit of a kicking UK polls wise (Rough Trade, Q, Mojo, NME...). I mean considering i seem to have read a million things about it being you know 'as good as YS only deeper, with more resonance..' amd all that hooey. people have decided it's not much cop it seems, even at this short distance from it's release.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 04:27 (thirteen years ago) link
^ a welcome development imo
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 04:28 (thirteen years ago) link
What's the consensus on the Black Keys over here? I've seen them appearing on several lists and thought it was enjoyable enough to deserve the mention on rockist magazines.
― Moka, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 04:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Much better than Kings of Leon and MGMT at least
― Moka, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 04:42 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^pretty much says it all
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 04:45 (thirteen years ago) link
A ringing endorsement!
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 04:47 (thirteen years ago) link
"This piece of crap smells less bad than these other two pieces of crap over here!"
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 04:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Also when you're listing 50 or 100 records and not a single one is the Rangda LP your net credibility drops to zero.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 04:49 (thirteen years ago) link
(Full disclosure, I actually don't hate that new Black Keys. It isn't great, but when I'm forced to hear it I don't totally mind.)
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 04:49 (thirteen years ago) link
the Rangda LP
Heard it. Not a fan.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 04:52 (thirteen years ago) link
The Joanna Newsom suffers due to its length, plus however much opinion coalesces in the short term, I think, given time, it will be her Tusk or her Sandinista.
Okay, I'm only being slightly facetious there. It is a brilliant album, rich and rewarding, but the effort needed for those rewards is commensurate, and most people—even (especially?) music critics—don't have the luxury of that time commitment in a crowded arena.
Then again, I'm apparently way out of step with ILM on both this record and the National's, so ymmv, etc.
― tubby permacrocked whorefucker (Lostandfound), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 05:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Rangda zoomed into my top 5 at number 5 </newsyoucanuse> but of all the lists posted so far I'd not really expect it to be on any of their radars save for Mojo's
― smoking on his cigarette / listening to a Carcass set (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 08:05 (thirteen years ago) link
oh shit, didn't realize there was a Tape album this year! Their song on this fantastic soundtrack is v much worth checking out: http://www.normanrecords.com/cd/107363-various-halsningar-fran-skogen-greetings-from-the-woods
― Here we are in a sticky situation/ (Tape Store), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 08:22 (thirteen years ago) link
here you go:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qXOw9R-EPU
― Here we are in a sticky situation/ (Tape Store), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 08:23 (thirteen years ago) link
I have no idea what the final Wire list will look like, but here's the Top Ten I sent them:
1. Ayumi Hamasaki, Rock ’n’ Roll Circus (Avex Trax)
Have you written about this anywhere? I'm checking it out now anyway, intrigued. I love her at her best, didn't know this was that.
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 09:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Joanna Newsom I've heard won Uncut, not seen this confirmed though. Another two records that I thought might do a lot better have probably suffered from their respective release dates at either end of the year; These New Puritans and The Phantom Band.
― Mitchell Stirling, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 09:24 (thirteen years ago) link
That Rangda album is pretty good... I mean obviously it's a lot better than MGMT and KOL but a world beater? Not so sure.
― Carl Jung Jeezy (Doran), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 11:09 (thirteen years ago) link
the rangda alb is gd, but the live shows were way way better (see also: swans!)
haven't seen sun city girls on any of these lists, either
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 11:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Kind of surprised that Charlotte Gainsbourg only appears on the Rough Trade list - I thought her album would get wider recognition.
― seandalai, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 11:46 (thirteen years ago) link
NME
75. The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, 'Blood And Fir74. Sufjan Stevens, 'Age Of Adz'73. Interpol, 'Interpol'72. Male Bonding, 'Nothing Hurts'71. Field Music, 'Field Music (Measure)'70. Broken Social Scene, 'Forgiveness Rock Record69. Happy Birthday, 'Happy Birthday'68. Edwyn Collins, 'Losing Sleep'67. The Dillinger Escape Plan, 'Option Paralysis'66. Gorillaz, 'Plastic Beach'65. Robyn, 'Body Talk Pt 1'64. Walls, 'Walls'63. Perfume Genius, 'Learning62. Gil Scott-Heron, 'I'm New Here'61. Flying Lotus, 'Cosmogramma'60. Belle And Sebastian, 'Write About Love'59. Errors, 'Come Down With Me'58. Crocodiles, 'Sleep Forever'57. Joanna Newsom, 'Have One On Me'56. Mount Kimbie, 'Crooks & Lovers'55. Ikonika, 'Contact, Love, Want, Have'54. First Aid Kit, 'The Big Black and The Blue'53. Kelis, 'Flesh Tone'52. Dum Dum Girls, 'I Will Be'51. Charlotte Gainsbourg, 'IRM'50. Frightened Rabbit, 'The Winter of Mixed Drinks'49. Surfer Blood, 'Astro Coast'48. My Chemical Romance, 'Danger Days'47. Pulled Apart By Horses, 'Pulled Apart By Horses'46. Paul Weller, 'Wake Up The Nation'45. Four Tet, 'There Is Love In You'44. Manic Street Preachers, 'Postcards From A Young Man'43. Everything Everything, 'Man Alive'42. Mystery Jets, 'Serotonin'41. Steve Mason, 'Boys Outside'40. Sleigh Bells, 'Treats'39. Magnetic Man, 'Magnetic Man'38. Big Boi, 'Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty'37. Lonelady, 'Nerve Up'36. Hurts, 'Happiness'35. Glasser, 'Ring'34. Kanye West, 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'33. Marina And The Diamonds, 'The Family Jewels'32. Islet, 'Wimmy' (EP)31. Crystal Castles, 'Crystal Castles'30. Klaxons, 'Surfing The Void'29. No Age, 'Everything In Between'28. New Young Pony Club, 'The Optimist'27. Best Coast, 'Crazy For You '26. Les Savy Fav, 'Root For Ruin'25. Avi Buffalo, 'Avi Buffalo'24. Vampire Weekend, 'Contra'23. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, 'Before Today'22. Swans, 'My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky'21. Janelle Monae, 'The ArchAndroid'20. Deerhunter, 'Halcyon Digest'19. MGMT, 'Congratulations'18. Warpaint, 'The Fool'17. Factory Floor, 'Untitled'16. Grinderman, 'Grinderman 2'15. Yeasayer, 'Odd Blood'14. The Fall, 'Your Future, Our Clutter'13. Gayngs, 'Relayted'12. Caribou, 'Swim'11. The National, 'High Violet'10. The Drums, 'The Drums'9. Liars, 'Sisterworld'8. Salem, 'King Night'7. Zola Jesus, 'Stridulum II'6. Foals, 'Total Life Forever'5. Laura Marling, 'I Speak Because I Can'4. LCD Soundsystem, 'This Is Happening'3. Beach House, 'Teen Dream'2. Arcade Fire, 'The Suburbs'1. These New Puritans, 'Hidden'
― Mitchell Stirling, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:23 (thirteen years ago) link
NME list is better than I would have expected.
― seandalai, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:25 (thirteen years ago) link
62. Gil Scott-Heron, 'I'm New Here'55. Ikonika, 'Contact, Love, Want, Have'53. Kelis, 'Flesh Tone'51. Charlotte Gainsbourg, 'IRM'38. Big Boi, 'Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty'35. Glasser, 'Ring'5. Laura Marling, 'I Speak Because I Can'
i'll rep for these at least
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:27 (thirteen years ago) link
nme list says 'this are the only 75 records we have decided to listen to, in an order i guess'
― wheezy f baby (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:29 (thirteen years ago) link
NME list isn't bad at all, and I certainly can't argue with their #1.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:30 (thirteen years ago) link
I too think that is a pretty decent list, a lot of stuff I'd not expect on it that high like Zola Jesus. Have to throw the question up though, if that's one of the top 10 albums of the year, why not put her on the cover?
― Mitchell Stirling, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:31 (thirteen years ago) link
― wheezy f baby (a hoy hoy)
Most publications have this problem, when Pitchfork publishes it's writer's lists it will mainly be the same 150 albums appearing in 75% of the slots.
― Mitchell Stirling, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Impressed they put These New Puritans at the top. Impressed generally by what Krissi Murison is doing with the NME. This is much more like the NME lists I read 15-20 years ago which helped me to discover records rather than simply affirm what I already knew.
― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:49 (thirteen years ago) link
So far, I'm surprised how far Joanna Newsom's stock has fallen and how much MGMT's has held, or even risen. I expected that record to be invisible come the end of the year.
― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Was looking everywhere through that NME list to see where TNP were, amazed and really quite glad to see it at #1. Quite a few other nice surprises there too - Zola Jesus, Glasser, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Lonelady...
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:58 (thirteen years ago) link
I agree with the NME's album of the year. Don't think that's happened in a very long time.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:58 (thirteen years ago) link
One record really missing out so far is the Knife - wasn't even in the Swedish chart upthread.
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:59 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^this
― rmad and dangerous (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Also dull as a lot of these lists are, I can't see 2010 having a consensus as soul-crushing as GAPDY.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 13:00 (thirteen years ago) link
So far, I'm surprised how far Joanna Newsom's stock has fallen
i'm not really - it's def the kind of album that can impress on first listen, but then gets tidied away and not thought about after that.
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 13:01 (thirteen years ago) link