That FACT list is amazing.
― Reel Around The Fountain Smokey BBQ Sauce (SeekAltRoute), Thursday, 2 December 2010 09:42 (thirteen years ago) link
NPR has multiple lists here
http://www.npr.org/series/131394847/the-best-music-of-2010
They like Arcade Fire best but they also like my Malian fave singer Khaira Arby
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 2 December 2010 13:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Oops, actually Arcade Fire is just one of the 50 faves of NPR staff. There's also a best jazz and best classical list.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 2 December 2010 13:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Recommended by NPR Music Staff
Thomas Ades, Tevot
Agalloch, Marrow Of The Spirit
Aloe Blacc, Good Things
Khaira Arby, Timbuktu Tarab
Arcade Fire, The Suburbs
Erykah Badu, New Amerykah, Pt. 2: Return Of The Ankh
Big Boi, Sir Lucious Leftfoot...The Son Of Chico Dusty
The Black Keys, Brothers
Brooklyn Rider, Dominant Curve
Buke & Gass, Riposte
Carolina Chocolate Drops, Genuine Negro Jig
Regina Carter, Reverse Thread
Chancha Via Circuito, Rio Arriba
Deerhunter, Halcyon Digest
Issac Delgado, Love
Joyce DiDonato, Rossini: Colbran, The Muse
Flying Lotus, Cosmogramma
Four Tet, There Is Love In You
Vittorio Grigolo, The Italian Tenor
Gyptian, Hold You
Hilary Hahn, Higdon & Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos
Mary Halvorson Quintet, Saturn Sings
Rita Indiana, El Juidero
Jamey Johnson, The Guitar Song
Jonsi, Go
Seu Jorge And Almaz, Seu Jorge And Almaz
King Sunny Ade, Baba Mo Tunde
Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs, God Willin' And The Creek Don't Rise
LCD Soundsystem, This Is Happening
Lower Dens, Twin Hand Movement
Alexander Melnikov, Shostakovich
Janelle Monae, The ArchAndroid
Jason Moran, Ten
Carla Morrison, Mientras Tu Dormias
The National, High Violet
Owen Pallett, Heartland
Sondra Radvanovsky, Verdi Arias
Josh Ritter, So Runs The World Away
Robyn, Body Talk
Kermit Ruffins, Happy Talk
Christian Scott, Yesterday You Said Tomorrow
Gil Scott-Heron, I'm New Here
Sleigh Bells, Treats
Esperanza Spalding, Chamber Music Society
Mavis Staples, You Are Not Alone
Sufjan Stevens, The Age Of Adz
The Tallest Man On Earth, The Wild Hunt
Titus Andronicus, The Monitor
Sharon Van Etten, Epic
Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
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― curmudgeon, Thursday, 2 December 2010 14:13 (thirteen years ago) link
that Zola Jesus EP was just not that good.
― skip, Thursday, 2 December 2010 14:19 (thirteen years ago) link
A few EPs that 405 missed (a couple of which were maybe marketed as "albums," but they're 25 minutes or less, so they qualify.)
Art Museums – Rough Frame (Woodsit)Chrome Dome – Chrome Dome (Lexicon Devil)Major Lazer – Lazers Never Die EP (Interscope/Downtown/Mad Design)The Sediment Club – The Sediment Club (Softspot)Colt Ford – Country Is As Country Does (Average Joe’s)Herpes – Das Kommt Von Kussen (Tapete)Screaming Females – Singles (Don Giovanni)
― xhuxk, Thursday, 2 December 2010 14:28 (thirteen years ago) link
i liked her other 2010 ep better (the one with poor animals on it).
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 2 December 2010 14:38 (thirteen years ago) link
that Major Lazer EP is aggressively mediocre
― Yeezy reupholstered my pussy (DJP), Thursday, 2 December 2010 14:50 (thirteen years ago) link
also I keep forgetting to check out that Esperanza Spalding album
― Yeezy reupholstered my pussy (DJP), Thursday, 2 December 2010 14:51 (thirteen years ago) link
A publicist keeps sending me e-mails re Buke & Gass, but I haven't listened to it/them(?) yet.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:30 (thirteen years ago) link
loooooool @ Agalloch on NPR's year end top 50
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Thursday, 2 December 2010 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Q is getting a bit too hip and "indie". It needs to bring back some of their old writers and get a bit more soft rock oriented again.
― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Never change, Geir. Never change.
― no hipster hats (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:54 (thirteen years ago) link
(unlike Q)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:57 (thirteen years ago) link
GORILLA VS. BEAR’s ALBUMS OF 2010
01 Beach House – Teen Dream02 Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today03 Shabazz Palaces – Of Light/Shabazz Palaces04 James Blake – CMYK/Klavierwerke05 Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me06 Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty07 Lower Dens – Lower Dens08 Games – That We Can Play09 White Denim – Last Day of Summer10 Girls – Broken Dreams Club11 Toro y Moi – Causers of This12 Earl Sweatshirt – EARL13 Twin Sister – Color Your Life / Alternates14 Big K.R.I.T. – wuz here15 Dum Dum Girls – I Will Be16 Grimes – Geidi Primes17 The Samps – The Samps18 Harlem – Hippies19 Forest Swords – Dagger Paths20 Twin Shadow – Forget21 Frankie Rose & the Outs – Frankie Rose & the Outs22 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs23 Tennis – Tennis (cassette)24 The Walkmen – Lisbon25 Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part II: Return of the Ankh26 Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest27 Mount Kimbie – Crooks & Lovers28 Caribou – Swim29 Shackleton – Fabric 5530 Ty Segall – Melted
Good to see Games on the top 10
― laser precise purpose maker era, Friday, 3 December 2010 00:55 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah at the Lower Dens ending up at number 7 as they are my latest addiction. such a great album.
― World Series champion San Francisco Giants (Bee OK), Friday, 3 December 2010 01:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Paste
50. Marnie Stern: Marnie Stern [Kill Rock Stars]49. Flying Lotus: Cosmogramma [Warp]48. Local Natives: Gorilla Manor [Frenchkiss]47. Yeasayer: Odd Blood [Secretly Canadian]46. The Black Keys: Brothers [Nonesuch]45. Deerhunter: Halcyon Digest [4AD]44. Swans: My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky [Young God]43. Stornoway: Beachcomber’s Windowsill [4AD]42. Wavves: King of the Beach [Fat Possum]41. Anaïs Mitchell: Hadestown40. Free Energy: Stuck on Nothing [Astralwerks]39. Sarah Jaffe: Suburban Nature [Kirtland]38. Josh Ritter: So Runs the World Away [Pytheas]37. Big Boi: Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty [Def Jam]36. Spoon: Transference [Merge]35. Grinderman: Grinderman 2 [Mute Records/ANTI-]34. Girl Talk: All Day [Illegal Art]33. Blitzen Trapper: Destroyer of the Void [Sub Pop]32. Carolina Chocolate Drops: Genuine Negro Jig [Nonesuch]31. The Roots: How I Got Over30. She & Him: Volume Two [Merge]29. Freelance Whales: Weathervanes [Frenchkiss]28. Laura Marling: I Speak Because I Can [Astralwerks]27. Vampire Weekend: Contra [XL]26. Lissie: Catching a Tiger [Fat Possum]25. Various Artists: Preservation: An Album to Benefit Preservation Hall [Megaforce]24. Beach House: Teen Dream [Sub Pop]23. Laura Veirs: July Flame [Raven Marching Band]22. The Tallest Man on Earth: The Wild Hunt [Dead Oceans]21. Jamey Johnson: The Guitar Song [Mercury Nashville]20. Suckers: Wild Smile [Frenchkiss]19. Elizabeth Cook: Welder [31 Tigers]18. Cee Lo Green: The Lady Killer [Elektra]17. Jónsi: Go [XL]16. Mavis Staples: You Are Not Alone [Anti-]15. Justin Townes Earle: Harlem River Blues [Bloodshot]14. Band of Horses: Infinite Arms [Brown Records/Fat Possum/Columbia]13. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings: I Learned the Hard Way [Daptone]12. Bruce Springsteen: The Promise: The Lost Sessions of Darkness on the Edge of Town [Columbia]11. The National: High Violet [4AD]10. Frightened Rabbit: The Winter of Mixed Drinks [Fat Cat]9. Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz [Asthmatic Kitty]8. Phosphorescent: Here’s to Taking It Easy [Dead Oceans]7. Arcade Fire: The Suburbs [Merge]6. Sleigh Bells: Treats [Mom + Pop]5. Titus Andronicus: The Monitor [XL]4. Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy [Def Jam/Roc-a-Fella]3. Mumford & Sons: Sigh No More [Glassnote]2. Janelle Monáe: The ArchAndroid [The Wondaland Arts Society/Bad Boy]1. LCD Soundsystem: This Is Happening [EMI/DFA]
― World Series champion San Francisco Giants (Bee OK), Friday, 3 December 2010 03:36 (thirteen years ago) link
a boring & predictable list from beyond the grave
― J0rdan S., Friday, 3 December 2010 03:39 (thirteen years ago) link
paste magazine meeting room:
"man fuck this year end list shit, i dont wanna put more than like 20 minutes into this"
"hmmmm okay. how about we just write down lots of mid-tier indie bands and stuff that indie ppl like?"
"gotcha. how will we decide what gets on the list?"
"how about, anything that got over 7.0 on pfork and was written about on lots of indie blogs?"
"okay! what's #1 gonna be, that is an important choice"
"lcd soundsystem duh. he pleases the indie kids and the dance/electronic kids at the same time"
"sounds good. how do we order the other stuff?"
"are you fuckin kidding me, no one cares about the order after #1"
"k. lets draw straws or something"
(.......15 minutes pass.......)
IN TODAY'S ISSUE: PASTE MAGAZINE 2010 YEAR END BEST ALBUMS LIST
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Friday, 3 December 2010 03:47 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't see what's so mindblowing about Fact's list. Sure it's got some records you wont see in other lists but have you guys listened to the records theyre pimping? Bunch of boring, run-of-the-mill albums with terrible production.
Different =/= interesting.
― Moka, Friday, 3 December 2010 08:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Before you come barking at me I mean the albums that few if any other lists have mentioned and which sound awful from what I've heard so far: DYLAN ETTINGER, DJ RASHAD, FRANK (JUST FRANK), DJ ROC, SOLAR BEARS, AUTRE NE VEUT.
― Moka, Friday, 3 December 2010 08:54 (thirteen years ago) link
the rashad and roc records are great though when it comes to juke, dj nate >>>> all
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Friday, 3 December 2010 08:55 (thirteen years ago) link
The Dylan Ettinger sounded fine to me when I was fooling around in the snow yesterday. Wasn't into the Solar Bears full-length so much though.
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Friday, 3 December 2010 08:59 (thirteen years ago) link
the dj roc record seemed interesting but annoyed me intensely with the vocal rap loops. The Rashad song they've got as a sample in there is awful, can't say I've heard the rest of the record but the amateurish keyboard drums on that song drove me insane, is the guy from Salem guesting on that one?
― Moka, Friday, 3 December 2010 09:04 (thirteen years ago) link
ppl are perfectly entitled to hate Rashad (and juke in general) but keen to hear what you've been listening to that makes it "run of the mill"
― smoking on his cigarette / listening to a Carcass set (DJ Mencap), Friday, 3 December 2010 09:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Wasn't specifically pointing at Rashad but anyway; I'm not familiar with the 'juke/footwork' scene so I don't really know how 'unique' this sort of music might really be but I feel like I've been listening to the same overused bass and drums patches for too long in the same unimaginative styles that it starts to feel old to me.
― Moka, Friday, 3 December 2010 09:46 (thirteen years ago) link
ppl are keen to hear what you've been listening to that doesn't make it 'run of the mill'
― Moka, Friday, 3 December 2010 09:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Given that pretty much no one outside Chicago had heard any juke a year ago, does it really matter whether it's run of the mill or not?
― Matt DC, Friday, 3 December 2010 09:59 (thirteen years ago) link
In some ways, John Roberts’ Glass Eights stands out because of the lack of good contemporary house and techno albums around – yes, it’s one of the genre’s best LPs of the year, but where’s the competition?
This seems like a weird thing to write in a Fact list that's full of house and techno albums.
― Matt DC, Friday, 3 December 2010 10:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Vibe
10. Jazmine Sullivan - Love Me Back9. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday8. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty7. The Roots - How I Got Over6. T.I. - No Mercy5. Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid4. Eminem - Recovery3. Drake - Thank Me Later2. Rick Ross - Teflon Don1. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
― Mitchell Stirling, Friday, 3 December 2010 10:39 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^ Corny indie fucks.
― Matt DC, Friday, 3 December 2010 10:48 (thirteen years ago) link
lol i actively hate the entire top 6 of the vibe list
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Friday, 3 December 2010 10:51 (thirteen years ago) link
in some cases what i hate is the sheer averageness
6. T.I. - No Mercy
lol, gotta love label politics still entering the "criticism" of a magazine that no one cares about & has only been up and running for like 8 months after it went bankrupt
― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Friday, 3 December 2010 10:54 (thirteen years ago) link
that album is really unbelievably dreadful
― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Friday, 3 December 2010 10:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I haven't heard the TI, didn't even know it existed. What's the deal with it?
― Matt DC, Friday, 3 December 2010 10:55 (thirteen years ago) link
i really liked all the promo singles from the king uncaged campaign - then he got arrested again and it was retitled no mercy, all those singles were scrapped and i assume the entire project was cobbled together from b.o.b leftovers ;_;
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Friday, 3 December 2010 10:57 (thirteen years ago) link
it's pretty much all the worst parts of 'paper trail' as a whole album
― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Friday, 3 December 2010 10:57 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean, i do recommend d/lding "ya hear me", "i'm back", "yeah ya know" and "got your back" though
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Friday, 3 December 2010 10:58 (thirteen years ago) link
and "pledge allegiance to the swag", and "dying in your arms" with jazmine sullivan. you could make a decent mini-album out of all the cuts that didn't make the actual album
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Friday, 3 December 2010 10:59 (thirteen years ago) link
leaden & unexciting beats that barely sound like rap music, really unappealing attempts at contemporary pop music
― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Friday, 3 December 2010 10:59 (thirteen years ago) link
"meditative" rapping
The Dylan Ettinger and Autre Ne Veut albums have some excellent tracks, though I'm not sure they hold together as albums that well.
I haven't heard many standout albums this year tbh; I know roughly what my top 5 are, after that it's semi-random picking of albums I've enjoyed listening to a couple of times.
― seandalai, Friday, 3 December 2010 11:00 (thirteen years ago) link
i never listened to 'fuck a mixtape' but it's almost like that was a pre-release peace offering for this album barely containing rap music
― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Friday, 3 December 2010 11:01 (thirteen years ago) link
two of like the only three actual rap songs prominently feature pharrell & drake, so they suck by default
― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Friday, 3 December 2010 11:02 (thirteen years ago) link
What's Solar Bears' vibe? my girlfriend's well into them so i could ask her i guess but i'd rather get the ILM view.
― Darren Huckerby (Dwight Yorke), Friday, 3 December 2010 11:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Kind of hazy Boards of Canada-ish stuff on Planet Mu, mixed with maybe a little post-rock. I know that sounds like a really boring thing, but I did actually enjoy the EP that preceded the album cos those elements were combined in surprising ways. The album felt a bit too wishy-washy for me, but I did only hear it once.
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Friday, 3 December 2010 11:39 (thirteen years ago) link
"Amazing" on No Mercy might be as terrible as any given track by Salem.
Is the Ettinger album the one that sounds like Sonic Youth's Made in USA sdtk played through a Ford Pinto stock system?
― Andy K, Friday, 3 December 2010 11:48 (thirteen years ago) link
No, that's Rangers' Space Truckin'.
SUBURBAN TOURS
Must wake up.
― Andy K, Friday, 3 December 2010 11:49 (thirteen years ago) link