2010 Magazine's Albums Of The Year Thread For Posting Lists and Discussion

But like I said in my Pazz & Jop essay last year, the trend lately definitely seems to be moving toward indie-rock dominating end-of-year lists as a whole in ways that no one genre has dominated in decades, if ever. (Assuming you think of indie-rock as just "one genre" -- lots of people don't.) Though looks like hip-hop might be doing better, in general, this year than last year -- even if the albums doing well are mostly predictable, and not necessarily all that good.

otm music taste is way lamer, but still as diverse as, the early 00s

i think its basically a function of ppl getting to ignore the pop charts now so the echo chamber is harder than ever to puncture

people are comfy in their internet bubbles.

My bubble is starting to smell funny.

time to clean yer indie pod

i didn't even know that my chemical romance had an album out this year until i looked at one of those year-end lists. i'm in my stoner rock bubble too much i guess.

Mine reeks of NWOBHM spandex. Those red and white stripped ones are ripe!

id rather write w/ an indie fan whose taste was well-articulated & unique/interesting even if strictly indie (lol does this exist) than a dude listing every j dilla clone who dropped an lp this year

― lotta diamonds ... but prolly more display names (deej), Thursday, December 9, 2010 9:33 AM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

altho i guess the q is whether there is an 'indie as a distinct genre' heirarchy that exists outside of 'critical acclaim'

so Kanye is considered to be indie rock now, huh?

well he is recording with Bon Iver

very tru.

his music is also boring, wanky & pretentious lol

...but in a good way.

In the world of US politics Deej wants us to accept that the glass is half-full and that Obama acting centrist is all we can get, but in the music crit world he wants his Waka (or is it some other rapper not listed above) and not that centrist choice Kanye

lol

looooooool

im not on pfork expecting waka to go #1, no

it is a better album just like the ideal health care bill is better than the one that passed

but obvi that doesnt matter

Pop Matters singles

60. Mutiny Within - Awake
59. OK Go - White Knuckles
58. Darren Hanlon - All These Things
57. Mark Ronson and the Business International - Somebody to Love Me
56. Mama’s Gun - Let’s Find a Way
55. Here We Go Magic - Collector
54. Daddy Yankee - Vida en la Noche”
53. Josh Ritter - The Curse
52. Foals - This Orient
51. Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - The Game Gets Old
50. Flying Lotus feat. Thom Yorke - ...And the World Laughs With You
49. The Roots - How I Got Over
48. Beach House - Norway
47. Crystal Castles feat. Robert Smith - Not in Love
46. Owen Pallett - E Is for Estranged
45. Jonsî - Go Do
44. Frog Eyes - A Flower in a Glove
43. Kylie Minogue - All the Lovers
42. Gil Scott-Heron - New York Is Killing Me
41. Surfer Blood - Take It Easy
40. Liz Phair - Bollywood
39. Frightened Rabbit - Swim Until You Can’t See Land
38. Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses - Depression
37. Delorean - Stay Close
36. Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal (feat. Antony)
35. MGMT - Flash Delirium
34. The Hold Steady - The Weekenders
33. Sufjan Stevens - Impossible Soul
32. Eminem - Not Afraid
31. Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill
30. Titus Andronicus - A More Perfect Union
29. Lady Gaga ft. Beyoncé - Telephone
28. Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues
27. Sade - Soldier of Love
26. Caribou - Odessa
25. Best Coast - Boyfriend
24.The New Pornographers - Sweet Talk Sweet Talk
23. Kanye West - Runaway (feat. Pusha T)
22. Surfer Blood - Swim
21. Erykah Badu - Window Seat
20. Blur - Fool’s Day
19. LCD Soundsystem - All I Want
18. Joanna Newsom - Good Intentions Paving Company
17. Gorillaz - Stylo
16. The New Pornographers - The Crash Years
15. Robyn - Dancing on My Own
14. Spoon - Written in Reverse
13. Sleigh Bells - Tell ‘Em
12. Janelle Monáe - Cold War
11. Miranda Lambert - The House That Built Me
10. Deerhunter - Helicopter
9. Gogol Bordello - Pala Tute
8. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round
7. Big Boi - Shutterbugg
6. LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean
5. Kanye West - Power
4. The National - Bloodbuzz, Ohio
3. Arcade Fire - Sprawl II
2. Janelle Monáe - Tightrope
1. Cee-Lo Green - Fuck You

Yes, IlX's Dr. Phil voted in the Pop Matters poll for #54 while most folks mistakenly wrote off Daddy Yankee years ago.

Need to research this more, but I think that since Sasha Frere-Jones reviewed a big reggaeton show at Madison Square Garden in the New Yorker several years back, that he has not written about any Spanish-language pop since (despite his criticisms of others several years back).

stopped reading that list at

59. OK Go - White Knuckles

Love that DY song.

should have kept reading:

46. Owen Pallett - E Is for Estranged

(should also have been higher)

Need to research this more, but I think that since Sasha Frere-Jones reviewed a big reggaeton show at Madison Square Garden in the New Yorker several years back, that he has not written about any Spanish-language pop since (despite his criticisms of others several years back).

― curmudgeon, Thursday, December 9, 2010 11:27 AM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

tbf sfj has kinda not been on the bleeding edge of anything for a minute

isn't he busy writing a book or sumthing?

I think so, but he still contributes some to the New Yorker and lists his 2010 best albums and singles on his blog or tumblr

since when is being on the bleeding edge of anything important?

oh wait i'm talking to deej, nvm

successfully zinged by ilxor, lose two "face" points

whiney deems zing successful #zingfail

oh look the comedy police

Yummy Bingham and Live Goats

for a dude that had universal ilx praise round here for awhile im kind of in the he-fell-off camp. freddie gibbs piece was eye-roll-y, & there's something so trite & un-critical about stuff like this: "Get ready for a fight about the legitimacy of the group and, hopefully, for an influx of more South African pop culture."

Any excuse to post this
http://i52.tinypic.com/2coh6vs.jpg

seriously i think that might have been my least favorite sentence from a great writer all year

hey look guys, herman's emerged from his false metal judging panel

*crickets*

*comedy cricket foot police*

*improper use of asterisks police*

pointless request but can we talk about music instead of each other because frankly this bullshit meta sniping is what makes you all incredibly tedious and useless

oh look the sniping police

Pop Matters singles list includes the title track from the Roots' How I Got Over. the album was released in June 2010 but that song was released as a single in June 2009.

had a good run for awhile there

can you all just keep insulting each other cuz i'd actually prefer that to talk of the arcade fire and kanye.

let's all talk about Vampire Weekend instead. i like 'em.

xp Rock-A-Rolla wrote back and said Reckless carries it. I've looked there before with no luck. I had 'em hold the Oct/Nov issue for me. I assume the one with the year-end list is Dec/Jan? It isn't there yet.

aQ might get it?

They said the Young Gods cover with the list should be in U.S. stores in 2 wks. Does it have some good write-ups with each album?

Picked up Decibel last night, and both Ivar and Grutle of Enslaved put Motorpsycho in their top 5 (both also had Iron Maiden and Shining). It's not for everyone, but if you're into psych 'n' prog, I recommend it.

I gotta have respect for anyone who listens to more stuff than me (which seems to max out at 500 a year lately). I'd imagine if I had to listen to more than 1,000 new albums a year my habits would change and I would be less patient for growers, and more into stuff that spreads immediately with the hooks and the melodies.

oh look the sniping police

― maher shalal hash tagz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, December 9, 2010 12:03 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i lolled. can al weigh in on this one too

that's not an actual request, is it