POX: 2010’s artists

Maybe when the 2020 poll comes around it convinces me listen to her and I change my mind.

she's released four albums since 2016 and two of those (pop 2 and how i'm feeling now) are her very best. for the most part she stopped jumping from sound to sound around then too, having gone all in on post-pc music "hyperpop" etc. although the difference from most pc music-adjacent stuff is she's a great songwriter and has more to offer than just production tricks (though the production tricks are great too).

Neneh Cherry
Hollie Cook
Hildur Guðnadóttir
Galina Grigorjeva
Karen Gwyer
Jlin
Kuniko Kato
Janelle Monae
Ana Tijoux
Nicole Willis

Katie Gately
Julia Holter
Weyes Blood
Jennifer Castle
Jessie Ware (obv)

Top of mind:

Big Thief
Weyes Blood
These New Puritans
Kacey Musgraves
Waxahatchee
Boygenius (only one release, but these women run through the late part of the decade, and I prefer them together)
Mitski
Daniel Lopatin / OPN
Sheer Mag
William Tyler

Katie Gately
Julia Holter
Weyes Blood
Jennifer Castle
Jessie Ware (obv)

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Sundfør
Mitski
Róisín
Nilüfer Yanya (hasn't put a foot wrong yet)
Wednesday Campanella

oh yeah Wednesday Campanella are absolutely my artist of the decade

some artists that come to mind for me. specifically thinking about music that I have enjoyed sharing with other people:

Lil B
Janelle Monae
Jeff Rosenstock
Jake Xerxes Fussell
Protomartyr
Serengeti
Owen Pallett
Cate Le Bon
Sturgill Simpson
Christine and the Queens

the big ones for me have been

Richard Dawson
Jute Gyte
Weyes Blood
Mitski

will have to think about others

wait nobody's mentioned Kendrick Lamar yet?!

Craig Fortnam (Arch Garrison/North Sea Radio Orchestra) probably on mine too

I'd add Liturgy if I wasn't mostly suspecting the 20s will be even more her decade

(ditto Oranssi Pazuzu, ditto Clipping...)

Oh that's 9. Ok throw in Joanna Wang and there's my POX. done

And you can have Gareth Liddiard (Drones/TFS) as a bonus, as I'm feeling generous

Yep no mentions of Kendrick or Kanye yet.

one of those things is not like the other

- OPN
- The Necks
- Richard Skelton/etc
- DJ Niggafox
- Siavash Amini
- Low
- Hieroglyphic Being
- Sons of Kemet
- FIS
- Nü Sensae

More 'artists who defined a period of my life' during the decade and also came out with excellent releases during the decade.

ahhh I can't believe I forgot Death Grips! I was specifically trying to remember artists I never listen to anymore whose work was HGUE for me during the 2010s, but I guess I consigned them to the memory-hole entirely

I’m an individual albums kind of guy more often than not so I’m not even sure I could come up with 10.

Beak>
Death Grips
Jlin
Tim Hecker
Horse Lords
Kanye West
Kendrick Lamar
Oneohtrix Point Never
Sw*ns
Traxman

Susanne Sundfør
Charli XCX
Jessie Ware
Miguel
Lana Del Rey
Paramore
Solange
Carly Rae Jepsen
The Radio Dept
Robyn

Mica Levi/Micachu
Demdike Stare
Pharmakon
Total Freedom
Rihanna
Katie Dey
Lido Pimienta
Frank Ocean
The Knife/Fever Ray
and I wanted to have mine be all 'first mentions' but I have to say Beak>, too, I listen to them constantly

If I count Tirzah inside Mica Levi’s output then I too would like to include her in my pox

Maybe:

Actress
Alberto Posadas
Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir
Chelsea Wolfe
Dordeduh
Lingua Ignota
Liza Lim
Thantifaxath
Tim Hecker
Tomb Mold

have u heard the latest Micachu it's so good (sad happy bad)

Katie Dey a great shout, Black Dresses also emerging as a v impt force

Thantifaxath would maybe be considered for mine if they'd released more than abt 70m of music

Not a dealbreaker as far as I’m concerned (see also: Dordeduh). Besides, it’s more like 95 mins.

Was also tempted to include The Ruins of Beverast. I certainly would have if we were doing the first fifth of the 21st century.

good shout aye

Likewise Grouper.

In the last 5 years, genre-wise: Afrobeats, South African House, electro- or R&B- influenced pop, jazz.
Before that: Hip Hop, MPB and other non-occidental folk-pop, african and latin music

The main evolution in my listening is that I've completely reoriented towards contemporary music and specific genres after a period of great eclectism

Artists:
Julia Holter, Rosalía, Jamila Woods, Kacey Musgraves, Kelsey Lu, Tinashe, Beyoncé, SZA
Wizkid, Samthing Soweto, Burna Boy, Sha Sha, Koffee, Lila Iké
Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Aesop Rock, A tribe called quest
Roisin Murphy, AAL, Susanne Sundfør
Björk, Elza Soares, Joanna Newsom, Klô Pelgag
Warpaint, Drones / TFS

I suppose I must have missed that the X in POX means ten.

Best way I know how to do this is list artist who appeared on my year-end list with some frequency. In which case:

The Mountain Goats
Janelle Monae
Aimee Mann
Kendrick Lamar
Beach Slang
Owen Pallett
Carly Rae Jepsen
Titus Andronicus
Taylor Swift
Chvrches

Mitski
PUP
Weyes Blood
Black Dresses
Richard Dawson
Katie Dey
Selena Gomez
clipping.
ScHoolboy Q
Liturgy

I'm late to the Charli XCX/Carly Rae Jepsen bandwagons (both only struck me in the last couple of years) but their 2010s output still rules.