THE ROLLING 'BEST OF 2010 ALBUMS' THREAD

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:38 pm

rparis74 Wrote:

some things on that list i need to hear, but i had a pretty negative reaction to that Jason and the Scorchers.

Yeah, I can't see it staying on a top 20 list by the end of the year, but it's a much better J&tS album than I expected.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

i have only heard their best one or two albums, so it probably colors my opinion just a bit.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:46 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

No order, but 15 already this year that I really like:

Nick Curran & The Lowlifes Reform School Girl
Free Energy Stuck On Nothing

Heard these recently. Good stuff.

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Sun Apr 11, 2010 12:59 am

Madlib's "Medicine Show #3: Beat Konducta in Africa" is very good. Heard a bunch today and am now downloading from emuze. If it is as even-handed as what I heard it's gonna be one of my favorites of the year.

bort · **Posted:** Sun Apr 11, 2010 8:25 am

that Nick Curran & the Lowlifes album reminds me of Little Richard.

ShamWow! · **Posted:** Sun Apr 18, 2010 7:08 pm

...and he yells, and he roars
loves the Stones, hates the Doors
thinks the Beatles sing for girls
he's a moonshine guy in a six-pack world

thisotherkingdom · **Posted:** Sun Apr 18, 2010 7:31 pm

ShamWow! Wrote:

...and he yells, and he roars
loves the Stones, hates the Doors
thinks the Beatles sing for girls
he's a moonshine guy in a six-pack world

Just read about this and it sounds pretty interesting.

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:28 pm

Nels Cline Singers :: Initiate

Some tracks are skronky as you'd expect, but then there are absolutely blissful tracks like "Divining", which shows you how incredible of a composer he is.

Kingfish · **Posted:** Mon Apr 19, 2010 1:27 am

Radcliffe Wrote:

AM Future Sons & Daughters

If you ever get bored and feel like upping this, I'd appreciate it. My blog search for it was pretty fail.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:35 pm

Kingfish Wrote:

Radcliffe Wrote:

AM Future Sons & Daughters

If you ever get bored and feel like upping this, I'd appreciate it. My blog search for it was pretty fail.

Pretty sure we've done this before. :lol:

Code:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EJ2GA0OZ

PopTodd · **Posted:** Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:52 pm

Not that I think that anyone will place it among the best of the year, but has anybody listened to the new HoP record?
Just curious.

Kingfish · **Posted:** Mon Apr 19, 2010 1:44 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

Kingfish Wrote:

Radcliffe Wrote:

AM Future Sons & Daughters

If you ever get bored and feel like upping this, I'd appreciate it. My blog search for it was pretty fail.

Pretty sure we've done this before. :lol:

Code:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EJ2GA0OZ

We probably did. I'm easily distracted these days. Thanks.

e-stone · **Posted:** Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:10 pm

i'm getting too old/lazy to think too hard about ranking, but these are the one's i've really been digging so far:

bonnie "prince" billy & the cairo gang - wonder show of the world
caribou - swim
jónsi - go
laura marling - i speak because i can
the tallest man on earth - the wild hunt
the radio dept. - clinging to a scheme
ben sollee & daniel martin moore - dear companion
shearwater - the golden archipelago
lcd soundsystem - this is happening

not enough listens yet to that nina nastasia, but it's the goods.

i'm sure the black keys and the national will be up there too...great year so far.

d · **Posted:** Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:20 pm

e-stone Wrote:

i'm getting too old/lazy to think too hard about ranking
lcd soundsystem - this is happening

Agree on the laziness and not really caring about ranking much of anything these days, but finally had a chance to spin this over the weekend, and it's a slow grower. "Dance Yourself Clean" is the tune du jour.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 12:18 pm

May update:

01. Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
02. Beach House - Teen Dream
03. Sightings - City of Straw
04. Spoon - Transference
05. Daughters - s/t

06. Pantha du Prince - Black Noise
07. Caribou - Swim
08. Skullflower - Strange Keys to Untune Gods' Firmament
09. Liars - Sisterworld
10. Toro y Moi - Causers of This

11. The Morning Benders - Big Echo
12. Gonjasufi - A Sufi and a Killer
13. Shearwater - The Golden Archipelago
14. Local Natives - Gorilla Manor
15. Four Tet - There Is Love in You
16. Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
17. The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a Scheme
18. Fang Island - s/t
19. Autechre - (Oversteps)
20. Retribution Gospel Choir - 2

21. Vampire Weekend - Contra
22. Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM

jsh · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 1:04 pm

Nice, mine, ish:

1 Joanna Newsom Have One On Me
2 Roky Erickson with Okkervil River True Love Cast Out All Evil
3 The Radio Dept. Clinging to a Scheme
4 Eluvium Similies
5 Four Tet There Is Love In You

6 Solex vs. Cristina Martinez vs. Jon Spencer Amsterdam Showdown, King Street Throwdown
7 The New Pornographers Together
8 The Mynabirds What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood
9 The National High Violet
10 Caribou Swim

11 She & Him Volume 2
12 Tindersticks Falling Down A Mountain
13 Pantha du Prince Black Noise
14 Vampire Weekend Contra
15 Beach House Teen Dream

16 Retribution Gospel Choir 2
17 Nina Nastasia Outlander
18 Jack Rose Luck in the Valley
19 Various Artists Honest Strings
20 Growing Pumps

21 Thee Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra Kollaps Tradixionales
22 The Morning Benders Big Echo
23 The Sadies Darker Circles
24 The Besnard Lakes …Are the Roaring Night
25 Jonsi Go
26 The Nels Cline Singers Initiate
27 Owen Pallett Heartland
28 Willie Nelson Country Music
29 Hot Chip One Life Stand
30 Clem Snide The Meat of Life

saint · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:28 pm **Posts:** 4271

here's my list as of May 10 (order is really sketchy at this point):

1. Beach House
2. Pavement ( does this count?)
3. Phantogram
4. Besnard Lakes
5. Harlem
6. Future Islands
7. Surfer Blood
8. National
9. Radio Dept
10. Band of Horses
11. Local Natives
12. Broken Social Scene
13. Japandroids
14. Caribou
15. Broken Bells
16. Morning Benders
17. Air Formation
18. Avi Buffalo
19. Jonsi
20. Charlotte Gainsbourg
21. Midlake
22. New Pornographers
23. She & Him
24. Portugal, The Man
25. Titus Andronicus
26. Twin Tigers
27. Soft Pack
28. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
29. Dum Dum Girls
30. Toro y Moi
31. White Hinterland
32. Deadly Syndrome

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 2:43 pm

Saint Wrote:

2. Pavement ( does this count?)

What is this?

e-stone · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 3:35 pm

Drinky Wrote:

22. Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM

curious - did you hate this? or just a the bottom of the pile in a strong year?

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 4:17 pm

e-stone Wrote:

Drinky Wrote:

22. Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM

curious - did you hate this? or just a the bottom of the pile in a strong year?

The latter. I like it roughly as much as that Vampire Weekend album. Both are OK.

I haven't managed to listen to anything yet from 2010 that I truly dislike.

two guns holla · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 4:33 pm

Drinky Wrote:

Saint Wrote:

2. Pavement ( does this count?)

What is this?

The compilation Quarantine the Past? I personally don't count those, but I think some people would.

jsh · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 5:27 pm

Drinky Wrote:

I haven't managed to listen to anything yet from 2010 that I truly dislike.

Kinda can't argue that. Isn't it weird? Strangely strong year for new releases.

saint · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:28 pm **Posts:** 4271

Drinky Wrote:

Saint Wrote:

2. Pavement ( does this count?)

What is this?

The compilation "Quarantine the Past" . Love it. :rawk:

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 5:44 pm

Yeah I wouldn't count a best-of comp. There's nothing new on it, right?

Sketch · **Posted:** Tue May 11, 2010 5:43 am

The National
Four Tet
Jónsi
Spoon
Hold Steady
Gorillaz

Still processing: Dead Weather, Serena-Maneesh
Inbound: Caribou, Eluvium, DBT, Pantha Du Prince
Not counting: White Stripes

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