My Albums Of The Year 2010
Spotify playlist:
My favourite 15 albums released in the last 12 months have been on heavy rotation. In no particular order.
Titus Andronicus – The Monitor (XL)
Related - The Replacements, Bruce Springsteen, The Pogues, New Jersey.
Track: Titus Andronicus – Theme from "Cheers"
Thee Oh Sees – Warm Slime (In The Red)
Related - Ty Segal, Coachwhips, San Francisco.
Track - Mega-Fest
Yeasayer – ODD BLOOD (Secretly Canadian)
Related - Talking Heads, El Guincho, Brooklyn.
Track: Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
El Guincho – Pop Negro (Young Turks)
Related - Japan (band), Ryuchi Sakamoto, Manu Chao, Barcelona.
Track: El Guincho – Bombay
Archie Bronson Outfit – Coconut (Domino)
Related - Led Zepplin, Talking Heads, the West Country.
Track: Archie Bronson Outfit – Chunk
Related - Boards of Canada, Crystal Castles, Andrew Weatherall, LA.
Track: Health – USA Boys
Best Coast – Crazy For You (Mexican Summer)
Related - Drugstore, Thee Headcoatees.
Track: Best Coast – Crazy For You
Slugabed – Ultra Heat Treated EP (Planet Mu)
Related - Rustie, Warp, Aquacrunk, Brighton.
Track: Slugabed – Quantum Leap
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles ( II ) (Fiction Records)
Related - HEALTH, Warp, 8-bit.
Track: Crystal Castles – Birds
Wild Nothing – Gemini (Captured Tracks)
Related - My Bloody Valentine, The Smiths.
Track: Wild Nothing – Summer Holiday
Related - Foot Village, Fugazi, King Tubby.
Track: Islet – Ringerz
Abe Vigoda – Crush (Bella Union)
Related - Depeche Mode, Interpol.
Track: Abe Vigoda – Crush
Prince - 20ten (The Daily Mirror?)
Related - Rick James, Funkadelic, Alicia Keys
Track - Beginning Endlessly
Marnie Stern – s/t (Kill Rock Stars)
Related - Kate Bush, Sleater-Kinney, Zach Hill.
Track: Marnie Stern – Gimme
Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise (Rough Trade)
Related - Burial, Warp, Alice Coltrane.
Track: Pantha Du Prince – Abglanz
Bubbling Under
Japandroids - No Singles, Liars – Sisterworld, Warpaint – The Fool, Les Savy Fav – Root for RuinThanks for reading!
My Albums Of The Noughties
The criteria is simply which albums have I listened to the most since the new millenium. I cross referenced my fading memories of yearly album lists compiled when working in a record shop and subsequent lists made with friends.
The decade list seems to favour the first half with no albums from 2007 at all. The list is in chronological order and features one act from the UK, one from Japan and two from Canada.
Here is a podcast released in Dec 2008 reviewing that year in music with Jack Mountain and TheoGb.
Lastfm profileTracks From My Albums Of The Noughties
Animal Collective – “Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished” (2000) Paw Tracks, reiussed 2003 by Fat Cat Records
Related – Flaming Lips, Black Dice, Forever Changes, Roland SH–2, psychedelic, feedback loops
Track – Animal Collective – Penny Dreadfuls
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – “Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven” (2000) Constellation Records
Related – A Silver Mt Zion, field recordings, strings
Track – Storm
At The Drive–In – “Relationship Of Command” (2000) Grand Royal
Related – Fugazi, Drive Like Jehu, Texas, post–hardcore, afros
Track – At the Drive–In – Quarantined
Cannibal Ox – “The Cold Vein” (2001) Def Jux
Related – Wu–Tang Clan, El–P, Harlem, backpacks, indie hip hop
Track – Cannibal Ox – Battle For Asgard
Hood – “Cold House” (2001) Domino Records
Track – Hood – You Show No Emotion At All
Les Savy Fav – “Go Forth” (2001) French Kiss
Related – Dismemberment Plan, Pixies, Talking Heads, live performance, art, indie
Track – Les Savy Fav – Reprobate''s Resume
Do Make Say Think – “& Yet & Yet” (2002) Constellation Records
Related – Fridge, Hood, Kranky, jazz, post rock
Track – Classic Noodlanding
Xinlisuprime – “Tomorrow Never Comes” (2002) Fat Cat Records
Related – Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Japanese noise, murder, death, kill
Track – Amaryllis
Sonic Youth – “Murray Street” (2002) Polydor/Universal
Related – Pavement, The Year Punk Broke, Jim O'Rourke, indie
Track – Sonic Youth – The Empty Page
El-P – “Fantastic Damage”(2002) Def Jux
Related– Edan, Company Flow, Cannibal Ox,Brooklyn, indie hip hop
Track – El–P – Dr. Hellno & The Praying Mantus
Black Eyes – s/t (2003) Dischord Records
Related – Silver Daggers, Mi Ami, Fugazi, rhythmical punk, two drummers
Track – Speaking In Tongues
Viktor Vaughn – “Vaudeville Villain” (2003) Sound Ink
Related – MF Doom, KMD, comic book, super hero rap
Track – Vaudeville Villain
Black Dice – “Beaches + Canyons” (2003) Fat Cat Records
Related – Autechre, Brian Eno, Aphex Twin, electronic, drones
Track – Big Drop
The Hunches – “Hobo Sunrise” (2004) In The Red Records
Related– Sebadoh, The Replacements, In The Red Records, indie, garage
Track – A Flower In The Ending
Meneguar – “I Was Born At Night” (2005) Troubleman Unlimited
Related – The Van Pelt, The Lapse, Bruce Springsteen, anthemic
Track – House of Cats
Shipping News – “Flies The Field” (2005) Touch & Go Records / Quarterstick
Related – June Of 44, Rodan, Enablers, Chicago indie
Track – The Human Face
Enablers – “Output Negative Space” (2006) Neurot Recordings
Related – Slint, Polvo, Shipping News, spoken word, post rock, indie
Track – Sudden Inspection
Marnie Stern – “This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That” (2008) Kill Rock Stars
Related – Hella, Fleetwood Mac, Zach Hill, Kate Bush, prog, punk, indie
Track – Crippled Jazzer
Abe Vigoda – “Skeleton” (2008) PPM Records
Related – The Mae Shi, No Age, LA, The Smell, tropicalia, punk
Track – Bear Face
HEALTH – “GET COLOR” (2009) Lovepump Unlimited
Related – Squarepusher, Fuck Buttons, Crystal Castles, LA, avant rock, indie, punk
Track – Health – Die SlowOneida – “Rated O” (2009) Jagjaguwar
Related – Liars, Can, Neu, classic rock, avant rock, experimental
Track – Oneida – I Will Haunt YouBubbling under – Radiohead – "Kid A" (2000), Tortoise – "Standards", Hot Snakes – "Suicide Invoice", Edan – "Primitive Plus", Tom Waits – "Real Gone", Clouddead – s/t, Dananananaykroyd– "Hey Everyone"
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