Best Albums of 2010

[Ihaguitar]

Currently listening to The National - High Violet

It's ok.

[redbreegull]

High Violet is excellent. It takes probably 5-6 listens to sink in. The new Jenny Lewis is awesome too.

[Trotskilicious]

Foals - Total Life Forever
Dr. Dog - Shame, Shame

Shame, Shame is probably my favorite of the year; so much underwhelming stuff this year it's kind of remarkable. Even Total Life Forever is top heavy.

Single of the year: "As We Enter" - Nas & Damian Marley
If It Was An EP It Would Be Great - The Suburbs

[Mooney]

i haven't listened to sufjan stevens since seven swans, but i really like his new ep. perhaps the title track could go in the guilty pleasures thread for me.

[samuel redman]

ehhh, i suppose nothing anybody here would be too crazy about

[samuel redman]

on a side note Rendezvous could be the greatest album ever

[Mooney]

i will say that randomly there are a few tracks on the new LCD Soundsystem album that makes me think that i'm listening to old brian eno. is this just me?

[I'm Hardcore]

alastair galbraith - 'mass'
gate - 'a republic of sadness'

both kiwi artists, go figure

[cocksure]

oo got a link for the alastair one?

[cocksure]

so far i've enjoyed

sun kil moon - admiral fell promises
joanna newsom - have one on me
pantha du prince - black noise
skullflower - strange keys to untune god's firmament
four tet - there is love in you

but i've almost exclusively been listening to 70s stuff

[Nothing/everything]

Titus andronicus - the monitor

[Shallowed]

I gotta say that I have no idea what the fuck any of you are talking about. except for this;

Originally Posted by Mooney

the new LCD Soundsystem album

of which I have heard "Drunk Girls" and "I Can Change". Totally unexceptional, indifference-inducing shit. And that's what your favourite albums of the year are up against?

What's so marvelous about the music that everyone is nominating? Are any of these albums by bands that make bleepy, glitchy, shouty, jangley indie cunty music and wear equally cunty neon fluorescent clothes, sunglasses indoors, and 50's greaser hairstyles?

[cocksure]

sounds like someone's bitter for not knowing any good music

[soniclovenoize]

I think when someone uses the word "hipster" what they really mean is "I'm jealous that you listen to more obscure music than I do."

[smashingjj]

ah, so you're a hipster. Yuck!

[Shallowed]

Originally Posted by soniclovenoize

I think when someone uses the word "hipster" what they really mean is "I'm jealous that you listen to more obscure music than I do."

Well, I'm not. Educate me.

I infrequently listen to a radio station that I kind of hate; as far as radio goes, it's the lesser of two evils. It plays a lot of wanky indie shit, but it also plays a decent amount of stuff that I like, and it's the only radio station that does that.

The stuff it plays that I don't like brings to mind the ranty description I gave.

[soniclovenoize]

Originally Posted by smashingjj

ah, so you're a hipster. Yuck!

Funny thing...

On the other boards I post at, there were some "Hipster bashing" threads, and I found myself getting offended. Wasn't sure why... Then a bunch of people called me a hipster. I was like "Huh? I'm not a hipster, I'm like really nerdy! I'm not cool at all..."

So I emailed Mason and was like "Hey, am I hipster? Someone called me a hipster but I don't think I am." And he replied "Are you fucking serious?! You're one of the most elitist and opinionated people I know!"

So there you have it folks.

[soniclovenoize]

Originally Posted by Pasta of Muppet

Well, I'm not. Educate me.

I infrequently listen to a radio station that I kind of hate; as far as radio goes, it's the lesser of two evils. It plays a lot of wanky indie shit, but it also plays a decent amount of stuff that I like, and it's the only radio station that does that.

The stuff it plays that I don't like brings to mind the ranty description I gave.

What kind of music do you like? Name some of your favorite bands.

[cocksure]

Originally Posted by soniclovenoize

I think when someone uses the word "hipster" what they really mean is "I'm jealous that you listen to more obscure music than I do."

huh? nobody mentioned the word hipster before you did

[Shallowed]

My favourite music era is late '80's/early '90's. Any recent bands I like will be heavily influenced by that period, (Fleeting Joys, The Enright House) or will have lasted since that era (Sonic Youth, NIN, Radiohead)

So, excuse the bias towards that era in this list f my absolute favourite bands:

My Bloody Valentine
Sonic Youth
Radiohead
Slowdive
Joy Division
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Aphex Twin
Ride

Artists which I'm not nuts crazy about, but still am very interested in:

Velvet Underground
Boris
Leonard Cohen
Sigur Ros
Pixies
Nine Inch Nails
Queens of the Stone Age
Gorillaz
Television
Neil Young

And some bands that I haven't heard extensively but want to get into because I know that I'll like/love them:

Dinosaur Jr.
Pavement
Swervedriver

[Shallowed]

Originally Posted by cocksure

huh? nobody mentioned the word hipster before you did

That's weird, I was under the impression that I did.

[smashingjj]

anyway, best albums of 2010 probably *******

James Blackshaw - All Is Falling
Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
Sun Kil Moon - Admiral Fell Promises
Harvey Milk - A Small Turn of Human Kindness

[smashingjj]

Originally Posted by Pasta of Muppet

That's weird, I was under the impression that I did.

Me too, but apparently you didn't!

This is proof, Jesse is really a hipster.

[soniclovenoize]

Pasta didn't say it, but I already knew where it was going!

Originally posted by von Bobo:
actually, I was just thinking soniclovenoize would probably rename his hipster band this.

[I'm Hardcore]

Originally Posted by cocksure

oo got a link for the alastair one?

only got the LP

[I'm Hardcore]

***HIPSTER ALERT***

[cocksure]

pasta of muppet is pretty much me in 2005. which means he'll probably soon find out that there is a lot more music worth listening to

[redbreegull]

oh yeah, Admiral Fell Promises is awesome

[pale blue eyes]

Originally Posted by Pasta of Muppet

of which I have heard "Drunk Girls" and "I Can Change".

Maybe you should actually try to listen to the rest of the album before making your mind up.

I will freely admit that I really like the album, but I hate it when people do this. It is just as bad as when people say they do not need to read the book because they've seen the movie already.

[smashingjj]

i think it's a perfectly valid reason to not listen to an album. If I hear something on the radio that really doesn't fit my taste I'm surely not going to check out if I perhaps find the album is fantastic, because that's not going to happen.

PHREAK