The National- High Violet
Warpaint- The Fool
Best Coast- Crazy For You
Wolf Parade- Expo 86
Tamaryn- The Waves
The Devil Wears Prada- Zombie EP
Tame Impala- Innerspeaker
Twin Shadow- forget
Love Remains- How To Dress Well
White Magic- CEO
Julian Lynch- Mare
Eyes & Nines- Trash Talk
High On Fire- Snakes For The Divine
Deftones- Diamond Eyes
Joanna Newsom- Have One On Me
Harvey Milk- A Small Turn Of Human Kindness
Sleigh Bells- Treats
Fourtet- There Is Love In You
Local Natives- Gorilla Manor
Flying Lotus- Cosmogramma
The Roots- How I Got Over
Interpol- Interpol
Vampire Weekend- Contra
Foals- Total Life Forever
Crystal Castles- Crystal Castles
LCD Soundsystem- This Is Happening
Magic Kids- Memphis
Klaxons- Surfing The Void
The Blacks Keys- Brothers
Deerhunter- Halcyon Digest
The Clinic- Bubblegum
Corinne Bailey Rae- The Sea
Black Jazz- Shining
Melvins- The Bride Screamed Murder
Coasting- Singles
Freeway & Jake One- The Stimulus Package
Yu- Before Taxes
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti- Before Today
Erykah Badu- New Amerykah pt.2
OoOOo- EP
Matthew Dear- Black City
Big Boi- Sir Lucious Left Foot
The Radio Dept.- Clinging To A Scheme
K.R.I.T. Was Here- Big Krit
Arcade Fire- The Suburbs
Toro Y Moi- Causers Of This
Titus Andronicus "The Monitor" is my pick for year's best.
ReplyDeleteSurfer Blood "Astro Coast" is pretty awesome, too, as is Avi Buffalo's self-titled debut.
Two solid releases indeed. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard the Avi Buffalo yet. Will have to get on it.
ReplyDeletemore to add:
ReplyDeleteAutechre "Move of Ten"
Babe Rainbow "Shaved EP"
Balam Acab "See Birds"
Forest Swords "Dagger Paths"
Max Richter "Infra"
Memoryhouse "The Years EP"
Oscar McClure "Compost"
holla
Dang! You are right about that. I completely forgot about some those of those tasty licks. Good eye or ears I should say.
ReplyDeleteGood list! I would add the following that I have thoroughly enjoyed this year:
ReplyDeleteTorche "Songs For Singles"
Autolux "Transit Transit"
Beach House "Teen Dream"
Black Angels "Phosphene Dream:
Bobby Bare Jr "A Storm A Tree My Mother's Head"
Cap'n Jazz "Analphabetapolothology" reissue
David Bazan "Live at Electrical Audio"
Fang Island "s/t"
The Futureheads "The Chaos"
Japandroids - the current 7" series on Polyvinyl (three released in '10 to this point), plus the reissue of their first two EPs, "No Singles"
Jonsi "Go"
Les Savy Fav "Root for Ruin"
Menomena "Mines"
The Walkmen "Lisbon"
Weekend "Sports"
Wild Nothing "Gemini" and "Evertide"
Yes! I meant to have Beach House on that list, but I think the picture didn't upload.
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