Best Albums of the Year so far...

[DipDipDive]

More than anything, this is for my own reference when we all start compiling our year-end lists.

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
Mt St Helens Vietnam Band - s/t
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Black Milk - Tronic
Discovery - LP
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - s/t
Passion Pit - Manners

I'd add Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective to the list, but I haven't heard the whole thing yet.

[mate_spawn_die]

Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind

[mickill]

I've enjoyed:

Beirut - March of The Zapotec & Real People Holland
Bob Dylan - Together Through Life
Sian Alice Group - Troubled, Shaken Etc.
Mos Def - The Ecstatic
J. Cole - The Warm Up Mixtape

[DipDipDive]

Holy shit I fucking love Beirut. Haven't heard their new one yet though. How does it stack up against Gulag Orkestar?

[DipDipDive]

I don't love the new Mos Def. I've tried to and it's not working. :(

[adam_f]

I haven't liked a Mos Def album since Black on Both Sides.

[DipDipDive]

The New Danger was sort of alright.

[mickill]

Holy shit I fucking love Beirut. Haven't heard their new one yet though. How does it stack up against Gulag Orkestar?


It's basically two albums. I don't listen to the second half as much, but the first part is all Mexican funeral march music. If you dig that sort of thing (which I do) then, you'd probably love it. I think it's right up there with Gulag Orkestar. And I like it better than Flying Club Cup, which was awesome in its own right.

The Ecstatic is a pretty timeless album, I think. I can see why some people wouldn't like it, though.

[mickill]

People/critics are way too hard on The New Danger. It had a lot of highs, couple of lows and two or three unforgivable moments on it. I enjoy it more than Black On Both Sides

[DipDipDive]

The production on The Ecstatic seems off to me. It sounds like it was recorded in someone's half-renovated, plastic covered shower in their basement bathroom in New Jersey or something.

My favorite tracks on The New Danger beat the shit out of my favorite tracks on Black on Both Sides, but as a whole, front to back, I prefer Black on Both Sides. Those unforgivable moments on The New Danger you mentioned ruin the whole experience for me.

[mickill]

I'm going to set aside some of my precious time tomorrow to listen to both those albums again before I add another 2 cents to my initial 2 cents.

[Gareth]

YYY - its blitz
the-dream - love v money
royksopp - junior
lee fields & the expressions - my world
the juan mclean - the juan mclean

[MC Moot]

Sonic Youth "The Eternal"

full stop...

[Micodin]

So far...

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Major Lazer - Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do
Zomby - One Foot Of The Other (EP)
MSTRKRFT - Fist Of God
Eminem - Relapse
The Gaslamp Killer - My Troubled Mind (EP)

[adam_f]

Originally posted by DipDipDive
My favorite tracks on The New Danger beat the shit out of my favorite tracks on Black on Both Sides, but as a whole, front to back, I prefer Black on Both Sides. Those unforgivable moments on The New Danger you mentioned ruin the whole experience for me.

What are your favorite tracks on New Danger? Because the only ones that come close to rivaling my favorites on Black On Both Sides are Ghetto Rock and Close Edge.

[mickill]

Ghetto Rock is like the best song he's ever done. That's gotta count for something. Sex, Love & Money, Sunshine, The Panties and Grown Man Business can hang with anything on BOBS.

Just listen to Sunshine again, Adam.

Go.

Do it.

Seriously.

[adam_f]

I forgot about Sunshine, I listened to it, and yes, it's a fantastic song, Mike. That being said, on a 72-ish minute album, I like maybe 15 minutes worth of material.

[mickill]

Okay Adam, listen to Sex, Love & Money now.

Seriously.

Do it.

[DipDipDive]

What are your favorite tracks on New Danger? Because the only ones that come close to rivaling my favorites on Black On Both Sides are Ghetto Rock and Close Edge.

Ghetto Rock
Black Jack (I love that song, blow me)
Sex, Love, & Money (which is unlike any other song ever)
Sunshine
Close Edge (arguably my favorite Mos track)
The Panties

The following lines alone are enough to provide The New Danger with sufficient redemption:

Speak language come straight from the gutter
Observe the terms that we trade with one and other like
What's good, what's poppin, what's crackin
What it is, how you livin, what's happenin
Work songs that the slaves sang back then
The playground chants with little girls clapping

^ That's some poetic shit.

[adam_f]

I have never nor will I have find anything appealing about Sex, Love & Money. It's just...I don't know how to describe it using any other word but awful.

[mickill]

I think you're just bitter because the song possesses you to wanna get your eagle on.

Life Is Real and Champion Requiem are also solid.

[saz]

brian jonestown massacre - smoking acid
astra - the weirding
psychic ills - mirror eye
sleepy sun - embrace
mountains - choral
dan auerbach - keep it hid
spectrum - war sucks
litmus - aurora
the warlocks - the mirror explodes

[paul jones]

so far off the top of my head without checking my stuff...


Cheval Sombre " Cheval Sombre"
Thee Oh Sees " Help"
Super Furry Animals " Dark Days/Light Years"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs " It's Blitz!"



I'll think of more laters

[Freebasser]

Not an album, but Black Market Karma's E.P. (http://blackmarketkarma.com/page2.htm) is pretty damn good.

[RoryMC]

Am I the only one who thinks the new Grizzly was not a patch on the Yellow House?

My faves this year:

Future of the Left -- Travels with Myself and Another
Animal Collective -- Merriweather Post Pavillion (the moment In The Flowers kicks in is probably one of the greatest moments in music this year)
Phoenix -- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Morrissey -- Years of Refusal
Pains of Being Pure at Heart -- Pains of Being Pure at Heart

I actually like the new Kasabian album, for my sins. I hate the other two but there is something I like about West Ryder...

[DipDipDive]

Heartless Bastards - The Mountain

[paul jones]

Heartless Bastards - The Mountain

^ I saw them at ATP in MAy(y)


I'm trying to think of more but I've been mainly listening to old stuff this year but the Sonic Youth newie was good the couple of times I've listened to it.

[yeahwho]

Am I the only one who thinks the new Grizzly was not a patch on the Yellow House?

My faves this year:

Future of the Left -- Travels with Myself and Another
Animal Collective -- Merriweather Post Pavillion (the moment In The Flowers kicks in is probably one of the greatest moments in music this year)
Phoenix -- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Morrissey -- Years of Refusal
Pains of Being Pure at Heart -- Pains of Being Pure at Heart

I actually like the new Kasabian album, for my sins. I hate the other two but there is something I like about West Ryder...

Phoenix -- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, I love this album. So does Cadillac

[RobMoney$]

The Black Crowes - Before the Frost, After the Freeze.


Cause I keeps it like that.

[Caribou]

Stuff I love, Alphabetically:

Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (gets better everytime I listen to it)
Beirut - March of the Zapotec (Not as good as Gulag/Flying Club, but still pretty damn great)
The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
Gomez - A New Tide (A bit MOR, but very catchy songs)
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (Oh, the harmonies! <3)
Jack Peñate - Everything Is New (poppy, catchy and extremely dance-and-singalong-able)
Kings Of Convenience - Declaration of Dependance (so sweet)
Patrick Watson & The Wooden Arms - Wooden Arms (Filmic, with beautiful vocals and amazing instrumentation and attention for detail.This man is a god.)
The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules (Geek disco!)

Most anticipated and therefor biggest let down:
Them Crooked Vultures

Best compilation album(s):
Dark Was The Night vol. 1+2

[The Notorious LOL]

Raekwon - Cuban Linx 2
Eminem - Relapse
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
J Dilla - Jay Stay Paid
Mew - No More Stories (I feel like I should hate this, but I dont)
Baroness - Blue Record
Built To Spill - There is no enemy
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Black Lips - 200 Million Thousand

[DipDipDive]

I'm into that Kid Cudi shit, and I'd like to append It's Blitz! and Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, but otherwise my initial list hasn't changed.

Haven't heard the new Built To Spill yet though.

[The Notorious LOL]

I forgot to include Madlib - Beat Konducta Vol 5-6.

[paul jones]

I thought of these in earlier post
Cheval Sombre " Cheval Sombre"
Thee Oh Sees " Help"
Super Furry Animals " Dark Days/Light Years"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs " It's Blitz!"

and now I've thought of some more

Cate Le Bon " Me Oh My"
Sonic Youth " The Eternal"
Tickley Feather " Hors D'oeuvres"
Jason Lytle "Yours Truly the commuter"
The Phantom Band " Checkmate Savage"
Andrew Weatherall " A Pox on the pioneers"
Daniel Johnston " Is and always was "
Bill Callahan " Sometimes I wish we were an eagle"
Vetiver " Tight Knit"
Tinariwen " Imidiwan: Companions "
The Low Anthem " Oh my god charlie darwin"
Jesca Hoop " Hunting My Dress"

[Guy Incognito]

IAndrew Weatherall " A Pox on the pioneers"


i was tempted by this but not took the plunge, is it anything like the sabres of paradise or two lone swordsmen or has he gone somewhere else?
some of the TLS stuff was a bit boring but sabres were class.

[paul jones]

i was tempted by this but not took the plunge, is it anything like the sabres of paradise or two lone swordsmen or has he gone somewhere else?
some of the TLS stuff was a bit boring but sabres were class.

it's good ,trust me(y)

[EN[i]GMA]

Future of the Left - Travels With Myself and Another

Album of the year.

Beats up Bitte Orca and Vecketamist because those guys are wusses.

[The Notorious LOL]

Future Of The Left is pretty good. I stoleded that based off a recommendation but didnt listen to it a lot.

I'm really ashamed I didnt list Beat Konducta first time considering not only is it great, but it contains samples of Bubb Rubb, and a disoriented James Brown.

[Drederick Tatum]

Dam Funk - Toeachizown.

[Drederick Tatum]

Dethklok-Dethalbum II

[rirv]

I was just looking through my music and realised I haven't bought an album released this year.

Am I missing out big time? I've bought plenty of individual songs, but not an album.

[MC Moot]

Sonic Youth "The Eternal"
Pearl Jam "Backspacer"
Heavy Trash "Midnight Soul Serenade"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs "It's Blitz"
Peaches "I Feel Cream"
Black Crowes "Before the Frost...Until the Freeze"
The King Khan & BBQ Show "Invisible Girl"

[RoryMC]

Top 20 sons of 2009:

1. Diamond Rings -- All Yr Songs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6IUKa25e80

2. The Drums -- Let's Go Surfing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OsTUnkqSi4

3. HEALTH -- Die Slow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWZxThGh5wQ

4. Animal Collective -- What Would I Want? Sky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSmuzEzeAeY

5. Yeasayer -- Tightrope
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GziH8s7ksMo

6. Wild Beasts -- Hooting and Howling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwHoh2vNdiA

7. Matias Aguayo -- Rollerskate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ7TO2-0ZvM

8. Phoenix -- 1901
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPRdI75XPQE&feature=fvst

9. Girls -- Hellhole Ratrace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcqwfFKagH4

10. Atlas Sound -- Sheila
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg1I0FOtE4c

11. Future of the Left -- Arming Eritrea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCvCBkx50mI

12. Lindstrom and Christabelle -- Baby Can't Stop (Aeroplane remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDTjXvDtLS4

13. Ramona Falls -- I Say Fever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga0ohgZFVqc

14. The Cribs -- We Share The Same Skies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DbcAl3EbIs

15. Califone -- Funeral Singers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJh2JPotmAs

16. His Clancyness -- Misinterpret My Words

17. The Veils -- The House She Lived In
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jJ0p8UHfY0

18. Arctic Monkeys -- Cornerstone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIQz6zZi7R0

19. Deadmau5 -- Ghosts n Stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7ArUgxtlJs

20. Morrissey -- I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wYmojcRoMo&feature=related

[Kid Presentable]

Been loving that Cudi ish.

[countrymikedj]

Blakroc album is awesome!

[checkyourprez]

raekwon-ob4cl2
clipse-till the casket drops
del + tame1 - parallel universe
50 - before i self destruct
camp lo - another heist
killah priest - elizabeth
cormega - born and raised
camron - crime pays
julian casablancas - phrazes for the young
living color - chair in the doorway
souls of mischief - montezumas revenge
most def - the estatic
eminem - relapse
DOOM - born like this


thats all i can think of for now.

[Kid Presentable]

Found myself bored of Cuban Linx 2 real quick.

[DipDipDive]

Grand by Matt & Kim is pretty alright. (y)

[checkyourprez]

Found myself bored of Cuban Linx 2 real quick.

heard that from a few people. still bumping fine for me.

[mickill]

OB4CL2 isn't any more/less exciting than the first one was/is.

Top 20 sons of 2009:

5. Yeasayer -- Tightrope
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GziH8s7ksMo


Isn't this song from '08?

That being said, I spent a month or so listening to this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmUEEStdvGc&feature=related) version/performance of it every morning on my way to work when I first heard it. It's like pure hippie magic.

[DipDipDive]

Yeasayer kicks ass live. I seen 'em twice and it's hard to say which performance was better because they were both (y).

[cosmo105]

I HATED the Heartless Bastards - The Mountain. I've enjoyed some of their other stuff, but after hearing this one live then listening to the actual album...meh :(

Also couldn't get into It's Blitz! Maybe I'll give it another listen. Aside from what's been mentioned, off the top of my head:

The Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns
The Bird and the Bee - Rayguns Are Not Just the Future
Gossip - Music for Men

[checkyourprez]

OB4CL2 isn't any more/less exciting than the first one was/is.



Isn't this song from '08?

That being said, I spent a month or so listening to this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmUEEStdvGc&feature=related) version/performance of it every morning on my way to work when I first heard it. It's like pure hippie magic.

i checked that song out. i like the actual music, but the singer kills me. it sounds like they grabbed some emo buttplug as a singer though. (n)

[checkyourprez]

more coming to my mind as i sit writing a paper..


the kid cudi album deserves mention.

juvenile - cocky and confident....always been a fan of juve, this album is nice if you like that old cash money Louisiana sound.

[DipDipDive]

I HATED the Heartless Bastards - The Mountain. I've enjoyed some of their other stuff, but after hearing this one live then listening to the actual album...meh :(

Seeing them live made me like that album even more.

As for It's Blitz!, it's a little watered down compared to the Karen O days of yore, but it's still solid. Quality composition and production.

Let's settle this in the mud pit.

[cosmo105]

Reed used to be way into them, but he was really disappointed by that album.

I'll bring the frilly polka-dot two-pieces.

[nodanaonlyzuul]

Dam Funk - Toeachizown.

I saw him open up for Warren G a few weeks ago. He's coming back this Saturday. SO EXCITED! It's sooooo good. I love it.

[cosmo105]

Animal Collective -- Merriweather Post Pavillion (the moment In The Flowers kicks in is probably one of the greatest moments in music this year)


Agreed. I have to blast it every time it's on, and I tear up a little. It's so powerful and fucking beautiful and perfect. The image, the music, everything. It's making my brain hard just thinking about it.

[RoryMC]

OB4CL2 isn't any more/less exciting than the first one was/is.



Isn't this song from '08?

That being said, I spent a month or so listening to this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmUEEStdvGc&feature=related) version/performance of it every morning on my way to work when I first heard it. It's like pure hippie magic.

Possibly Mike, although I thought it was officially released on Dark Was The Night earlier this year.

[mickill]

Possibly Mike, although I thought it was officially released on Dark Was The Night earlier this year.

I wasn't intentionally trying to amend your list, I just remembered listening to it a lot around this time last year.

i checked that song out. i like the actual music, but the singer kills me. it sounds like they grabbed some emo buttplug as a singer though. (n)
I guess you're trying to say that you like it.

I appreciate the fact that it was an impromptu, unrehearsed, spontaneous performance that they allowed somebody to film more than anything. Some French guy started doing these "take away shows" a few years ago, a lot of which are quite good.

[checkyourprez]

I wasn't intentionally trying to amend your list, I just remembered listening to it a lot around this time last year.


I guess you're trying to say that you like it.

I appreciate the fact that it was an impromptu, unrehearsed, spontaneous performance that they allowed somebody to film more than anything. Some French guy started doing these "take away shows" a few years ago, a lot of which are quite good.

as an instrumental i would have very much liked the song. the singer detracted from the overall piece for me.

[Laserface]

i would just like to add, i thought the new Depeche Mode record was really hot.

[EN[i]GMA]

Top 20 sons of 2009:


A lot of good songs on there.

Some additions, in no real order:

Love the Night Away by DJ Kaos (Tiedye Remix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs0NW6g-Syw

French Navy by Camera Obscura

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3CkfvYMCWM

Stillness is the Move by Dirty Projectors

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMPF6lpM0XM

My Girls by Animal Collective

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zol2MJf6XNE

Now We Can See by The Thermals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJu611UdfxA

No You Girls by Franz Ferdinand

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkihU5YFy4g

Are You Still in Vallda? by jj

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTGMJP54svU

Songs Remind me of You by Annie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYF-9ZZUhv0

Train Song by Feist and Ben Gibbard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOHM2Qkt32o


There were tons of great songs this year.

[mathcart]

GMA;1712850']A lot of good songs on there.

There were tons of great songs this year.


Couldn't agree more, although its not exactly on topic here, but dammit I want to contribute and I rarely buy albums any more.

some of my fav SONGS of the year:

Blitzen Trapper: Black River Killer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7zyfArxibk

Noisettes - Never Forget You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSOnfhyov-w

the Moondoggies- Changing (cheating a little since this is an '08 album- but the SONG was an '09 jam!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF4h0eB1e-s

PHANTOGRAM- Mouth Full of Diamonds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDIBusnqAGU&feature=related

The Heavy - How You Like Me Now?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVzvRsl4rEM
the entire 'The House That Dirt Built' album is awesome come to think of it...

Best MJ tribute (by far- not even close, in fact maybe better than half his actual catalog!)
The Roots feat Erykah Badu - I Wanna Be Where You Are
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs2zhQpe0lU

Speech Debelle - Spinnin'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58Bd8d8DSDo

Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens "What Have You Done"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhWGfhKRA8M

Sharon Jones The Dap-Kings - Inspiration Information
cover from the dark was the night compilation (which was also VERY good)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OATU_nL_HjE

BK-One feat. Haiku D'etat (Aceyalone, Myka 9 & Abstract Rude) - Mega
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rPNaS0fGZ0

Fitz & the Tantrums - Don't Gotta Work It Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dZ2Ls00jso

Those were all great songs and yet I feel like I'm not even remembering a ton of my REAL favorites from this year!
(y)

[Funky Pepp]

Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg
Metric - Fantasies
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz

and of course:
William Fitzsimmons - The Sparrow and the Crow

[afronaut]

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion. Album of the year, hands down, and one of the highlights of the entire decade.

Girls - Album

Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light.

Flaming Lips - Embryonic. Coyne and Co apparently got really into Bitches Brew and finally created something that doesn't sound like day-glo nickelodeon pop for the first time in a decade.

Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca.

[Ty Webb]

I HATED the Heartless Bastards - The Mountain. I've enjoyed some of their other stuff, but after hearing this one live then listening to the actual album...meh :(

Also couldn't get into It's Blitz! Maybe I'll give it another listen. Aside from what's been mentioned, off the top of my head:

The Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns
The Bird and the Bee - Rayguns Are Not Just the Future
Gossip - Music for Men

When I saw em her voice sucked live. On the mountain she sounds like marc bolan. This is good shit.

[RoryMC]

5. Wild Beasts – Two Dancers

I feel far too guilty to be putting this incredible piece of work at number five but, alas, that’s life. Wild Beasts have matured from 2008’s spellbinding Limbo, Panto, to release the beautiful Two Dancers, one of 2009’s greatest highlights. Hayden Thorpe has one of the most definitive, erratic and distinguishing voices in music at the moment and clearly sets this band apart from the rest. They’ve grown from the rough and ready hits from Limbo Panto, which included Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants – arguably one of the greatest songs of the decade, to produce immaculate, if a little unfashionable, hits. Bassist Tom Fleming shares more of the vocals on this release and his deeper tones are welcome, but it will always be Thorpe’s punishing vocals that will prepare this band to greatness. Think Kate Bush mixed with a little Sparks.
Stand out track: Hooting and Howling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwHoh2vNdiA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwHoh2vNdiA)

4. Girls – Album

We had been waiting a while for Girls’ debut album and it hasn’t disappointed. This could have been my album of the year and it is a clear surf-rock classic for the 21st century (not in the way The Thrills were billed to be a few years back) but I guess I am just fonder of the three above it. Girls are exciting and Album is a joy to listen to. Its androgynous, drug-induced lyrics will push you deeper under Album’s skin with each listen. This is one enjoyable discovery.
Stand out track: Laura
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5Oa6ih0kgA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5Oa6ih0kgA)

3. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Phoenix’s latest effort is pop music at its finest. The French rockers have built up a reputation as a band who can put a smile on anyone’s face with impeccable, hook-driven Summer rock tunes and have put in a stellar effort in trying to succeed their previous and flawless release It’s Never Been Like That. The album is just over 30 minutes long but don’t let that put you off. It’s quality, not quantity and there is a hell of a lot of quality crammed into this beauty. Up-beat opener Lisztomania is one of the catchiest tracks of the year and sets a high precedent but 1901, Fences, Rome and Girlfriend ensure the sun is always shining when listening to this.
Stand out track: 1901
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMOkORxF4JA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMOkORxF4JA)

2. Future of the Left – Travels With Myself and Another

This album is visceral, vicious, vivacious and oh so victorious. We are all mourning the death of Mclusky but this confirms that Mclusky really are dead. Explosive front man Andy Falkous is on absolute form screaming through alarmingly tight punk rock tracks such as Arming Eritrea, Chin Music and You Need Satan More Than He Needs You. If you haven’t checked out Future of the Left (formed of members from Mclusky and Jarcrew), you really must. FotL are definitely my favourite live act of this year and Travels With Myself and Another is album you won’t be able to take out of your stereo for some time. Prepare to be gripped.
Stand out track: You Need Satan More Than He Needs You.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoqG-3quxJQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoqG-3quxJQ)


1. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion

Picking the number one slot was the most difficult part of this list. I thought long and hard as to whether Merriweather Post Pavilion deserved it….and it does by a long shot. To have been released in January and to still hold a significant of playing time on my iPod is something to be commended. It truly is their best effort yet and is a supersonic assault on the senses. They have released countless efforts prior to this but it seems AC have finally created a concise, majestic sound that could easily see them become one of the most important outfits in the past ten years. The wonderful opener, In The Flowers, is arguably one of the greatest music moments of the year. It starts off lazy but explodes into something utterly breathtaking. This is a special album and from the sound of the Fall To Be Kind EP, released earlier this month, it seems as if AC are going to get better and better.
Stand out track: Bluish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZlXw...eature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZlXwPb_JPM&feature=related)

[Freebasser]

I'd like to add Boys Noize - Power (y)

[Guy Incognito]

just finished listening to one of my xmas presents and i'd like to nominate:

West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum - Kasabian

[RobMoney$]

Has anyone mentioned Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears yet?

Sugarfoot (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ-M_8pY6TI)

[TAL]

I haven't heard any of the albums in this thread.

[gbsuey]

Passion Pit

Subfocus

Deadmaus

Them crooked vultures

Fuck buttons

Har mar superstar

Temper trap

Some of Speech Debelle

Kasabian

A right good mix!

[gbsuey]

just finished listening to one of my xmas presents and i'd like to nominate:

West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum - Kasabian

Has anyone else noticed that the noise in Where has all the love gone is the same noise off of Wurzel Gummidge?? Probably a brit thing, not sure if it would have gone down so well in other countries.

[jabumbo]

Has anyone mentioned Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears yet?

Sugarfoot (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ-M_8pY6TI)


i absolutely love this album, front to back

[Guy Incognito]

Has anyone else noticed that the noise in Where has all the love gone is the same noise off of Wurzel Gummidge?? Probably a brit thing, not sure if it would have gone down so well in other countries.

i dont remember too much about wurzel gummidge apart from a cup of tea and a slice of cake and una stubbs. you are showing yer age sue.

[rirv]

Looking through the albums I actually bought from the last year, I realised I have the following:

The Xx - Xx
Major Lazer - Guns Don't Kill People, Lazers Do
Bat for Lashes - Two Suns

My vote goes to Brand Nubian - One for All.

[gbsuey]

How dare you!!! I'm gonna find a youtube clip tomorrow then and find that noise.

Also got XX and Bat for Lashes, both great. And forgot Metronomy and i'm not sure if this was '09 or '10 but got fab album by Y.A.C.H.T

[gbsuey]

Has anyone else noticed that the noise in Where has all the love gone is the same noise off of Wurzel Gummidge?? Probably a brit thing, not sure if it would have gone down so well in other countries.

In the first 20 seconds (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvPXg1HHC4Q)..around 13 secs just so you don't miss it! And yeah, looking at it now i am showing my age....but i was very young when i used to watch it.

[Randetica]

is this now about 2009 or 2010 albums?

[Guy Incognito]

In the first 20 seconds (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvPXg1HHC4Q)..around 13 secs just so you don't miss it! And yeah, looking at it now i am showing my age....but i was very young when i used to watch it.

sue, thats some sort of musical instrument, cant remember what its called but its like a wooden tube with grooves that you strike along it like a match. so thats why it sounds famialiar and its been in loads of stuff. how come you instantly thought of wurzel gummidge old girl?;):p:D

[gbsuey]

i heard it in an Enter Shikari track today as well as it goes. And as to why i thought of Wurzel....i really have no idea! Early memories i guess, the mind is a strange place!!