Some of my most guilty pleasures are all those "best of the year" lists that pretty much every magazine releases in January. So, I thought since I spent so much time this year with headphones on, I'd make my own "Favorite Music of 2010" lists...
8) Genuine Negro Jig by Carolina Chocolate Drops
7) Broken Bells by Broken Bells
6) A Badly Broken Code by Dessa
5) Congratulations by MGMT
4) The Reluctant Graveyard by Jeremy Messersmith
3) High Violet by The National
2) Fantasies by Metric
1) Brothers by The Black Keys
None of them released new albums, but I also spent many, many hours listening to The Avett Brothers, Elliott Smith and Ben Folds this year.
My biggest disappointment of the year is Lonely Avenue by Ben Folds and Nick Hornby. I love them both, but man, that's a bad album.
I'd also like to point out that this year sucked if you're a hip hop fan. I know everyone will call 2010 the year of Kanye, but My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was just good. Maybe I haven't spent enough time with it, but I don't think it's as groundbreaking as every critic says it is.
Thoughts?
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"Saints Of Los Angeles" had glimmers of the old greatness I remember. Hard-driving riffs and hooks to sink your teeth into. However, it just didn't have the raw, rough edges I am accustomed to from Motley Crue.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest thing in music this year, is the reuniting of the dirty, unpolished, alt-country band we know and love: Slobberbone!