Stereogum's Top 50 of 2010

Os melhores álbuns do ano para o site Stereogum's são:

01 Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
02 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
03 Beach House – Teen Dream
04 Sufjan Stevens – The Age Of Adz
05 Robyn – Body Talk
06 Sleigh Bells – Treats
07 Vampire Weekend – Contra
08 Antony & The Johnsons – Swanlights
09 Wild Nothing – Gemini
10 Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
11 Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
12 Crystal Castles – II
13 LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
14 Yeasayer – Odd Blood
15 The-Dream – Love King
16 The National – High Violet
17 Owen Pallett – Heartland
18 Abe Vigoda – Crush
19 Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma
20 Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today
21 Liars – Sisterworld
22 Marnie Stern – Marnie Stern
23 SALEM – King Night
24 Tamaryn – The Waves
25 ceo – White Magic
26 Tame Impala – Innerspeaker
27 Janelle Monae – The ArchAndroid
28 Delorean – Subiza
29 Matthew Dear – Black City
30 Das Racist – Shut Up, Dude
31 Warpaint – The Fool
32 Twin Shadow – Forget
33 MGMT – Congratulations
34 Titus Andronicus – The Monitor
35 Swans – My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
36 the morning benders – Big Echo
37 jj – jj nº3
38 Avey Tare – Down There
39 Gold Panda – Lucky Shiner
40 Glasser – Ring
41 Oneohtrix Point Never – Returnal
42 Lower Dens – Twin-Hand Movement
43 Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
44 Field Music – Field Music (Measure)
45 Perfume Genius – Learning
46 Frank (Just Frank) – The Brutal Wave
47 Baths – Cerulean
48 Sharon Van Etten – Epic
49 Small Black – New Chain
50 Emeralds – Does It Look Like I Am Here?

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Carry On

Mais uma das bandas interessanates de 2010.

Twin Shadow - Castles In The Snow

A Lack of Color

Avi Buffalo - Jessica

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No Time, No Hope

Pitchfork Top 50 of 2010

E a lista dos melhores álbuns de 2010 para a Pitchfork é:


01. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
02. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
03. Deerhunter- Halcyon Digest
04. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
05. Beach House - Teen Dream
06. Vampire Weekend - Contra
07. Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
08. James Blake - The Bells Sketch EP / CMYK EP / Klavierwerke EP
09. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
10. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
11. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
12. Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid
13. No Age - Everything in Between
14. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
15. Robyn - Body Talk
16. Sleigh Bells - Treats
17. Caribou - Swim
18. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
19. How to Dress Well - Love Remains
20. Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal
21. The Walkmen - Lisbon
22. Girls - Broken Dreams Club EP
23. Das Racist - Sit Down, Man
24. Hot Chip - One Life Stand
25. Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
26. Twin Shadow - Forget
27. Four Tet - There Is Love in You
28. The National - High Violet
29. The Fresh & Onlys - Play It Strange
30. The-Dream - Love King
31. Woods - At Echo Lake
32. Tyler, the Creator - Bastard
33. The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt
34. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
35. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
36. Emeralds - Does It Look Like I'm Here?
37. Zola Jesus - Stridulum EP
38. Rick Ross - Teflon Don
39. Best Coast - Crazy For You
40. Abe Vigoda - Crush
41. Delorean - Subiza
42. Drake - Thank Me Later
43. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
44. Kylesa - Spiral Shadow
45. Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
46. Matthew Dear - Black City
47. Women - Public Strain
48. Forest Swords - Dagger Paths
49. Wild Nothing - Gemini
50. Wavves - King of the Beach

Candy, candy, candy...

E por falar em Crystal Stills, aqui fica uma referência para este novo projecto de nome Frankie Rose and the Outs.
E pergunta-se, porquê? Muito simples, porque esta é a nova banda da senhora Frankie Rose, vocalista / guitarrista / baterista dos Crystal Stills bem como de outras bandas de Brooklyn como nas Vivian Girls e Dum Dum Girls.
O álbum de estreia saiu este ano, chama-se "Frankie Rose and the Outs" e é mais um projectos musicais de Frankie Rose a seguir com atenção.

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Love Fade

Tamaryn

Mais um álbum de 2010 que entrou nas minhas listas de audição. Chamam-se Tamaryn e lançaram em Setembro deste ano o seu primeiro longa duração intitulado "The Waves". A dupla vem de São Franciso e a sua sonoridade vagueia entre o shoegaze e o dream pop.

Q Magazine Top

A lista de 2010 para a Q Magazine:


1. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
2. Robert Plant - Band of Joy
3. Plan B - The Defamation of Strickland Banks
4. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
5. Vampire Weekend - Contra
6. John Grant - Queen of Denmark
7. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
8. The National - High Violet
9. Paul Weller - Wake Up the Nation
10. MGMT - Congratulations
11. The Black Keys - Brothers
12. Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
13. Beach House - Teen Dream
14. Hot Chip - One Life Stand
15. Yeasayer - Odd Blood
16. Foals - Total Life Forever
17. John Legend & The Roots - Wake Up!
18. Manic Street Preachers - Postcards from a Young Man
19. Grinderman - Grinderman 2
20. Take That - Progress
21. Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
22. Corinne Bailey Rae - The Sea
23. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
24. Bryan Ferry - Olympia
25. Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown
26. Klaxons - Surfing the Void
27. Midlake - The Courage of Others
28. Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo
29. Interpol - Interpol
30. Brandon Flowers - Flamingo
31. The Chemical Brothers - Further
32. The Drums - The Drums
33. Tricky - Mixed Race
34. The Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards
35. Man Alive - Everything Everything
36. The Roots - How I Got Over
37. The Coral - Butterfly House
38. Janelle Monae - The Archandroid
39. I Am Kloot - Sky at Night
40. Peter Gabriel - Scratch My Back
41. Belle and Sebastian - Write About Love
42. Tom Jones - Praise & Blame
43. Skream - Outside the Box
44. Villagers - Becoming a Jackal
45. Cherry Ghost - Beneath This Burning Shoreline
46. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
47. Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
48. Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep
49. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
50. Steve Mason - Boys Outside

Uncut Best Albuns

Os melhores do ano para a revista Uncut:

1 Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me
2 Neil Young – Le Noise
3 Paul Weller – Wake Up the Nation
4 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
5 Robert Plant – Band of Joy
6 Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today
7 John Grant – Queen of Denmark
8 Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate – Ali and Toumani
9 LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
10 Grinderman – Grinderman II
11 Drive-By Truckers – The Big To-Do
12 These New Puritans – Hidden
13 Vampire Weekend – Contra
14 The National – High Violet
15 Field Music – Field Music (Measure)
16 Gil Scott-Heron – I’m New Here
17 The Fall – Your Future, Our Clutter
18 Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
19 Manic Street Preachers – Postcards from a Young Man
20 Oneohtrix Point Never – Returnal
21 Hans Chew – Tennessee and Other Stories
22 Spoon – Transference
23 Teenage Fanclub – Shadows
24 Alasdair Roberts – Too Long in This Condition
25 Gayngs – Related
26 Los Lobos – Tin Can Trust
27 Voice of the Seven Thunders – Voice of the Seven Thunders
28 The Black Keys – The Black Keys
29 Afrocubism – Afrocubism
30 Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma
31 Richard Thompson – Dream Attic
32 The Duke & The King – Long Live The Duke & The King
33 Edywn Collins – Losing Sleep
34 Dylan LeBlanc- Pauper’s Field
35 Roky Erickson and Okkervil River – True Love Cast Out All Evil
36 The Hold Steady – Heaven Is Whenever
37 Corinne Bailey Rae – The Sea
38 Wyatt, Atzmon, Stephen – For the Ghosts Within
39 Yeasayer – Odd Blood
40 Trembling Bells – Abandoned Love
41 Steve Mason – Boys Outside
42 Blitzen Trapper – Destroyers of the Void
43 Janelle Monae – The ArchAndroid
44 Hot Chip – One Life Stand
45 Toro Y Moi – Causers of This
46 Sleigh Bells – Treats
47 Solar Bears – She Was Colored In
48 Zola Jesus – Stridulum II
49 Olof Arnalds – Innundir Skinni
50 Kings of Leon – Come Around Sundown

MOJO Top 50 of 2010

A lista dos melhores álbuns do ano para a revista Mojo:

1 John Grant - Queen of Denmark
2 Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
3 MGMT - Congratulations
4 Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep
5 The Black Keys - Brothers
6 Paul Weller - Wakes Up The Nation
7 Midlake - The Courage of Others
8 Phosphorescent - Here's To Taking It Easy
9 The Coral - Butterfly House
10 Doug Paisley - Constant Companion
11 Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
12 Mavis Staples - You Are Not Alone
13 Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
14 Manic Street Preachers - Postcards From A Young Man
15 Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo
16 Aerial Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
17 Roots Manuva meets Wrongtom - Duppy Writer
18 Caribou - Swim
19 Rumer - Seasons of My Soul
20 Grinderman - Grinderman 2
21 Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Hawk
22 Sam Amidon - I See The Sign
23 Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings - I Learned The Hard Way
24 The Jim Jones Revue - Burning Your House Down
25 Foals - Total Life Forever
26 Gorrilaz - Plastic Beach
27 Field Music - Field Music (Measure)
28 DangerMouse and Sparklehorse - Dark Night of The Soul
29 Gill Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
30 Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
31 Neil Young - Le Noise
32 Robert Plant - Band of Joy
33 The Roots - How I Got Over You
34 Villagers - Becoming A Jackal
35 M.I.A. - // / Y /
36 LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
37 Teenage Fanclub - Shadows
38 Gonjasufi - A Sufi And A Killer
39 Wyatt, Atzmon, Stephens - For The Ghosts Within
40 Eli Paperboy Reed - Come and Get It
41 Tom Jones - Praise and Blame
42 Kelley Soltz - To Dreamers
43 The Besnard Lakes - Are The Roaring Night
44 Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
45 Roky Erickson with Okkervil River - True Love Cast Out All Evil
46 Peter Gabriel - Scratch My Back
47 Jane Weaver & Septieme Souer - The Fallen By Watch Bird
48 John Legend & The Roots- Wake Up!
49 Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate - Ali & Toumani
50 Matthew Dear - Black City

NME 2010 Top

E os melhores álbuns de 2010 para o New Musical Express são:


1. These New Puritans - 'Hidden'
2. Arcade Fire - 'The Suburbs'
3. Beach House - 'Teen Dream'
4. LCD Soundsystem - 'This Is Happening'
5. Laura Marling - 'I Speak Because I Can'
6. Foals - 'Total Life Forever'
7. Zola Jesus - 'Stridulum II'
8. Salem - 'King Night'
9. Liars - 'Sisterworld'
10. The Drums - 'The Drums
11. The National, 'High Violet'
12. Caribou, 'Swim'.
13. Gayngs, 'Relayted'.
14. The Fall, 'Your Future, Our Clutter'.
15. Yeasayer, 'Odd Blood'.
16. Grinderman, 'Grinderman 2'.
17. Factory Floor, 'Untitled'.
18. Warpaint, 'The Fool'
19. MGMT, 'Congratulations'
20. Deerhunter, 'Halcyon Digest'.
21. Janelle Monae, 'The ArchAndroid'
22. Swans, 'My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky'
23. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, 'Before Today'.
24. Vampire Weekend, 'Contra'
25. Avi Buffalo, 'Avi Buffalo'.
26. Les Savy Fav, 'Root For Ruin'.
27. Best Coast, 'Crazy For You '.
28. New Young Pony Club, 'The Optimist'
29. No Age, 'Everything In Between'.
30. Klaxons, 'Surfing The Void'
31. Crystal Castles, 'Crystal Castles'
32. Islet, 'Wimmy'. NME said: "Mind-bending.
33. Marina And The Diamonds, 'The Family Jewels'.
34. Kanye West, 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'.
35. Glasser, 'Ring'.
36. Hurts, 'Happiness'.
37. Lonelady, 'Nerve Up'.
38. Big Boi, 'Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty'.
39. Magnetic Man, 'Magnetic Man'.
40. Sleigh Bells, 'Treats'.
41. Steve Mason, 'Boys Outside'.
42. Mystery Jets, 'Serotonin'.
43. Everything Everything, 'Man Alive'.
44. Manic Street Preachers, 'Postcards From A Young Man'
45. Four Tet, 'There Is Love In You'
46. Paul Weller, 'Wake Up The Nation'.
47. Pulled Apart By Horses, 'Pulled Apart By Horses'.
48. My Chemical Romance, 'Danger Days'.
49. Surfer Blood, 'Astro Coast
50. Frightened Rabbit, 'The Winter of Mixed Drinks'
51. Charlotte Gainsbourg, 'IRM
52. Dum Dum Girls, 'I Will Be'
53. Kelis, 'Flesh Tone'.
54. First Aid Kit, 'The Big Black and The Blue'
55. Ikonika, 'Contact, Love, Want, Have'.
56. Mount Kimbie, 'Crooks & Lovers'.
57. Joanna Newsom, 'Have One On Me'.
58. Crocodiles, 'Sleep Forever'
59. Errors, 'Come Down With Me'
60. Belle And Sebastian, 'Write About Love'
61. Flying Lotus, 'Cosmogramma'
62. Gil Scott-Heron, 'I'm New Here'
63. Perfume Genius, 'Learning'
64. Walls, 'Walls'.
65. Robyn, 'Body Talk Pt 1'
66. Gorillaz, 'Plastic Beach'
67. The Dillinger Escape Plan, 'Option Paralysis'
68. Edwyn Collins, 'Losing Sleep'.
69. Happy Birthday, 'Happy Birthday'.
70. Broken Social Scene, 'Forgiveness Rock Record'.
71. Field Music, 'Field Music (Measure)'.
72. Male Bonding, 'Nothing Hurts'
73. Interpol, 'Interpol'
74. Sufjan Stevens, 'The Age Of Adz'.
75. The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, 'Blood & Fire'.

I Keep Slipping Away

Agora que começa a fazer-se o balanço discográfico do ano que termina e surgem as listas de melhores álbuns, aqui fica um dos melhores do ano de 2009 para mim: "Exploding Head".
Aliás, os The Place To Bury Strangers uma das minhas bandas preferidas da actualidade.