2010 has already been a banner year for new releases (as forecast). To avoid some end-of-the-year legwork this year, I’ve been keeping track of my album rankings as we go here. I’m sure even these early entrants will get re-arranged as I re-listen and such, but I wanted to get you a sneak peak — hopefully it’ll help out if you’ve got some money burning a hole in your pocket and are looking for some recommendations.
It’s been just incredible so far this year — Not even halfway into the year, I would tell you that I “highly recommend” spending your hard earned $10 on any of these 33 discs.
My Favorites so far – I haven’t put a lot of thought into how these compare with 2009 but I’d say any of them would have had a shot at #1 on my list last year.
Hot Chip :: One Life Stand
Hold Steady :: Heaven is Whenever
Broken Bells :: Broken Bells
Apples In Stereo :: Travellers In Space
Eels :: End Times
LCD Soundsystem – This is Happening
The National :: High Violet
Gorillaz :: Plastic Beach
Los Campesinos::Romance Is Boring
Great discs. Each of these discs (well, half of them anyways) – will be #1 on somebody’s list at the end of the year
Charlotte Gainsbourg::IRM
She & Him :: Volume Two
The Frightened Rabbit :: The Winter of Mixed Drinks
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club :: Beat The Devil’s Tattoo
Ted Leo :: Brutalist Bricks
Caribou :: Swim
Titus Andronicus :: The Monitor
Black Keys :: Brothers
Strongly Recommend - Really strong discs, although we’ve finally started to fade a little bit
OK Go:: Of The Blue Colour of the Morning Sky
Kasey Anderson :: Nowhere Nights
MGMT :: Congratulations
Surfer Blood :: Astro Coast
Very good stuff. Really hard to believe that 5 months into the year I have discs this far down from some of my all-time favorites… and I can’t even classify them as “disappointing”.
Josh Ritter – So Runs The World Away
The New Pornographers – Together
Beach House :: Teen Dream
Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore :: Dear Companion
Spoon :: Transference
Yeasayer :: Odd Blood
The Magnetic Fields :: Realism
The Morning Benders :: Big Echo => first couple songs had me convinced awesome, then dove
Drive By Truckers :: The Big Todo
Midlake :: The Courage of Others => starts really strong, fades really fast
Jakob Dylan :: Women and Country
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Yep, the first 6 months of this year more than make up for the inexplicable lack of good albums last year, even with a few surprise disappointments (MGMT, Spoon).
LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
The New Pornographers – Together
The National – High Violet
The Black Keys – Brothers
Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma
Caribou – Swim
Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record
Vampire Weekend – Contra
And also…
The Hotrats – Turn Ons (covers)
Pavement – Quarentine the Past (best of)
Great list — I’m going to have to give Flying Lotus a try.
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