Jonezy Posted 9 December 2010 Share Posted 9 December 2010 Best individual track of 2010: Crystal Castles - Baptism (If I still went to clubs, that would be my friggin anthem!) Your favourite debut album of the year: Broken Bells - Broken Bells (The Shins with a twist, I love it!) Album of the Year: Yeasayer - Odd Blood (Interesting, playful and full of surprises - wish they were better live!) Best gig attended: Gogol Bordello - Vega/Copenhagen (They have a live reputation for a reason!) Disappointment of the year: Burial, where are you? (Burial's Untrue album is among the most brilliant things ever, and I need a new fix!) Surprise of the year: Magnetic Man and the whole dubstep meets mainstream thing (I really like it though!) Artist of the year: Crystal Castles (For improving on their debut, having one of the most intense live gigs around and staying true to themselves!) Your tip for 2011: Danish band Treefight for Sunlight have been signed up by Bella Union and might have a tiny indie breakthrough with their Beach Boys inspired music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lildave3 Posted 9 December 2010 Share Posted 9 December 2010 Who let the riff-raff in? Sorry for not naming shit indie bands i've never heard of and never will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finchy Posted 9 December 2010 Share Posted 9 December 2010 Sorry for not naming shit indie bands i've never heard of and never will How do you know they are shit then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lildave3 Posted 9 December 2010 Share Posted 9 December 2010 How do you know they are shit then? The clue was in the next word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samilktray Posted 9 December 2010 Share Posted 9 December 2010 Surprise of the year: Magnetic Man and the whole dubstep meets mainstream thing (I really like it though!) Really, I thought the album was quite a dissapointment apart from a couple of tracks, and most of the Dubstep creeping into the Mainstream is pretty generic and lame sounding. Cant wait for Burials next album though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleronnie Posted 9 December 2010 Share Posted 9 December 2010 The clue was in the next word Generalisation?, surely not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonezy Posted 9 December 2010 Share Posted 9 December 2010 Really, I thought the album was quite a dissapointment apart from a couple of tracks, and most of the Dubstep creeping into the Mainstream is pretty generic and lame sounding. Cant wait for Burials next album though Burial really needs to stop all the side projects and give us his next full length. About Magnetic Man.I enjoyed their album for the most part. The surprise was going around in my kitchen this summer and then some random radio DJ announcing Benga and Skreams new project Magnetic Man followed by hearing I Need Air for the first time. That was my most twisted eyebrows moment in music this year. My wording was a bit off with the last bit, what I mean with dubstep meeting mainstream is more to do with the pioneers of dubstep suddenly having a more mainstream approach with their music. How other more mainstream music is affected by dubstep, I really don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samilktray Posted 9 December 2010 Share Posted 9 December 2010 Burial really needs to stop all the side projects and give us his next full length. About Magnetic Man.I enjoyed their album for the most part. The surprise was going around in my kitchen this summer and then some random radio DJ announcing Benga and Skreams new project Magnetic Man followed by hearing I Need Air for the first time. That was my most twisted eyebrows moment in music this year. My wording was a bit off with the last bit, what I mean with dubstep meeting mainstream is more to do with the pioneers of dubstep suddenly having a more mainstream approach with their music. How other more mainstream music is affected by dubstep, I really don't know. Ahh I get you. Skreams album this year was very good too, pretty good year for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket-Ron Posted 13 December 2010 Share Posted 13 December 2010 http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2010/12/the_year-end_top_10_albums_li.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe. Posted 13 December 2010 Share Posted 13 December 2010 http://blogs.phoenix...0_albums_li.php Did quite enjoy that actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Smuts Posted 16 December 2010 Share Posted 16 December 2010 Best individual track of 2010 - Im normally good at these lists but ive really not had as much new music exposure this year. Theres been loads of singles i've played over and over though - Drunk Girls - LCD Soundsystem, Let's Go Surfing - The Drums, Counterpoint - Delphic, Schoolin' - Everything Everything, This Orient - Foals, Radar Detector - Darwin Deez. Sorry thats more of a top 10. Your favourite debut album of the year - Sleigh Bells - Treats, Darwin Deez - Darwin Deez or Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History Album of the Year - - . LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening or Foals - Total Life Forever Best gig attended - I've not been to many but the one i remember most/least was Florence and Pigeon Detectives Disappointment of the year - These New Puritans album getting top spot in the NME's album of the year. I did not like it at all.. Surprise of the year - Liking the new Biffy Clyro album and the new MCR single. Oh and the Crystal Castles/Robert Smith single - lovely suprise. Artist of the year - Laura Marling or Foals Your tip for 2011 -Cults or Mona (Is The Vaccines too obvious?) Im normally more decisive. Or am I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 16 December 2010 Share Posted 16 December 2010 Best Individual Track of 2010 - Ellie Goulding - The Writer or 30 Seconds to Mars - Closer to the Edge Faveourite Debut Album - Young Guns - All Our Kings Are Dead Album of the Year - Kids in Glass Houses - DIRT or My Chemical Romance - Danger Days Best Gig Attended - 30 Seconds To Mars/Enter Shikari at O2, November 30th. Disappointment of the Year - Lostprophets. Their album was released in January, and although I started out liking it, it wasn't long before I got a bit bored of it. I only listen to about 2 or 3 tracks off the album at most now. Surprise of the year - My Chemical Romance - I genuinely thought that their latest album, after such a long break (4 years I think) that it would be a massive flop, especially after all the hype it got. But I've been proved wrong and their new album is delightful to listen to. Some great tracks on it. Same goes for Nicki Minaj; I started off despising her, came across one track and loved it. Then listened to the whole album and it's grown on me a lot. Artist of the Year - 30 Seconds To Mars, Young Guns or Tinie Tempah Tip for 2011 - You And What Army or Funeral Party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 16 December 2010 Share Posted 16 December 2010 Disappointment of the year - These New Puritans album getting top spot in the NME's album of the year. I did not like it at all.. I liked the direction TNP took, We Want War was an absolute monster of a track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 18 December 2010 Share Posted 18 December 2010 Best individual track of 2010 EMIKA - Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina - Stereo Love (heard this song about 5 times a night clubbing around Europe ) Your favourite debut album of the year. Gypsy and the cat - Gilgamesh Album of the Year Two Door Cinema club - Tourist History Best gig attended Powderfinger - Kingsmead Stadium Durban South Africa or Phoenix / Miami Horror in Melbourne disappointment of the year Would probably have to say Kings of Leons new album is a let down surprise of the year Operator please going from kids to a grown up band artist of the year Foals your tip for 2011 The Jezables or Naked and Famous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Smuts Posted 20 December 2010 Share Posted 20 December 2010 I liked the direction TNP took, We Want War was an absolute monster of a track. Never got into it. I'm not sure i gave it much of a chance though if im honest. I just loved the first album so much it disapointed i think. I should also shoutout to James Blake - Limit To Your Love (which is on at the moment drowning out the washing machine and the hoover). Monster track of the year. And The XX album as well (bit obvious though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trav Le Bleu Posted 20 December 2010 Share Posted 20 December 2010 Sorry for not naming shit indie bands i've never heard of and never will There's no such thing as indie, not really. It's just a term that people use to either exclude others or themselves from something that's different. Properly indie music can be as much rap or R&B as a guitar band. As a genre of music, indie is a bit of an urban myth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 20 December 2010 Share Posted 20 December 2010 Your favourite debut album of the year. Gypsy and the cat - Gilgamesh Just stumbled across these man, thought it was you that suggested them on here. I've had Time To Wonder on repeat for a good while now. Very infectious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajthefox Posted 20 December 2010 Share Posted 20 December 2010 There's no such thing as indie, not really. It's just a term that people use to either exclude others or themselves from something that's different. Properly indie music can be as much rap or R&B as a guitar band. As a genre of music, indie is a bit of an urban myth. I totally disagree with what you just said. Whether or not indie is a term you judge to be related to exclusion, I'd argue that the term has been banded about so much in the past few years referring to many bands of a similar sound that the vein it has been used in recently, however false you may determine it to be, is what indie is, according to the present. Music is all about opinions but if you're going to try and be definitive about it then at least go with what could be seen as a more commonly held view of what "proper" *insert genre here* is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potter3 Posted 20 December 2010 Share Posted 20 December 2010 Never got into it. I'm not sure i gave it much of a chance though if im honest. I just loved the first album so much it disapointed i think. I should also shoutout to James Blake - Limit To Your Love (which is on at the moment drowning out the washing machine and the hoover). Monster track of the year. And The XX album as well (bit obvious though) Didn't The XX album come out mid 2009? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe. Posted 20 December 2010 Share Posted 20 December 2010 Didn't The XX album come out mid 2009? Yep. Smuts has had a mare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 21 December 2010 Share Posted 21 December 2010 Just stumbled across these man, thought it was you that suggested them on here. I've had Time To Wonder on repeat for a good while now. Very infectious. Lovely Work Loveday and yeah would of been, you need to check out the album it's quility. Best tracks are Gilgamesh, Time to Wander, The piper song and Joan of Arc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfcadam Posted 23 December 2010 Share Posted 23 December 2010 Best individual track of 2010: Beach House - Walk In The Park Your favourite debut album of the year: Sleigh Bells - Treats Album of the year: Sleigh Bells - Treats Best gig attended: Iggy and The Stooges at Hammersmith Apollo Disappointment of the year: Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards (this probably has more to do with wishing Jack White would just get on with doing the White Stripes again more than anything else...) Surprise of the year: Steve Mason - Boys Outside Artist of the year: Beach House Your tip for 2011: Australia / London's Allo Darlin' hopefully... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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