Tuesday, November 23, 2010

I Spoke Too Soon: Best of 2010 Update: The Final List (Seriously)

  1. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Before Today
  2. Deerhunter Halcyon Digest
  3. Titus Andronicus The Monitor
  4. Beach House Teen Dream
  5. LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening
  6. Girls Broken Dreams Club
  7. Arcade Fire The Suburbs
  8. The Tallest Man On Earth The Wild Hunt
  9. Sufjan Stevens The Age of Adz
  10. Perfume Genius Learning
  11. Woods At Echo Lake
  12. The Fresh & Onlys Play It Strange
  13. Local Natives Gorilla Manor
  14. Phosphorescent Here's To Taking It Easy
  15. Belle & Sebastian Write About Love
  16. Shearwater The Golden Archipelago
  17. Spoon Transference
  18. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists The Brutalist Bricks
  19. Wolf Parade Expo 86
  20. Broken Bells Broken Bells
Every year I make a mix to go with the list. I try to keep the albums in order, the tracks representative of the albums (if you like the track, you'll like the album) while still making a mix that flows together well. Here's this year's:
  1. Round and Round -Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Before Today
  2. Helicopter -Deerhunter Halcyon Digest
  3. A More Perfect Union -Titus Andronicus The Monitor
  4. Norway -Beach House Teen Dream
  5. I Can Change -LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening
  6. Heartbreaker -Girls Broken Dreams Club
  7. Deep Blue -Arcade Fire The Suburbs
  8. King of Spain -The Tallest Man On Earth The Wild Hunt
  9. I Walked -Sufjan Stevens The Age of Adz
  10. Mr. Peterson -Perfume Genius Learning
  11. Suffering Season -Woods At Echo Lake
  12. Waterfall -The Fresh & Onlys Play It Strange
  13. Airplanes -Local Natives Gorilla Manor
  14. The Mermaid Parade -Phosphorescent Here's To Taking It Easy
  15. I'm Not Living In The Real World -Belle & Sebastian Write About Love
  16. Castaways -Shearwater The Golden Archipelago
  17. Is Love Forever? -Spoon Transference
  18. Bottled Up In Cork -Ted Leo & the Pharmacists The Brutalist Bricks
  19. Cloud Shadow On The Mountain -Wolf Parade Expo 86
  20. The High Road -Broken Bells Broken Bells

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Best of 2o1o Update: The Final List

  1. Deerhunter Halcyon Digest
  2. Titus Andronicus The Monitor
  3. Beach House Teen Dream
  4. LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening
  5. Arcade Fire The Suburbs
  6. The Tallest Man On Earth The Wild Hunt
  7. Sufjan Stevens The Age of Adz
  8. Local Natives Gorilla Manor
  9. Phosphorescent Here's To Taking It Easy
  10. Perfume Genius Learning
  11. Belle & Sebastian Write About Love
  12. Woods At Echo Lake
  13. Shearwater The Golden Archipelago
  14. The Fresh & Onlys Play It Strange
  15. Spoon Transference
  16. Harlem Hippies
  17. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists The Brutalist Bricks
  18. The Hold Steady Heaven Is Whenever
  19. Wolf Parade Expo 86
  20. Broken Bells Broken Bells
  21. Midlake The Courage of Others

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Best of 2o1o Update: The Top 15

  1. Deerhunter Halcyon Digest
  2. Titus Andronicus The Monitor
  3. Beach House Teen Dream
  4. LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening
  5. Arcade Fire The Suburbs
  6. The Tallest Man On Earth The Wild Hunt
  7. Sufjan Stevens The Age of Adz
  8. Local Natives Gorilla Manor
  9. Phosphorescent Here's To Taking It Easy
  10. Perfume Genius Learning
  11. Belle & Sebastian Write About Love
  12. Woods At Echo Lake
  13. Shearwater The Golden Archipelago
  14. The Fresh & Onlys Play It Strange
  15. Spoon Transference

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Best of 2010 Update: Top 10

  1. Halcyon Digest Deerhunter
  2. The Monitor Titus Andronicus
  3. Teen Dream Beach House
  4. This Is Happening LCD Soundsystem
  5. The Suburbs Arcade Fire
  6. The Wild Hunt The Tallest Man On Earth
  7. The Age of Adz Sufjan Stevens
  8. Gorilla Manor Local Natives
  9. Here's To Taking It Easy Phosphorescent
  10. Learning Perfume Genius

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Best of 2010 Update

A little less than 2 months away from the end of 2010 and I feel confident that Deerhunter's Halcyon Digest is going to be my number one pick. Fairly certain there won't be any new material that can knock it out of the running. I'll even go so far as to list my top 5, which gives you the top quarter or so of the entries. So, without further ado...
  1. Halycon Digest (Deerhunter)
  2. The Monitor (Titus Andronicus)
  3. Teen Dream (Beach House)
  4. The Suburbs (Arcade Fire)
  5. The Wild Hunt (The Tallest Man On Earth)

Monday, November 1, 2010

Detroit Rock City

Maybe it was last week's Texas themed mix, but this week I've been listening to artists from the area of my birth (technically, I was born in St. Joseph), Detroit. Love the gritty of the city that brings these artists together in a way that only Detroit can do. They might not all have been born or raised there, but these are the singers and performers that shaped the scene.
  1. Hotel Yorba (The White Stripes)
  2. Lust For Life (Iggy Pop)
  3. Runaway (Del Shannon)
  4. 96 Tears (? and the Mysterians)
  5. Mustang Sally (Wilson Pickett)
  6. I Can't Help Myself (The Four Tops)
  7. Shop Around (The Miracles)
  8. See You Later Alligator (Bill Haley & the Comets)
  9. Dancing In The Street (Martha & the Vandellas)
  10. Just My Imagination (The Temptations)
  11. Inner City Blues (Marvin Gaye)
  12. Pastime Paradise (Stevie Wonder)
  13. My Name Is (Eminem)
  14. Cat Scratch Fever (Ted Nugent)
  15. Doggin' Around (Jackie Wilson)
  16. Stop! In The Name of Love (The Supremes)
  17. Midnight Train To Georgia (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
  18. Cherish (Madonna)
  19. Chain of Fools (Aretha Franklin)
  20. Closer To Home (Grand Funk Railroad)