December 2010
7 posts
Best records from other years that I listened to...
I’ve definitely never made one of these lists before.
I spent a lot of this year not listening to new music. I’d look at my playlist of unlistened albums, and, with a few exceptions, just not be excited about them. I spent a large chunk of the year listening to nothing but old twee indie pop, and a brief spell listening to a lot of black metal.
At any rate, here are a few albums I...
Best of 2009, addendum
I’ve never actually done a list like this before, but I was writing the introduction for my best of 2010 list, and thought for a second about the part where I say that I haven’t listened to every record from a year in that year. And I thought: why not go back, a year later, and see if there’s anything I’ve listened to that I would have added to last year’s list if...
Best of 2010
It is again that time of year when I give away all the records that I really liked this year.
For those who are unfamiliar, every year on here I do a list of the records that I liked that came out this year. It is, first and foremost, an exercise about taking stock of my year in music. It’s not necessarily about what is really best, and I never rank albums. Much like the way I do posts...
I Farm (15)
Jawbreaker (13)
Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans (10)
The Impossibles (10)
Cloudland Canyon (9)
The Max Levine Ensemble (4)
Operation: Cliff Clavin (3)
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Jawbreaker (42)
The Smiths (28)
Shang-A-Lang (22)
La Roux (14)
Crystal Castles (14)
Major Lazer & La Roux (14)
Wavves (13)
Super Wild Horses (12)
Reading Rainbow (11)
Nightmares for a week (11)
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I told my ladyfriend today that I’d spent...
Your Heart Breaks (22)
Japanther (21)
The Ergs! (15)
Black Tambourine (4)
Wrath of the Weak (1)
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