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Tracks of 2010
Last year it was evident that My Girls, 1901, Two Weeks, Stillness Is The Move, Sea Within A Sea, Zero, Listzomania, Daniel, Bad Romance, Hyph Mngo, Crystallised et al were the towering tracks that the indieverse would almost unanimously move for as some of the best.
But if the album lists are a bit trickier in 2010 to predict, trying to nail down the consensus about singles might prove a lot harder. Well, apart from Fuck You which damn near everyone is gonna plump for.
So what else are we looking at? Some I could think of were: Cold War/Tightrope, Dancing On My Own, Round And Round, O.N.E., Odessa, Shutterbugg, Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains), Eyesore, Bloodbuzz Ohio, On Melancholy Hill, Dance Yrself Clean and fucking loadsa Kanye tracks.
weird
that I know all the last year's by name, but almost none of this year's.
it's just me I'm sure.
i made this just now,
by no means complete...
http://open.spotify.com/user/zakpaddy/playlist/2A864zMA5eRgRrRVZpbVo3
okay so I don't have spotify so in case the link up there ^ doesn't correspond:
Cee Lo Green - Fuck You
Janelle Monae - Cold War/Tightrope
Robyn - Dancing On My Own
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round And Round
Yeasayer - O.N.E.
Caribou - Odessa
Big Boi - Shutterbugg
Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
Women - Eyesore
The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill
LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean
Kanye could have any one of Monster, Power, So Appalled, Lost In The World or Runaway
Captain Ahab - Acting Hard
Won't unite the indieverse and form like voltron or whatever the fuck, but it's way better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be7hN1BB608
can't tell if this is sarcastic or not but I really liked this track
I had tickets to see them in October - I think
We sacked it off though. I kinda wish I didn't as I do really like that album.
My guess would be that
'Angela Surf City' will do well as far as tracks of 2010 are concerned. 'Rill Rill', too.
Beat me to Rill Rill ;)
M.I.A's 'It Takes A Muscle' is my favourite single.
One of Hot Chip's singles (they really should've released a third single and chosen Alley Cats imo). I should probably save myself for the end of year threads but I'll throw these out:
Famine Affair - of Montreal.
Proud Evolution - Liars.
Revival - Deerhunter.
Love Cry - Four Tet.
Go Do - Jonsi.
Stylo - Gorillaz.
We Used To Wait - Arcade Fire.
Rill Rill - Sleigh Bells.
Yeah, it's more of a personal favourite but I think it deserves acclaim despite being a cover.
It's a bright, colourful and upbeat song, perhaps a bit simple, but I think a lot of this years singles have been quite dreary. Admittedly the autotune/distortion in the chorus could be a dealbreaker for many.
Freddie Gibbs - National Anthem
http://vimeo.com/15144781 HEEEAAAAAAAAT
Wiz Khalifa - Black and Yellow
http://vimeo.com/15723623
Gauntlet Hair
both out/don't and i was thinking
small black - photojournalist
sleigh bells - infinity guitars
a ton more certainly. seemed like a great year for singles.
And So I Watch You From Afar - S is For Salamander
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opnMQlDA0sc&feature=related
Impossible Soul innit.
The suburbs (continued) - Arcade fire
Aminals - Baths
Jamelia - Caribou
Do the astral plane- Flying lotus
She just likes to fight - Four Tet
Kowboyz&Indians - Gonjasufi
Animal Arithmatic - Jonsi
Pow Pow - LCD
Afraid fof everyone - National
Treats - Sleigh Bells
and there are a few amazing tracks of the Sufjan Stevens album
I was talking more about consensus-type tracks of the year
but yeah, Treats and She Just Likes To Fight would be in my top 25 probz
Altar Eagle - Battlegrounds
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round
Beach House - Lover Of Mine
Dum Dum Girls - Jail La La
Gil-Scott Heron - Me And The Devil
Jónsi - Grow Till Tall
Mantler - Fresh and Fair
Noisia - Machine Gun (16 Bit Remix)
Onra - High Hopes (feat. Reggie B)
Yeasayer - Madder Red
Are you trying to imply that it's the Drums?
One that no one's mentioned yet..
Spanish Sahara by Foals?
But definitely Odessa, something by Arcade Fire (Sprawl II?)/LCD (Dance Yrself Clean)/The National..could be a number of tracks though.
Hopefully Madder Red too..
Synchronicity
Was just trying to narrow down my favourite tracks of the year — one per artist. Really tough to cut some artists back to just one track:
Audience No. 2 —Autolux
Tip the can — The Cast of Cheers
Where I'm Going — Cut Copy
Living In America — DOM
USA Boys — HEALTH
Drunk Girls — LCD Soundsystem
Bang Bang Bang — Mark Ronson
Girl I Love You — Massive Attack
This Time Around — The Radio Dept.
Tell 'Em — Sleigh Bells
Freak — The Smashing Pumpkins
Undertow — Warpaint
Sprawl II — Arcade Fire
Maze — Actress
Chaos — New Young Pony Club
*yawn* boring, etc.
Coronado - Deerhunter
Younger Us - Japandroids
Indoorsy - Baths
General Patton - Big Boi
Definitely one of the other songs from Age of Adz as well as Impossible Soul
Maybe Vesuvius or I Want To Be Well
I think I know one of those 2009 ones
and just the Janelle Monae ones of this year. Of which Cold War would be an all-time classic if it had any kind of bassline, but which as it is is disappointingly shallow and (unfortuately, cos I like it) probably won't stand up to more than a few more listens.
Acapella
+ the rest of my playlist http://open.spotify.com/user/seaninsound/playlist/69tQI6rO5qLRTh0nPnmPNm
ctrl+f Mr Peterson
:(
Still have no idea what would compel someone to want to listen to that song.
My favourites
The Walkmen - Juveniles
Titus Andronicus - A More Perfect Union
Eleven Tigers - Stableface
LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean
Pantha Du Prince - Lay In A Shimmer
Janelle Monae - Tightrope
Liars - No Barrier Fun
Chilly Gonzales - I Am Europe
Everything Everything - MY KZ UR BF
Deerhunter - Helicopter
Besnard Lakes - Land of Living Skies Pt 1 & 2
Women - Eyesore
i would add
Not in Love - Crystal Castles feat. Robert Smith
Gold Panda - You
Pulled apart by Horses - High five, Swan Dive, Nose Dive
The Twilight Sad - The Wrong Car
DOM - Living in America
James Blake - CMYK
Frightened Rabbit - Swim Until You Can't See Land
Foals - Afterglow
Mount Kimbie - Carbonated
Laura Marling - Blackberry Stone
Team Ghosts - Signs and Wonders
Tall Ships - Chemistry
Vampire Weekend - Diplomat's Son
CIVIL CIVIC - Run Overdrive
I'd behind you on DOM and PABH
two of my absolute favourites.
CC w/Robert Smith will get a lot of acclaim I reckon
yeah
its way better than anything on crystal castles album
a couple of songs
and so i watch you from afar - d is for django the bastard
gorillaz - stylo
liars - scissor
crippled black phoenix - fantastic justice
alcest - ecailles de lune I
villagers - becoming a jackal
shining - exit sun
deer tick - goodbye dear friend
The Phantom Band - Into the Corn
The Twilight Sad - The Wrong Car
Foals - Black Gold
Warpaint - Warpaint
The National - Runaway/England
Beach House - Used to Be
Interpol - Lights
...
Beach House - Norway
Jonsi - Grow Til Tall
Robyn - Dancing On My Own
Caribou - Odessa
LCD Soundsystem - All I Want
Janelle Monae - Tightrope
Big Boi ft. Janelle Monae - Be Still
Arcade Fire - The Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
Sleigh Bells - A/B Machines
Sufjan Stevens - Impossible Soul
.
Liars - Scissor/Goodnight Everything
Mark Pritchard - Heavy as Stone
James Blake - CMYK/I only know
Gorillaz - White Flag
Debruit - Nigeria What?
Jamie Woon - Night Air
Los Camps - The Sea is a Good Place to Think of The Future
Deerhunter - He Would Have LAughed
Foals - Spanish Sahara
And something from Age of Adz
I do wonder how many people actually read other people's recommendations
I doubt it's many
For the record I'd say there were 4 big tracks that are favourites of mine this year. Actually five.
PVT- Window
Efterklang- Modern Drift
Jonsi- Go
65DOS- Tiger Girl
Trouble Books- Abandoned Monorail Station
Abandoned Monorail Station is seriously beautiful, y'all should have a listen if you haven't heard it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7FqypfaJxY
Oh shit forgot impossible soul
that too
this^ to the last part
didn't read the rest. ;)
well...
about 2000 people have already read this thread. not as many have replied.
a few (in no particular order)
Los Campesinos! - Too Many Flesh Suppers
LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean
Best Coast - Boyfriend
Esben and the Witch - Lucia at the Precipice
Weezer - Wheres My Sex?
Beach House - Real Love
Warpaint - Undertow
Foals - 2 Trees
Twin Sister - The Other Side of Your Face
Mark Ronson - Bang Bang Bang
Blood Red Shoes - Heartsink
Veronica Falls - Stephen
You Say Party! - There Is XXXX (Within My Heart)
Zola Jesus - Poor Animal
Teeth - See Spaces
Summer Camp - Ghost Train
no then...
Clipd Beaks "Visions"
Eddy Current Supression Ring "Wet Cement" or "Tuning Out"
Owen Pallett "Oh Heartland, Up Yours!"
Jonsi "Boy Lilikoi"
These New Puritans "We Want War"
Abe Vigoda "Dream of My Love (Chasing After You)"
Beach House "Norway"
Oh No Ono "The Wave Ballet"
Charlotte Gainsbourg "Vanities"
Japandroids "Heavward Grand Prix"
The Knife "Colouring of Pigeons"
Liars "Scissor"
Tapestry of Webs "Parlyzer"
S.Carey "In the Dirt"
Shield Your Eyes "Torn Apart on Details" (2009?)
Vampire Weekend "I Think UR A Contra"
Clogs "Red Seas"
Fang Island "Daisy" / "Davy Crockett"
My spotify list of last years best tracks (365 tracks - one for each day)
http://familyofnoise.blogspot.com/2010/01/mix-of-year.html
Nothing you wont have heard on here but...
Janelle Monae - Tightrope
Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
Joanna Newsom - Good Intentions Paving Company (or Easy maybe - first disk is my favourite)
have been my three standout tracks this year
too many...
Gorillaz- empire ants
Janelle Monae- Tightrope
Caribou- Jamelia/odessa
Joanna Newsom- Baby Birch
These New Puritans- We want war
James Blake- I only know (what i now know)
Beach House- Norway
Avey Tare- Laughing hieroglyphic
Panda Bear- Last night at the jetty
Guido- Anidea
Four Tet- Angel Echoes
Flying Lotus- mmhmm/and the world laughs
Deerhunter- he would have laughed
Das Racist- rapping 2 u/luv it mayne/shorty said
The roots- Walk alone
Mount Kimbie- Before I move off
Sufjan- I walked
Morning Benders- Promises
baths- lovely bloodflow
Forest swords- hjurt/rattling cage
Jamie xx- Far nearer
Big Boi- Shutterbug/follow us
Tallest man on earth- love is all
Spoon- Nobody gets me but you
Teengirl Fantasy- Cheaters
Only one stands out head and shoulders for me
65daysofstatic - Tiger Girl.
What an incredible song.
Thats not me being miserable about music from 2010 btw
There have been plenty of songs that I have loved, but if someone were to tell me I could only pick out one song, it would be that one.
Well there's alot of bands not mentioned so...
Errors - Supertribe
Field Music - Lets Write A Book
Gold Panda - You
Deerhunter - Desire Lines
Baths - Animal
Glenn Branca - The tone row that ruled the world
Mount Kimbie - Before i move off
Swans - No Words/No Thoughts
Simian Mobile Disco - Aspic
Venetian Snares - Ultraviolent Junglist
The Futureheads - The Chaos
Tropics - Soft Vision
Boston Spaceships - The Way Out
Zach Hill - House Of Hits
Prince Rama - Thunderdrums
Everything Everything - Final Form
The Gaslamp Killer - Shattering Inner Journeys
Pantha Du Price - Lay In A Shimmer
Radioactive Man - You, Me And The Gatepost
Crystal Castles - Celestica
Purling Hiss - Run From The City
Negative Approach - Nothing ( Re issue!!)
Ikonika - Continue
Shipping News - The Delicate
JesusLesFilles - On Verra
Women - China Steps
Tobacco - Constellation Dirtbike Head
Thee Oh Sees - Mega Feast
Kingfisherg - Indian Mound
Afrirampo - Miracle Lucky Girls
Evil Bebos - The End
And pretty much ANYTHING Mark Mcguire ( Emeralds ) released this year. x
I think the song from this year I've listened to most, by far, has been
'Bermuda' by Kisses
http://youtu.be/jitzcGjyW18
It is a very good pop song.
itt
noone understanding the concept of consensus pop/indie hit
Erykah Badu - Window Seat
Teebs - Arthur's Birds
Japandroids - Heavenward Grand Prix
Toro Y Moi - Blessa
Deerhunter - Helicopter
The Fall - Weather Report 2
Black Milk - Deadly Medley
Flying Lotus - Pickled!
Strong Arm Steady - Best of Times
oh yeah
and General Patton by Big Boi