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SCROTUM [Edit] [Delete] 55 replies 18:55, 19 November '10

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.

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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.

Miikka | 19 Nov '10, 19:18 | X
- i made this just now,
  
  by no means complete...
  http://open.spotify.com/user/zakpaddy/playlist/2A864zMA5eRgRrRVZpbVo3
  
  see_why_en_I_see @Miikka | 19 Nov '10, 19:19 | X
- 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
  
  SCROTUM @Miikka | 19 Nov '10, 20:04 | X
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

Luis_Carruthers | 19 Nov '10, 19:48 | X
can't tell if this is sarcastic or not but I really liked this track

meowington @grouchland | 19 Nov '10, 20:24 | X
- 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.
  
  meowington @grouchland | 19 Nov '10, 20:48 | X
- My guess would be that
  
  'Angela Surf City' will do well as far as tracks of 2010 are concerned. 'Rill Rill', too.
  
  Coja | 19 Nov '10, 20:19 | X
  - Beat me to Rill Rill ;)
    
    Stereotypewriter @Coja | 19 Nov '10, 20:24 | X
- 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.
  
  Stereotypewriter | 19 Nov '10, 20:22 | X
  - 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.
    
    Stereotypewriter @brightonb | 22 Nov '10, 16:05 | X
  - Freddie Gibbs - National Anthem
    
    http://vimeo.com/15144781 HEEEAAAAAAAAT
    
    Wiz Khalifa - Black and Yellow
    http://vimeo.com/15723623
    
    theShipment | 19 Nov '10, 20:26 | X
  - 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.
    
    stalecloud | 19 Nov '10, 20:55 | X
  - And So I Watch You From Afar - S is For Salamander
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opnMQlDA0sc&feature=related
    
    shucks | 19 Nov '10, 21:05 | X
    
    Icarus-Smicarus this'd this
  - Impossible Soul innit.
    
    Teeej | 19 Nov '10, 22:24 | X
    
    politelydeclined, subbero, and automatik this'd this
  - 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
    
    19948 | 19 Nov '10, 22:29 | X
    - 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
      
      SCROTUM @19948 | 19 Nov '10, 23:19 | X
  - 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
    
    RobinPlaysChords | 19 Nov '10, 23:22 | X
  - Are you trying to imply that it's the Drums?
    
    19948 @buynikeshoes_09 | 19 Nov '10, 23:40 | X
  - 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..
    
    maccaz91 | 19 Nov '10, 23:50 | X
    - 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.
      
      robluvsnic @maccaz91 | 20 Nov '10, 13:56 | X
  - 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
    
    milkeyes | 20 Nov '10, 14:50 | X
  - 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.
    
    -dan- | 20 Nov '10, 15:31 | X
  - Acapella
    + the rest of my playlist http://open.spotify.com/user/seaninsound/playlist/69tQI6rO5qLRTh0nPnmPNm
    
    sean | 20 Nov '10, 16:18 | X
  - ctrl+f Mr Peterson
    
    :(
    
    sean | 20 Nov '10, 16:20 | X
    
    automatik this'd this
    - Still have no idea what would compel someone to want to listen to that song.
      
      Luis_Carruthers @sean | 20 Nov '10, 18:55 | X
  - 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
    
    deadwrong | 20 Nov '10, 16:23 | X
  - 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
    
    kilgore-trout | 20 Nov '10, 16:30 | X
    - 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
      
      SCROTUM @kilgore-trout | 20 Nov '10, 18:11 | X
      - yeah
        
        its way better than anything on crystal castles album
        
        kilgore-trout @SCROTUM | 20 Nov '10, 22:56 | X
  - 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
    
    jazz-ballet | 20 Nov '10, 17:07 | X
  - 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
    
    cc981 | 20 Nov '10, 17:07 | X
  - ...
    
    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
    
    charliepanayi | 20 Nov '10, 19:00 | X
    - .
      
      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
      
      karl @charliepanayi | 20 Nov '10, 19:26 | X
  - 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
    
    still_here | 20 Nov '10, 21:02 | X
    - Oh shit forgot impossible soul
      
      that too
      
      still_here @still_here | 20 Nov '10, 21:04 | X
    - this^ to the last part
      
      didn't read the rest. ;)
      
      oneforghost @still_here | 20 Nov '10, 21:45 | X
    - well...
      
      about 2000 people have already read this thread. not as many have replied.
      
      sean @still_here | 21 Nov '10, 09:43 | X
  - 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
    
    Jaymoo | 20 Nov '10, 21:50 | X
  - 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"
    
    sartana | 21 Nov '10, 09:32 | X
  - My spotify list of last years best tracks (365 tracks - one for each day)
    
    http://familyofnoise.blogspot.com/2010/01/mix-of-year.html
    
    sartana | 21 Nov '10, 09:36 | X
  - 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
    
    hannah842 | 21 Nov '10, 10:45 | X
  - 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
    
    silks | 21 Nov '10, 12:20 | X
  - Only one stands out head and shoulders for me
    
    65daysofstatic - Tiger Girl.
    What an incredible song.
    
    MyVelocity | 21 Nov '10, 12:48 | X
    - 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.
      
      MyVelocity @MyVelocity | 21 Nov '10, 12:50 | X
  - 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
    
    TinyHawks | 22 Nov '10, 05:33 | 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.
    
    amnuck | 22 Nov '10, 09:53 | X
  - itt
    
    noone understanding the concept of consensus pop/indie hit
    
    dinosaurchestra | 22 Nov '10, 11:09 | X
  - 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
    
    noise_annoys | 22 Nov '10, 16:33 | X
    - oh yeah
      
      and General Patton by Big Boi
      
      noise_annoys @noise_annoys | 22 Nov '10, 16:33 | X
      
      theShipment this'd this

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