Some Year End Lists For Y'All

Zack's Top 11 of 2010

Beach House - Teen Dream
-The secret dance party: you sway and float without even realizing.
Norway (YSI) (filesavr)
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
-The most engrossing hip hop album I have heard perhaps ever.
Sleigh Bells - Treats
-I actually paid for this album - its that addictive.
Rill Rill (YSI) (filesavr)
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
-Like Philip Seymour Hoffman in Synecdoche New York.
Forest Swords - Dagger Paths
-Sleepwalking down a forgotten, mysterious, and curiously rhythmic corridor.
The Light (YSI) (filesavr)
Woods - At Echo Lake
-The sun breaking through the leaves.
Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
-If the universe was based on electronic jazz, rather than math.
Do the Astral Plane (YSI) (filesavr)
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
-James Murphy is hip as fuck.
Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
-People go back and forth, I say unbeatable sci-fi pop.
Mountain Man - Made the Harbor
-Bleak, frail, and stunningly beautiful.
Sewee Sewee (YSI) (filesavr)
Yeasayer - Odd Blood
-40 minutes of happy arms.

Just Missed/Hidden Gems:

Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo
Truth Sets In (YSI) (filesavr)
Glasser - Ring
Maximum Balloon - Maximum Balloon
Buke and Gass - Riposte
Anni Rossi - Heavy Meadow
Magic Man - Real Life Color
Monster (YSI) (filesavr)

Chris is M.I.A. right now, so not sure about his year end thoughts. Hopefully they will show up sooner or later, but for now you're stuck with mine. 2010 was an incredibly dense and diverse year for music with great releases coming from all corners of the musical universe. There are literally too many fantastic albums to listen to them all in a timely manner. I am for instance only getting to Grinderman 2 and the Fresh & Onlys, both of which are pretty awesome. While many albums come an go from 2010 year end lists there are a few, which cannot be denied, while a host of others deserve recognition in some form or another.

2011 you have a lot to live up to...