Records of the 2010

[Lancashire Fusileer]

A few late additions and things I forgot.
The new Marie Stern one is pretty bloody special
Lower Dens - Twin Hands Movement http://stereogum.com/372191/band-to-wat ... -to-watch/

as is this,

[mwng10]

belle and seb - write about love
sparrow and the workshop - crystals fall
manics - postcards...
bluetones - a new athens
new pornographers - together

[Busty]

In case anyone's interested, I put together a Spotify best of 2010 while bored. Tap this into the search bar to listen and criticise. It's shorn of Arcade Fire and Avi Buffalo tracks as they're not on Spotify, but otherwise, knock yourself out.

spotify:user:mattigregory:playlist:5SzmwGlv8vyttb8J6W7ORT

[Raumfahrer]

its what i imagine an Ood's bumhole to look like.

[Szabo]

Crikey that's gotta hurt!

[avocetboy]

Probably the most hideous picture I have ever seen......Northern Pete, you should be banned for life

[ezears]

Fresh & Onlys
Clinic
(great double-bill gig recently)
Deerhunter
Wild Norhing
Domint Legs ep
Fran Healy
Tame Impala
The Paradise Motel
Rose Elinor Dougall
Love Language

I actually listen to more music now, and can enjoy albums at my leisure by virtue of convenience: working in the yard, my kids' sports practices, in bed, apple tv, on the road! Though I sill buy vinyl and CDs.
I hope books don't follow the same trend to that degree, as contradictory as that may sound.

That photo was uncalled for. For any thread, but especially this one being a popular thread this time of year.
Now that we' got a laugh, can we make it disappear? I know, I'm a priss.

[Ronald Amundsen]

Probably the most hideous picture I have ever seen......Northern Pete, you should be banned for life

Surely as a manure fan you must have seen a picture of Gary Neville before?

[Heartland]

Probably the most hideous picture I have ever seen......Northern Pete, you should be banned for life

I hate almost all forms of censorship, or cries to ban or prohibit, but in this case you're right.

While I'm on;

The Fall - YFOC
TSDOLE - Drown your heart again
The National - High Violet

[The Other Half]

Friedrich Cerha's 1959-60 orchestral cycle Spiegel I-VII. Think of the eerie music that Kubrick used for the monolith and star ride scenes in 2001 (György Ligeti), and you'll have some idea what Cerha sounds like.

[blir]

It seems safe to come back in here, sooo...

My crap fairly mainstream album prefs as I scored them throughout the year, so maybe not precisely how I feel about them at this very moment, but...

Rank - Score - Artist - Album
01 - 9.0 - Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
02 - 8.5 - The Phantom Band - The Wants
03 - 8.0 - The Secret History - The World That Never Was
04 - 8.0 - Pomegranates - One of Us
05 - 8.0 - Crocodiles - Sleep Forever
06 - 8.0 - The Dig - The Dig
07 - 8.0 - LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
08 - 8.0 - Veil Veil Vanish - Change In Neon Light
09 - 8.0 - Delphic - Acolyte
10 - 8.0 - Shout Out Louds - Work
11 - 8.0 - Soundpool - Mirrors In Your Eyes
12 - 7.5 - Band Of Horses - Infinite Arms
13 - 7.5 - Clinic - Bubblegum
14 - 7.0 - Working For a Nuclear Free City - Jojo Burger Tempest
15 - 7.5 - Film School - Fission
16 - 7.5 - Caribou - Swim
17 - 8.0 - Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. - Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.
18 - 7.5 - Hey Champ - Star
19 - 7.5 - Royksopp - Senior
20 - 7.0 - Stars - The Five Ghosts
21 - 7.0 - New Young Pony Club - The Optimist
22 - 7.0 - Fight Like Apes - The Body Of Christ And The Legs of Tina Turner
23 - 7.0 - Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
24 - 7.0 - Wild Nothing - Gemini
25 - 7.0 - The Soft Pack - The Soft Pack

And the bottom of the barrel, at least of the ones I've listened to thoroughly. Much more drek out there that I wouldn't even bother with of course...

86 - 4.5 - jj - jj n° 3
87 - 4.5 - O Children - O Children
88 - 4.5 - Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (II)
89 - 4.0 - Black Tambourine - Black Tambourine
90 - 4.0 - Goldfrapp - Head First
91 - 4.0 - Hurts - Happiness
92 - 4.0 - Interpol - Interpol
93 - 4.0 - These New Puritans - Hidden
94 - 4.0 - Yeasayer - Odd Blood
95 - 3.5 - The Black Keys - Brothers
96 - 3.0 - Best Coast - Crazy For You
97 - 3.0 - The National - High Violet
98 - 3.0 - We Are Scientists - Barbara
99 - 2.0 - The Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards
100 - 2.0 - No Age - Everything in Between

[Andy White]

96 - 2.0 - No Age - Everything in Between

Ha, brilliant. My album of the year, no less..

[beforetheflood]

Righteously Rated:
LCD Soundsytem - This is Happening
Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
Caribou - Swim
Holy Fuck - Latin
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
Sufjan Stevens - The Age Of Adz
Grinderman - Grinderman 2
Neil Young - Le Noise

Seriously Overrated:
The National - High Violet (does anyone remember)
Arcade Fire - I can't remember the name only the overblown angst
Best Coast - Fuck off California
Blonde Redhead - I didn't pay a penny for you lover
Foals - Total Life In Prison
Belle and Sebastian - Write About Something Else

[blir]

96 - 2.0 - No Age - Everything in Between

Ha, brilliant. My album of the year, no less..

Hahah! Taste is a funny thing i'nit?

[Lancashire Fusileer]

The Deerhunter record missed me & lots of people have been ranting about it. Is it worth the rants I wonder.