AustinBloggyLimits - An Austin Music Blog: 12/19/10

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Bloggy's Best of 2010 - Music

If you're like me and you probably are if you read blogs, you love lists. Well, 'tis the season and if you can't beat 'em join 'em along with several other clichés. So, let me lead off this year's best albums of 2010 list with the usual disclaimers. The first of which is, love of art is subjective it's hard to compare a hip-hop album to lo-fi garage-rock and then subsequently rank them but that's what I intend to do. Also, I have a full-time job, which doesn't include blogging I also like to watch films and television SO I didn't listen to every album that came out this year I also didn't listen to all of the most critically-acclaimed albums of the year.

Yesterday you had the chance to read Shivvy's best of list, which I fully approve of. Combined with this list, you should get a nice picture in 28 albums of what 2010 had to offer in the way of music. With that all said, I give you the official Bloggy selections for best albums of 2010:

15. White Denim - Last Day of Summer (Self-released)

White Denim

If You're Changing

YouTube

14. Harlem - Hippies (Matador)

Harlem - Gay Human Bones video via YouTube

13. Delorean - Subiza (True Panther Sounds)

Delorean - Stay Close video via YouTube

12. Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History (Glassnote)

Two Door Cinema Club - Something Good Can Work video via YouTube

11. Caribou - Swim (Merge)

Caribou - Odessa video via YouTube

10. Fang Island - Fang Island (Sargent House)

Fang Island - Daisy video via YouTube

9. Twin Shadow - Forget (Terrible Records)

Twin Shadow - Castles in the Snow video via YouTube

8. the Morning Benders - Big Echo (Rough Trade)

the Morning Benders - All Day Day Light video via YouTube

7. Hot Chip - One Life Stand (EMI)

Hot Chip - I Feel Better video via YouTube

6. Spoon - Transference (Merge)

Spoon - Written in Reverse video via YouTube

5. Menomena - Mines (Barsuk)

Menomena - Taos video via YouTube

4. Robyn - Body Talk (Konichiwa)

Robyn - Hang With Me video via YouTube

3. Arcade Fire - the Suburbs (Merge)

Arcade Fire - Ready to Start video via YouTube

2. Beach House - Teen Dream (Sub Pop)

Beach House - Silver Soul video via YouTube

1. Local Natives - Gorilla Manor (Frenchkiss)

Local Natives - Who Knows Who Cares video via YouTube

Shivvy's Best Of 2010 - Music

I'm honored to have what I believe is the first ever guest post contribution here at Austin Bloggy Limits. Some of you may know me from when I was on the air at WOXY. It's been a tumultuous year as far as my relationship with music goes. When WOXY closed down in late March, it was literally the first time in twelve years when it wasn't my job to keep up with the cutting edge of new releases. Honestly, I took some downtime and I can say that music was still a huge part of my year, but it didn't dominate it. I definitely didn't listen to as many albums as I normally would have and I know I probably missed out on some great stuff as a result.

Luckily, I still saw a ton of live music and many of my promoter friends continued to keep me in the loop with their artists. The following list represents my favorite records of the year, not the hippest. These are the albums I bought, mostly on vinyl, and have played over and over again. They paint a picture of how I'll remember the year, through good times and bad. I'm looking forward to 2011, but many of these records will keep soundtracking my life for a long time to come.