Monolith Cocktail
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Re: Albums of the Year 2010
Dec 06, 2010, 12:51
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eyeshakingking wrote: Absolutely fantastic year, imo.
I've been keeping track of the best releases this year w/ a list on RYM.
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Eye_Shaking_King/best_of_2010
It's currently 75 albums long, so I'll just post the link instead of the list itself. I'll post a shorter top 25 or something when I have more time.
Really comprehensive list, cheers for sharing the link. Loads of stuff I've not heard of, but shall be checking out.
Dom Valvona
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bubblehead2
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Edited Dec 06, 2010, 15:47
Re: Albums of the Year 2010
Dec 06, 2010, 15:25
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Yeah, some good stuff's come out this year, even i can come up with a few from memory....
Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart
Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
Motorpsycho - Heavy Metal Fruit
Magic Lantern - Platoon
Mugstar - Lime
Gnod Drop Out With White Hills 2
Jane Weaver - The Fallen By Watch Bird
High Wolf - Ascension
Sun Araw - On Patrol / Off Duty
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
MGMT - Congratulations
Grinderman - 2
Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
JG Thirlwell - Venture Bros
Comps...
In Search Of Hawkwind
An Enormous Psychedelic Bubble 3
Deutsche Elektronische Musik
Reissues...
The Fall - Wonderful & Frightening World Of ( 4CD )
Iggy & the Stooges - Raw Power
David Bowie - Station To Station
Motorpsycho - Timothy's Monster
Would love to hear the new Sandy Denny boxset too, hmm, but need to get a PS3 to play Gran Turismo 5, sadly the vicarious thrills of the game will likely win out.
Er, and have probably forgotten a few things that should have been included in the above too ( and apologies if any of them were 2009 releases ! )
Edit - Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today - haven't heard this but looking at your lists it seems that i probably should.
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Dog 3000
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Re: Albums of the Year 2010
Dec 06, 2010, 16:33
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bubblehead2 wrote: Edit - Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today - haven't heard this but looking at your lists it seems that i probably should.
I think that's a "love it or hate it" kind of artist. But IMHO "Before Today" is his best yet, so a good place to start.
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vince
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Re: Albums of the Year 2010
Dec 06, 2010, 17:26
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Dog 3000 wrote: bubblehead2 wrote: Edit - Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today - haven't heard this but looking at your lists it seems that i probably should.
I think that's a "love it or hate it" kind of artist. But IMHO "Before Today" is his best yet, so a good place to start.
I tried and ended up hating it. I'm not down on this retro 80's thing. I remember Hall & Oates the first time around =8-o
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Dog 3000
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Edited Dec 06, 2010, 17:33
Re: Albums of the Year 2010
Dec 06, 2010, 17:28
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vince wrote: I tried and ended up hating it. I'm not down on this retro 80's thing. I remember Hall & Oates the first time around =8-o
To me it sounds more like The Cure trying to play Wings songs in lofi, but there is definitely something "retro 1976-1982" going on here . . .
(PS - I like Hall & Oates too, always have!)
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bubblehead2
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Re: Albums of the Year 2010
Dec 06, 2010, 17:37
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LOL ! Thanks for the advice you two but after reading Vince's comment it's probably best that i give him/them a wide berth !
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Dog 3000
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Edited Dec 06, 2010, 17:42
Re: Albums of the Year 2010
Dec 06, 2010, 17:42
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AP's singing is a lot more Ian Curtis than Hall or Oates.
The music has some similarities to H&O (80's beats, squishy synth hooks) . . . if those two were mopey goths who wrote everything in a minor key and recorded in their mom's basement!
Though if you're allergic to mid-70's/early-80's pop sounds (or pseudo-Brit singing from an American), then indeed you might want to stay away!
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bubblehead2
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Re: Albums of the Year 2010
Dec 06, 2010, 17:58
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Being decisive has never been my strong suit and just the mention of IC has got me swaying in the breeze like a reed.
Myspace here we go, ears don't fail me now....
Thanks again for the advice.
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Dog 3000
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Re: Albums of the Year 2010
Dec 06, 2010, 18:05
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I'd say his music is more about a "style/sound" than "songs" (though his songs are getting better) -- so it should be pretty easy to determine from a few listenings if you like what he does or not.
(Earlier stuff is much the same but even more lofi -- originally it was literally just a guy with a 4-track, nowdays there is an actual band.)
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Gnomon
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Re: Albums of the Year 2010
Dec 06, 2010, 18:23
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I put together some discs for you at the weekend but have been scrabbling around trying to find my address book! Anyway, CDs included Hundred In The Hands, These New Puritans and Warpaint!
:o)
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