Czwartek 2 Gru 2010, 20:36
-to be finished in the next couple of days-
Great songs released in 2010:
-n.b.: the videos are attached to give you an opportunity to listen to the songs in their full length. Only some of them are official videos.
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Blood Red Shoes - Colours Fade
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEgERaXRFgs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3vG9YYy_oE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be7hN1BB608
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8d92bfKW9k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pbdLqTh_x4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUubQj7g56E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21UtO4JXbq4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esTVVjpTzIY
Los Campesinos! - There Are Listed Buildings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dbs9nzErz4
Magnetic Fields - The Book of Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkjXr9SrzQE
Robyn - Don't Fucking Tell Me What to Do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_-_X-O6kyo
Shout Out Louds - Show Me Something New
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3FzxSrFfDY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqgFWSlWhrE
Titus Andronicus - A More Perfect Union
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08fqHr_KGPY
Tokyo Police Club - Breakneck Speed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRxCfoSTMh0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLIaya-GaGU
Two Door Cinema Club - Something Good Can Work
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PorW3y5n1w
Wolf Parade - Cloud Shadow on the Mountain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD9oLqVvNO8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNzpDT_qL1Q
While this was really tough, I'm singling out only the 3 songs that I would deem my absolute favourites of the year:
03. These New Puritans - We Want War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIfKqgWPVvk
02. Japandroids - Younger Us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R2pZQ0eqs8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIbjjzXr1KA
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My Top 5 albums released in 2010:
http://newmedia.kcrw.com/musicnews/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Jonsi-Go.jpg
http://www.whosjack.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/The-Drums-album-artwork-300x300.jpg
03. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles II
http://media.buch.de/img-adb/20942915-00-00/crystal_castles_ii.jpg
So far, Crystal Castles appear to be rather unable to disappoint me. Their second album is a bit colder than their first, and it is also less playful, but the band's writing skills have improved and it shows. While there is no iencredible standout track such as "Untrust Us" of their first album, the overall listening experience is more intense and rewarding.
02. These New Puritans - Hidden
http://krawattenbaer.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/hidden.jpg
"Hidden" is an astonishing effort in that the music on the album sounds new. Innovation is this album's great triumph: TNP mix classical elements, rock music, electronica, sword samples and goth and the result sounds so fresh and exciting that it seems almost impossible not to like this album. This is what people will speak about when the decade ends, that's for sure - the songwriting is excellent, the musicianship showcased is impressive and you can tell that Mr Barnett is a bit of a perfectionist. Still, you can feel that there is a heart beating behind all the technical achievements, and that might just be why I love this album so much.
01.Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
"The Age of Adz" is such a fully realized album in all its ambitions that I find it almost scary. Sufjan Stevens combines fabulous lyrics about love, madness, religion and a bunch of other topics with a richly textured mixture of his typical instruments and bleeping electronica. In its high concept, "The Age of Adz" is a full success, from the artwork to the climactic build-ups, this is an almost flawless album and ranking only millimetres behind his masterpiece "Illinois."
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Of course. There are some albums that I need to spend more time with in order to be able to fully appreciate them. Most notably Have One On Me by the great Joanna Newsom and The Suburbs by Arcade Fire.
Generally speaking, Sufjan Stevens was the massive breakthrough artist in my charts this year. This is probably due to the fact that he created some of the most amazing music in the past decade, and apparently, he is very willing to continue in this fashion.