You know, it’s that time again. None of these lists will be in any particular order, nor are they based on anything but pure whim. This is the music that I really, really dug this year.
Albums of 2010*:
- Caribou: Swim
- The Tallest Man on Earth: The Wild Hunt
- Deadmau5: 4×4=12
- Beach House: Teen Dream
- Gorillaz: Plastic Beach
- Midlake: The Courage of Others
- The Octopus Project: Hexadecagon
- Band of Horses: Infinite Arms
- Broken Bells: Broken Bells
- Yeasayer: Odd Blood
My favorite live shows of the year
- The Tallest Man on Earth, at Antone’s
- Beach House, at ACL
- Big Sam’s Funky Nation, at The Parish
- Sleigh Bells, during SXSW
- Autobody, at The Parish, during Free Week and in March
- T-Bird and the Breaks, at Mohawk during Free Week
- Deadmau5, at ACL
- Ratatat, at Stubb’s
- Neon Indian, at Emo’s
- Julian Casablancas, at La Zona Rosa
Songs from 2010
- Fujiya & Miyagi – Sixteen Shades of Black and Blue
- The Tallest Man on Earth – The King of Spain
- Owen Pallett – Lewis Takes Off His Shirt
- Lil Wayne ft. Nicki Minaj – What’s Wrong With Them (Why? Because I study to it.)
- Beach House – Zebra
- Discovery – So Insane
- Florene – Deal With It
- Teen Daze – 90s Kids (Millionyoung remix)
- Lil Wayne ft. Eminem – Drop the World (Rebirth)
- Bassnectar ft. Nelly Furtado – Magical World
Other great music-related happenings in my life this year
- Seeing “Strange Powers,” the Magnetic Fields documentary (partly filmed in Austin!), with a director Q&A afterward
- Discovering Blalock’s Indie Rock Playlist
- Continuing to live in Austin, where I always feel like the music fairy has just visited
- Leaving behind the Israel tour bus and its five terrible, horrible songs on repeat, and, a month later, getting them out of my head
Of course, this end-of-the-year compilation time is one of my favorites because it makes me revisit a lot of albums I didn’t get to this year that other people loved. I have so much new stuff to listen to for my upcoming road trip!
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