2011年 01月 16日 日曜日 16:49

Here are 100 albums that have really captured my attention over the last year. There could easily have been 50 more in this list, it's been such a strong year.

The Top 10

Guillaume & the Coutu Dumonts - Breaking the Fourth Wall
Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
Frightened Rabbit - The Winter Of Mixed Drinks
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
The Black Keys - Brothers
Anais Mitchell - Hadestown
Her Name Is Calla - The Quiet Lamb
Gonjasufi - A Sufi And A Killer
These New Puritans - Hidden
The Books - The Way Out

The Next 20

Slow Six - Tomorrow Becomes You
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - Kollaps Tradixionales
Foals - Total Life Forever
Eels - End Times
The National - High Violet
Micah P. Hinson - Micah P. Hinson and the 'Pioneer Saboteurs'
Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
Kevin Barker - You & Me
Broken Bells - Broken Bells
Sam Amidon - I See The Sign
The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night
Four Tet - There Is Love In You
Ólafur Arnalds - ...And They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness
Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
Shearwater - The Golden Archipeligo
Wild Nothing - Gemini
Grasscut - 1 Inch / 1/2 Mile
Perfume Genius - Learning
Warpaint - The Fool
The Phantom Band - The Wants

The Rest

Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner
Loscil - Endless Falls
Nils Frahm & Anne Müller - 7 Fingers
I Am Kloot - Sky At Night
Los Campesinos! - Romance Is Boring
Sun Kil Moon - Admiral Fell Promises
The Drums - The Drums
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Love Is All - Two Thousand & Ten Injuries
Junip - Fields
Cee Lo Green - The Lady Killer
The Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt
Steve Mason - Boys Outside
Wive - Pvll
Gayngs - Relayted
Goldmund - Famous Places
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Hawk
Nedry - Condors
Prins Thomas - Prins Thomas
White Noise Sound - White Noise Sound
Chris Leo's Vague Angels - The Sunny Day I Caught Tintarella di Luna for a Picnic at the Cemetery
Lower Dens - Twin Hand Movement
The Thermals - Personal Life
To Rococo Rot - Speculation
Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
The Apples - Kings
Stubborn Tiny Lights VS Clustering Darkness Forever OK - The infinite regress
Shrag - Life! Death! Prizes!
S. Carey - All We Grow
Suckers - Wild Smile
Liars - Sisterworld
Moon Duo - Escape
Nomak - Dynamic Meditation Instrumental Limited
Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore - Dear Companion
Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
Agnes Obel - Philharmonics
Giant Sand - Blurry Blue Mountain
Emeralds - Does It Look Like I'm Here?
The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream
Male Bonding - Nothing Hurts
Spirituals - Spirituals
Nest - Retold
Caribou - Swim
Husky Rescue - Ship of Light
Holy Fuck - Latin
Luke Abbott - Holkham Drones
Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart
Crystal Fighters - Star of Love
Stornoway - Beachcomber's Windowsill
The Chemical Brothers - Further
The Fall - Our Future Your Clutter
The-Dream - Love King
Mathew Johnson - Agents of Time
Balmorhea - Constellations
Ikonika - Contact, Love, Want, Have
Crocodiles - Sleep Forever
Mavis Staples - You Are Not Alone
Massive Attack - Heligoland
The Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards
Actress - Splazsh
The Unwinding Hours - The Unwinding Hours
The Burns Unit - Side Show
Errors - Come Down With Me
Ef - Mourning Golden Morning
Linfinity - Martian's Bloom
KXP - KXP
Teebs - Ardour
Horse Feathers - Thistled Spring
Wolf + Lamb - Love Someone
World's End Girlfriend - Seven Idiots