So, it's 11 days into 2010; what records are worth worth buying / hearing / downloading?

The Necks put a record out in November but I'm going to mention it here because I only just got it. Only one listen so far, and was washing up, but am looking forward to some serious immersion.

Also looking forward to Delphic, Spoon, and Four Tet albums over the next few weeks.

So far, all I've got is the new Vampire Weekend, which is ace. The next one I'm looking forward to is one of the ones you mention: Spoon. Of the three of their albums I've heard (the last three), Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is my favorite, so I'm hoping this one'll continue the trend, although Ga is going to be a hard one to beat.

The new one does not continue on from Ga stylistically, I'm afraid.

These all leaked in 09, but have 2010 release dates:

Yeasayer- Odd Blood
Los Campesinos- Romance is Boring
Midlake- The Courage of Others
Owen Pallett- Heartland
Toro Y Moi- Causers of This
Eels- End Times

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That's fine with me, Nick. I just hope it isn't a regression in terms of quality.

Here's Insound's list of "upcoming releases": http://www.insound.com/upcomingreleases.php

Yeasayer's electro stylingz on "Love Me Girl" work and "Ambling Alp" was already one of the best songs from last year that blew away anything on MPP or Bitte Orca.

"Skydiver", "Little Freak" (somehow NOT on Raymond vs Raymond?), "Exhibit C" and "Mixin Up the Medicine" are all super hot tracks that have to be considered part of the new decade.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsyrOGRxF0E

LOVE LOVE LOVE the forthcoming Hot Chip album (One Life Stand), which I don't think has leaked yet. Some unmistakeable (and confirmed as such by the band) UK Funky influences + an ace steel pan player who guests throughout (as first heard on their "Transmission" cover) + OMG, Charles Webster from This Heat! They've reined the arch wackiness in favour of a smoother (if still eclectic) overall flow and a more emotionally direct approach. Fewer bangers, but also fewer ballads (there's only one). The label have front-loaded the livelier stuff, after which there's a graceful drop-off into midtempo. Should be a huge album for them. (NB The album version of the title track is fuller and more fleshed-out than the standalone MP3 version which has been floating around.)

ftr my response to this will be "anything by or associated with The Knife" pretty much for the entire year

j stalin - prenuptial agreement

Burkina Electric!

I just hope it isn't a regression in terms of quality.

As a fan for the last decade, I'd say it's their least impressive album yet (on first listen).

The Midlake leaked?

The new Beach House record has its moments.

Yeah, the Midlake leaked back in December I believe. Very folky, I hear a lot of Fairport Convention in it, particularly on the tunes when an electric guitar solo bursts out of the plain acoustic folk touches. I like it, but then again I love Fairport Convention, but I think it may surprise some people that dug the 70s vibe of the debut.

Fredrik (pack of Swedes who had a killer in 08, Na Na Ni) leaked and is butt, unforch

Where can I find this leak?

mike t-diva, i think you're confusing Charles Webster w/ either Charles Hayward or Charles Bullen

Haha, did I really say Charles Webster? I meant Charles Hayward, of course.

i'm not sure i've heard any 2010 full-lengths apart from lindstrøm & christabelle (see much love passim) and hot chip (some BIG tunes but his voice is worse than ever, that milquetoast whimper pretty much ruins it, and on the worse songs the entire thing goes to shit somewhat).

really looking fwd to the knife and sade based on the lead tracks...

oh and the j stalin is high on my to-listen list too

C2 remix of Hot Chip's title track has leaked

Mordy, are you familiar with S0rd0 Mus1c D4t4b4se?

the j stalin is good. what do the people who've heard it think of 'heartland'?

I downloaded the Final Fantasy and Midlake albums today. After one listen the Midlake one is a huge disappointment I was actually willing it to end. The Final fantasy album seems pretty great, the second half is a lot stronger and has some really stunning moments.

I'm really excited to hear the Hot Chip album, both the tracks that they've put out have been wonderful. I listen to the last album a lot but it did feel a bit uneven. I read in Uncut they wanted the new album to be like Prince's Dirty Mind "all killer no filler"

hot chip (some BIG tunes but his voice is worse than ever, that milquetoast whimper pretty much ruins it

Wow, this is a perfect way to characterize my long-standing not caring about Hot Chip.

The new Midlake is great.

Lelawolf, Trunk Muzik

err...that's Yelawolf

What I've heard of the new Liars has been fuckin' awright! (e.g. Scissor).

Four Tet one's pretty decent in a "this is pretty unsurprising but characteristically good" type way. Terminally worried that the Yeasayer record is going to be just like the last one - moments of inspiration with shitloads of cotton wool packing it all in tightly.

I was not familiar with this SMD, but now I am! Thanks for the heads up :)

Why does Pallett mix his vocals so low on this songs? Fuck. He has some gorgeous melodies on his new album, but they're so buried in the mix that you can barely hear them!

new Vampire Weekend is really good.

Will Farah ever release her album on Italians Do It Better?

Wow, that Dead Skeletons track is really impressive, as are the two others on their Myspace page. Anyone know about plans for future releases?

i behoove everyone to download the Light Asylum track "Shallow Tears."

they're going to be blowing up this year, especially given that their live show is just MINDBLOWING.

http://www.thefader.com/2009/12/14/light-asylum-shallow-tears-mp3/

I am looking forward to the new Gil Scott-Heron album, 'I'm New Here.'

Wow, the Light Asylum singer's voice reminds of Alison Moyet. I guess that's the obvious thing to say about them. Anyway, a good find for me, thanks for the tip!

Yelawolf all day

Don't really get the point of this thread, the premise seems to be so ridiculously broad as to make it virtually useless. Surely if these albums are that good they deserve their own threads? Still, at least people are actually writing about things this time rather than posting endless lists.

Should we really be spreading the knowledge of the Heartland leak? Dude is one of us.

Oh please, he poos clouds!

Currently trying to get in touch with both Dead Skeletons and Light Asylum. DS aren't even signed but you can get the single by them on iTunes.

Light Asylum remind me of short lived Vince Clarke project The Assembly. Which is no bad thing.

C2 remix of Hot Chip's title track has leaked

― willem, Monday, 11 January 2010 19:42 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

love this but can't stand the guy from hot chip's vocals, really hope there's an instrumental released

Don't really get the point of this thread, the premise seems to be so ridiculously broad as to make it virtually useless. Surely if these albums are that good they deserve their own threads? Still, at least people are actually writing about things this time rather than posting endless lists.

I kinda love this thread. I can't keep track of every album that comes out, so when an album gets a lot of love here I check it out. And I don't always want to check into a specific album's clusterfuck thread to try and figure out whether it's worth a listen or not. More often I'd rather hear about it here, and if I like it (or hate it) go check into the specific thread to catch up on the discussion around it.

It kind of goes without saying that the Lindstrom & Christabelle album is excellent. I'm really pleasantly surprised by New Young Pony Club's second as well.

have now heard & can second the j stalin album. why did i ever stop paying attention to bay area hip-hop after the hyphy craze?

yeah deej seems pretty evangelical re people sleeping on what he calls "nu-bay" stuff. check the two youtubes he posted in swag from last year's dj fresh - the tonite show:the album, they made me grab the record.

have the j stalin still waiting to be listened to.

second the yelawolf mixtape-as-album that several have cited above.

My new favourite (it says 2009 on the CD case, but I think it only emerged reasonably widely this year): Yakuza Heart Attack's second album, 'II'.

"8-bit prog-metal squee" is the best way I can describe it. All instrumental. Synths (lots of), bass and drums. Amazing.

http://ser.bigcartel.com/product/yakuza-heart-attack-ii

Freeway/Jakk Frost - Defense, Offense

as freeway stan #1 your opinion matters to me al - how good is this?

― terry squad (k3vin k.), Friday, July 23, 2010 1:08 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

well half the tracks are Frost, who's not bad but i mean noone really needs to hear a Freeway weed carrier (beard carrier?), so it's not exactly essential. but the other 30+ minutes are some of Free's best recent stuff, "Chief Rocka" and "Lay U Down" are dope.

Accidentally stumbled on this the other day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V-6tDnzPOE

rofl @ beard carrier

Opinions on these 2010 albums high on the RYM chart (that I know nothing about)?

Negura Bunget- Maiestrit/Măiastru sfetnic & Vîrstele Pămîntului (Atmospheric Black Metal)
Anathema- We're Here Because We're Here (Alternative Rock)
Shad- TSOL (Conscious Hip Hop)
Heaven in Her Arms- Paraselene (Screamo)
Brendan Perry- Ark (Darkwave)
Univers Zero- Clivages (Avant-Prog)
Standstill- Adalante Bonaparte (Indie Rock)
Ea- Au ellai (Funeral Doom Metal)
Agrypine- 16[485] (Melodic Black Metal)
Wuthering Heights- Salt (Power Metal)
The Pineapple Thief- Someone Here is Missing (Alternative Rock)
Rosetta- A Determination of Morality (Atmospheric Sludge Metal)
Anais Mitchell- Hadestown (Contemporary Folk)
A Forest of Stars- Opportunistic Thieves of Spring (Atmospheric Black Metal)
Throes of Dawn- The Great Fleet of Echoes (Progressive Metal)
Carbon Based Lifeforms- Interloper (Psybient)
Samsara Blues Experiment- Long Distance Trip (Stoner Rock)
Les Discrets- Septembre et ses dernières pensées (Shoegaze)
Angus & Julia Stone- Down the Way (Indie Folk)
Treat- Coup de Grace (Hard Rock)

Angus & Julia Stone- Down the Way (Indie Folk)

aust. pap iirc

faust arp iirc

wilter otm

Amy Annelle - Cimarron Banks

Happy/ashamed/wtf-xor'd to say I've come around to "Tik Tok" at the very least -- but, it's still the only Ke$ha song I enjoy.

Don't necessarily go buy it, but Fuego's La Musica Del Futuro is pretty good. Very commercial street merengue (which doesn't mean everything on it fits under that category, but it's the core). He has collaborated with Pitbull in the past, for those for whom that is a plus (not me).

http://www.myspace.com/chosenfewfuego

My favorite cuts are: Que Buena Tu Ta ft. Deevani, and maybe the album intro., Super Estrella, Me Gustan Todas, Ya Te Olvide, A Mi Manera, and maybe Lo Bombero.

Oh wait the maybe the album intro" was meant to go before Lo Bombero, and pasting sloppy cutting

(That time it was intentional.)

Happy/ashamed/wtf-xor'd to say I've come around to "Tik Tok" at the very least -- but, it's still the only Ke$ha song I enjoy.

― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Thursday, September 9, 2010 10:40 PM (Yesterday)

That took courage and I won't forget it. It sounds even better roller skating! Maybe you were roller skating?

Nope, but I'm taking my little girl to a roller-skating birthday party this weekend. Maybe they'll play it at the skating rink?

If you're lucky! Who knows what perverse kicks lurk in the hearts of skating rink DJs? A couple years ago they played a bunch of Stevie B, it was like heaven. The junior high band kids didn't know what hit 'em. When they played the unedited "Blah Blah Blah" for the band kids I kind of raised my eyebrows, but I wasn't fool enough to protest. Of the four singles, "Tik Tok" is probably the most kid-friendly. Which is weird.

barking

Of the four singles, "Tik Tok" is probably the most kid-friendly. Which is weird.

Agree, I wouldn't be surprised to see a singalong version of "Tik Tok" on Kidz Bop in the coming year or so.

q3 report - http://alexmacpherson.tumblr.com/post/1249598047/2010-third-quarter-report

Excited to hear Back To Me, "Man of the House" has become one of my favourite songs of the year.

the los-produced "who's been lovin' you?" is u&k

Nice, thanks lex!!

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pYlNONIdL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

http://www.amazon.com/Reina-Juliana/dp/B0045DO93M/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1289099344&sr=1-1

Hmmm, I have this thread to myself which probably means nobody reads it, but I'd like to add:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5102U3zpKBL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

Mentioned elsewhere, but:

Horsepower Productions - Quest For The Sonic Bounty
Console - Herself

Shad - TSOL ain't too bad either, although it's been placed under "conscious rap" which does it no favours. Nice production and clever rhymes, and it isn't talking about hugging trees or anything, he's just the kind of rapper you wouldn't mind having round your Mum's for tea.

The new Calle 13 is well worth checking out (and I say this as someone who within the last hour or two was saying how unexcited I was by the prospect of hearing it):

http://www.npr.org/2010/11/19/131441882/first-listen-calle-13-entren-los-que-quieran

gypsy mothra might be interested to find that the first track sounds a lot like something from Sanmon Gossip.

(Although that's pretty misleading as far as what the album sounds like in general.)

Three brilliant albums that have gotten virtually no ILM discussion afaict:

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTsuW2tuY-8iwvW7Av-JVcw-yfSCVc6Hgk47lBIN1yYDngy7YxN

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSjkIHSFDh2BfBtOZLNFAmgJwEJ-x888f-gvM9m8iAnLGAgm8JE6w

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRmWR88RJnj5Aok0EHPrOpt7ynX0isK7ycVpEDldKZ62BZisvErRA

Shad - TSOL ain't too bad either

I still haven't heard all of that, but his spot on Smalltown Romeo's "Boom Ha".

Ooops, I didn't finish...his spot on "Boom Ha" is terrific.

The Big K.R.I.T. album was discussed a lot on the Swag thread.

Yup. And it's one of my favorite albums of the year, too. Need to check out the Calle 13.

what is the first album you posted, whitey?

what is the first album you posted, whitey?

Yeah, if nobody is talking about it, it's very possible nobody will recognize the album cover.

Pretty sure this is my favorite Calle 13 album so far, although I didn't give the last one much of a listen.

it's onra's long distance and it's pretty good, yeah - doesn't quite sustain interest over the whole album, for me, but stuff like this is fantastic -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emexnwiGhhI

I think what Onra is doing on this album is consistently great and pretty unique. It maintains a laid-back yet danceable, nostalgic yet forward-looking feel throughout, even over diverse styles of tracks, like "The One" is basically 90s backpacker hip hop with one of the guys from Slum Village, "high hopes" and "long distance" are like lost r&b hits, "mechanical" is an almost Justice-like electro beast, but I don't know, smoother and sexier? And the whole production just has this sumptuous thickness to it.

hypnagogic soul? ehhhhh maybe. i don't mind that track, but i hardly love it either.

I will be extremely surprised if you don't like the new Calle 13, Reverend.

records i have liked, of the top of my head:

sun city girls - funeral mariachi
ofwgkta - earl/rolling papers/bastard/blackenedwhite (rather than break them out by artist)
christian mistress - agony & opium
sun araw - on patrol/off duty
high on fire - snakes for the divine
purling hiss - hissteria/public service announcement
big boi - sir lucious left foot: son of chico dusty
e-40 - revenue retrievin: night shift/day shift
funerot - and then you fucking die, man
various - shangaan electro: new wave dance music from africa
demdike stare - liberation through hearing/forest of evil/voices of dust
bongripper - satan worshipping doom
nerve city - sleepwalker/nerve city
zola jesus - stridulum/valusia
nachtmystium - addicts: black meddle II
actress - machine and voice/splazsh

also:

black breath - heavy breathing
a frames - 333
tonetta 777 - s/t
mark mcguire - living with yourself
timmy's organism - rise of the green gorilla
the ex & getachew mekuria - moa anbessa
thee oh sees - warm slime
shit and shine - bass puppy 12"

i'm sure i'm forgetting tons of stuff. and looking forward to adding dirtbombs to the list!

My top 100 as it stands:

1. Jamey Johnson- The Guitar Song
2. Big Boi- Sir Lucious Left Foot
3. Owen Pallett- Heartland
4. Agalloch- Marrow of the Spirit
5. Laura Marling- I Speak Because I Can
6. Los Campesinos!- Romance Is Boring
7. Yeasayer- Odd Blood
8. Corinne Bailey Rae- The Sea
9. Yelawolf- Trunk Muzik
10. The Tallest Man on Earth- The Wild Hunt
11. Dierks Bentley- Up on the Ridge
12. Midlake- The Courage of Others
13. The Steeldrivers- Reckless
14. Taylor Swift- Speak Now
15. Sun Kil Moon- Admiral Fell Promises
16. Grinderman- Grinderman 2
17. Neil Young- Le Noise
18. Twin Shadow- Forget
19. Field Music- (Measure)
20. Enslaved- Axioma Ethica Odini
21. Punch Brothers- Antifogmatic
22. Superchunk- Majesty Shredding
23. Ryan Bingham- Junky Star
24. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti- Before Today
25. How to Dress Well- Love Remains
26. Lindstrøm & Christabelle- Real Life Is No Cool
27. Titus Andronicus- The Monitor
28. Janelle Monáe- The ArchAndroid
29. Waka Flocka Flame- Flockaveli
30. Nas & Damian Marley- Distant Relatives
31. School of Seven Bells- Disconnect From Desire
32. Marina & The Diamonds- The Family Jewels
33. Big K.R.I.T.- K.R.I.T Wuz Here
34. Drive-By Truckers- The Big To-Do
35. Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
36. Quadron- Quadron
37. Spoon- Transference
38. Freeway & Jake One- The Stimulus Package
39. Triptykon- Eparistera Daimones
40. Laura Veirs- July Flame
41. Sharon Van Etten- Epic
42. The National- High Violet
43. Los Lobos- Tin Can Trust
44. The Extra Lens- Undercard
45. Arcade Fire- The Suburbs
46. Toro Y Moi- Causers of This
47. Raekwon- Cocainism Vol. 2
48. Rock Marciano- Marcberg
49. Belle and Sebastian- Write About Love
50. Josh Ritter- So Runs the World Away
51. The Roots- How I Got Over
52. Swans- My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
53. J Stalin- Prenuptial Agreement
54. Bill Callahan- Rough Travel for a Rare Thing
55. Shearwater- The Golden Archipelago
56. Curren$y- Pilot Talk
57. Deerhunter- Halcyon Digest
58. Fang Island- Fang Island
59. Joanna Newsom- Have One on Me
60. The New Pornographers- Together
61. Easton Corbin- Easton Corbin
62. Hot Chip- One Life Stand
63. No Age- Everything in Between
64. The Drums- The Drums
65. Baths- Cerulean
66. Alan Jackson- Freight Train
67. Matthew Dear- Black City
68. Ray Wylie Hubbard- A. Enlightenment B. Endarkment (Hint: There Is No C)
69. Rick Ross- Teflon Don
70. Ihsahn- After
71. The Besnard Lakes- The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night
72. Robyn- Body Talk Pt. 2
73. E-40- Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift
74. Retribution Gospel Choir- 2
75. Ted Leo- The Brutalist Bricks
76. Pantha du Prince- Black Noise
77. Owen Pallett- A Swedish Love Story
78. James Blake- Klavierwerke
79. Nina Nastasia- Outlaster
80. Sufjan Stevens- All Delighted People EP
81. Emeralds- Does It Look Like I'm Here?
82. Four Tet- There Is Love in You
83. Male Bonding- Nothing Hurts
84. Alejandro Escovedo- Street Songs of Love
85. The Jacka and Laroo- Neva Be The Same
86. Charlotte Gainsbourg- IRM
87. Gil Scott-Heron- I'm New Here
88. LCD Soundsystem- This Is Happening
89. Carolina Chocolate Drops- Genuine Negro Jig
90. Shout Out Louds- Work
91. Little Big Town- The Reason Why
92. Patty Griffin- Downtown Church
93. Surfer Blood- Astro Coast
94. Gucci Mane- Mr. Zone 6
95. Snakes for the Divine- High on Fire
96. The Watson Twins- Talking to You, Talking to Me
97. Alcest- Écailles de lune
98. Various Artists- Crazy Heart OST
99. Erykah Badu- New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
100. Gonjasufi- A Sufi and a Killer

I'll second that Black Breath, great album. I need to hear the new Agalloch.

Kind of fell under the radar in this thread, but Arthur Russell's "Come to Life" - the track that homeboy from Grizzly Bear released - was amazing.

purling hiss - hissteria/public service announcement

contenderizer, have you heard the purling hiss release on archive? it's pretty good!

three down, $11 postpaid:

http://archivecd.com/shop.htm

yeah, it's excellent! came out late last year (i think?) and that's the only reason i didn't mention it above. copy i have is on LP through permanent records outta chicago. might be my favorite purling hiss so far, certainly the toughest.

tempted by those goslings re-releases, tbh. wish someone would vinylize occasion and grandeur of hair...

So Eddy Current Suspension Ring actually were pretty great. I guess they didn't hit it big in the US.