Best Of 2010...so far

Not sure how to best list it so here is an alphabetical list of my top albums so far.

Broken Bells - Broken Bells

Charlotte Gainsbourg -IRM

Eels- End Times

Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening

Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - I learned the Hard Way

Sleigh Bells - Treats

Surfer Blood - Astro Coast

The Hold Steady - Heaven Is Whenever

The New Pornographers - Together

Vampire Weekend - Contra

-15

last May I started doing this with last.fm and it worked out nicely. I take my top 15 artists played on my profile (excluding classical) and I deselect them for my iPod. That way I only am listening to artists that are new or just not heard in a long. I do this to stop having a habit of listening and overlistening to the same music over and over again.

here are the 15 artists I am not going to listen to for the next month (July 2 to August 1)

Radiohead

Wilco

Eels

Sonic Youth

Pixies

Spoon

Nine Inch Nails

Tom Waits

Atmosphere

Modest Mouse

The Decemberists

Neko Case

Led Zeppelin

Beck

The Twilight Singers

This way I can see some of my older albums and other music get listened to for awhile.

Sad Kermit - Needle in the Hay

A to Z of Music I Love: Z is for The Zutons and White Zombie

yeah second one doesn't really count but those two albums i listened to to death.

//zutons


//white Zombie

A to Z of Music I Love: Y is for Yeah Yeah Yeahs & Neil Young

yeah here is fun music newish band really making interesting music and one of the greatest artists ever

//yeah yeah yeahs


//neil young (this song slays me)

A to Z of Music I Love: X is for X

well not many x bands so why not choose a great punk band?

here is x

//x

A to Z of Music I Love: W is for Wilco

there is no competition here. this is the best W band. Enjoy 3 videos of theirs

//wilco
(on tons of drugs)

A to Z of Music I Love: V is for Velvet Underground

could there have been a more unsucessful but influential band? nope. these guys rock.

//velvet underground

A to Z of Music I Love: U is for Uncle Tupelo

not many u bands to choose from so i took one. might have chosen u2 but eh. the band broke up and became son volt and wilco

n-joy

//uncle tupelo

A to Z of Music I love: T is for Tool and Twilight Singers

not much to say here i couldn't choose one so here's two.

//Tool - my favorite song by them but only ever done live, no awesome video


here is an awesome TOOL video


//Twilight Singers

A to Z of Music I Love: S is for Sonic Youth/Soul Coughing/Spoon

I couldn't pick one so here is a trifecta.

//Sonic Youth




//Soul Coughing


//Spoon

A to Z of Music I Love: Q is for Queen

So i forgot Q. So here it is. The greatest band beginning with Q.

Yeah here it is

A to Z of Music I Love: R is for RADIOHEAD

Theres is no competition here. This is my favorite band EVER. I feel in love with them gradually over time but when Kid A came out, they solidified as my top band. I can't explain really why I love them. I heard "creep" and thought this guy has a whiney voice but i don't mind the music.

I guess hearing The Bends changed much of that and then came the monster that is OK Computer.
Here are my favorite songs by Radiohead

Lucky (my all time favorite song)


Talk Show Host


Fake Plastic Trees


15 Step


Paranoid Android (i was at this show)


high and dry


Idioteque


There are my favorites, enjoy.

A to Z of Music I Love: P is for Pixies and Peaches

Pixies: I discovered via WTUL and Fight Club. I now love them and totally get where Nirvana was coming from.

Peaches is, well, crazy good. She plays with boundries and taste. It works for me.

So here is both of them in two seperate videos.

Pixies


Peaches

A to Z of Music I Love: O is for Okkervil River

This is a tough letter because there aren't many O bands I love. I used to love The Offspring (along with Live, first cds I ever bought). I enjoyed the Old 97's. Of Montreal is fun.

So I choose a new enjoyment. Maybe a band i like or am getting into. I didn't like them the first time I heard them but overtime they have grown on me.

So here it is.