Soundtrack To Your Angst

Ah Christmas

This popped into my head the other day. And since it's the time of year...

"I swear on my tache it's daycent hash"

Mine would be...

Grinderman 2 - Grinderman
A great album from beginning to end filled with sleazy sounding guitars and lyrics. Best tracks: Mickey Mouse & the Goodbye Man, Worm Tamer, When My Baby Comes, Palaces of Montezuma.

This is the Second Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank - Adebisi Shank
Adebisi Shank are one of my favourite Irish bands. Their first album was a strong release but I think this one topped it. It's full of awesome luscious soundscapes. Best tracks: Masa, Micromachines, Genki Shank. The rest are awesome too though.

We Were Exploding Anyway - 65daysofstatic
A lot more emphasis on the dance aesthetic of their music in this album but this doesn't make it suffer. It actually enhances the album creating some really memorable songs. This album was pretty much the soundtrack to 2010 for me. I was constantly listening to it. Best Tracks: Mountainhead, Crash Tactics, Weak4.

Road Salt One - Pain of Salvation
It took me a while to get into but when I did I enjoyed it immensely. I've never really listened to Pain of Salvation's earlier stuff so I can't really make a comparison there. I did really enjoy this album however. Best Tracks: Linoleum, Road Salt and Tell Me You Don't know.

Other great albums:
Chariot - The Cast of Cheers (Free album)
The Letters EP - And So I Watch You From Afar
Snakes for the Divine - High on Fire
Man on the Moon: The Legend of Mr. Rager - Kid Cudi (One that I hope isn't forgotten after the release of Kanye's acclaimed album)
Diamond Eyes - Deftones
The Wild Hunt - The Tallest Man on Earth
Best Tracks:

Barbra Streisand - Duck Sauce. You gotta love it.


Masa - Adebisi Shank


Snakes For the Divine - High On Fire


K is for Killing Spree (Ode to) - And So I watch You From Afar


PX3 - 65daysofstatic


REVOFEV -Kid Cudi


Nausea - Trophy Scars


King of Spain - The Tallest Man on Earth


I think that's all the things I enjoyed most this year. There's plenty of stuff I haven't listened to, like High Violet and stuff.

This sounds like a good idea, I'm gonna do what Colm did and do my top 15 or so songs and work with that, because I haven't really listened to a huge amount of full albums this year, mostly I've been listening to stuff from the last few years and beyond.

1. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks
I think Namlub posted this song here a few months back,and since then I've loved it, and then loved it more. It's so addictive and one of my favourite songs ever I think. Thanks Namlub. And I urge everyone to go listen!

2. The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio/ Runaway/ England/ Afraid of Everyone/ Conversation 16....it's so hard to pick a favourite from High Violet, I like every song, but there's my top five anyway.

3. Arcade Fire - Ready To Start/Sprawl II, Rococo, The Suburbs...another album with me liking every track (Hey, I actually like Sprawl I), those are the ones I've listened to most though

4. Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun - not a massive fan of Vampire Weekend, but this song...love it.

5. Beach House - Norway...haven't had a chance to actually get into Beach House, but this song definitely stands out.

6. Two Door Cinema Club - Undercover Marytn/Something Good Can Work/Eat That Up, It's Good For You. I'm not sure if they are copying Phoenix, there are definitely some (ok, a lot) of similiarities. But in the end, I prefer Tourist History to Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, and I love all of the TDCC songs I've heard, even if they are a bit samey. Top artist on my last.fm actually.

7. Kanye West - All of the Lights/Dark Fantasy/Monster ... I don't like rap much, or Kanye at all, but his new album is just something else...

8. Eminem - Not Afraid/Space Bound/Almost Famous ...not a huge Eminem fan anymore, but I was fairly addicted over the summer and actually bought his album, and most of it was pretty good. Those three tracks in particular did it for me.

9. Villagers - Becoming A Jackal/Ship Of Promises...another group I'm just getting into. Two stand-out tracks there for me, and a few more listens of the album and I'll surely find more.

10. Regina Spektor - No Surprises. Yes, it's a cover, released for charity but it still makes the list. One of my favourite artists covering one of my favourite songs...what's not to love?

11. Warpaint - Undertow...great, great song. A bit iffy about the album so far, but great song!

12. Sufjan Stevens - I Walked. I didn't expect to like Sufjan's new album after hearing it was different, as I love regular Sufjan, but I actually love it. Still haven't got through that behemoth of a last track, but I'm getting there.

13. Brandon Flowers - Only The Young. What a song, what a video...and the album's quite good too.

14. Yeasayer - O.N.E. Another group I need to listen to more, but after being recommended that song countless times, it's pretty good!

15. The Drums - Down By The Water...and most songs from their self-titled debut album. Copying The Cure, apparently...well, they must be doing a good job too. Heh, I'm not too picky.

Good year.

Very good choice slow show/ Emma! When I get around to making a list I can see a lot of those being on mine!:) Brandon Flower, Arcade Fire, TDCC, The Drums, Vampire Weekend etc. etc.

I forgot to add Interpol and Jimmy Eat World to my list, great albums from both this year.
And yeah, there seemed to be a general consensus that Sprawl I was the weakest track on the album but I really liked it.

Right here we go (I am so gonna mess this up), This could take me froever so I'm just gonna start throwing down some bands/tracks and any comments that I cna think of making.

May aswell start with Arcade Fire and The Suburbs. It was the first one of their albums that I listened to in full and it was amazing, pretty much every track on there.

Followed by The National. I havn't really listened to a whole album yet but what I've listened to I've loved straight away. They sound just like my cup of tea.

Mumford and Sons were basically my addiction during the summer. Ever since Little Lion Man hooked me the very first time I heard it I havn't looked back since. I could probably sing nearly all of the tracks on the album word for word by now.

The Drums surprised me actually. I liked Let's go Surfing from the beginning but I was a bit iffy on the other tracks until I got to Down by the Water, I felt like I was in heven listening to it.

Again, like everyone else I'm gonna say Foster the People and Pumped Up Kicks. I don't know where I'd be for music if it hadn't been for this thread and ye guys/gals.

Two Door Cinema Club. Who cares if they're copying another band, they're doung a fairly good job of it. Another band that got me hooked, whether it be SGCW, Undercover Martyn or I can Talk.

Like Emma, I'm gonna say Brandon Flowers' album. The Killers have to be one of my favourite bands ever so when the frontman goes olo, it can only mean one thing. Absoloutely love Only the Young and Welcome o Fabulous Las Vegas.

The Temper Trap. Sweet Disposition really got me and I thought I was just onto a one-hit wonder kinda band but then Fadrer was used on an ad and I had to listen to the full album.

It wouldn't be a good list without a bitta Muse in there. Yeah The Resistance is technically 2009 but I was a slow starter into the whole Muse thing. And when you take away the whole Twilight icky stuff from Neutron Star Collision, it's a pretty good song.

Biffy Clyro and Only Revolutions, again on a technicality 2009. But it only really hit the high life in 2010. I only stumbled across them accidentally on a music channel when I saw a video where they were dressed a pirates or something. Really good somgs that I've become really fond of though, God and Satan, Many of Horror, The Captain, Bubbles.

B.o.B. I didn't think that this'd be my usually style but hey. When you get rapping with some singing thrown in it's a win(just like Eminem and Rihanna with Love The Way You Lie)Nothing on You isn't my favourite but Airplanes and Magic are damn catchy songs.

I don 't know how I've gotten this far without mentioning Vampire Weekend and Contra. Originally I wasn't a huge fan but now, even though I still don't think a load of the tarcks make sense, it's one of my favourite albums. My favourite track has to be Giving Up the Gun although it's just pips a few others at the post.

Cee Lo Green and F... You (whichever version you care to mention). I never though it would be so catchy!

Right now I've drawn a blank but I know I'll think of more later. I wasn't even intending on writing that much!