I’m generally not a fan of top x album of the year lists (cause the ones I see on other blogs ignore the massive amount of incredible releases on small labels as well as awesome self-released records) but I decided to do one anyway. Lots of beats and garage rock and most of them are local! Yes, I know some of my favorite releases this year are only singles, but I don’t care, they deserve to be on here.
TOP 25 RELEASES OF 2010
Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma (Warp)
Hanni El Khatib – “Build. Destroy. Rebuild” 7” and “Dead Wrong” 7” (Innovative Leisure)
Gizzelle – “I’m A Good Woman” 7” (Wild Records)
yuk. – A D W A (Leaving Records)
John Carpenter – Fairy Tales Forgotten (Lost Industry)
Chicano Batman – s/t (Unicornio Records)
Grinderman – Grinderman 2 (ANTI-)
Teebs – Ardour (Brainfeeder)
Ty Segall – Melted (Goner)
White Fence – s/t (Woodsist)
Bombón – Las Chicas del Bombón (45 RPM) (Read my interview with them)
Nobody – One For All Without Hesitation (Alpha Pup)
Gonjasufi – A Sufi and a Killer (Warp)
Wounded Lion – s/t (In the Red)
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today (4AD)
The Dragtones – “You’re Going Too Fast” 7″ (Wild Records)
Cut Chemist – Sound of the Police (A Stable Sound)
Daedelus – Righteous Fists of Harmony (Brainfeeder)
My Dry Wet Mess – Irrational Alphabet (Magical Properties)
Fitz and the Tantrums – Pickin’ Up the Pieces (Dangerbird)
Avi Buffalo – s/t (Sub Pop)
The Gaslamp Killer – The Death Gate (Brainfeeder)
Tommy Santee Klaws – Rakes (Imaginary Music)
Four Tet – There is Love in You (Domino)
– Lainna Fader
1 robin // Dec 27, 2010 at 7:56 am
Excellent choice: Tommy Santee Klaus is sensational! Like diving into the ocean and basquing in love. They play First Friday’s of each month beside a blazing bonfire in Robin’s Sculpture Garden on Abbot Kinney. Magical. I’m a fan. Robin
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