MV’s Top Albums of 2010 // #20-11
We are so close to revealing our final favorite albums for 2010. But there’s more awesomeness coming up after this list is complete. We will be recapping with a “where are they now” from our artists to watch in 2010 post as well as choosing some new artist we that we think are gonna have a killer year in 2011 and that you should definitely be keeping an eye on.
20. Bonobo - Black Sands
Although this album seems to reach back and take ideas from his previous three albums it’s still a good listen packed with richness and textures that you begin to appreciate more and more after each listen. It’s a grower not a shower!
19. Big K.R.I.T. - K.R.I.T. Wuz Here
This self released album has gotten this southern rapper tons of attention, especially in the blogesphere. Pitchfork says, “K.R.I.T.’s ear is his biggest strength; as a producer, tracks like “Return of Forever” and “Country Shit” find him revitalizing the staid indie rap template with the 808s and swagger of Southern rap.”
18. High On Fire - Snakes for the Divine
Oakland, California-based power trio released this album back in February. On this album it is easy to hear the bands natural progression in to a faster, stronger, heavier band then in the past. If this is your genre you need to know these guys.
17. Vampire Weekend - Contra
The Vagabond team is split on this album some of us love it and others don’t understand the hype. However it seems that most critics are in love with it. Thoughts?
16. Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
Joanna Newsom and her unique place in the world in between folk and indie rock music.
15. Caribou - Swim
In Dan Snaith’s own words, “dance music that sounds like it’s made out of water.”
14. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
A man known to hole up in a home recording studio and create hundreds of unreleased songs while only a few making it to public ears on mix tapes and EP’s. This was his first effort putting together a group of songs to be released and heard cohesively at one time and it’s no to shabby.
13. Fang Island - Fang Island
This album is happy and inclusive. Have a listen and let the good times roll.
12. Kurt Vile - Square Shells
His music eschews the electronic for the organic, which puts him at odds with much of what the hipsters are flocking to these days. Square Shells is a great follow up to his last release Childish Prodigy. Both are go-tos in our music library.
11. Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma
Global bass music matriarch Mary Anne Hobbs recently told The Fader “Flying Lotus, for me, is like the Hendrix of his generation. When speaking of his genre we are inclined to agree.
