I was just reading the Pitchfork Top 50, and it definitely had me thinking back to some of the music I really enjoyed this year (not all mope).
- Exploding Hearts – Sleeping Aides And Razorblades [3.6MiB] – poprocks at its best; RIP
- Manitoba – Crayon [3.7MiB] – IDM, now w/ 100% less pretension, 200% more warmth
- Explosions in the Sky – Your Hand in Mine [12.0 MiB] – missed ’em live, hopefully they’ll be back
- Non-Prophets – Damage [7.0MiB] – rhymes that just won’t quit
- Prefuse 73 – The Color of Tempo [4.6MiB] – hard to decide whether the original or the outtakes are better
- Benny Benassi – Don’t Touch Too Much [6.0MiB] – remember the power tools video? the rest of the album is as good
- Basement Jaxx – Lucky Star (Jaxx Klub Remix) [64kbps MP3, 1.5MiB] – still kicks ass, still looking for a HQ version 🙂
Other fav albums this year: M83, Broken Social Scene, Weakerthans, Decemberists…
Albums I forgot came out this year but shouldn’t have considering how much I listened to them: Rilo Kiley – Execution of All Things, Cursive – The Ugly Organ, Four Tet – Rounds, The Postal Service (of course)