JM ([info]jomar_h) wrote,
2010-07-10 13:17:00

2010 Music

I've been doing a crap job at keeping up with new music this year. I went through the new bands I've heard this year, but this list strikes me as fantastically incomplete (and short!). What 2010 releases are getting heavy rotation on your iPod/CD player/record player/tape deck? I'm missing more than I'm hitting lately, so I could use a little help.

Here are a few bands I came across this year that I hadn't heard (or didn't exist) before. I starred the ones that I thought were either really fun or just downright good: 

*Local Natives - So indie it hurts, but they're good. Complex harmonies and amazing composition. 
*Mumford and Sons - Best of the year. 'Nuff said.
Free Energy - This band sucks in every way possible. They are almost comically bad.
Hundred in the Hands, The - Sounds like a band from Brooklyn. Lots of Korg. Fake drums. Lots of reverb on the vocals. I'm not a fan. 
Karen Elson - Should go back to modeling. Awful.
*Mayer Hawthorne (album was an '09) - Worst lyrics, but it's a solid do-wop album. Makes me miss Marvin Gaye.
Two Door Cinema Club - Hell yes. In spite of the ironic disco beats. Very mod. Very good... Until you get sick of the drums.
Broken Bells - James Mercer and Danger Mouse. It's predictably solid.

Just to make it a multi-media event: Mumford and Sons - Little Lion Man (on youtube)

Oh yeah, and Pioneer Youth. Best new band of 2010... though I don't they we... I mean they... even have a myspace page yet. Look for shows in the fall. I'll keep you posted. 

OK, peeps. What should I be listening to? 

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[info]mojgani

July 11 2010, 00:05:24 UTC 1 year ago

if you like mayer hawthorne (bit that i heard wasnt hitting me) you should check out raphael saadiq's album from 2008 (which does hit me): "the way i see it" pretty great. as well as sharon jones and the dap-kings, bringing motown soul back to the people. i also have a song from a group called kings go forth which is in the same vein of motown throwback.

things i like:
avi buffalo
beach fossils
big boi
guilty simpson
earl king (though this aint new stuff)
oberhofer

check out tobacco, guy from black moth super rainbow making crazy beat driven stuff

a lot of dreamy chillwave/ beach grooving bands i been feeling lately:
best coast
gauntlet hair
cults
the drums
pill wonder
washed out
surfer's blood

check out some of these music blogs:
passionweiss.com
saidthegramohpne.com (they're pretty awesome)
gorillavsbear.net
daytrotter (live sessions from bands for free download)
aquariumdrunkard.com
this new place called alteredzones.com which is an amalgam of a number of music blogs pooling their resources

also check out forestfamily records. good sounds

and adult swim has been putting out free singles from tasty folks, once a week a free download.

[info]jomar_h

July 12 2010, 23:23:57 UTC 1 year ago

I was actually posting this hoping you would respond.

Thank you for this!

[info]whoisthespirit

July 13 2010, 20:34:01 UTC 1 year ago

So Anis has covered a lot of the jams and I'm away from my computer as I type this so I can't give you a complete rundown but check out Girls as well and Yeasayer's Odd Blood is excellent. Also Real Estate is pretty damn good. The Dirty Projectors take a minute but Bitte Orca is hella catchy and was released in 2009 so you probably are already all up on's them. Oh, and the XX is totally worth the hype, Drake isn't quite worth it but he's not bad.

Also I really like Woods and I'm not even sure why - maybe you can figure it out. Or hate them. I have a hard time hating music... like Free Energy is recognizably bad and yet I still groove out every time "Bang Pop" hits the radio.

[info]mojgani

July 18 2010, 23:24:40 UTC 1 year ago

and odd blood

i like woods too. :)

ditto on xx and the drake comment.

[info]bradleyjohnson

July 12 2010, 15:42:25 UTC 1 year ago

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http://www.maryamandaharp.com/ Mary sings, composes, arranges & writes songs, plays harp, piano, and organ.

Karryn Allyson. Jazz singer. She is not new but she is very good.
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