The 25 Best Albums of 2010

Posted by dannidupa in Lists and tagged with Arcade Fire, Band of Horses, Beach House, Belle & Sebastian, Best Albums 2010, Best Coast, Caribou, Deer Tick, Deerhunter, Dr. Dog, First Aid Kit, Glasser, Kanye West, Local Natives, M.I.A., Mumford & Sons, Ray Lamontagne, She & Him, Sleigh Bells, Sufjan Stevens, The Black Keys, The National, The Ruby Suns, The Weepies, Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer December 30, 2010

The past 365 days have played host to quite the amount of amazing new music. Some of these records made the list for being satisfying follow-up efforts while some made it for being awesome new bands in general. In both of these categories, this year has turned out many treats for the ear.

Vampire Weekend – Contra

Beach House – Teen Dream

Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz

Arcade Fire – The Suburbs

Local Natives – Gorilla Manor

Ray LaMontagne – God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise

Deer Tick – The Black Dirt Sessions

Sleigh Bells – Treats

Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More

She & Him – Volume Two

First Aid Kit – The Big Black &the Blue

Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest

Best Coast – Crazy For You

Band of Horses – Infinite Arms

The National – High Violet

The Ruby Suns – Fight Softly

Dr. Dog – Shame, Shame

M.I.A. – Maya

The Black Keys – Brothers

Yeasayer – Odd Blood

The Weepies – Be My Thrill

Belle & Sebastian – Write About Love

Glasser – Ring

Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Caribou – Swim

Who would you have included or excluded from the list? Please share!

Peace,

Monday Playlist

Posted by dannidupa in Monday Playlists and tagged with Camera Obscura, Deer Tick, First Aid Kit, Monday playlist, Music, New Music, Ray Lamontagne, Sufjan Stevens, The Clientele, The Weepies, The XX, Tokyo Police Club, Toro Y Moi September 13, 2010

1. “Leave Everywhere” by Toro Y Moi

2. “Heart Skipped A Beat” by The XX

3. “Mange” by Deer Tick

4. “Crazy” covered by Ray Lamontagne

5. “All Delighted People” by Sufjan Stevens

6. “I Was Made For Sunny Days” by The Weepies

7. “Breakneck Speed” by Tokyo Police Club

8. “(I Can’t Seem To) Make You Mine” by The Clientele

9. “If Looks Could Kill” by Camera Obscura

10. “You’re Not Coming Home Tonight” by First Aid Kit

Peace,

10 Things I Love Tuesday

Posted by dannidupa in 10 Things I Love Tuesday and tagged with Bedrooms, Chloe Sevigny, Coffee, James Dean, Jane Birkin, Jessica Szohr, John Lennon, Kate Winslet, Neutral Milk Hotel, Rachel Mcadams, Ray Lamontagne, Rings, Sienna Miller, Sunglasses, Twiggy March 30, 2010

1. .DRIVING AFTER 6 MONTHS OF BEING A PEDESTRIAN.

AKA my attempts at driving to visit a friend of a friend at school this weekend. Talk about RUSTY.

2. .CATHEDRAL ARCHITECTURE.

3. .PRE-COFFEE ATTITUDES.

4. .DAMN GOOD ADVICE FROM DAMN GOOD SONGS.

Lyrics from “In The Aeroplane Over the Sea” by Neutral Milk Hotel

Lyrics from “Be Here Now” by Ray Lamontagne

5 .ALTERNATIVE GLOBES.

Including a literal interpretation of having the whole world in your hands…

6. .LONG HAIR.

Too scared to cut mine but it’s getting so. so. long.

7. .THIS.

8. .REFUSING TO CHOOSE JUST ONE.

9. .TEA BAG CHANDELIERS.

10. .KNEE HIGHS.

Rain, rain, go away.

Peace,

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