My year living in Toronto round the corner from @soundscapesTO turns up 3 Canadian acts (Basia Bulat, Forest City Lovers and Frederick Squire) in my favourites from last year.
Frederick Squire’s album March 12 is stunning. Listen to You sing low and we’ll sing high and tell me you didn’t cry.
January
Basia Bulat – Heart of my own
Gold Rush
February
Gil Scott Heron – I’m new here (album)
On coming from a broken home
March
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – The Brutalist Bricks (album)
The Mighty Sparrow
April
Hot Chip – I feel better (song)
May
Elektronische Musik: Experimental German Rock And Electronic Musik 1972-83 (album)
Cluster – Heisse Lippen
June
Tennessee Ernie Ford – Sixteen Tons (song)
July
Minks – Funeral Song (song)
August
Ola Belle Reed – Rising Sun Melodies
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003WP2LCU/
Forest City Lovers – Carriage
Tell me cancer
September
Frederick Squire – March 12 (album)
Future of Tradition
October
No Age – Everything in between
Fever Dreaming
November
Syl Johnson – The Complete Mythology
December
Mississippi John Hurt – Complete Studio Recordings
You got to walk that lonesome valley
My top 10 albums of 2010, as submitted to the Philadelphia City Paper for their Top 21 Albums of 2010 cover story.
1. Titus Andronicus, The Monitor
2. Tame Impala, InnerSpeaker
3. Superchunk, Majesty Shredding
4. Black Mountain, Wilderness Heart
5. Ola Belle Reed, Rising Sun Melodies
6. Quasi, American Gong
7. Best Coast, Crazy For You
8. Frightened Rabbit, The Winter Of Mixed Drinks
9. Screaming Females, Castle Talk
10. Male Bonding, Nothing Hurts
Honorable Mention (in no particular order):
Bottomless Pit – Blood Under The Bridge
No Age – Everything In Between
The National – High Violet
Dum Dum Girls – I Will Be
Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Ty Segall – Melted
Das Racist – Sit Down, Man
Janelle Monae – The ArchAndroid
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band – Where The Messengers Meet
Marnie Stern – Marnie Stern
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