2010 Album of the Year Discussion....

[hotmessization]

Interference - s/t

It's so damn awesome. I have a tape of the original 1982 recordings/rehearsals and am glad that this was finally released.

[snafu]

'ghost blonde' by no joy is pretty fantastic!

[cavorting with nudists]

I don't expect it to make many people's lists, but I quite like Bryan Ferry's Olympia.  Bit of a return to form for the old sleaze.

And guess who plays bass on it?  I think you can!

[fonpr]

I don't expect it to make many people's lists, but I quite like Bryan Ferry's Olympia.  Bit of a return to form for the old sleaze.

And guess who plays bass on it?  I think you can!

Roberto Alomar?

[cavorting with nudists]

No, Dude, Flea.  Flea's on it!

He was also in that PBS Patti Smith documentary.  Does he have the same agent as Sheryl Crow or what?

[LaurenNicole]

definitely this one for me.. really wonderful.

http://blog.cityslang.com/?tag=kort

[Hugman 3.0]

I just saw LA's Jail Weddings last night. They were great. Gonna buy their record and see if it measures up.

[Alex_from_the_woods]

No one has mentioned the Best Coast album yet.
It is pretty fantastic.

Oh, Chris L mentioned it alright...

I've heard a lot of people hating on it. Seeing them live before Titus Andronicus didn't really make me want to check it out.

I should mention I do like some songs on the Best Coast album, but in spite of the lyrics, which really are atrociously lazy.  Lazier than the top 40 mall pop a lot of its defenders would slag off.  Indie bubblegum has truly arrived.

I definitely wouldn't call the Best Coast record one of the best of 2010 but there's something likable about it for me. I actually find the lyrics pretty hilarious. I mean she can't be serious. This girl REALLY needs a date.

I do love, love, loooove "Inner Speaker" by Tame Impala. Fuzz out the wazoo. And it's got a kind of lazy, strung-out quality to it that I seem to be a sucker for. Combine that with the heavy fuzz sound and nice melodies and I end up listening to it almost every day.

[Steeley Chris]

I would second these nominations:
Screaming Females "Baby Teeth"

Baby Teeth came out in '06 (maybe it was re-released this year). Singles came out this year, though. Marissa's solo project Noun released Holy Hell this year. I'd vote for that as a top 5.

My discovery of the 2010 would be Kate Bush's 1985 masterpieceHounds Of Love. AMAZING!!!

Oh, and I called The Brutalist Bricks the 2010 album of the year last December. It's the only album that matters this year.

[Omar]

Here's a list of 33, which was whittled down from about 75 candidates:

Revised to remove the "*"s, which previously indicated albums on the list that I had not actually heard*, and include some additional recordings (in GREEN/RED GLOW).

*I have since heard them and the sound was sufficient to remain on the list!

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Agalloch – Marrow of the Spirit [Profound Lore]
Arcade Fire – The Suburbs [Merge]
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today [4AD]
Belle and Sebastian - Belle and Sebastian Write About Love [Matador]
Bettie Serveert – Pharmacy of Love [Second Motion]
Boston Spaceships – Our Cubehouse Still Rocks [GBV, Inc.]
Bottomless Pit – Blood Under the Bridge [Comedy Minus One]
The Cute Lepers – Smart Accessories [1-2-3-4 Go]
Drive-By Truckers – The Big To-Do [ATO]
Ex Humans – Ex Humans [Rob’s House]
Girl Talk – All Day [Illegal Art]
Grass Widow – Past Time [KRS]
Hank IV – III [Siltbreeze]
The Intelligence – Males [In The Red]
Iron Maiden – The Final Frontier [UME]
Jucifer - Throned in Blood [Nomadic Fortress Records]
Kylesa – Spiral Shadow [Prosthetic]
Magnapop – Chase Park [The Kraft Records]
Major Stars – Return to Form [Drag City]
Marnie Stern – Marnie Stern [KRS]
Monster Magnet – Mastermind [Napalm Records]
Nobunny – First Blood [Goner]
The National – High Violet [4AD]
The Overnight Lows – City of Rotten Eyes [Goner]
The Parting Gifts – Strychnine Dandelion [In The Red]
Plexi 3 – Tides of Change [Certified PR]
Quasi – American Gong [KRS]
Ratt - Infestation [Roadrunner/Loud & Proud]
Robert Pollard – We All Got Out of the Army [GBV, Inc.]
Screaming Females – Castle Talk [Don Giovanni]
Smoosh – Withershins [self-released]
Superchunk – Majesty Shredding [Merge]
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists – The Brutalist Bricks [Matador] 
Thee Oh Sees – Warm Slime [In The Red]
Torche – Songs for Singles [Hydra Head]
Ty Segall – Melted [Goner]
Tyvek – Nothing Fits  [In The Red]
Unnatural Helpers – Cracked Love & Other Drugs [Hardly Art]
White Mystery – White Mystery [self-released]
The Young – Voyagers of Legend [Mexican Summer]

DUD of the YEAR: Kanyay Pest – My Boring Fetid Fudgey Fontasy [Panzerfaust]

Special Recognition for Achievement in A/V: “Bottled In Cork” Music Video [Dir. Tom Scharpling]