Even though it is a good album, we all still wait for another Maxinquaye cause this man is a genius , or should I say was???
16- MIKE PATTON - Mondo Cane
The very very famous crazy man-because he was the star of Super Famous band Faith No More- did it real italian style, I loved it. Interesting brass arrangments for these old italian pop classics... Smart album!
15-VASELINES - Sex with an X
They are back again after so many years, hopeffully they will continue . I saw them live in 2010 and it was the best show of the year for sure...
14- MASSIVE ATTACK- Heligoland
13- LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - This is Happening
12- YEASAYER - Odd Blood
11- BLACK MOUNTAIN-Wilderness Heart
Very cool Vancouver kids, they wish that they were Led Zeppelin but they are too loud to be... I still love their debut and I think it is their best but this is a really good rock&roll album...
10-GRINDERMAN- Grinderman II
Very dirty, loud and sometimes really too macho but they still success to look cool
9-THE RADIO DEPT. - Clinging to a Scheme
The dream pop makers from Sweden.For some reason they remind me Deerhunter but they have a cleaner sound. The cool thing is they sampled a short speech of Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore(a.k.a Godfather of Noise scene of New York), I loved it,here it comes:
"People see rock and roll as, as youth culture, and when youth culture becomes monopolised by big business, what are the youth to do? Do you, do you have any idea?
I think we should destroy the bogus capitalist process that is destroying youth culture."
8-THE FRESH&ONLYS - Play it Strange
This is a real hardworking band from San Francisco, believe it or not but they made 3 albums in two years . I discover them this year, their previous album becomes one of my favorite album , but Play it Strange has still that raw pop-punk sound of theirs. The Fresh&Onlys has everything from surf rock to psychedelic rock.
7- TAME IMPALA - Innerspeaker
Tame Impala is an Australian band. It is their first album , produced by the band's own singer Kevin Parker and Tim Holmes from Death in Vegas. This is a perfect debut, powerfull psychedelic rock&roll...
6-JIM O'ROURKE- All Kinds of People Loves Burt Bacharach
Mister Genius Jim O'Rourke is keeping himself busy while living in Japan. We knew he loved Burt Bacharach when he covered his song "Something Big" in his master piece album Eureka. In this album he has many guest, mostly japanese musicians but also Thurston Moore... He sings beautiful, watch the video...
5-BEST COAST - Crazy for You
If Kurt Cobain was alive, he would add this to his favorite albums list for sure. I saw them live , they were excellent. Best Coast is the West Coast!!!!
4-VAMPIRE WEEKEND- Contra
3- CARIBOU - SWIM
2-THE NATIONAL - High Violet
1- DEERHUNTER - Halcyon Digest
It is their fourth album but for sure it is their best. Beautiful lyrics with a dreamy/psychedelic touch of smart indie rock. The band leader Cox stated on his facebook page :"The album's title is a reference to a collection of fond memories and even invented ones, like my friendship with Ricky Wilson or the fact that I live in an abandoned victorian autoharp factory. The way that we write and rewrite and edit our memories to be a digest version of what we want to remember, and how that's kind of sad."
My favorite song is the 7th track Basement Scene... I could not get agree more...
"Dream, a little dream... I don't want to get old,no..."
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