What a crazy year 2010 was. The All Whites were the only unbeaten team at the World Cup, the Christchurch mayoral race was interesting for once, and the September 4 Canterbury earthquake wiped the smiles off our dials (fantastic rolling aftershock this afternoon, by the way).
Oh, and a lot of damn fine music was released.
I wasn’t going to worry about compiling a list of musical favourites and highlights (others have done a more comprehensive job than I ever could – and I prefer continuums rather than compartmentalising things into years) but when I started scribbling down artists and albums and singles I was surprised how long the list got (and I’m sure I’ve overlooked heaps of stuff). In my mind it makes a liar of anyone who says that 2010 was a crap year for music.
So here’s what stood out for moi…
- Sleigh Bells – Treats LP (Mom+Pop)
- Holy Fuck – Latin LP (Young Turks)
- Lake Heartbeat – Trust in Numbers LP (Service)
- Ariel Pink and his Haunted Graffiti – Before Today LP (4AD)
- Ikons – Ikons LP (Service)
- Uffie – Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans LP (Ed Banger)
- K-X-P – K-X-P LP (Smalltown Supersound)
- Factory Floor – Lying EP (Blast First Petite)
- Acid Washed – Acid Washed LP (Record Makers)
- Tokimonsta – Midnight Menu LP (Art Union, Listen Up)
- Röyksopp – Senior LP (Wall of Sound)
- Pikachunes – Pikachunes LP (Lil Chief)
- The Fall – Your Future Our Clutter LP (Domino)
- Tommy Ill – Tommy Ill LP (Loop)
- Street Chant – Means LP (Arch Hill)
- Hurts – Happiness LP (Sony)
- Flight Facilities – Crave You single (Bang Gang)
- Selebrities – Ladies Man Effect EP (Cascine)
- Blue Sky Black Death – Third Party LP (Fake Four Inc.)
- Tono and the Finance Company – Fragile EP (Border)
- Wet Wings – Skin to Soil EP (Infinity Tapes)
- Robyn – Body Talk Pt 1 Mini LP (Konichiwa)
- Lindstrøm and Christabelle – Real Life Is No Cool LP (Feedelity)
- Tamaryn – The Waves LP (Mexican Summer)
- Twin Shadow – Forget LP (Terrible)
And if you didn’t find that very exciting here’s some respectable peeps with a lot more cred than me sharing their opinions on the year in music…
THE JOINT RADIO SHOW 