Favorites of 2010

Been thinking about my favorite albums of 2010, and two jump to mind, but I don’t think I could really decide between the two, so I guess IT’S A TIE!

My last.fm will attest that I listen to Joanna Newsom alot. Which is saying a lot because seven-hundred-something Joanna Newsom songs is quite a time commitment. She tends to write epics. And while the average song-length for “Have One On Me” dropped considerably from the last album, “Ys,” I think it still says something. If you haven’t listened to this 3-disc powerhouse, just think of how it has warmed to heart of this aspiring metalhead.

Here is Joanna performing the second disc’s opener on Letterman last week:

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The next is the score and soundtrack to Danish performance troop Hotel Pro Forma‘s opera Tomorrow, In a Year written and performed by The Knife, Mt. Sims, and Planningtorock. I think the The Knife has really proven that they are more than just the dance band we know for Heartbeats, but a creative force worthy of a larger place in the art world.

This video really exemplifies how sophisticated the artistic process was between all of the collaborators on this album. It also provides a sampling of the music. A particularly inspiring part is when Matt of Mt. Sims says of his process, “The notion the the scientific … way describing what is present cannot have some emotional weight is more of an an old way of seeing words and subjective events.”

Let us know some of your favorite albums from 2010 on our facebook page and make we can construct a megapost of reader-picked music! Do it!

-Danny

Good Intentions Paving Company

Joanna Newsom is about to put out a much anticipated 3 disc album called Have One On Me.

Her label, Drag City, is streaming an amazing song from it called Good Intentions Paving Company Kingfisher on their website right now that is very worth your ears.

Go to DRAGCITY.COM. Sorry I don’t have an MP3 link for you, listen to it quick before they take it down!

It is easy to overlook so I have pointed it out for you.

-Danny

EDIT: They have replaced the track with another one entitled Kingfisher, and it’s also some classic Joanna Newsom goodness. Like I said, listen to it quick because they’ve been switching the songs out before this too.