Best NON-Metal Albums of 2010

[lurch70]

ok, ok, the new Arcade Fire, 3 tracks in is already pretty awesome. I never heard this band but gave it a spin considering they popped up #1 on every chart.
something magical in the lyrics more than anything.

that new ROME is great too, although they remind me of that freaking puppet play that dude wrote in Forgetting Sarah Marshall ... that and Serge Geinsbourg.
good stuff though

 

[Krilons Resa]

oh boy

 

[lurch70]

 

[DrSkye]

If the new Radiohead makes it out in time, that'll do it.

 

[Disgustipated]

ok, ok, the new Arcade Fire, 3 tracks in is already pretty awesome. I never heard this band but gave it a spin considering they popped up #1 on every chart.
something magical in the lyrics more than anything.

Well, seriously mate, if you're enjoying that, you need to check out their back catalogue. Neon Bible and Funeral are both immensely good albums.

This has become their anthem, and for good reason:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGdyG_83nX4&feature=av2n[/ame]

Nevermind the ranga.

 

[Thanatopsis123]

Still waiting for new Tenhi and A Perfect Circle. I think I might actually see a new Tenhi album this year though.

 

[swizzlenuts]

A new Tenhi is what this thread needs.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Nonesuch Records has just announced that Steve Reich's newest work, Double Sextet, which won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for music, will be released on September 14th.

Here's the announcement and full details from Nonesuch:
http://www.nonesuch.com/journal/stev...-14-2010-07-01

NPR has posted an 8-minute segment of Double Sextet, roughly one-third of it, on its website. It is from a live performance by the group Eighth Blackbird, which commissioned the work. Here's the link:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=103304036

Amazing music.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Heavier than metal will ever get.

 

[Disgustipated]

The terrible organ from 3 - 5 mins almost ruined that. The oboe saved it.

 

[Ars Magna]

Sounds like Portal unlplugged.

 

[Krilons Resa]

 

[General Zod]

The oboe saved it.

That may be the greatest sentence ever uttered on this board.

 

[Dick Sirloin]

Menomena - Mines

New ARCADE FIRE = very good, but they probably coulda dropped 3-4 tracks and had a much stronger album. The disco song is my favorite.

New SUFJAN STEVENS = came out of fucking nowhere, and is actually very very good. A 60 minute "EP".... Reverend Bizarre inspiration? Also, his vocals are much less wimpy this time around. One of the songs has a ten-minute guitar solo.

 

[Windie]

Sleigh Bells' Treats

So fucking good!

 

[Dick Sirloin]

Indeed.

 

[Krilons Resa]

new Sufjan Stevens? suh-weet

 

[Dick Sirloin]

Yeah. It's streaming for free, and you can also buy the mp3s from the site for $5. Very, very good stuff, and quite different from his states albums. More "rock," I'd hazard to say.

http://sufjanstevens.bandcamp.com/

 

[Disgustipated]

New ARCADE FIRE = very good, but they probably coulda dropped 3-4 tracks and had a much stronger album. The disco song is my favorite.

Agree entirely. I have been playing this non-stop for the last week. They coulda dropped songs, but in these tough economic times people are looking for value for money, y'no?

Disco song? Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains), yeah? If so, this is also my favourite. As well as Modern Man, Rococo, Month of May, City With No Children, We Used to Wait... yeah man, I love the whole album. I think it may have taken over This is Happening for AOTY thus far...

..although I am currently listening to Coyote for the first time

 

[Krilons Resa]

whhhaaaaaaaaaat?!