Favourite Albums of 2010, submitted to some publication or other.
1. Rangers - Suburban Tours (Olde English Spelling Bee)
2. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today (4AD)
3. Vampire Weekend - Contra (XL)
4. Gonjasufi - A Sufi and A Killer (Warp)
5. Moon Wiring Club - A Spare Tabby At The Cat's Wedding (Gecophonic)
6. Jim Ferraro - On Air (Muscleworks Inc.)
7. Actress - Splazsh (Honest Jon's)
8. D.D. Denham - Electronic Music in the Classroom (Cafe Kaput)
9. Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal (Mego)
10. Die Antwoord - $o$ (Interscope)
I think all those albums stand up
Probably the one that has receded a bit for me is the Vampire Weekend.
And Actress, maybe although it mightily impressed me at the time.
I would be curious to relisten to On Air but at the time it was easily my favorite of his many efforts.
Not so long ago I saw a doc on Die Antwoord, which demystified them to their detriment, but reminded me how cool and strange their records / videos were.
Actually looking at it's surprising the proportion of the people on it who have taken a reputational hit subsequently, not for their music, but for other behaviours.
Well, three to be precise, but that's almost a third...
