Best of 2010's First Half

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I prefer Bocce, it's less mainstream and people won't assume I'm a Vampire Weekend fan.
 
I think we've found our definition:

Discussing albums nobody's ever heard of with college professors over dinner.

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Ha! Indeed. (By the way, Laz, it's ok, it just so happens that I have a sense of humor about my level of "indieness").

In fact, were I a Hipster Puppy, I'd probably be a combo of these two:

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rocky has this book on his ipad too—and has read neither

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max bought new speakers and spent a solid hour figuring out which record to “christen” them with

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Some of my favourites so far this year, in no particular order:

Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
Plants and Animals - La La Land
Stars - The Five Ghosts
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
The National - High Violet
The Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards
 
These New Puritans - Hidden
Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
Laura Veirs - July Flame
Benjy Ferree - Come Back to the Five and Dime Bobby Dee Bobby Dee
First Aid Kit - Drunken Trees
Holly Miranda - The Magician's Private Library
Shearwater - The Golden Archipelago
Vampire Weekend - Contra
UNKLE - Where Did The Night Fall
Zulya - Tales Of Subliming
 
The Midnight Sisters - Whatever Happened to Jackie Faye?

This one will be for sure near the top when the year's over. Sounds like early U2 and it's no revolutionary album, but so catchy. Their debut album by the way.
 
1. Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
2. The New Pornographers - Together
3. The Morning Benders - Big Echo
4. Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo
5. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
6. Phantogram - Eyelid Movies
7. Beach House - Teen Dream
8. Free Energy - Stuck on Nothing
9. She & Him - Volume 2
10. Stars - The Five Ghosts
 
Alright, my top 5 of this year at this point (in no particular order) are:

The Black Keys: Brothers
The National: High Violet
Arcade Fire: The Suburbs
The Morning Benders: Big Echo
Deerhunter: Halcyon Digest
 
1. Taylor Swift - "Mine" single
2. The National - High Violet
3. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
4. Janelle Monae - The Archandroid
5. Nadine Coyle - "Insatiable" single
6. The Hold Steady - Heaven Is Whenever
7. Cults - "Go Outside" single
8. Fang Island - Fang Island
9. Miley Cyrus - Can't Be Tamed
10. Roky Erickson - True Love Cast Out All Evil
11. Vampire Weekend - Contra
12. Eddie Vedder - "Better Days"
13. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Brutalist Bricks
14. Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
15. Cheryl Cole - "Promise This" single
16. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
17. Kanye West - "Power" single
18. Of Montreal - False Priest
19. The Morning Benders - Beg Echo
20. Los Campesinos! - Romance Is Boring
21. Sleigh Bells - "Rill Rill"
22. The New Pornographers - Together
23. Beach House - Teen Dream
24. The Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards
25. The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang
 
It's a sad world we live in.

People get mugged in the streets for their wallets, guns on every corner.
 
1. Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
2. The New Pornographers - Together
3. The Morning Benders - Big Echo
4. Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo
5. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
6. Phantogram - Eyelid Movies
7. Beach House - Teen Dream
8. Free Energy - Stuck on Nothing
9. She & Him - Volume 2
10. Stars - The Five Ghosts

good to see Avi Buffalo on your list, not all teens go the Justin Bieber route
this kid, can write, compose and he has strong musician skills, hope we see a lot of more good stuff from this young group


for those that are unfamiliar

(the kid's voice, will grow on you)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evu_MqAZpC0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12SXJCGj8aA
 
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