Hey folks,
It is that time of year we have all been looking forward to! top 10 albums of the year lists have begun to grace blogs, radio shows and music magazines!
Time for my top ten albums of the year. I pretty much had the composition of my top five albums organised in september, so the second half of my list was a lot tougher to work out. There will be honourable mentions as well, but lets begin at album number 10!
!0. The Drums-The Drums
I can't tell you how much i love this album. Surfy-pop, meets dance meets Joy Division! I saw these guys at the East Brunswick Club with a friend and i the gig was one of the best i have been to all year! I maybe a little biased though, seeing as we got to hang with the band after the gig and they gave us free tickets to their supporting gig of florence and the machine the night after, but thats beside the point! Such a fun awesome album!
Check out Lets Go Surfing below, perfect summer song (and it references Obama, which makes it even cooler!)
9. The National-High Violet
I am an extremely late comer to The National( ok as late as two weeks ago), and have been extremely sceptical of the band since my sister raved on about them for 3 months. I freely admit i was wrong about, and my sister has been on the ball about cloud control and dan kelly this year! This album is just beautiful. Lead singer Matt Berninger's baritone voice is sexy and full of sorrow that just pulls at the heartstrings! He reminds me a lot of Johnny Cash's voice. Bloodbuzz Ohio, Terrible Love, Anyones Ghost and Runaway are highlights. Check out Bloodbuzz Ohio below!
8.Miami Horror- Illumination
Melbourne based band Miami Horror's debut album Illumination was given to me by my housemate, and god i can't stop playing this album! If the indication of a good dance album is that it makes you dance then this has not stopped making me dance all year! Highlights are I look to you with melbourne singer Kimbra, Sometimes and Holiday. I posted earlier on I look to you so below is sometimes! Enjoy!
7. Foals-Total Life Forever
I am such am obsessive Foals fan! SO much so that when lead singer Yannis Philippakis walked passed me at the mercury lounge in new york i didn't notice him! I played Foals debut album all throughout my masters degree last year and Total Life Forever is just as good! Spanish Sahara and Miami are highlights. Miami is in my top 5 songs of the year!
6.Dan Kelly- Dan Kelly's Dream
Dan Kelly is legendary Australian Musician Paul Kelly's nephew and the talent runs in the family! This album is just so cleaver lyrically i couldn't leave it off! enjoy bindi irwin apocalypse jam below!
5. Arcade Fire-The Suburbs
What can i say about this album? could have easily been my number 1 album of the year. Epic, moving and just a god damn awesome rock and roll album, Canada's Arcade fire return in fine form with an amazing album! From start to finish a delight to listen to! Month of May, City of No Children, the Suburbs, Ready to Start and We used to wait highlights. We used to wait is below and my favourite off the album!
4. Deerhunter-Halycon Digest
Such a beautiful album! Bradford Cox's song writing is amazing on this album! From revival, to memory boy, to the glorious Desire Lines and the sax dripped Coronardo are just awesome! Desire Lines top 5 songs of the year! Revival is below!
3. Cloud Control- Bliss Release
From the Blue Mountains in NSW, this four piece has produced one of the best debut' i've heard all year! Sounding like a mix between fleet foxes, vampire weekend and talking heads, cloud control points to a new era of bands leading Australian music! Meditation Song #2, Ghost Story, My Fear #2 are favourites! Can't wait to see them at laneway festival next year! Below is this is what i said!
2. Laura Marling-I Speak Because I Can
What a voice, and what song writing talent. I have been a massive fan of Marlings since 2007 and her first album Alas i Cannot Swim. I first saw her when she was an 18 year old, and she seemed almost shy of performing, yet she had this unbelievable voice and lyric writing skill beyond her years that commanded the stage. Her second album I Speak Because I Can has drawn comparisons to Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan and i tell you they are completely warranted! I have seen her three times this year! Below is Devil's Spoke.
1. The Walkmen-Lisbon
This album was always going to top my list. 2008's album You and Me was epic, but the Walkmen's Lisbon is just on another planet! Most of The Walkmen's music has been characterised by melancholy lyrics coupled with heavy drums and jangly guitars. The melancholy lyrics are still their but the sadness is equally matched with joyous music. The drumming, the guitar, drums, piano and the voice all come together to deliver a uplifting and joyous album that makes me smile every time i listen to it! From opening track Juveniles, Angela Surf City, Blue as Your Blood to the glorious Stranded and its wonderful use of horns that reminds me of christmas and snow to the infectious Woe is Me (my favourite song of the year), this album reminds me of friends, family, summers spent at the beach and in the sun sipping beer, snow christmas and fun times. It is an album that stays with me days after i listen to it! Below is Angela Surf City and Woe is Me!
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