january

cfcf: the river ep (2010)
daniel martin moore: in the cool of the day
the decemberists: the king is dead
destroyer: kaputt
iron & wine: kiss each other clean
john vanderslice: white wilderness
lia ices: grown unknown
shara worden/sarah kirkland snider/signal: penelope (2010)
smith westerns: dye it blonde
the octopus project: hexadecagon (2010)

my new year's resolutions write-up on omahype, here.

while I'm sharing stuff, me on cello with the mynabirds, here.

favorites of 2010

1. caribou - swim
2. vijay iyer - solo
3. ariel pink's haunted graffiti - before today
4. beach house - teen dream
5. emeralds - does it look like I'm here?
6. hot chip - one life stand
7. kanye west - my beautiful dark twisted fantasy
8. arcade fire - the suburbs
9. four tet - there is love in you
10. the walkmen - lisbon
11. matthew dear - black city
12. antony and the johnsons - swanlights
13. lcd soundsystem - this is happening
14. the mynabirds - what we lose in the fire we gain in the flood
15. the tallest man on earth - the wild hunt
16. charlotte gainsbourg - irm
17. spoon - transference
18. belle and sebastian - write about love
19. sufjan stevens - the age of adz
20. the books - the way out
21. active child - curtis lane ep
22. sleigh bells - treats
23. broken bells - s/t
24. junip - fields
25. stereolab - not music
26. the black keys - brothers
27. love language - libraries
28. dr. dog - shame, shame
29. deerhunter - halcyon digest
30. balmorhea - constellations


others worth mentioning: phosphorescent - here's to taking it easy; lali puna - our inventions; james blackshaw - all is falling; the clientele - minotaur; how to dress well - love remains; titus andronicus - the monitor; the new pornographers - together; holy fuck - latin; broken social scene - forgiveness rock record


disappointing: the national - high violet; sam prekop - old punch card; magnetic fields - realism; blonde redhead - penny sparkle

merry christmas, everyone! :)