1.Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
2.Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
3.Caribou - Swim
4.Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
5.Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise
6.Autechre - Oversteps
7.Beach House - Teen Dream
8.Frightened Rabbit - The Winter Of Mixed Drinks
9.Vampire Weekend - Contra
10.Four Tet - There Is Love In You
11.Fang Island - Fang Island
12.Yeasayer - Odd Blood
13.The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis
14.Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
15.Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two (Return Of The Ankh)
16.Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
17.Gonjasufi - A Sufi And A Killer
18.Shearwater - The Golden Archipelago
19.Jonsi - Go
20.LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening

1. Sick of It All - Based on a True Story
2. Suffokate - No Mercy, No Forgiveness
3. God Is an Astronaut - Age of the Fifth Sun
4. Carnifex - Hell Chose Me
5. Abigor - Time Is the Sulphur in the Veins of the Saint...
6. War of Ages - Eternal
7. Soulfly - Omen
8. Martyrdom - Slaying Giants
9. Leng Tch'e - Hypomanic
10. Veil of Maya - [id]

11. Cold Hard Truth - Deliver the Fear
12. Sonic Syndicate - We Rule the Night
13. Arma Gathas - Dead to This World
14. This Routine Is Hell - The Verve Crusade
15. Bane - 7.58AM Perth
16. Rotten Sound - Napalm
17. Through the Eyes of the Dead - Skepsis
18. Annotations of an Autopsy - II: the Reign of Darkness
19. Immolation - Majesty and Decay
20. Pro-Pain - Absolute Power

Tussenstand na weer een paar maanden

1. [--] The National - High Violet
2. [1] Yeasayer - Odd Blood
3. [2] Four Tet - There is Love in You
4. [--] Rufus Wainwright - All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu
5. [--] Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
6. [--] The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt
7. [5] Hot Chip - One Life Stand
8. [--] Caribou - Swim
9. [--] CocoRosie - Grey Oceans
10. [--] Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record

1. (1) Angus & Julia Stone - Down the Way 5.0
2. (2) Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can 4.5
3. (4) The National - High Violet 4.5
4. (3) Massive Attack - Heligoland 4.5
5. (5) Gorillaz - Plastic Beach 4.0
6. (..) The Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards 4.5
7. (..) Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma 4.0
8. (..) CocoRosie - Grey Oceans 4.0
9. (7) LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening 4.0
10. (10) Whitey - Canned Laughter 4.0

1. Admiral Freebee - The Honey and the Knife 4*
2. John Common And Blinding Flashes of Light - Beautiful Empty 4*
3. The Black Keys - Brothers 4*
4. Blaudzun - Seadrift Soundmachine 4*
5. Broken Bells - Broken Bells 4*
6. Jeremy Messersmith - The Reluctant Graveyard 4*
7. Admiral Fellow - Boots Met My Face 4*
8. Portugal The Man - American Ghetto 3,5*
9. The Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt 3,5*
10. Balthazar - Applause 3,5*

01.Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma
02.LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
03.Admiral Freebee – The Honey & The Knife
04.Four Tet – There Is Love In You
05.The National – High Violet
06.The Black Box Revelation – Silver Threats
07.Beach House – Teen Dream
08.Angus & Julia Stone – Down the Way
09.Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
10.Jónsi - Go

Veel folk, toch zeker een 7-tal albums die meer of min onder de noemer vallen.

01. Natalie Merchant - Leave Your Sleep
02. Angus & Julia Stone - Down the Way
03. Beach House - Teen Dream
04. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
05. Laura Veirs - July Flame
06. Midlake - The Courage of Others
07. First Aid Kit - Big Black and the Blue
08. Basia Bulat - Heart of My Own
09. Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here
10. Bonobo - Black Sands

01. The National - High Violet
02. Angus & Julia Stone - Down The Way
03. The Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt
04. Eels - End Times
05. Balthazar - Applause
06. Blaudzun - Seadrift Soundmachine
07. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
08. The Van Jets - Cat Fit Fury
09. The Black Box Revelation - Silver Threats
10. Admiral Freebee - The Honey & The Knife

Er komt veel goeds uit Belgie dit jaar. De plaat van Wallace Vanborn staat ook nog te dringen om een plaatsje.

Update:

==========4,5*==========
01. Massive Attack - Heligoland
02. Beach House - Teen Dream
==========4,0*==========
03. Foals - Total Life Forever
04. Gonjasufi - A Sufi and a Killer
05. Pantha du Prince - Black Noise
06. Jamie Lidell - Compass
==========3,5*==========
07. Balthazar - Applause
08. Mavis Presented by Ashley Beedle & Darren Morris
09. Four Tet - There Is Love in You
10. Bonobo - Black Sands

1.Angus & Julia Stone - Down the Way (4,5*)
2. Motorpsycho - Heavy Metal Fruit
3. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (4*)
4. Sade - Soldier of Love
5. Toro Y Moi - Causers of This
6. Beach House - Teen Dream
7. Jónsi - Go
8. Robyn - Body Talk Pt 1
9. Autechre - Oversteps
10. Pantha du Prince - Black Noise

Wel weer tijd voor een update. Tot nu toe een matig jaar, eigenlijk. Alles na The National is eigenlijk niet eindejaarslijstwaardig.

1. (1) Beach House - Teen Dream
2. (--) The Whiskers - War of Currents
3. (--) Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
4. (5) Midlake - The Courage of Others
5. (--) The National - High Violet
6. (4) Moonface - Dreamland EP: Marimba and Shit-Drums
7. (2) Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
8. (--) Tobacco - Maniac Meat
9. (--) Pocahaunted - Make It Real
10. (6) Besnard Lakes - ...Are the Roaring Night

4.5*

01. Beach House - Teen Dream
02. The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a Scheme
03. Yeasayer - Odd Blood
04. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
05. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
06. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor

4.0*

07. Toro Y Moi - Causers of This
08. Delorean - Subiza
09. Four Tet - There Is Love in You
10. The Ruby Suns - Fight Softly

01.Greg Haines - Until the Point of Hushed Support
02.Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
03.Yellow Swans - Going Places
04.Jack Rose - Luck in the Valley
05.Bill Callahan - Rough Travel for a Rare Thing
06 Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
07.Gonjasufi - A Sufi and a Killer
08.Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones
09.Beach House - Teen Dream
10.The Fall - Your Future Our Clutter

Update:

01. (02.) Gorillaz - Plastic Beach 4.5*
02. (03.) Delphic - Acolyte 4.5*
03. (01.) The Soft Pack - The Soft Pack 4.5*
04. (04.) Hot Chip - One Life Stand 4.0*
05. (----) MGMT - Congratulations 4.0*
06. (05.) Surfer Blood - Astro Coast 4.0*
07. (----) Caribou - Swim 4.0*
08. (06.) Massive Attack - Heligoland 4.0*
09. (----) LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening 4.0*
10. (10.) Vampire Weekend - Contra 4.0*

1. James Holden - DJ-Kicks
2. Bill Callahan - Rough Travel for a Rare Thing
3. Pantha du Prince - Black Noise
4. Mark Van Hoen - Where Is the Truth
5. Beach House - Teen Dream
6. She & Him - Volume 2
7. Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
8. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
9. John Grant - Queen of Denmark
10. Gonjasufi - A Sufi and a Killer

01. (__) The Riot Before - Rebellion
02. (__) The Great St. Louis - In Your Own Time
03. (__) Fatso Jetson - Archaic Volumes
04. (__) The Killigans - Honor
05. (__) Year Long Disaster - Black Magic; All Mysteries Revealed
06. (__) Stephen Egerton - The Seven Degrees of Stephen Egerton
07. (__) Born to Lose - The Dreams of Kids
08. (__) The National - High Violet
09. (__) Hills Have Eyes - Black Book
10. (__) Black Tusk - Taste the Sin

Een voorzichtige eerste top 10 lijst van 2010 na bijna 5 volle maanden:

1. Greg Haines - Until the point of hushed support
2. Nicholas Szczepanik - Dear Dad
3. Beach House - Teen Dream
4. Grouper / Roy Montgomery - Split
5. Yellow Swans - Going Places
6. Joanna Newsom - Have One One Me
7. Fursaxa - Mycorrhizae Realm
8. Burning Star Core - Papercuts Theater
9. Robert Curgenven - Oltre
10. Fenn O'Berg - In Stereo

N.a.v. nieuwe topcd van het jaar.....
1. (-) Natalie Merchant,"Leave Your Sleep"
2. (1) Four Tet,"There Is Love in You"
3. (3) Beach House,"Teen Dream"
4. (9) Bonobo,"Black Sands"
5. (2) Laura Marling,"I Speak Because I Can"
6. (4) Marble Sounds,"Nice Is Good"
7. (5) Johnny Cash,"American VI: Ain't No Grave"
8. (-) The Tallest Man on Earth,"The Wild Hunt"
9. (7) Joanna Newsom,"Have One on Me"
10. (-) Caribou,"Swim"
Veel folk en electronische muziek. Dit jaar is nog niet een jaar van de gitaar voor mij.
Ben nu lekker Greg Haines aan het ontdekken, The National moet nog erg groeien, en ik kijk erg uit naar de release van de nieuwe van Sun Kil Moon.

1. (-) Marc Almond - Varieté
2. (1) The Irrepressibles - Mirror Mirror
3. (2) Jónsi - Go
4. (3) The Magic Theatre - London Town
5. (4) John Grant - Queen of Denmark
6. (5) Emanuel and the Fear - Listen
7. (6) Natalie Merchant - Leave Your Sleep
8. (7) Little Annie & Paul Wallfisch - Genderful
9. (8) Beach House - Teen Dream
10. (9) Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me

11. (15) The Ark - In Full Regalia
12. (10) Angus & Julia Stone - Down the Way
13. (11) Get Well Soon - Vexations
14. (12) Baby Dee - A Book of Songs for Anne Marie
15. (20) Blaudzun - Seadrift Soundmachine
16. (13) Vampire Weekend - Contra
17. (-) Janelle Monaé - The ArchAndroid
18. (14) Tindersticks - Falling Down a Mountain
19. (16) Northern Portrait - Criminal Art Lovers
20. (18) Massive Attack - Heligoland

01. (02) Marina & The Diamonds – The Family Jewels
02. (01) Vampire Weekend - Contra
03. (03) Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
04. (---) The National - High Violet
05 (04) Ellie Goulding - Lights
06 (05) The Courteeners - Falcon
07 (06) Delphic - Acolyte
08 (07) Hot Chip - One Life Stand
09 (---) Stornoway - Beachcomer's Windowsill
10 (09) Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

Aantal stemmen: 24

Update:

4.5*
01.(01) José James - Blackmagic
02.(02) Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - I Learned the Hard Way
4*
03.(03) Eli "Paperboy" Reed - Come and Get It!
04.(04) Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
05.(---) Jamie Lidell - Compass
06.(06) Georgia Anne Muldrow - Kings Ballad
3.5*
07. (05) Pam Feather - Feather Tales
08.(---) Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
09.(09) Marina & the Diamonds - The Family Jewels
10.(10) Bonobo - Black Sands

Update:

01. Sage Francis - Li(f)e 4,5*
02. Bonobo - Black Sands 4*
03. Greg Haines - Until the Point of Hushed Support
04. Freeway & Jake One - The Stimulus Package
05. Emancipator - Safe in the Steep Cliffs
06. The Q4 - Darker Days
07. Grieves - The Confessions of Mr. Modest
08. Shad - TSOL 3,5*
09. Damu the Fudgemunk - How It Should Sound (Volume 1 & 2)
10. Dutch - A Bright Cold Day

Bijna twee maanden verder, dus tijd voor een update:

1. Greg Haines - Until the Point of Hushed Support
2. Michael Santos - Memory Maker
3. Scott Tuma - Dandelion
4. Mike Patton - Mondo Cane
5. Masayoshi Fujita & Jan Jelinek - Bird, Lake, Objects
6. Offthesky - Hiding Nature
7. Chihei Hatakeyama - A Long Journey
8. Motorpsycho - Heavy Metal Fruit
9. Eleh - Location Momentum
10.Relmic Statute - Morning Tapes

1. Grieves - Confessions Of Mr. Modest
2. Fresku - Fresku
3. The Northern Lights - Journey Through Your Mind's Eye
4. Dessa - A Badly Broken Code
5. Freeway & Jake One - The Stimulus Package
6. Rico, Typhoon & Muppetstuff - Wie Heeft de Bal?
7. Joe Kickass - Let Me Introduce
8. Canibus - Melatonin Magik
9. Nas & Damian Marley - Distant Relatives
10. Army Of The Pharaohs - The Unholy Terror

1. The National - High Violet
2. Jónsi - Go
3. Beach House - Teen Dream
4. Foals - Total Life Forever
5. The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt
6. Get Well Soon- Vexations
7. Efterklang- Magic Chairs
8. Surfer Blood- Astro Coast
9. The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a Scheme
10. Seabear - We Built a Fire

Update:

1. Sick of It All - Based on a True Story 4.5*
2. Trash Talk - Eyes & Nines
3. Suffokate - No Mercy, No Forgiveness 4*
4. Deftones - Diamond Eyes
5. The Ghost Inside - Returners
6. Freeway & Jake One - The Stimulus Package
7. Carnifex - Hell Chose Me
8. Whitechapel - A New Era of Corruption
9. Abigor - Time is the Sulphur in the Veins of the Saint...
10. Murder Death Kill - Fuck with Us and Find Out

kan voorzichtig al aan een top 5 komen

1. The National - High Violet 5*
2. Motorpsycho - Heavy Metal Fruit 4.5*
3. Anathema - We Are Here Because We Are Here
4. Eels - End times 4*
5 Johnny cash- American VI Ain't No Grave

Bijna 2 maanden later en we komen op deze top 10 uit:

1 (4): MGMT - Congratulations
2 (1): The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis
3 (-): The National - High Violet
4 (-): Rolo Tomassi - Cosmology
5 (-): Deftones - Diamond Eyes
6 (5): Massive Attack - Heligoland
7 (-): Daughters - Daughters
8 (-): Soulfy - Omen
9(10): Veil of Maya - [Id]
10 (-): Joanna Newsom - Have one on Me

Een grote verandering!

1. The National - High Violet
2. Jaga Jazzist - One-Armed Bandit
3.Vampire Weekend - Contra
4. These New Puritans - HIdden
5. Foals - Total Life Forever
6. Yeasayer - Odd Blood
7. Peter Gabriel - Scratch My Back
8. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
9.The New Pornographers - Together
10. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis

1. The Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt.
2. The National - High Violet
3. Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo
4. Damien Jurado - Saint Bartlett
5. Woods - At Echo Lake
6. Mountain Man - Made the Harbor
7. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
8 Caribou - Swim
9. Beach House - Teen Dream
10.Toro-Y-Moi - Causers of This

Ik verwacht nog heel wat goede platen voor dit jaar, maar dit is wel een voorzichtige voorselectie.