December 30, 2010
This group of albums shows just how much innovation and inspiration were in mixing rock with electronics this year:
| 30 | The Midnight Juggernauts The Crystal Axis High energy follows up their impressive electro-rock debut by reaching outward and upward. Read review |
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| 29 | The Divine Comedy Bang Goes the Knighthood On a tighter budget, the band evolves orchestration into a more streamlined composition, which is naturally still led by Hannon’s signature heady lyrics and distinguished ballads. |
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| 28 | Male Bonding Nothing Hurts Feisty lo-fi garage punk with a surfer twist represents a lot of fellow acts that sprung up this year. Read review |
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| 27 | Goldfrapp Head First The duo’s incarnation this time is as a new wave diva, and they perform an electronic disco masterpiece. |
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| 26 | Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse Dark Night of the Soul The late Mark Linkous teamed up with Danger Mouse, David Lynch, and an all-star list of indie rock collaborators to produce a dark, cool, and multi-faceted album. |
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| 25 | Foals Total Life Forever ‘Internet buzz band’ delivers electronic beauties & intricacies with getting self-important. Read review |
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The Books |
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| 23 | of Montreal False Priest With ambitious instrumentation, Prince-like melodies and Barnes’ strong lyrical content, the wild bunch delivers another fun, yet complex album. Read review |
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| 22 | Tame Impala Innerspeaker Beatles-esque vocals meet 90’s psychedelia at its finest; the definitive breakout album of 2010. Read review |
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| 21 | Autolux Transit Transit Ear candy for your headphones; every time you play you will hear things that you missed the time before. Read review |
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| 20 | Blonde Redhead Penny Sparkle Ultra-stylish rock with a sense of real art and passion – an unlikely combination. Read review |
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| 19 | Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti Before Today Sounds like a warped copy of rock ‘n’ roll vinyl, covered in Vaseline, then played backwards. Read review |
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| 18 | The Radio Dept. Clinging To a Scheme Airy synth-pop tinged with the sound of a rainy day – and their best yet. Read review |
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| 17 | Sleigh Bells Treats There’s no lack of energy on this electro-rock noise explosion. |
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| 16 | Beach House Teen Dream Morphine dream pop with otherwordly beauty. Read review |
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| 15 | Hot Chip One Life Stand Synth-rock dancemasters deliver another excellent set of clever pop tracks. Read review |
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Interpol |
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| 13 | MGMT Congratulations They made a quick, heavy name for themselves and somehow manage to hold it up. Read review |
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| 12 | Vampire Weekend Contra With their affluence and privilege on their sleeve, Contra is sonically beautiful and is a step and a half ahead of its younger brother, easily avoiding what could have been the greatest sophomore slump of 2010. Read review |
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| 11 | School of Seven Bells Disconnect From Desire The trio expands their haunting harmonies and high-reaching electronic rhythms from their debut. Read review |
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