Thursday, January 20, 2011

"SPEAKERS GOING HAMMER!": The Albums: 2010.


01/Beach House - Teen Dream

Conversations. Tonight. Investigations and an analysis of the here & now/this mess we’re in/this space between us. Done here, at this moment, as your full and undivided attention is held in this space where clutter and unnecessary extravagance is obsolete. An empty room, a walk in the park, our Silver Souls looked into, our heart string tugged. Album number three from this Baltimore duo is an emotionally open and aesthetically haunting exploration of the ties that bind us, and the much needed conversations and interactions that have escaped us as time goes on and (along with ourselves), separates us. Teen Dream is just that: A space to fawn, reflect, and relate openly with no fears of being judged or humiliated present. Anchored by a steady and constant stream of dazzling dreamlike instrumentation on which Victoria Legrand’s vocals float like a cloud, Teen Dream is an incredibly moving and captivating masterwork that is, again, steeped in the here and now, rife with wants, needs, and proclamations that are familiar to us all.
KEY TRACKS: Norway/Walk in the Park/Take Care

  • 02/Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today


  • 03/Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz


  • 04/MGMT - Congratulations


  • 05/Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy


  • 06/LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - This is Happening


  • 07/Sleigh Bells - Treats


  • 08/Caribou - Swim & Robyn - Body Talk Pt. 1


  • 09/Wavves - King of the Beach


  • 10/Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest


  • 11/Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record


  • 12/Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty


  • 13/Freeway & Jake One - The Stimulus Package


  • 14/Of Montreal - False Priest


  • 15/Drake - Thank Me Later


  • 16/Spoon - Transference


  • 17/The Dream - Love King


  • 18/Scissor Sisters - Night Work


  • 19/Vampire Weekend - Contra


  • 20/Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)


  • 21/Gorillaz - Plastic Beach


  • 22/Janelle Monae - The Archandroid


  • 23/Cee-Lo Green - The Lady Killer & Jazmine Sullivan - Love Me Back


  • 24/Jenny & Johnny - I'm Having Fun Now


  • 25/The Black Keys - Brothers
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