Best Tracks Playlist from 2010

Best of 2010 Playlist

01. Here We Go Magic: "Casual"
02. Lindstrom and Christabelle: "Music In My Mind"
03. Nite Funk: "Am I Gonna Make It"
04. Onra: "The One  (feat. T3 of Slum Village)"
05. Dimlite: "Diana Won't"
06. Flying Lotus: "Kill Your Co-Workers"
07. Les Sins: "Toss and Turn"
08. Thomas Fehlmann "Permanent Touch"
09. Teebs: "Double Fifths"
10. Gil Scott-Heron and Jaime XX: "NY Is Killing Me"
11. Joy Orbison: "So Derobe"
12. John Roberts: "Even or Not"
13. Deerhunter: "Memory Boy"
14. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: "Round and Round"
15. Darkstar: "Gold"
16. James Blake: "CMYK
17. Beach House: "Lover of Mine"

Click here to hear the playlist. (Just let the first video play and when the song's done the playlist should just play through. If you want a physical CD, let me know and I'll try to drop one off to you or mail it to you)

Beach House on Conan

I can't believe I missed Beach House on Conan the other night. Beach House might win as my favorite live show that I was lucky enough to see this year. I think at the beginning of each song at the show I said "I love this song". I was really surprised to see their record in so many top albums lists 0f 2010. Way to go Beach House.

I'm home for the holidays and I don't have a whole lot to do. Expect a lot of posts.

I Love London

My girlfriend and I are moving to NY in a few days and we're really excited about being in New York for New Years. I don't want to talk trash about other cities and their choices of New Years parties but I did take notice of the list of acts playing in London on New Years and had a moment where I just wanted to hop on a plane and go (if I could). I'm very excited about this New Years and I'm sure if it's anything like last years New Years, it's going to be unforgettable. Either way, take a look at London's New Years Parties list (via Pitchfork). It's almost too good. 

LONDON, ENGLAND

-Sonic Youth, Shellac, Factory Floor, the Pop Group, DJ Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai) - Hammersmith Apollo (ATP Strange Days)

-Matthew Dear, Joker, Roska, Seth Troxler, Damian Lazarus - The Tunnels (Eastern Electrics NYE)

-Friendly Fires (DJ Set), Riton, L-Vis 1990 - XOYO

-Steve Bug, Jay Haze, Terry Francis, Cassey, Hearthrob - Fabric

-Caribou - Flowerpot

-Carl Barât (DJ Set) - All Star Lanes Brick Lane

-British Sea Power - Koko (Club NME)

-Four Tet, James Holden, Jamie XX, Nathan Fake - Corsica Studios (Trouble Vision X Deadly Rhythm)

-Matthew Johnson, Åme, Move D, Mark E, Gerd Janson & Tim Goldsworthy - CAMP (Phonica Records)

-Mala, Toddla T & Redlight, Nicky Blackmarket, Sukh Knight, P Money - TBA venue (Urban Nerds X ATG)

-El-B & MC Roller, Channel One, Daddy Skitz - The Big Chill House

-Mark Ronson, Annie Mac, Katy B, Fake Blood - O2 Academy (Together)

Here are some tracks I thought were appropriate for this post. 

Crystal Fighters: "I Love London (Brackles Remix)" 

FaltyDL: "To London"

Burial: "South London Boroughs" 

Top 10 Lists Part 3

(The Dream)

An old good friend (Axel Anderson) of mine via Brooklyn who produces, edits, DJs, and web designs just sent me his top 10 of 2010. It's another list in no particular order. That seems to be the popular thing to do with my friends. Check it out. It's the only single track list on the site.

In no particular order:

The-Dream - Veteran
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt0KoGu4RU8

OFWGKTA - Up Chopped and Screwed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrFWBrU0KyI

Ramadanman - Work Them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utvgs27fT4U

Jody Breeze - The Way I Move
http://soundcloud.com/ghettophiles/jody-breeze-the-way-i-move

Girl Unit - Wut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc6ZqhJWRhE

Dinah Washington and Max Richter - This Bitter Earth / On the Nature of Daylight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXHGoaEtmFM

Geiom feat Marita - Sugar Coated Lover
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTQ4TBOYAe8

James Blake - Limit to Your Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOT2-OTebx0

Arthur Russell - Come To Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IksudTFX42c
* Came out at the end of 2009 but so damn good I'm putting it in.

Darkstar - When It's Gone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgqHWQToHas

(Ramadanman)

Top 10 Lists Pt. 2

(James Blake)

I feel like every year I make a years best list and then I always want to change it a million times. Hopefully this year---that's not the case.

 1. James Blake - Klavierwerke EP (all the EPs are killer though)

 2. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest 

 3. Actress - Splazsh 

 4. Joy Orbison - The Shrew Would Have Cushioned The Blow

 5. Mount Kimbie - Crooks and Lovers

 6. John Roberts - Glass Eights 

 7. Four Tet - There Is Love In You

 8. Matthew Dear - Black City

 9. Beach House - Teen Dream

10. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma 

James Blake: "I Only Know (What I Know Now)"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBsJ09RhqZw

Joy Orbison: "So Derobe"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FN4nwLTxHs

(Flying Lotus, Cosmogramma)

Runner-ups

Tame Impala - InnerSpeaker 

Wild Nothing - Gemini 

Shed - The Traveller 

Prins Thomas - Prins Thomas

Thomas Fehlmann - Gute Luft 

Best Coast - Crazy for You

Onra  - Long Distance

(Onra)

Onra: "The One (ft. T3 from Slum Village)"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdIkzg3Oit0

(Matthew Dear)

This list comes from a good friend of mine, music geek and local boutique owner in Gainesville F.L., Matthew Turner. 

In no order, except for #1.

1. Matthew Dear - Black City
2. Gayngs - Relayted
3. Beach House - Teen Dream
4. Kanye West - My Dark Twisted Fantasy
5. The Fresh and Onlys - Play It Strange
6. Jonsi - Go
7. Four Tet - There Is Love In You
8. Tobacco - Maniac Meat
9. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
10. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest


Matthew Dear: "You Put A Smell On Me"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm8kPVSbbS4

Four Tet: "Love Cry"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxkFfbejcMk

(Gonjasufi, A Sufi and Killer)

Runner-ups
Gonjasufi - A Sufi and A Killer
Cloud Nothings - Turning On
Big Boi - Sir Luscious Left Foot
Twin Sister - Color Your Life
Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma

Twin Sister: "All Around and a Way We Go"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLjnTO6k2dU


Gonjasufi: "Duet" 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDZ31YQvxWY

(Four Tet, There's Love In You)

(Guru)

I sent an e-mail to a few music friends about a top 10 list of the year. I got a reply back from my friend Jay Lang (aka DJ CurbCuts) about a Guru top 10. I'm a big Guru and Gang Starr fan so I was all for it, so check it out--here it is. 

DJ CurbCuts Top 10 Guru Tracks In No Particular Order
"Code Of The Streets" - Hard To Earn
"No Time To Play" - Jazzmatazz Vol. 1
"DWYCK" - Hard To Earn
"Mass Appeal" - Hard To Earn
"Take It Personal" - Daily Operation
"Full Clip" - Full Clip
"You Know My Steez" - Moment Of Truth
"Tonz O Gunz"- Hard To Earn
"Ex Girl To The Next Girl" - Daily Operation
"Moment Of Truth" - Moment Of Truth

 Gang Starr: "Mass Appeal" 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9lNbNGbo24

Gang Starr: "Moment of Truth"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwSXfocnt48

 Bonus Tracks:
 "Loungin" - Jazzmatazz Vol. 1
 "Just To Get A Rep" - Step Into The Arena

 Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal R.I.P. 1961-2010

Top Albums of the 2010

Here's a few lists of top 10 records of the year from a few music geeks that I know or that I DJ around with on occasion. All the lists are really good and if you're looking for a list with a non bias slant (meaning none of us are paid off by sponsorship or by labels), its a good place to look for records you might have missed out on this year. 

Dan Snider (Resident DJ out in St. Augustine and Jacksonville) 

In no particular order

Earl Sweatshirt - Self Titled
Curren$y - Pilot Talk 2
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Pt. 2 (Return of the Ankh)
Shit Robot - From the Cradle to the Rave
Matthew Dear - Black City
Mount Kimbie - Crooks and Lovers
James Blake - CMYK EP
The Dream - Love King
Onra - Long Distance
Floating Points - Vacuum EP
Actress - Splazsh

Actress:"Always Human"

Shit Robot:"I Found Love (Radio Edit)"

James Blake: "CMYK"

My main man Larry G.out in San Francisco (Minimal, Tech and House DJ)

Bonobo - Black Sands (highly recommended, classy and well put together)
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest (space rock...period)
Todd Terje - Remaster of the Universe (poppy coolness)
Prins Thomas - Prins Thomas (The sound of Robert Johnson and German space age disco)
Four Tet - There is Love in You
V/A -Pop Ambient (like furry little kittens softly massaging my balls)
Thomas Fehlman - Gute Lift (old dude knows what is up)
Martin Buttrich - Crash Test (just a great album for dancing the 4/4)
Michael Mayer - Immer 3 (nice addition to the series)
Actress - Splazsh
Patrick Pulsinger - Impassive Skies (very interesting stuff...also appears on Immer 3)
John Roberts - Glass Eights (surprise from nowhere. nice stuff)
Sascha Dive -Restless Nights
Wolf and Lamb - Love Someone

and I like Pulshar.

John Roberts: "Glass Eigths"

Deerhunter: "Helicopter" 

Bonobo: "Eyesdown (ft. Andreya Triana)"

My most frequent DJ partner-- Ernie Hotsauce

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 
Guido - Anidea
LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening 
Darkstar - North
Fly Lo - Pattern + Grid World
Gucci Mane - The Burrprint 2 HD
El Guincho - Pop Negro
Rick Ross - Teflon Don

Dam-Funk - Toeachizown (Came out riiiight at the end of 2009, wasn't released on vinyl until 2010, so I count it) 

Guido: "Mad Sax"
Darkstar: "Aidy's Girl Is  A Computer" 


As for my own list...it will be out sometime this week. I want it to be perfect so I'm really thinking about it.

Deerhunter on Conan

Deerhunter made their debut on television last night playing "Helicopter" from the bands new record Halycyon Digest.