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2010 in Music

I realized that there are so many informations i wanted to get from you people that the EOY Poll coming in February won't give. So i decided to do this little game. Here's hoping it doesn't flop.

Band of the Year:
Male Artist of the Year:
Female Artist of the Year:
Breakthrough Artist of the Year:
Best Album:
Best Debut Album:
Best EP:
Favorite "Old Discovery of the Year":
Overrated Album:
Underrated Album:
Live Act of the Year:
Song of the Year:
Mainstream Single of the Year:
Music Video of the Year:
Disappointment of the Year:
2010 in a Word:
Promise for 2011:

Breakthrough is not necessarily a New Artist, just someone that received attention this year and favorite older discovery is an old band that you started to listen and enjoy only last year.


Here is mine:

Band of the Year: Beach House
Male Artist of the Year: Ariel Pink
Female Artist of the Year: Laura Marling
Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Anais Mitchell
Best Album: Teen Dream by Beach House
Best Debut Album: Sleigh Bells
Best EP: All Delighted People by Sufjan Stevens
Favorite "Old Discovery of the Year": Bright Eyes
Overrated Album: The Archandroid by Janelle Monaé
Underrated Album: I Will Be by Dum Dum Girls
Live Act of the Year: Sufjan Stevens
Song of the Year: Zebra by Beach House
Mainstream Single of the Year: Teenage Dream by Katy Perry
Music Video of the Year: Monster by Kanye West
Disappointment of the Year: MAYA by M.I.A.
2010 in a Word or Two: Awesome
Promise for 2011: James Blake

Re: 2010 in Music

Band of the Year: LCD Soundsystem
Male Artist of the Year: Kanye West
Female Artist of the Year: Janelle Monae
Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Beach House
Best Album: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy- Kanye West
Best Debut Album: The ArchAndroid- Janelle Monae
Best EP: Pass
Favorite "Old Discovery of the Year": Wilco
Overrated Album: The Age of Adz- Sufjan Stevens
Underrated Album: Treats- Sleigh Bells
Live Act of the Year: Sleigh Bells (again!! I saw them live in Albany and it was AMAZING)
Song of the Year: Fuck You- Cee Lo Green
Mainstream Single of the Year: Fuck You- Cee Lo Green (again)
Music Video of the Year: Home- LCD Soundsystem
Disappointment of the Year: Maya- M.I.A.
2010 in a Word: Fuckyeahtastic
Promise for 2011: No clue, We'll have to see.....

Re: 2010 in Music

Band of the Year: Beach House
Male Artist of the Year: Sufjan Stevens
Female Artist of the Year: Sophie Hunger
Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Beach House
Best Album: Beach House - Teen Dream
Best Debut Album: Warpaint - The Fool
Best EP: Sufjan Stevens - All Delighted People
Favorite "Old Discovery of the Year": Neil Young
Overrated Album: LCD Soundsystem - The Happening
Underrated Album: AfroCubism - AfroCubism
Live Act of the Year: -
Song of the Year: The National - Terrible Love
Mainstream Single of the Year: -
Music Video of the Year: -
Disappointment of the Year: Phil Selway - Familial
2010 in a Word: Interesting
Promise for 2011: Radiohead

and
Worst Album: Train - Save me San Francisco

Re: 2010 in Music

I forgot Worst Album too, it would so be Streets of Gold by 3OH!3. Someone sent me saying it was like Phoenix (WTF!!!!) and it was the biggest waste of time of the year and maybe top 5 of my life.

Re: 2010 in Music

Band of the Year: Deerhunter
Male Artist of the Year: Kanye West
Female Artist of the Year: Janelle Monae
Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Flying Lotus
Best Album: Cosmogramma
Best Debut Album: The ArchAndroid
Best EP: pass
Favorite "Old Discovery of the Year": Almost too many to put...I'll say Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
Overrated Album: The Suburbs
Underrated Album: My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
Live Act of the Year: pass
Song of the Year: Deerhunter - "He Would Have Laughed"
Mainstream Single of the Year: Kanye West - "Power"
Music Video of the Year: pass
Disappointment of the Year: Arcade Fire
2010 in a Word: better
Promise for 2011: The Avalanches (maybe?)

A few other categories:

Best Album Cover: Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
Worst Album Cover: Yeasayer - Odd Blood
Best Album Opener: LCD Soundsystem - "Dance Yrself Clean"
Best Album Closer: Deerhunter - "He Would Have Laughed"
Worst Mainstream single: "Bedrock"
Worst Male Artist: Jason DeRulo
Worst Female Artist: Ke$ha

Re: 2010 in Music

Band of the Year: Arcade Fire
Male Artist of the Year: Kanye West
Female Artist of the Year: Janelle Monae
Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Beach House
Best Album: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West
Best Debut Album: The ArchAndroid, Janelle Monae
Best EP: ?
Favorite "Old Discovery of the Year": Nas
Overrated Album: This Is Happening, LCD Soundsystem
Underrated Album: The Age of Adz, Sufjan Stevens
Live Act of the Year: Didn't see any...
Song of the Year: "Lost in the World/Who Will Survive in America?", Kanye West*
Mainstream Single of the Year: "Over", Drake
Music Video of the Year: "Runaway", Kanye West
Disappointment of the Year: M.I.A.
2010 in a Word: Fantastic
Promise for 2011: Radiohead

*That will probably change by tomorrow

Re: 2010 in Music

Band of the Year: Arcade Fire
Male Artist of the Year: Girl Talk
Female Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift
Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Free Energy
Best Album: The Suburbs, Arcade Fire
Best Debut Album: Stuck on Nothing, Free Energy
Best EP: All Delighted People, Sufjan Stevens
Favorite "Old Discovery of the Year": Hunky Dory, David Bowie
Overrated Album: High Violet, The National
Underrated Album: Stuck on Nothing, Free Energy
Live Act of the Year: Arcade Fire
Song of the Year: Floating Vibes, Surfer Blood
Mainstream Single of the Year: Teenage Dream, Katy Perry
Disappointment of the Year: Transference, Spoon

Re: 2010 in Music

Band of the Year: Agalloch
Male Artist of the Year: Kanye West
Female Artist of the Year: Janelle Monae
Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Big K.R.I.T.
Best Album: The ArchAndroid
Best Debut Album: The ArchAndroid
Best EP:
Favorite "Old Discovery of the Year": David Sylvian's Gone to Earth
Overrated Album: most of them
Underrated Album: Curse of the Red River
Live Act of the Year: Nick Lowe
Song of the Year: "Aston Martin Music"
Mainstream Single of the Year: "Aston Martin Music"
Music Video of the Year: Salif Keita's "La Difference"
Disappointment of the Year: Eminem's Recovery
2010 in a Word: meh
Promise for 2011: i'll give the Panda Bear album a fair listen

Re: 2010 in Music

Band of the Year: The National
Male Artist of the Year: Kristian Matsson (The Talleset Man On Earth)
Female Artist of the Year: Janelle Monae
Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Janelle Monae
Best Album: The Wild Hunt
Best Debut Album: Archandroid
Best EP: Sometimes the Blues Is Just a Passing Bird
Favorite "Old Discovery of the Year": John Martyn's magnificent "Solid Air"
Overrated Album: The Age of Adz
Underrated Album: The Wild Hunt
Live Act of the Year: -
Song of the Year: Love Is All
Mainstream Single of the Year: -
Music Video of the Year: -
Disappointment of the Year: Sufjan Stevens
2010 in a Word: Breadth
Promise for 2011: No idea

Re: 2010 in Music

Band of the Year: Beach House
Male Artist of the Year: Sufjan Stevens
Female Artist of the Year: Joanna Newsom
Breakthrough Artist of the Year: The Walkmen
Best Album: Have One on Me by Joanna Newsom
Best Debut Album: (tie) The Archandroid by Janelle Monae and Treats by Sleigh Bells
Best EP: (tie) Young by Summer Camp and Broken Dreams Club by Girls
Favorite "Old Discovery of the Year": Blur
Overrated Album: Contra by Vampire Weekend
Underrated Album: The Monitor by Titus Andronicus
Live Act of the Year: -
Song of the Year: Good Intentions Paving Company by Joanna Newsom
Mainstream Single of the Year: Dancing On My Own by Robyn
Music Video of the Year: When I'm With You by Best Coast
Disappointment of the Year: I've heard some crappy albums this year, but wasn't expecting a lot from them anyway.
2010 in a Word: Terrific
Promise for 2011: No idea, but hope it's good.

Re: 2010 in Music

Band of the Year: Arcade Fire
Male Artist of the Year: Kanye West
Female Artist of the Year: Joanna Newsom
Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Beach House
Best Album: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
Best Debut Album: The Archandroid - Janelle Monae
Best EP: Klavierwerke - James Blake
Favorite "Old Discovery of the Year": Remain in Light - Talking Heads (not that "old" but only discovered in 2010 how brilliant it is!)
Overrated Album: Before Today - Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Underrated Album: Hadestown - Anais Mitchell
Live Act of the Year: Arcade Fire
Song of the Year: Monster - Kanye West feat. Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross & Bon Iver
Mainstream Single of the Year: Dancing On My Own - Robyn
Best Album Opener: Odessa - Caribou
Best Album Closer: Come Here My Love - Doug Paisley
Promise for 2011: Radiohead

Re: 2010 in Music

These ones too, now

Best Album Cover: Have One on Me by Joanna Newsom
Worst Album Cover: One Life Stand by Hot Chip
Best Album Opener: Juveniles by The Walkmen
Best Album Closer tie) Does Not Suffice by Joanna Newsom and Take Care by Beach House
Worst Mainstream single: We No Speak Americano by Yolanda Be Cool
Worst Male Artist: Flo Rida
Worst Female Artist: Willow Smith (her style and that whip my hair track.. bleh)

If i hadn't placed Robyn as the best, Miranda Lambert would totally had been my mainstream single pick, followed by Cee Lo. And my second biggest deception of the year was The Hold Steady, followed by Goldfrapp.

Re: in Music

Band of the Year: Beats International
Male Artist of the Year: MC Hammer
Female Artist of the Year: Sinéad O'Connor
Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Deee-Lite
Best Album: Volume II. Soul II Soul
Best Debut Album: Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Bass. Bass-O-Matic
Favorite "Old Discovery of the Year": Mantronix/Sam And Dave
Overrated Album: Step By Step. New Kids On The Block
Underrated Album: Poison. Bell Biv Devoe
Live Act of the Year: Madonna
Song of the Year: Killer. Adamski
Mainstream Single of the Year: Happenin' All Over Again. Lonnie Gordon
Music Video of the Year: Freedom '90. George Michael
Disappointment of the Year: Fine Young Cannibals
1990 in a Word: TMNT!!!
Promise for 1991: more TMNT!!plussss Vanilla Ice!

/sorryfolks.timemachinegobz.n.hereagain/

Re: 2010 in Music

Band of the Year: LCD Soundsystem
Male Artist of the Year: Sufjan Stevens
Female Artist of the Year: Janelle Monáe
Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Twin Shadow
Best Album: Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
Best Debut Album: Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid
Best EP: N/A
Favorite "Old Discovery of the Year": The Sound
Overrated Album: Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (likely the overrated album of the decade)
Underrated Album: Chromeo - Business Casual
Live Act of the Year: LCD Soundsystem
Song of the Year: Sufjan Stevens - "Get Real Get Right"
Mainstream Single of the Year: Robyn - "Dancing on My Own"
Music Video of the Year: Chromeo - "Night By Night"
Disappointment of the Year: Arcade Fire
2010 in a Word: Amazing!
Promise for 2011: We'll see!

Re: 2010 in Music

Band of the year: Probably gonna go with John Butler Trio
Male Solo Artist: Kanye West
Female Artist: Leaning toward Sia
Breakthrough: Black Keys
Album: "Valleys of Neptune"-Jimi Hendrix
Debut Album: "Teen Dream"-Beach House
EP: How to Destroy Angels self-titled EP
Old Discovery: Interpol
Overrated: Where do I even start with "Crazy for You"-Best Coast
Underrated: Birds of Tokyo's self-titled album.
Live Act: John Butler Trio
Song: "Fader"-Temper Trap
Mainstream: It'd have to be "Dynamite"-Taio Cruz
Video: "O.N.E."-Yeasayer
Disappointment: I expected more from LCD Soundsystem, but they still had a pretty good album this year.
2010 in a Word: Alright
Promise for 2011: Still too early to tell at this point.

Re: 2010 in Music

Gillingham
Overrated Album: LCD Soundsystem - The Happening


That should be This Is Happening, of course.

Re: 2010 in Music

W
Debut Album: "Teen Dream"-Beach House
Teen Dream is not their debut album, the 2008 Devotion is. Also a very good album, by the way.

Re: 2010 in Music

Band of the Year: LCD Soundsystem
Male Artist of the Year: Kanye West
Female Artist of the Year: Robyn
Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Foals
Best Album: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Best Debut Album: Treats
Best EP: I don't think I have listened to any
Favorite "Old Discovery of the Year": Mogwai ? 2009 was heavy in this category, I discovered what I would now rank as my 3rd favorite album ever that year. This year I discovered lot of great songs (by Pavement, the Sea and Cake, Labradford, Tortoise, Jawbox...) but not much great "old" albums. "Young Team" is the only one who craked my top 100 all time anyway.
Overrated Album: Beach House - Teen Dream (or High Violet also)
Underrated Album: Foals - Blue Blood
Live Act of the Year: Arcade Fire under the rain at Rock en Seine... lot of great live acts this year (Hot Chip, Gorillaz, LCD Soundsystem, Foals, Queens of the Stone Age, 2 Many DJ's, Sleigh Bells...) but none came even close
Song of the Year: Runaway
Mainstream Single of the Year: Runaway
Music Video of the Year:


My others fav videos here

Disappointment of the Year: I would have gone for the Klaxons but I honestly did not have much hopes after seeing them live in summer 2009, so I will go with either The National or Owen Pallett
2010 in a Word: great
Promise for 2011: Beastie Boys !

Best Album Cover: The Black Keys - Brothers
Worst Album Cover: Cocorosie - Grey Oceans
Best Album Opener: Hot Chip - Thieves in the Night
Best Album Closer: Sufjan Stevens - Impossible Soul
Worst Mainstream single: René la Taupe - Mignon