peter likes music // 2010
Peter’s grandfather regularly remarks that he believes music continues to get better and better. Peter has to agree.
Peter liked a lot of things in 2010. Mostly he liked the music. let me count the reasons:
favorite songs
favorite 20 albums
top 5 albums
top 5 eps
favorite official videos
favorite live videos
favorite concerts
albums
//////////// honorable mention
Avi Buffalo : “Avi Buffalo”
Broken Bells : “Broken Bells”
The Drums : “The Drums”
Surfer Blood : “Astro Coast”
Wolf Parade : “Expo ’86”
//////////// top 20
[20] Best Coast : “Best Coast”
[19] No Age : “Fever Dreaming”
[18] Wild Nothing : “Gemini”
[17] Deerhunter : “Halcyon Digest”
[16] The Fresh & Onlys : “Play it Strange”
[15] Ruby Suns “Fight Softly”
[14] Miniature Tigers : “F O R T R E S S”
[13] Dr. Dog : “Shame Shame”
[12] Crocodiles : “Sleep Forever”
[11] Twin Shadow : “Forget”
[10] Toro Y Moi : “Causers of This”
[09] Morning Benders : “Big Echo”
[08] Wavves : “King of the Beach”
[07] MGMT : “Congratulations”
[06] Here We Go Magic : “Pigeons“
//////////// top 5 albums
[05] Abe Vigoda “Crush”
read more here.
[04] Ariel Pink’s Haunted Grafitti “Before Today”
[03] Beach House “Teen Dream”
[02] Tame Impala “Innerspeaker”
read more here.
[01] Small Black “New Chain”
read more here.
//////////// top 5 eps
[05] Yeasayer “Odd Blood (ep version)”
If they’d cut tracks 1, 6, 7 and 9 it would have made an excellent 6-song ep.
[04] Pearl Harbor “Something About the Chaparrals”
[03] Games “That We Can Play”
[02] Girls “Broken Dreams Club”
[01] Twin Sister “Color Your Life”
favorite official videos
[10] Sun Airways : “Put the Day Away”
[09] Twin Sister : “All Around & Away We Go”
[08] Summer Camp : “Round The Moon”
[07] Avi Buffalo : “What’s In It For”
[06] Tame Impala : “Solitude is Bliss”
[05] Neon Indian : “6669 (I Don’t Know if You Know)”
[04] Royksopp : “The Drug”
[03] Bruce Haack : “Party Machine”
[02] Hidden Cameras : “Underage”
[01] Mia Dai Todd : “Open Your Heart”
Vodpod videos no longer available.
[05] Here We Go Magic : on Pitchfork’s “Don’t Look Down”
[04] Zoo Kid : “Out Getting Ribs (promo video)”
[03] Toro Y Moi : “You Hid” by Yours Truly
[02] Morning Benders : “Excuses” by Yours Truly
[01] Hauschka : in the NPR studios (more here)
[05] Tame Impala // San Francisco : The Independent : 12/13
[04] Twin Sister // San Francisco : Rickshaw Stop : 6/26
[03] Girls // San Francisco : Great American Music Hall : 2/14
[02] Wild Beasts // San Francisco : The Independent : 2/11
[01] Paul McCartney // San Francisco : AT&T Park : 7/10
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