{"id":21054,"date":"2010-12-16T18:38:05","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T01:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecompany.net\/jason\/?p=21054"},"modified":"2010-12-16T18:50:19","modified_gmt":"2010-12-17T01:50:19","slug":"music-of-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecompany.net\/jason\/posts\/2010\/music-of-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Music of 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nUnlike 2 years ago in 2008 when I posted my “year in music” 4 months too late<\/a>, this year I’m actually getting this up on time. I have yet to do a 2010 DJ mix but I didn’t want to let that stop me from posting my favorite songs and albums from the year.<\/p>\n

The fact I’ve been consistently doing DJ charts<\/a> throughout the year made this considerably easier. Though at the same time I also run the risk of overlooking good music that I didn’t include on a chart for whatever reason.<\/p>\n

Overall I would say 2010 was a great year for music. A lot of artists that I’ve liked over the years released new albums that mostly lived up to the hype\/high expectations I set.<\/p>\n

Although my lists aren’t really in any particular order, I will say that Kelis and her album Flesh Tone<\/i><\/a> really wowed me more than anything this year. Perhaps it was all a matter of timing, but I found the album super refreshing and energizing. She worked with some top-notch producers (Burns, David Guetta, Boys Noize, Benny Benassi, etc.) and made an album that took the weirdness she’s been cultivating for a while and really exploded it.<\/p>\n

As far as songs, I ranked the top 5. Picking Scissor Sisters’ “Invisible Light” over Kelis’ “4th of July (Fireworks)” was a really tough choice. In the end, I went with “Invisible Light” because I felt like it was one of those songs that really pushed the band into a new and interesting (and darker) direction. Like Ladytron’s “Destory Everything You Touch” and Cut Copy’s “Hearts on Fire” before it, “Invisible Light” was a huge departure from the bands’ previous work and the risk paid off big.<\/p>\n

One other thing I’ll note is that in years past I’ve been pretty good at predicting Pitchfork<\/a>‘s top tracks\/albums but this year I felt very disconnected from their reviews\/ranking. Of Pitchfork’s top 10 tracks of 2010<\/a> the only one we agreed on was “Power” by Kanye West.<\/p>\n

Please feel free to leave your thoughts or point out what you think I missed. This year I’m getting this posted before most of the music blogs I follow do their year-end rankings so I’m pretty sure I forgot a track or two or didn’t post some super exclusive secret track that is gonna be huge next year that I should’ve noticed this year.<\/p>\n

Albums<\/h3>\n