biggest 2010s

10 is such an arbitrary number, so instead, I’m just going to list things that were the most of something for me, in no particular order because I decided to do this with 14.5 hours left in the year.

• Most Disappointing:  LCD Soundsystem’s new album.  What a let down.
• Biggest Surprise: Matt Marks & Mellissa Hughes The Little Death Volume 1.  I wasn’t expecting to listen to an album that mentioned Jesus about 10,000 times on repeat, at all.
• Album I came back to the most amount of times: Anti-Social Music’s Fracture: The Music of Pat Muchmore. I still listen to this album almost once a week and have since I got it.  Its not the sort of album I can listen to on repeat, probably because of its intensity, but I keep getting the itch.  Its like regular drug abuse versus binging.
• Best Bounceback: Max Richter’s infra is the best album he’s made since Blue Notebooks.
• Coolest Concert Series I discovered: operamission.  I’ve mentioned it a handful of times on this space, so I don’t think I need to add anymore, just look at the links.
• Only Californians I didn’t find offensive: Jack Curtis Dubowsky and Fred Morgan.  Really enjoyed meeting them and hearing them perform at the Tank.

2010 was on the whole and OK year, but I expect 2011 to be pretty great.  Here we go!