So another year is sliding to an end, like a canvas shoe desperately pawing for friction on black-iced pavements and here it is, the albums, artists and shows I’ve enjoyed throughout 2010. Happy New Year, folks.
Best Albums 2010
1. Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
2. Deerhunter – Halycon Digest
3. Beach House – Teen Dream
4. Caribou – Swim
5. Damien Jurado – St Bartlett
6. Gayngs – Relayted
7. Clinic – Bubblegum
8. George Thomas and the Owls – Laughing at the Raging Sea
9. Micah P. Hinson – And the Pioneer Saboteurs
10. Darren Hayman – Essex Arms
11. Wolf Parade – Expo 86
12. Gonjasufi – A Sufi and a Killer
13. Jonsi – Go
14. Archie Bronson Outfit – Coconut
15. Gil Scott Heron – I’m New Here
Honourable Mentions
Yuck – Automatic; Sunday; Georgia
Sleigh Bells – Treats
Wildbirds & Peacedrums – Iris & Retina
Islet – Wimmy & Celebrate this Place
Fists – Olympic Hits EP
Perfume Genius – Mr Peterson
The Superimposers Ashley Beedle Remix EP
Zun Zun Egui – Kass to La Senn
Ones to Watch
Fanzine
Lamp
Flights
O. Children
Zun Zun Egui
Liz Green
Fists
Islet
Yuck
Best gigs of 2010
1. Stanley Brinks, Prince Albert, Brighton
2. Beirut, Winter Gardens, Eastbourne
3. Wildbirds and Peacedrums, Union Chapel, London
4. Micah P Hinson, Komedia, Brighton
5. Archie Bronson Outfit, Latitude Festival
6. Darren Hayman, The Lamb Inn, Eastbourne
7. Wolf Parade, Concorde 2, Brighton
8. Deerhunter, Concorde 2, Brighton
9. Fists, Truck Festival, Oxfordshire
10. George Thomas & Golden Ghost, Malborough Theatre, Brighton