Today's End Of Year account lists the Top 10 Songs of 2010. Yeah, yeah, we've definitely forgotten all of your favourites, and some of ours too, most likely. The ol' memory just ain't what it used to be. Still, these songs are all ace, so feast your ears on some of this gravy:
1. King of the Beach - WAVVES
At its best, Wavves' Californian punk-pop lands satisfactorily between The Beach Boys and The Jesus and Mary Chain. “You’re never gonna stop me,” yells Nathan Williams (above) over the irrepressible title track of the latest album.
2. Dance The Way I Feel - OU EST LE SWIMMING POOL
Feel-good indie-dance-pop magnificence (the 'feel-good' side of which is obviously kinda poignant now). Hunt down the Blue Eyed Boy Radio Edit too. It's even better.
3. 10 Mile Stereo - BEACH HOUSE
A truly stunning moment at the back end of Teen Dream, the glorious 10 Mile Stereo has a pulsing beat that builds towards rousing, sparkling shoegazey pop and ends with a crescendo that explodes like fireworks.
4. When I'm With You - BEST COAST
Cat-loving singer Bethany Cosentino has a lovely post grunge vocal that is effortless to the point of having a reluctance to it, like it’s a real drag sometimes for her to even summon up the words. Here though, it's all about the invinsibilty of young love. "When I'm with you, I have fun," she sings over guitars drenched in reverb.
5. Cloud Shadow On The Mountain - WOLF PARADE
Spencer Krug's tense spoken-word vocal, “I was asleep in a hammock/I was dreaming that I was a web/I was a dreamcatcher hanging on the window of a mini-van parked along the water's edge/I'd say that I was all alone,” is warbled like a paranoid David Byrne before all kinds of hell breaks loose on drums and guitar. It’s as magnificent as it is tightly-coiled.
To The Brink is the best example of the tone of I Am Kloot's latest album. “I raise a glass, a smile or two/ Well, this stuff strips the light from your bones/And I would like to leave with you/But I stay alone,” says vocalist John Bramwell mournfully over strings, like a singer in the corner of an empty bar, bowtie hanging limply around his neck. It is a magnificent song and, in its hungover introspection, plays like the bleary-eyed uncle of Pulp’s Bar Italia.
7. I Can Talk - TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB
Perky Indie-dance-pop from the Bangor trio.
8. Power - KANYE WEST
It's a shame that Mr West comes across as such an acceptance-speech-ruining douche, because, when he lets his talent do the talking, he comes up with magic like this.
9. Echoes - KLAXONS
A slightly rougher and heavier relative of Golden Skans (which, if you hadn't realised, was borrowing from Madonna's Hung Up - which itself was covering ABBA), it shows why Klaxons have always referred to themselves as a pop band.
10. Hurricane - DAVID FORD
It's our old mate David Ford again, with this epic, sweeping song which mixes the political and the personal. "God bless America, God save the Queen/God kill my enemies and keep my hands clean."
HANGING OUTSIDE THE TOP TEN:
BEST SONG-YOU-LIKE-BUT-PRETEND-YOU-DON'T OF 2010:
California Gurls - KATY PERRY FEATURING SNOOP DOGG
At BobbySix.com we don't really believe in guilty pleasures. A song we like is a song we like. And California Gurls is as fun a slice of infectious pop as we have heard this year. Come on indie snobs... it's pretty good hey?
BEST OVERPLAYED-BUT-STILL-PRETTY -AWESOME DANCE SONG:
Barbra Streisand - DUCK SAUCE
Try not to ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh along. We dare you.
Try not to ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh along. We dare you.
2 comments:
Love Wavves and Beach House!
Yeah they're great aren't they!
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