![]() ![]() Recommended Tracks: Tighten Up, Howlin' For You, Everlasting Light, Sinister Kid, Ten Cent Pistol, These Days.ġ7. Just an incredible bastardization of catchy, dirty blue-eyed blues and soul and I mean that in the very best possible way. They've come a long way from recording entire albums on a 1980 Tascam, nowadays getting top notch production from the likes of Danger Mouse in NYC and San Diego. The Black Keys - Brothers: The Black Keys finally break through into the mainstream with an absolute blockbuster of an album. Recommended tracks: I Was a Teenage Anarchist, White Crosses, Rapid Decompression, Spanish Moss, Bob Dylan Dream (bonus track).ġ8. ![]() An adult record for a genre not usually trusting of adults. They started as bratty anarchist punks and, as the band members have aged, so has their music, exposing new facets and dimensions of not only their personalities, but their songs and influences as well. Against Me! - White Crosses: The veteran punk rockers go a little more folksy/Springsteenesque in their follow-up to the amazing New Wave and forms a logical progression in the evolution of their sound. Recommended Tracks: Giving Up the Gun, Cousins, I Think Ur a Contra, Horchata.ġ9. Still plenty of laid-back afropop tunes for lazy summer days. Vampire Weekend - Contra: While not as immediately captivating as their out-of-nowhere debut, this sophomore album sees the ultimate preppy band expanding their sound a little following their percussionist's electro-pop side project Discovery. Now, without further ado, Evil Brian's Top 20 Albums of the Year!Ģ0. Johnny Cash - American VI: Ain't No Grave, Anyways, here are the not-quite-make-its: This year was not short of fantastic, genre-busting, mind-blowing music in almost every form you can think of, though, as is true with almost every year, you need to do some digging to find the real gems. Aaah, another year up, another year gone, and another outrageous amount of music consumed by yours truly. ![]()
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