31 December 2010

The Best of 2010

What can I say about music and 2010? It was simply incredible. Below (not ranked) are SlowdiveMusic Blog’s top ten picks for videos, tracks, and albums, and we all here love just how eclectic this mix is. So, on that note, we would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. Enjoy!

[Note: tracks or albums listed in alphabetical order.]

Best Videos

Two Door Cinema Club’s “Come Back Home” (video from twodoorcinemaclub).



Editors’ “Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool” (video from editorsofficial).



Shakespears Sister’s “It’s A Trip” (video from ShakespearsSisterTV).



Skunk Anansie’s “My Ugly Boy” (video from SkunkAnansieOfficial).



Destronics’ “The Night a Solider” (video from imetrages).



Melissa Auf der Maur’s “Out of Our Minds” (video from MadMChannel).



The Joy Formidable’s “Popinjay” (video from TheJoyFormidable).



One Night Only’s “Say You Don’t Want It” (video from OneNightOnlyVEVO).



The Pinker Tones’ “Tokyo” (video from thepinkertones).



Post Death Soundtrack’s “Ultraviolence” (video from postdeathsoundtrack).



Best Tracks

Sudden Death Over Time’s “Blue Sky Night” (track from SuddenDeathOverTime1).



O.Children’s “Heel” – check out the preview on iTunes.

Katie Melua’s “I’d Love to Kill You” – check out the preview on iTunes.

Kyte’s “Ihnfsa” (video from kytetheband).



Orphan Boy’s “Pop Song” (video from orphanboyuk).



Holy Fuck’s “Red Lights” (video from youngturksrecords).



The Pipettes’ “Stop the Music” (video from thepipettesofficial).



Hope Slide’s “Topple the Sky” – check out the preview on iTunes.

Hurts’ “Wonderful Life” (video from MySpace Video Page).


HURTS - Wonderful Life (Official Video)

HURTS | Myspace Video


The Courteeners’ “You Overdid It Doll” (video from TheCourteenersVEVO).



Best Albums

Delphic: “Acolyte”



Here are the videos for “Doubt” and “Halcyon” (videos from delphicmusic).





Villagers: “Becoming a Jackal”



Here are the videos for “Becoming a Jackal” and “That Day” (videos from DominoRecords).





Vampire Weekend: “Contra”



Here are the videos for “Cousins” and “Holiday” (videos from XLRecordings).





Northern Portrait: “Criminal Art Lovers”



Here is the video for “Crazy” (video from NorthernPortrait).



Kent: “En plats i solen” [“A Place in the Sun”]



Here are the tracks “Gamla Ullevi” [Od Ullevi”] and “Skisser för sommaren” [Sketches for the Summer”] (tracks from kentchannel).





Marina and the Diamonds: “The Family Jewels”



Here are the videos for “I Am Not a Robot,” “Oh No!,” and “Shampain” (videos from Marianaandthediamonds).







Murder By Death: “Good Morning, Magpie”



Here are the videos for “As Long As There Is Whiskey in the World” and “White Noise” (videos from vagrantrecords).





Corinne Bailey Rae: “The Sea”



Here are the videos for “I’d Do It All Again” and “Closer” (videos from CorinneBaileyRae).





The Unravelling: “13 Arcane Hymns”



Here is the video for “Where Will It End?” (video from theunravellingmusic).



Skunk Anansie: “Wonderlustre”



Here is the video for “Over The Love” (video from SkunkAnansieOfficial).



Keep up with artists / bands at the following sites:

Melissa Auf der Maur: homepage, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter.

Corinne Bailey Rae: homepage, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter.

The Courtneers: homepage, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter.

Delphic: homepage, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter.

Destronics: homepage, MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter.

Editors: homepage, MySpace.

Holy Fuck: homepage, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter.

The Hope Slide: MySpace.

Hurts: homepage, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter.

The Joy Formidable: homepage, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter.

Kent: homepage, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter.

Kyte: homepage, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter.

Marina and the Diamonds: homepage, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter.

Katie Melua: homepage, MySpace, Facebook.

Murder by Death: homepage, MySpace, Facebook.

Northern Portrait: homepage, MySpace, Facebook.

O.Children: MySpace, Facebook, Twitter.

One Night Only: homepage, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter.

Orphan Boy: homepage, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter.

The Pinker Tones: homepage, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter.

The Pipettes: homepage, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter.

Post Death Soundtrack: homepage, MySpace, Facebook.

Shakespears Sister: homepage, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter.

Skunk Anansie: homepage, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter.

Sudden Death Over Time: MySpace, Facebook.

Two Door Cinema Club: homepage, MySpace, Facebook.

Vampire Weekend: homepage, MySpace, Facebook.

Villagers: homepage, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter.

The Unravelling: homepage, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter.

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