We've been spending some time with various and sundry print magazine lists, but Filter's was so wretched, we've decided to give up on paper awhile, and turn to the Internet. Indeed, quite a few of our fellow bloggers have been making their own year-end lists and they're definitely worth checking out and dissecting. We'll start with Done Waiting because the list was done in "reverse alphabetical order, no ranking," which means we don't need to hide half of it to surprise you, because it's all sorta equal:
The White Stripes - Icky Thump Wilco - Sky Blue Sky Ted Leo And The Pharmacists - Living With The Living Once Soundtrack The New Pornographers - Challengers M.I.A. - Kala Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City Arcade Fire - Neon Bible A.A. Bondy - American Hearts
Think that's the first Bloc Party, A.A. Bondy, and Once spottings so far, right? After that there's Aquarium Drunkard's Top 6. We love the trend of random numbers -- Top 6, Top 8, etc.
06 The Broken West - I Can't Go On, I'll Go On
05 Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
04 Frankel - Lullaby For The Passerby
03 The National - Boxer
02 of Montreal - Hissing Fauna Are You The Destroyer
01 Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
And then an additional dozen, ostensibly in no order...
Radiohead - In Rainbows Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog The Besnard Lakes - ...Are The Dark Horse Thurston Moore - Threes Outside The Academy Richard Swift - Dressed Up For The Letdown Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights St. Vincent - Marry Me Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha The Good, The Bad & The Queen - S/T Panda Bear - Person Pitch Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin
Wow, Wilco's picking up hella steam in the blogosphere. Nice oM placement, Justin. Okay, more blogger lists after the jump.
Largehearted Boy's top dozen. He didn't have these numbered, so we're simply listing them in the order they appeared on his site:
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha Arcade Fire - Neon Bible Bettye LaVette- Scene Of The Crime Bowerbirds - Hymns For A Dark Horse Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala John Vanderslice - Emerald City Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests Of Josh Ritter The National - Boxer Okkervil River- The Stage Names Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights Tiny Vipers - Hands Across The Void White Rabbits - Fort Nightly
50 Feist - The Reminder
49 Jen Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
48 The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters
47 Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
46 of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer
45 Pinback - Autumn Of The Seraphs
44 Prefuse 73 - Preparations
43 Von Südenfed - Tromatic Reflexxions
42 Eugene McGuinness - The Early Learnings Of?
41 Mathew Sawyer and the Ghosts - Blue Birds Blood
40 The Sea & Cake - Everybody
39 dälek - Abandoned Language
38 Future of the Left - Curses
37 Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
36 Thurston Moore - Trees Outside The Academy
35 Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls
34 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
33 Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
32 !!! - Myth Takes
31 The Cribs - Men?s Needs, Women?s Needs, Whatever
30 Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City
29 Field Music - Tones Of Town
28 Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
27 Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity26 Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil
25 Justice - Cross
24 Efterklang - Parades
23 PJ Harvey - White Chalk
22 Blonde Redhead - 23
21 Grinderman - Grinderman
20 The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
19 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
18 Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future
17 Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
16 The Maccabees - Colour It In
15 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder
14 Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
13 Les Savy Fav - Let?s Stay Friends
12 The National - Boxer
11 Deerhunter - Cryptograms
10 HEALTH - Health
09 Radiohead - In Rainbows
08 No Age - Weirdo Rippers
07 Liars - Liars
06 Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
05 Jamie T - Panic Prevention
04 M.I.A. - Kala
03 Panda Bear - Person Pitch
02 Battles - Mirrored
01 LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
We linked GvsB's list in the White Denim post from the other day because they fared really well in his year's picks. Now see that WD love in context:
17 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
16 Menomena - Friend And Foe
15 Glass Candy - Beatbox
14 The Besnard Lakes - ...Are The Dark Horse
13 Cass McCombs - Dropping The Writ
12 Santogold - I Believe In Santogold 12" + assorted Internet jams
11 Oh No - Dr. No's Oxperiment
10 M.I.A. - Kala
09 Bodies Of Water - Ears Will Pop & Eyes Will Blink
08 Lil' Wayne - Da Drought 3
07 Black Lips - Los Valientes Del Mundo Nuevo06 Radiohead - In Rainbows
05 St. Vincent - Mary Me
04 Burial - Untrue
03 Marissa Nadler - Songs III: Bird On The Water
02 White Denim - Let's Talk About It
01 Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Alright, we need a new calculator to make sense of all of this ... who wins? Hey, if we left you and your list off our roundup -- because this is obviously just a handful -- please post links to/recaps of yours in the comments. Because, really, America (and elsewhere) loves lists.
UPDATE: And here's Muzzle Of Bees' list...
30 Bowerbirds Hymn For a Dark Horse
29 Pale Young Gentlemen Pale Young Gentlemen
28 Six Parts Seven Casually Smashed To Pieces
27 Land of Talk Applause Cheer Boo Hiss
26 Sunset Rubdown Random Spirit Lover
25 Interpol Our Love to Admire
24 Feist The Reminder
23 Richard Hawley Lady?s Bridge
22 Moviola Dead Knowledge
21 Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew Spirit If?
20 Lewis & Clarke Blasts of Holy Birth
19 Menomena Friend and Foe
18 Phosphorecent Phosphorecent
17 Besnard Lakes The Besnard Lakes Are A Dark Horse
16 Iron & Wine The Shepherd?s Dog
15 Wilco Sky Blue Sky
14 Arcade Fire Neon Bible
13 Bill Callahan Woke on a Whaleheart
12 Band of Horses Cease to Begin
11 Of Montreal Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
10 Jens Lekman Night Falls Over Kortedala
09 LCD Soundsystem Sound of Silver
08 Spoon Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
07 New Pornographers Challengers
06 Great Lake Swimmers Ongiara
05 The Rosebuds Night of the Furies
04 Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago
03 Radiohead In Rainbows
02 Beirut The Flying Club Cup
01 The National Boxer
