Ur-revisionism

End of 2010 eh? What a year. A fair bit happened but then it's blurred like so much of the past has. I'll focus on what I liked about this year and what I didn;t.

Music of 2010
I spent a fair bit of the year finding out about music from previous years that I should've known about earlier. I picked up probably fewer recent releases but still managed to stumble across a couple of gooduns'. Namely;

Deftones - Diamond Eyes
Such a solid album all over, awesome pacing, awesome flow. Was totally taken by surprise with this. Really keen to see them next year live (if I can) because these songs have the potential to go explosive live.

My Disco - Little Joy
Being from Melbourne I'd heard the trendster undervibe about this band a fair few years ago. I really got into Language of Numbers which was an angular art-rock piece. It was really interesting, but the band seemed so withdrawn (probably not a fair assessment) almost that it was hard to access anything else they had done.
Stumbling through my local JB uncovered this new work. "Holy shit is this a new album by the My Disco?!" I had heard nothing about it but was shocked enough to buy it on the spot.
While it is different from previous releases in being more minimalistic and pared back than anything I've heard by them before, it's still markedly them and a real joy to listen to.

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
I get a lot of crap from my 'hard as nails' mates who don't listen to anything without a chug or a wail about liking this band. this album repaid my faith and mental scarring tenfold. What a ripper. Going along the same path but spreading out the range and pace so that as an album, it might not be as tight but the subsequent exploration is definitely worth sitting through.

Other albums worth noting but which I will not espouse upon greatly;
Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis
Miles Away - Endless Roads
Coheed & Cambria - Year of the Black Rainbow
I Exist - I: A Turn for the Worse
The Sword - Warp Riders
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Fuck, I'm sure I listened to more music, but trying to place it within the space-time restraint of a year is pretty hard when you've had half a case in a morning. So I'll have to append this with epiphanies of awesome music if need be.

And onto the albums that made my need to listen to list;
There's a few albums from 2010 that I've ordered, got on my to order list, or just been plain neglectful of.
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
The National - High Violet
Drake - Thank Me Later
Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
Kvelertak - Kvelertak

Film
Not really talking about to be honest. I have drastically reduced the number of times I've been to the cinema. I guess i'm losing interest? I will say that I loved Inception. I guess some might say I'm just some impressionistic wannabe brainheaded whatever but fuck me if I didn't find it interesting, DiCaprio's performance awesome and the effects worthy of the budget. Felt like it's fundamental's were more interesting than anything barfed up that I saw this year.


I'll add gaming in at another time because really, I'm inebriated as hell and this is most definitely the one that requires the most thought for me to express upon clearly.