The Essential Albums Of 2010 (So Far)

June 8, 2010 by Lachy 3 Comments

So here we are, nearly halfway through 2010. And what a year for music it has been, both locally and internationally. Since I love my music lists, I figured I’d put together one of the must-have albums of the year so far.

I absolutely love all of these records, and if you haven’t got a hold of them all I strongly suggest you do. In an effort not to screw over my future self this list is in alphabetical order so as not to lock me in when it comes to end of year lists. And yeah some of these are EPs, mostly because a lot of the Australian music I’ve listened to this year is from EPs.

Full list after the jump. Hover over album covers for the artist and album name. Have I missed any? If you have different albums you’d put in the list please drop me a comment and let me know.

'Best Of' Lists

2010, acolyte, at the mercy of the elements, australian, back from the dead, beach house, best, best albums of 2010, big echo, big scary, bliss release, boy & bear, boy and bear, broken social scene, bss, cloud control, delorean, delphic, eps, essential, essential albums of 2010, favourite, favourite albums of 2010, foals, forgiveness rock record, go, gorilla manor, high violet, international, jonsi, last dinosaurs, lcd soundsystem, life is sweet nice to meet you, lightspeed champion, local natives, los campesinos!, lps, must have albums of 2010, recommended albums of 2010, recordings, records, romances is boring, self titled, so far, subiza, teen dream, the drums, the morning benders, the national, the radio dept, the tallest man on earth, the wild hunt, this is happening, this year, total life forever, tourist history, two door cinema club, with emperor antarctica

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3 Responses to “The Essential Albums Of 2010 (So Far)”

Anonymous Reply June 9, 2010 at 11:47 pm

No love for Innerspeaker? Definitely my favourite album of the year so far, followed closely by High Violet.
- Lachy Reply June 10, 2010 at 4:35 pm
  
  Haha I figured I’d get called out on this- to be honest I’ve just never really got Tame Impala. I want to like them, I really do, and I recognise they’re dam good at what they do, but for some reason they just haven’t clicked with me. This is why I haven’t written an album review yet, I’m waiting for them to click. I saw them live a year ago and it was the same deal, I just didn’t really ‘get’ them.
  - Scraps Reply June 10, 2010 at 5:40 pm
    
    I can understand that, everything i’d heard from them before innerspeaker, except for their cover of remember me, didn’t really do it for me. However, the minute I heard Runaway Houses City Clouds I had that moment that you’ve been waiting for, suddenly they just clicked and everything sounded wonderful. Infact, they’ve probably made their way into my top 3 Splendour acts, something I never imagined happening.