The ‘10s were years of hurtling trends, seeing the alternative pop zeitgeist perpetually itchy to transform.
Lines between mainstream and alternative blurred ever further, from superstar acts such as Lady Gaga requesting (and being denied) collaboration with ground-breakers Death Grips, to Arctic Monkeys jumping ship from the radio-friendly pop of ‘AM’ to the cinematic space-jazz of their modern classic, ‘Tranquillity Base Hotel & Casino’.The music industry shifted drastically into streaming domination, with artists forced to carve out new ways of making a living from their craft.
Whatever your take on this baffling era, it was undeniably a curious and exciting time to be alive. And now here we are at the new frontier, a decade at its end faster than we could all say ‘David Bowie’.
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So, with love, we bid farewell to the 2010s, taking a snapshot glance at some of the exceptional records which came to define it.
In no particular order:
LCD Soundsystem - 'This Is Happening'
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - 'Multi-Love'
Tame Impala - 'InnerSpeaker'
St. Vincent - 'Strange Mercy'
Father John Misty - 'I Love You, Honeybear'
Ariel Pink - 'Dedicated To Bobby Jameson'
Tune-Yards - 'W H O K I L L'
MGMT - 'Congratulations'
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - 'Polygondwanaland'
Fleet Foxes - 'Helplessness Blues'
Mac DeMarco - '2'
Weyes Blood - 'Titanic Rising'
The Dead Weather - 'Sea Of Cowards'
Parcels - 'Parcels'
Beach House - 'Teen Dream'
of Montreal - 'Aureate Gloom'
Arctic Monkeys - 'Tranquillity Base, Hotel & Casino'
Pond - 'The Weather'
Death Grips - 'The Money Store'
Kendrick Lamar - 'To Pimp A Butterfly'
Anderson .Paak - 'Ventura'
Mild High Club - 'Skiptracing'
Radiohead - 'A Moon Shaped Pool'
David Bowie - 'Blackstar'
Altin Gun - 'Gece'
Gorillaz - 'Plastic Beach'
Thundercat - 'Drunk'
D’Angelo and the Vanguard - 'Black Messiah'
Hiatus Kaiyote - 'Choose Your Weapon'
