2010-2019: A Retrospective
By no means a 'GREATEST ALBUMS OF THE DECADE' list, but simply the soundtrack to my 20's - a bunch of records released in the past decade I listened to a lot, many which I could listen to now and pinpoint where I was at in my life at the time I first got into it. Some of this I still jam regularly, some almost never, but all of it, at some point, felt important. List is in no particular order. |
1 |  | The Menzingers On the Impossible Past
+ Chamberlain Waits (2010), Rented World (2014), After the Party (2017) |
2 |  | The Tallest Man on Earth The Wild Hunt
+ There's No Leaving Now (2012) |
3 |  | The Smith Street Band Throw Me in the River
+ No One Gets Lost Anymore (2011), Sunshine and Technology (2012) |
4 |  | Jeff Rosenstock Worry.
+ We Cool? (2015) |
5 |  | John K. Samson Winter Wheat |
6 |  | Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Hope Downs |
7 |  | Spraynard Funtitled
+ Cut and Paste (2010) |
8 |  | Shotgun Jimmie Transistor Sister
+ Everything, Everything (2014) |
9 |  | Purple Mountains Purple Mountains
RIP David Berman |
10 |  | The Sidekicks Awkward Breeds
+ Runners in the Nerved World (2015), Happiness Hours (2018) |
11 |  | Joyce Manor Joyce Manor
+ Never Hungover Again (2014) |
12 |  | Pinegrove Cardinal |
13 |  | Hop Along Bark Your Head Off, Dog
+ Get Disowned (2012), Painted Shut (2015) |
14 |  | Toys That Kill Fambly 42 |
15 |  | The State Lottery When the Night Comes |
16 |  | Benny The Jet Rodriguez Home. Run. |
17 |  | Iron Chic Not Like This
+ The Constant One (2013) |
18 |  | Future Virgins Late Republic |
19 |  | RVIVR The Beauty Between |
20 |  | PUP The Dream Is Over
+ PUP (2013), Morbid Stuff (2019) |
21 |  | Titus Andronicus The Most Lamentable Tragedy
+ The Monitor (2010), Local Business (2012) |
22 |  | LVL UP Hoodwink'd
+ Space Brothers (2011) |
23 |  | The Hotelier Goodness
+ Home, Like No Place is There (2014) |
24 |  | The Dirty Nil Master Volume |
25 |  | Glocca Morra Just Married |
26 |  | Japandroids Celebration Rock |
27 |  | Koalacaust Smiles Shine Like Broken Glass |
28 |  | Summer Vacation Condition |
29 |  | Mac Demarco 2
+ Salad Days (2014), This Old Dog (2017) |
30 |  | New Swears And The Magic of Horses
+ Junkfood Forever Bedtime Whenever (2014) |
31 |  | Parquet Courts Human Performance
+ Light Up Gold (2012), Wide Awake (2018) |
32 |  | Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks Mirror Traffic
+ Wigout at Jagbags (2014) |
33 |  | The Mountain Goats Transcendental Youth |
34 |  | Wilco The Whole Love |
35 |  | Radiator Hospital Something Wild |
36 |  | Cymbals Eat Guitars LOSE
+ Pretty Years (2016) |
37 |  | Frog Count Bateman
+ Whatever We Probably Already Had It (2018) |
38 |  | Captain, We're Sinking The Future Is Cancelled |
39 |  | Bomb the Music Industry! Vacation |
40 |  | Superchunk I Hate Music
+ Majesty Shredding (2010) |
41 |  | Title Fight Shed
+ Floral Green (2012) |
42 |  | Woods With Light And With Love |
43 |  | Sufjan Stevens Carrie and Lowell |
44 |  | Sun Kil Moon Benji
+ Admiral Fell Promises (2010) |
45 |  | Strange Ranger Rot Forever
back when they were called Sioux Falls |
46 |  | Real Estate Days
+ Atlas (2014) |
47 |  | Bangers Crazy Fucking Dreams |
48 |  | Andrew Bird Break It Yourself
+ My Finest Work Yet (2019) |
49 |  | Signals Midwest Latitudes & Longitudes |
50 |  | The Wild Set Ourselves Free |
51 |  | Basement I Wish I Could Stay Here |
52 |  | Nana Grizol Ruth |
53 |  | Angel Olsen Burn Your Fire For No Witness |
54 |  | FIDLAR FIDLAR |
55 |  | Peeple Watchin Somethin Ta Tell Ya |
56 |  | Free Throw Those Days Are Gone |
57 |  | Nai Harvest Whatever |
58 |  | Elvis Depressedly New Alhambra |
59 |  | Tenement Predatory Headlights
+ Napalm Dream (2011), The Blind Wink (2011) |
60 |  | Girlpool Before the World Was Big |
61 |  | (Sandy) Alex G DSU |
62 |  | Laura Stevenson Wheel |
63 |  | Car Seat Headrest Teens of Denial |
64 |  | David Dondero Number Zero With A Bullet |
65 |  | Spoon They Want My Soul |
66 |  | Feist Pleasure |
67 |  | The Rural Alberta Advantage Departing
+ Mended with Gold (2014) |
68 |  | Spanish Love Songs Schmaltz |
69 |  | Press Club Late Teens |
70 |  | Kendrick Lamar good kid, m.A.A.d city
+ DAMN. (2017) |
71 |  | Alvvays Antisocialites
+ Alvvays (2014) |
72 |  | Forests Spending Eternity In A Japanese Convenience Store |
73 |  | Yuck Yuck |
74 |  | Timeshares Already Dead |
75 |  | Off With Their Heads Home |
76 |  | The Lawrence Arms Metropole |
77 |  | Frank Turner England Keep My Bones
+ Positive Songs for Negative People (2015) |
78 |  | Wingnut Dishwashers Burn the Earth, Leave it Behind
should be *Wingnut Dishwashers Union* |
79 |  | Pat the Bunny Probably Nothing, Possibly Everything |
80 |  | Preoccupations Viet Cong |
81 |  | Royal Headache High |
82 |  | Saintseneca Such Things |
83 |  | Wild Nothing Nocturne |
84 |  | Dinosaur Jr. I Bet on Sky |
85 |  | Killer Mike R.A.P. Music |
86 |  | Destroyer Kaputt |
87 |  | Masked Intruder Masked Intruder |
88 |  | Deerhunter Halcyon Digest |
89 |  | Milo Who Told You To Think??!!?!?!?! |
90 |  | Algernon Cadwallader Parrot Flies |
91 |  | Swearin' Swearin' |
92 |  | Waxahatchee Cerulean Salt |
93 |  | AJJ Knife Man |
94 |  | Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues |
95 |  | Beach Slang Who Would Ever Want Anything So Broken? |
96 |  | The War on Drugs A Deeper Understanding |
97 |  | Arcade Fire The Suburbs |
98 |  | The National High Violet |
99 |  | Braid No Coast |
100 |  | Streetlight Manifesto The Hands That Thieve |
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