Maybe it's too early to start talking about this. But probably not. Taking all musical output into account from 2010-18 (and eventually 2019) into account, which musician/artist/band would you cite as your #1 favorite (or "best," if you prefer) over the last ten years, collectively?
― ilxor, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 17:50 (five years ago) link
Father John MistyRun the JewelsWooden Shjips/Moon DuoKurt VileKendrick Lamar
(at least, based on what I've bought + listened to the most)
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 17:53 (five years ago) link
CHVRCHES, Kendrick Lamar & The 1975.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
For me it's either gonna be saxophonist JD Allen or guitarist Hedvig Mollestad.
Mollestad's first album with her trio, Shoot!, came out in 2011; their fifth (there's also been a live album) just came out in Norway, and will be out in the US in January.Allen's been around since 1999 but launched his trio in 2008 - 2011's Victory!, their third album, was a real breakthrough and they've only improved since then.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
Kendrick does makes a pretty strong case, right?
Overly Dedicated (2010)Section.80 (2011)Good Kid, m.A.A.d City (2012)To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)Untitled Unmastered (2016)DAMN. (2017)Black Panther: The Album (2018)
― ilxor, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 17:57 (five years ago) link
If we're including bands that have reformed this decade and put out a string of albums that are up there with their earlier work, then Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Suede too.
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― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 17:58 (five years ago) link
Shearwater. Two great albums in the last decade, but three more in this decade so far (and probably another one to come before the end of 2019).
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 17:59 (five years ago) link
Alongside Kendrick, I have to admit Future comes to mind for me personally... not all of these are excellent, per se, but he's put out so much music in the last 6-7 years that I feel like there's more substance than almost any other hip-hop/rap artist of the 2010s.
Astronaut Status (2012)Pluto (2012)FBG: The Movie (2013) – with Freeband GangNo Sleep (2013) – with DJ EscoHonest (2014)Monster (2014)Beast Mode (2015) – with Zaytoven56 Nights (2015) – with DJ Esco and 808 MafiaDS2 (2015)What a Time to Be Alive (2015) – with DrakePurple Reign (2016)EVOL (2016)Future (2017)Super Slimey (2017) – with Young ThugHNDRXX (2017)Superfly: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2018)BEASTMODE 2 (2018) – with ZaytovenWrld on Drugs (2018) – with Juice Wrld
― ilxor, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 18:05 (five years ago) link
Ariana Grande-Butera
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 18:07 (five years ago) link
kendrick, future, thug in some order
― big crime for a SPECIAL WHATEVER (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 18:07 (five years ago) link
Wire:Red Barked Tree (2010)Change Becomes Us (2013)Wire (2015)Nocturnal Koreans (2016)Silver/Lead (2017)...and maybe one more in 2019?
The Black Watch:Led Zeppelin Five (2011)The End Of When (2013)Sugarplum Fairy (2014)Highs And Lows (2015)The Gospel According To John (2017)Witches! (2018)
Neko Case:The Worse Things Get (2013)Case/Lang/Veirs (2016)Hell-On (2018)...and all her appearances with New Pornographers
Wussy:Strawberry (2011)Duo EP (2013)Attica! (2014)Public Domain Vol. 1 EP (2015)Forever Sounds (2016)Getting Better EP (2018)What Heaven Is Like (2018)
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 18:13 (five years ago) link
Probably between Kendrick, Future, Dan Snaith/Caribou, Adrienne Lenker/Big Thief
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 18:18 (five years ago) link
Probably Julia Holter.
Tragedy (2011)Ekstasis (2012)Loud city song (2013)Have you in my wilderness (2015)In the same room (2017)Aviary (2018)
― stranded, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 12:39 (five years ago) link
Gareth Liddiard (Drones/solo/TFS), Joyce Manor, Kendrick, and assuming the next record keeps the streak up, Baroness.
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 12:47 (five years ago) link
vektroid
― nxd, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 12:52 (five years ago) link
I have no idea tbh.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 12:54 (five years ago) link
it's absolutely Wednesday Campanella for putting out something like 8 albums of consistently inventive and exciting pop since 2013
second place is probably The 1975, then Gang Gang Dance, Paramore, and Sufjan Stevens as far as less prolific but consistently great acts go
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 13:05 (five years ago) link
mewithoutyou, the 1975, paramore, deftones
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 13:23 (five years ago) link
Two stand clear above the rest: some Geordie roustabout with a gift for the old magics, and some Missourian ultrapessimist who thinks nothing of adding frets to his guitars or letting dice share his compositional duties
― imago, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 13:24 (five years ago) link
Ha, I was thinking Jute Gyte might be my answer as well.
― Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 13:36 (five years ago) link
oh Deftones is a good answer
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 13:45 (five years ago) link
KRALLICE
― obnoxious pun (ultros ultros-ghali), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 13:47 (five years ago) link
jamal mossingrid laubrocktim berne
― massaman gai (front tea for two), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 13:52 (five years ago) link
This thread has made me realize with horror how very, very little music I've even listened to from the past decade. Dear god, I'm officially old.
― my hand is finally unglued from my face (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 13:57 (five years ago) link
This thread has made me realize with bemusement that albums have mattered far more to me than bands over the past decade.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 13:58 (five years ago) link
Can't forget Greta van Fleet
― Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 14:00 (five years ago) link
That one goes without saying.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 14:01 (five years ago) link
"albums have mattered far more to me than bands over the past decade"
yep, and individual songs also, plus I'm the least loyal person I know, so this is hard.
I'll say Possessed by Paul James
over:Of MontrealYoung fathersWhite Denim
― nicky lo-fi, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 14:25 (five years ago) link
> Gareth Liddiard (Drones/solo/TFS)
Gareth Liddiard - Strange Tourist (2010)The Drones - I See Seaweed (2013)The Drones - Feelin Kinda Free (2016)Tropical Fuck Storm - A Laughing Death in Meatspace (2018)
Good call, an incredible body of work, and a reminder to revisit his solo album.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 14:35 (five years ago) link
I have absolutely nothing to contribute to this thread.
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 15:10 (five years ago) link
Susanne Sundfør. She's made four beautiful albums including my album of the decade.
Miguel, Charli XCX, Julia Holter, Lana Del Rey and Jessie Ware are some of my other favourites.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 15:16 (five years ago) link
Oneohtrix Point Never
― frogbs, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 15:18 (five years ago) link
though Vektroid and George Clanton are up there too
Le Butcherettes, Hedgehog.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 19:31 (five years ago) link
It’s Wizkid for me (and this one’s totally about single(s) tracks - his few albums so far have been largely afterthoughts).From 2011 onwards (although I would pick up on Afropop and him only the next year) he’s been a never-drying well of fantastic dance tracks and love jams, with great melodies, hooks and vibes, drawing from a large pool of homegrown and foreign influences, both with his own releases and through his contributions on other people’s songs, and after all this time he’s still only getting better. The past year has been his best ever. A true provider of musical happiness if there ever was one.
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 20:12 (five years ago) link
Steven R. SmithCate Le BonHeron OblivionMats GustafssonMarisa Anderson
― eva logorrhea (bendy), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 20:31 (five years ago) link
Death Grips
― 5th Ward Weeaboo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 20:40 (five years ago) link
Gareth Hulse
― I Accept the Word of Santa (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 20:41 (five years ago) link
dreesen, svn, sw, pg sounds and the rest of the acido / sued crewsotofett, fett burger, jayda g, lns and the rest of the extended sex tags / wania familykyle hall, jay daniel, big strick, generation next and the rest of the latest detroit waveroza terenzi, dj zozi, and everyone else revitalizing the 90s breaks soundkassem mosse
― the late great, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 20:44 (five years ago) link
what pomenitul said
― Dinsdale, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 20:46 (five years ago) link
everyone gets their own answer but this is objectively Kendrick
― alpine static, Thursday, 13 December 2018 01:02 (five years ago) link
Laurel Halo, Oneohtrix, Autechre
― Dan S, Thursday, 13 December 2018 01:10 (five years ago) link
Parquet Courts
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 13 December 2018 01:14 (five years ago) link
what tlg said. off the top of my head i'd add pender steet and mood hut, blondes, demdike stare, dj sprinkles, and prince of denmark et al
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 13 December 2018 01:28 (five years ago) link
lol jimmy eat world
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 December 2018 01:30 (five years ago) link
this might actually be Beach House for me:
Teen Dream (2010)Bloom (2012)Depression Cherry (2015)Thank Your Lucky Stars (2015)7 (2018)
― Bee OK, Thursday, 13 December 2018 01:35 (five years ago) link
Miranda LambertVince StaplesVampire WeekendEric ChurchKendrick Lamar
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 December 2018 01:42 (five years ago) link
Janelle Monae The Mountain GoatsLaura Marling CHVRCHES
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Thursday, 13 December 2018 01:59 (five years ago) link
Vampire WeekendRihannaFutureFrank OceanTy Dolla SignThe 1975Chief KeefDeerhunterGrouperMiranda LambertKendrick Lamar
― austinb, Thursday, 13 December 2018 02:13 (five years ago) link
baby shark
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 13 December 2018 03:21 (five years ago) link
hey hatrack had an album out this year iirc. not heard it tho
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Friday, 14 December 2018 20:12 (five years ago) link
Cate Le BonThee Oh Sees/Oh Sees/OCS
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 14 December 2018 20:29 (five years ago) link
autechremarc baronolivia blockjürg freylaurel halograham lambkinmichael pisarojohn tilburyxuiqen
(if i had to choose one)
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Friday, 14 December 2018 20:32 (five years ago) link
xp to Robert I think there's a new HTRK full length coming soon, FYI
― brimstead, Friday, 14 December 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Friday, 14 December 2018 20:39 (five years ago) link
I mean in terms of raw material Autechre has got to be #1 but it's hard to consider them "of the decade"
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Friday, 14 December 2018 20:41 (five years ago) link
My favorite artist tends to be whoever made the last album I fell in love with. I have a hard time thinking in terms of a decade. I don’t feel like any one artist was that dominant. I guess I’m saying I have nothing to contribute to this thread.
― o. nate, Friday, 14 December 2018 21:32 (five years ago) link
Really excited about the new Deluge Grander album. Havent heard it yet.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 14 December 2018 21:36 (five years ago) link
Look, I'm old (going to be 40 later this year!), but I definitely try to stay current. I spend hundreds of hours a year, every year, listening to artists’ born in the 90s. And that investment absolutely pays off for me every year with regards to my most listened-to genres: hip hop, pop, electronic, and indie-rock genres. I see no reason to change the way I discover music given the results I always receive.
All that blathering leads me to my favorite artist of the 2010’s - The War on Drugs. Each of their albums from this decade will most likely land in my top 50 for that decade - with Lost in a Dream and A Deeper Understanding landing in my top five.
It’s a strange place for me to be in. Up until this point, my all-time favorite artists have always been pretty universally-endorsed by general audiences. Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd, My Bloody Valentine, Wu Tang, Outkast, Christian Fennesz, Robyn and Junior Boys, just to name a few from the top of my dome.
The War on Drugs - while not totally original - have adopted the styles of some of my favorites, such as Bob Dylan’s singing, Pink Floyd’s more proggy-stylings, Bruce Springsteen’s everyman lyrics (and the E-Street’s keyboards), with a shade of Kevin Shields’ shoegaze production.
I never thought I’d find a band’s record (or records) that fully satiates my needs as a consumer. This may sound absurd, but after 2014’s Lost in a Dream, followed by 2017’s A Deeper Understanding, I can, if I want, stop listening to music altogether. I’ve hit a pivotal point that I didn’t think was possible. I thought I’d already discovered all that I would’ve loved, as far as all-time albums go, but clearly, I’ve still have room to grow.
I just wanted to post this as someone who knows he’s in limbo, or stasis, as far as all-time favorites go.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Friday, 8 March 2019 01:45 (five years ago) link
Grouper
AIA: Dream Loss / Alien Observer"Water People" b/w "Moving Machine"Violet ReplacementThe Man Who Died in His BoatRuinsThe Original Faces (w/ Helen)"Headache" b/w "I'm Clean Now"Grid of PointsAfter its own death / Walking in a spiral towards the house (as Nivhek)
― flappy bird, Friday, 8 March 2019 04:06 (five years ago) link
Adrian Younge
― ABSOLUTELY NO SCRUBS WHATSOEVER, Friday, 8 March 2019 05:38 (five years ago) link
Mary Halvorson
― Rad Macca (Craig D.), Friday, 8 March 2019 12:49 (five years ago) link
(maybe tied with Mica Levi)
― Rad Macca (Craig D.), Friday, 8 March 2019 12:51 (five years ago) link
Julia Holter and Colin Stetson.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Friday, 8 March 2019 13:04 (five years ago) link
I think Diddy Dirty Money/Kalenna/Dawn Richard if I can consider them one.
― Will (kruezer2), Friday, 8 March 2019 20:40 (five years ago) link
this might actually be Beach House for me:Teen Dream (2010)Bloom (2012)Depression Cherry (2015)Thank Your Lucky Stars (2015)7 (2018)
Think might be for me too. Which is odd cause I hardly listen to anything else in their genre.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 8 March 2019 22:07 (five years ago) link
nicolas jaar / against all logic / darkside
wild nothing
bibio if i can include his 2009 breakout record
theres a lot of acts i like that peaked from like 2007-2013 which makes a strict decade time window awkward
― ciderpress, Friday, 8 March 2019 22:29 (five years ago) link
oh i forgot ELDER
and wye oak i guess
― ciderpress, Friday, 8 March 2019 22:37 (five years ago) link
mitski
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Friday, 8 March 2019 23:12 (five years ago) link
Lush (2012)Retired from Sad, New Career in Business (2013)Bury Me at Makeout Creek (2014)Puberty 2 (2016)Be the Cowboy (2018)
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Friday, 8 March 2019 23:14 (five years ago) link
Kanye
It's not even close
― Squamch, Saturday, 9 March 2019 09:19 (five years ago) link
Most likely Kendrick.
I want to make a case for Beach House, but Bloom is the last record of theirs I've enjoyed front to back. That's not to knock the highs that came after, but each album has had fewer deep cuts, more the feel of filler.
If D'Angelo releases another Black Messiah tho...
― KPH, Saturday, 9 March 2019 23:41 (five years ago) link
Mica Levi easy
― flamboyant goon tie included, Sunday, 10 March 2019 01:12 (five years ago) link
Oneohtrix Point Never, for all the reasons already stated upthread
Daniel O'Sullivan, for Mothlite, Miracle, Grumbling Fur, and solo (new one out next month)
Tim Bowness has had a strong latter-career run with his four albums in the past five years
― doug watson, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 14:17 (five years ago) link
dawn richard definitely the answer to this whatever i said upthread
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 14:39 (five years ago) link
Wussy, no one else close (even if 3/7 of their 6/7 near-perfect discography goes back to the previous decade).
― clemenza, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 14:50 (five years ago) link
looked back at my top tens for names that appear more than once...
Julia Holter, Kelela, Girlpool, Laura Veirs, Dawn Richard, Kendrick, Owen P, Devon Williams, Deerhunter, Joanna Newsom
― geoffreyess, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 14:57 (five years ago) link
but the actual answer is The Radio Dept.
Robert Glasper.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Friday, 15 March 2019 18:11 (five years ago) link
The bloom may be off him but Drake had an exceptional decade.
― dinnerboat, Friday, 15 March 2019 18:24 (five years ago) link
probably st. vincent, which feels weird to say as i didn't really like her last one, but she's probably had the most influence on me as a person over the course of the decade
― the scientology of mountains (rushomancy), Friday, 15 March 2019 22:10 (five years ago) link
It's Grouper. But it's a weird question for her because we're still not really sure of when this music is coming from right?
― kraudive, Friday, 15 March 2019 22:46 (five years ago) link
Overall though been a pretty wack fucking decade musically imo
― flappy bird, Saturday, 16 March 2019 04:16 (five years ago) link
Oneohtrix Point Never, Laurel Halo, Joanna Newsom
― Dan S, Saturday, 16 March 2019 04:49 (five years ago) link
Shabaka Hutchins - three Sons of Kemet albums, two Comet is Coming, one for the Ancestors, two with Melt Yourself Down, pretty sure he played on the final Polar Bear record, plus numerous guest appearances and is great live in every incarnation. Four Tet - his own albums and his production work, especially the last two Neneh Cherry records. These New PuritansI’m sure there are others if I go looking through the collection.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 16 March 2019 06:35 (five years ago) link
Half of these are unfamiliar to me and that's fine/expected when music is so big but I do worry that my current journeys I'm so engrossed in somehow wont insect with new exciting movements I might like.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 16 March 2019 11:55 (five years ago) link
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Saturday, 16 March 2019 12:31 (five years ago) link
kanye sucked ass this decade
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Saturday, 16 March 2019 13:09 (five years ago) link
First thought best thought (in this instance):The World of Arthur Russell (reissued several times this decade)Laurie Anderson: Life of a Dog, Landfall (w Kronos)Allen Ginsberg: The Complete Songs of Innocence and ExperienceGuerilla Toss: Gay Disco, Smack The BrickDeath Grips: Government PlatesJane Ira Bloom: Wild Lines: Improvising Emily DickinsonDavid Murray Cuban Ensemble Plays Nat King Cole En EspaňolBob Dylan: The Basement Tapes CompleteRough Guide To Ethiopian JazzRough Guide To African DiscoWillie NelsonMiranda LambertPistol AnniesJlinHarriet Tubman
― dow, Saturday, 16 March 2019 19:38 (five years ago) link
but the actual answer is The Radio Dept.― geoffreyess, Tuesday, March 12, 2019 10:57 AM (four days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― geoffreyess, Tuesday, March 12, 2019 10:57 AM (four days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Clinging to a Scheme is all-time great. I had to stop listening to that album for fear of burning out on it.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Saturday, 16 March 2019 20:35 (five years ago) link
I think my vote's gonna have to go to saxophonist JD Allen:
Victory! (Sunnyside, 2011)The Matador and the Bull (Savant, 2012)Grace (Savant, 2013) Bloom (Savant, 2014) Graffiti (Savant, 2015)Americana: Musings on Jazz and Blues (Savant, 2016)Radio Flyer (Savant, 2017)Love Stone (Savant, 2018)
Grace and Bloom are the only albums from that list that I don't absolutely love, and that's because he swapped out his regular band (Gregg August on bass, Rudy Royston on drums, and Nir Felder on guitar on Radio Flyer and Love Stone) for some other folks.
― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 16 March 2019 21:13 (five years ago) link
there was quite a lot of good music but only few artists who delivered regularly. especially my old heroes yo la tengo disappointed me totally. my top three:- low- julia holter- jessie ware (when she hit it she hit it)
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Saturday, 16 March 2019 22:05 (five years ago) link
I feel like this isn't a great way to judge the decade. If I try to think of artists who were consistently great through the whole 70s or 90s I would think of one or two for each - and my favourite artists of all time were at their peaks then. For this decade, I only can think of Julia Holter, everyone else started too late, tailed off at the end or simply didn't release enough music.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 16 March 2019 22:27 (five years ago) link
Cate Le Bon (in large part based on live performances)(Drinks an unnecessary diversion, much as I love both of them)(new album announced today)and then:Ty SegallSusanne SundførJane Weaver
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 14:51 (five years ago) link
This had to have been a more lively topic in the days when most artists released an album a year or so. You could have a more dazzling track record.
― Chris L, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 15:08 (five years ago) link
(I know, there are exceptions I like who still maintain that pace)
― Chris L, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 15:10 (five years ago) link
I agree, I chose artists who have most affected me during that time, not some quantum of achievement or untarnished greatness.
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 15:30 (five years ago) link
Jane Weaver has made 3 great albums the second half of the decade but I wasn't into the first 3 between 2010 and 2013.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 20:59 (five years ago) link
"Sad Song" is one of my favorite songs by anybody
― brimstead, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 21:06 (five years ago) link
"Slow Song" i mean
― brimstead, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 21:10 (five years ago) link