Ke$ha definitely had a better album than The Band of Horses,not!
2010 Pazz and Jop/ the Fall of Modern Music?
I just absorbed the aforementioned poll (villagevoice.com) and, cantankerous old crank I've become, felt compelled to vent thusly:
1. Good old rock and roll and Americana are virtually absent from the list; you gotta get to #25 on the list before Springsteen shows up and even deeper before you hit Neil Young, Robert Plant, Old 97s and other worthies. Tom Petty only made #96, compared to #25 for Taylor Swift and #14 for the incomprehensible Joanne Newsom. Enough said.
2. Likewise, bop and real jazz are MIA.
3. My own tastes, as usual, are very unpopular. The first album I really liked, Spoon's Transference, didn't show up until #26, while my other faves, like Broken Bells, Posies, Nels Cline, Vijay Iyer and Besnard Lakes, barely register.
4. Glossy college music like Vampire Weekend and Deerhunter is apparently very well-regarded.
5. I've never heard the Kanye West, which won by the widest margin in history.
6. The music world has changed radically. I feel old. Back to work.
1. Good old rock and roll and Americana are virtually absent from the list; you gotta get to #25 on the list before Springsteen shows up and even deeper before you hit Neil Young, Robert Plant, Old 97s and other worthies. Tom Petty only made #96, compared to #25 for Taylor Swift and #14 for the incomprehensible Joanne Newsom. Enough said.
2. Likewise, bop and real jazz are MIA.
3. My own tastes, as usual, are very unpopular. The first album I really liked, Spoon's Transference, didn't show up until #26, while my other faves, like Broken Bells, Posies, Nels Cline, Vijay Iyer and Besnard Lakes, barely register.
4. Glossy college music like Vampire Weekend and Deerhunter is apparently very well-regarded.
5. I've never heard the Kanye West, which won by the widest margin in history.
6. The music world has changed radically. I feel old. Back to work.