Forward and Back
The best five 2010 albums I’ve heard so far, followed by my five favorite albums of 2009. All noted without comment.
Sambassadeur – European (Labrador)
The Electric Pop Group – Seconds (Matinee)
The Magnetic Fields – Realism (Nonesuch)
Laura Gibson and Ethan Rose – Bridge Carols (Holocene)
Circus Devils – Mother Skinny (Rockathon)
Girls – Album (True Panther Sounds)
Yo La Tengo – Popular Songs (Matador)
Brad Paisley – American Saturday Night (Arista Nashville)
The Clientele – Bonfires on the Heath (Merge)
Peter Broderick and Machinefabriek – Blank Grey Canvas Sky (Fang Bomb)
