January 7, 2011 Playlist

THE BEST OF 2010
Featuring the
KOSMIK RADIATION TOP TWENTY!

       
"A Sufi & A Killer" by Gonjasufi (2010)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Gonjasufi  "A Sufi & A Killer"  2010 (USA)
The mysterious Gonjasufi broke out this year with a debut album so varied and unique that it's my pick for the best album of 2010, and therefore also a Classic Album of the Week.  Packed with 19 songs (most about 2 minutes in length), A Sufi & A Killer is both detailed and expansive at the same time -- a schizophrenic collage of sound that rarely seems like "hip hop" -- really, it sounds more like a scuzzy psychedelic soul band jamming  in a Turkish opium den!  Sumach Echs is the rapper/singer at the center of this project, and the kaleidoscope of vaguely oriental beats were produced by The Gaslight Killer.
Here are a couple music videos from this album:  "DedNd", and a sort-of remix of "Dust".   Some other notable new records of 2010 include the latest by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti (the Great White Hope of the "chillwave" scene?) and the heavy-seventies sounds of Canada's Black Mountain.  Meanwhile it was also a good year for old geezers like Neil Young (who put out one of his best records of recent decades) and krautrockers Faust (two competing versions of this legendary band exist, both making good music!)  And even though they announced the end of the band a year or two ago, Stereolab also put out their "final" album.
 
(N) = New Release
   

Artist Song Album Year (Label) Country
Moon Duo
Escape Escape (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #7 album of 2010)
2010 (Woodsist) USA
Eddy Current Suppression Ring
Second Guessing Rush To Relax (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #18 album of 2010)
2010 (Goner/Revolver) Australia
Liars
Scarecrows On A Killer Slant Sisterworld (N) 2010 (Mute) USA
The Fall Chino Your Future Our Clutter (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #17 album of 2010)
2010 (Domino) UK
 
 
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Bright Lit Blue Skies (The Rising Storm) Before Today (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #6 album of 2010)
2010 (4AD) USA
Faust Accroche A Tes Levres C'est Com...Com...Compliqué (N)
(Tied for Kosmik Radiation #2 album of 2010)
2009 (Bureau B) Germany
Faust Steinbrand Faust Is Last (N)
(Tied for Kosmik Radiation #2 album of 2010)
2010 (Klangbad) Germany
Sabbath Assembly
Judge Of Mankind Restored To One (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #4 album of 2010)
2010 (AJNA/Feral House) USA
   
 
Stereolab Laserblast Not Music (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #11 album of 2010)
2010 (Drag City) UK/France
Holy Fuck
Silva & Grimes Latin (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #19 album of 2010)
2010 (Young Turks/XL) Canada
Pantha Du Prince Behind The Stars Black Noise (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #16 album of 2010)
2010 (Rough Trade) Germany
Black Tempest   Proxima Part 1 Proxima (N)
(Tied for Kosmik Radiation #9 album of 2010)
2010 (Apollolaan) UK
 
 
Zola Jesus Poor Animal Valusia EP (N) 2010 (Sacred Bones) USA
Peaking Lights Birds Of Paradise Bored Fortress (N - split 7" with Wet Hair) 2010 (Not Not Fun) USA
Julian Lynch Just Enough Mare (N) 2010 (Olde English Spelling Bee) USA
Dead Luke
Dreaming pt. 3 American Haircut (N) 2010 (Florida's Dying) USA
Second Family Band Secrets Of Magic Revealed Dream Release (N - LP version) 2010 (Earjerk/Tree
Tapes/Boondock Pissoir)
USA
Guzzo Pinc No Fountain The Sea (N - cassette) 2010 (Earjerk) USA
 
  
Mondo Drag
Apple New Rituals (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #12 album of 2010)
2010 (Alive Naturalsound) USA
The Black Angels
Phosphene Dream Phosphene Dream (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #8 album of 2010)
2010 (Blue Horizon) USA
Dragontears
Time Of No Time Turn On Tune In Fuck Off!! (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #20 album of 2010)
2010 (Bad Afro) Denmark
Black Mountain Old Fangs Wilderness Heart (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #13 album of 2010)
2010 (Jagjaguwar) Canada
Wolf People
One By One From Dorney Reach Steeple (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #15 album of 2010)
2010 (Jagjaguwar) UK
   
  
Gonjasufi
DedNd A Sufi & A Killer (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #1 album of 2010)

CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
2010 (Warp) USA
Gonjasufi
I've Given A Sufi & A Killer (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #1 album of 2010)

CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
2010 (Warp) USA
Gonjasufi
Klowds A Sufi & A Killer (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #1 album of 2010)

CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
2010 (Warp) USA
Sun Araw The Stakeout On Patrol (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #5 album of 2010)
2010 (Not Not Fun) USA
   
  
Neil Young
Hitchhiker Le Noise (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #3 album of 2010)
2010 (Reprise) Canada
MV & EE Flow My Ray Liberty Rose (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #10 album of 2010)
2010 (Child Of Microtones) USA
Solus 3
Shapeshifter The Sky Above The Roof (N)
(Kosmik Radiation #14 album of 2010)
2010 (Solus 3 Recordings) UK
5-Track
Comets Comets EP (N) 2010 (self release) USA
      
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