{"id":2114,"date":"2019-12-19T16:35:26","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T21:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/musicalurbanism\/?p=2114"},"modified":"2019-12-19T16:35:26","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T21:35:26","slug":"100-albums-for-the-2010s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/musicalurbanism\/2019\/12\/19\/100-albums-for-the-2010s\/","title":{"rendered":"100 albums for the 2010s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ranked in approximate order of what I would consider most essential listening, these albums comprise a decent playlist of what my decade of new music sounded like\u2026 at least from the perspective of the final year. (I see that at least one 2018 album included here didn\u2019t make my end-of-year <a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/musicalurbanism\/2018\/12\/19\/favorite-music-of-2018\/\">favorite music of 2018<\/a> list because I hadn\u2019t discovered it yet.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"150\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">100-76<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/musicalurbanism\/100-albums-for-the-2010s-50-26\/\">50-26<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/musicalurbanism\/100-albums-for-the-2010s-75-51\/\">75-51<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/musicalurbanism\/100-albums-for-the-2010s-25-1\/\">25-1<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>100. <strong>Magnetix<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Live in San Francisco<\/em> (2017)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Magnetix live @ Festival Rel\u00e2che 2017 Bordeaux\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cCtUCJON_aA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>99. <strong>OFF!<\/strong> \u2013 <em>First Four EPs<\/em> (2010)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"OFF! - Black Thoughts (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oZ9dyfQt7k4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>98. <strong>Night Moves<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Pennied Days<\/em> (2016)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Denise, Don\u2019t Wanna See You Cry\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iSvAMs-XQnc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>97. <strong>Vinyl Williams<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Into<\/em> (2015)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vinyl Williams \u2013 World Soul (official video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V35XNBedkhM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>96. <strong>Etiquette<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Reminisce<\/em> (2015)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Etiquette \/\/ Attention Seeker (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TkScY58ZAoE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>95. <strong>Steve Gunn<\/strong> \u2013 <em>The Unseen In Between<\/em> (2019)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Steve Gunn - &quot;Vagabond&quot; (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h6-dwxvTQd0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>94. <strong>FFS<\/strong> \u2013 <em>FFS<\/em> (2010)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FFS - Call Girl (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/645OkDIkKvg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7K29s5ISMW?amp=1\">https:\/\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>93. <strong>Priests<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Nothing Feels Natural<\/em> (2015)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Priests - Pink White House [OFFICIAL VIDEO]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EXVIjFODaqQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>92. <strong>Prince &amp; 3RDEYEGIRL<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Plectrumelectrum<\/em> (2014)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prince &amp; 3RDEYEGIRL - MARZ\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c1wsn4ug0tc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>91. <strong>Savages<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Silence Yourself<\/em> (2013)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Savages - Husbands\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rmJ_mcvRQsI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>90. <strong>Nicole Atkins<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Mondo Amore<\/em> (2011)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nicole Atkins - Hotel Plaster\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6BoZh4kmd1A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>89. <strong>Black Coffee<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Pieces Of Me<\/em> (2016)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Black Coffee - Come With Me feat. Mque (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/osQUJTBGCMs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>88. <strong>Jane Weaver<\/strong> \u2013 <em>The Fallen By Watch Bird<\/em> (2010)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"jane weaver: silver chord\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g_rg71CySxU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>87. <strong>Burial<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Tunes 2011 to 2019<\/em> (2019)<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/OjqwOlKUB4c<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>86. <strong>Fleet Foxes<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Helplessness Blues<\/em> (2011)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fleet Foxes - The Shrine \/ An Argument [OFFICIAL VIDEO]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9yAxIdkF2Qo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>85. <strong>Kurt Vile<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Smoke Rings For My Halo<\/em> (2011)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kurt Vile - Peeping Tomboy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a6k_5OD84_w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>84. <strong>SUNN 0)))<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Life Metal<\/em> (2019)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SUNN O))) - Troubled Air\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7ek3K0HhzCk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>83. <strong>Daft Punk<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Random Access Memories<\/em> (2013)<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/XkeIwhKIi84<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>82. <strong>Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Hope Downs<\/em> (2018)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Talking Straight [OFFICIAL VIDEO]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zj5tH-6vNKY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>81. <strong>The Beths<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Future Me Hates Me<\/em> (2018)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Beths - &quot;Future Me Hates Me&quot; (official music video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iVImwSb4EYU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>80. <strong>Big Thief<\/strong> \u2013 <em>UFOF<\/em> (2019)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Big Thief - UFOF (Official Audio)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AjPa7M5n2CU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>79. <strong>Whitney<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Light Upon The Lake<\/em> (2016)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Whitney - No Woman (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CGKN6qiDqnk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>78. <strong>Veronica Falls<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Veronica Falls<\/em> (2011)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Veronica Falls - Beachy Head\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4WY-Iin7P_w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>77. <strong>New Duo<\/strong> \u2013 <em>New Duo<\/em> (2016)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New Duo &quot;Never Got Her Name&quot; | Video Premiere\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NCtzCtdrTnA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>76. <strong>Jamila Woods<\/strong> \u2013 <em>HEAVN<\/em> (2016)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HEAVN\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SJoTxOGEGvE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"150\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">100-76<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/musicalurbanism\/100-albums-for-the-2010s-50-26\/\">50-26<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/musicalurbanism\/100-albums-for-the-2010s-75-51\/\">75-51<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/musicalurbanism\/100-albums-for-the-2010s-25-1\/\">25-1<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ranked in approximate order of what I would consider most essential listening, these albums comprise a decent playlist of what my decade of new music sounded like\u2026 at least from the perspective of the final year. (I see that at least one 2018 album included here didn\u2019t make my end-of-year favorite music of 2018 list because I hadn\u2019t discovered it yet.) &nbsp; 100-76 50-26 75-51 25-1 &nbsp; 100. Magnetix \u2013 Live in San Francisco (2017) &nbsp; 99. OFF! \u2013 First Four EPs (2010) &nbsp; 98. Night Moves \u2013 Pennied Days (2016) &nbsp; 97. Vinyl Williams \u2013 Into (2015) &nbsp; 96. Etiquette \u2013 Reminisce (2015) &nbsp; 95. Steve Gunn \u2013 The Unseen In Between (2019) &nbsp; 94. FFS \u2013 FFS (2010) https:\/\/ &nbsp; 93. Priests \u2013 Nothing Feels Natural (2015) &nbsp; 92. Prince &amp; 3RDEYEGIRL \u2013 Plectrumelectrum (2014) &nbsp; 91. Savages \u2013 Silence Yourself (2013) &nbsp; 90. Nicole Atkins \u2013 Mondo Amore (2011) &nbsp; 89. Black Coffee \u2013 Pieces Of Me (2016) &nbsp; 88. Jane Weaver \u2013 The Fallen By Watch Bird (2010) &nbsp; 87. Burial \u2013 Tunes 2011 to 2019 (2019) https:\/\/youtu.be\/OjqwOlKUB4c &nbsp; 86. Fleet Foxes \u2013 Helplessness Blues (2011) &nbsp; 85. 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