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The Best Albums of the '10s
It's been a pleasure sharing with you our musical discoveries for the past 12 years on this blog, as well as some of our all-time favorite albums and songs. By going through the 686 posts we've managed here since our very first one on March 6th, 2008, I'm sure you can discover plenty of great music from the last four decades and then some.
For our last post here we revisit the 2010s and present our Top 100 favorite albums of the decade. It goes without saying that the choice is tough and the end result can be quite different if we ever decide to revisit the subject at a later date, but the task is made easier with the thought that we have covered extensively the 2010s in this blog and every single album we have loved in the past ten years can be found somewhere in our previous posts.
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Time to sign off and say so long to our blogger site with our final list on this blog! Here are our Top 100 Albums of the 2010s:
Top 100 Albums of the '10s
01. Your future our clutter - THE FALL (2010)
02. Let England shake - P.J. HARVEY (2011)
03. To be kind - SWANS (2014)
04. Sometimes I sit and think, and sometimes I just sit - COURTNEY BARNETT (2015)
05. Sun - CAT POWER (2012)
06. St. Vincent - ST. VINCENT (2014)
07. Teens of denial - CAR SEAT HEADREST (2016)
08. American dream - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM (2017)
09. Factory Floor - FACTORY FLOOR (2013)
10. In a poem unlimited - U.S. GIRLS (2018)
11. Dogrel - FONTAINES D.C. (2019)
12. Wild Flag - WILD FLAG (2011)
13. Shaking the habitual - THE KNIFE (2013)
14. Silence yourself - SAVAGES (2013)
15. High violet - THE NATIONAL (2010)
16. My woman - ANGEL OLSEN (2016)
17. Hunter - ANNA CALVI (2018)
18. Only in dreams - DUM DUM GIRLS (2011)
19. Manipulator - TY SEGALL (2014)
20. Hope downs - ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER (2018)
21. Warpaint - WARPAINT (2014)
22. Nikki nack - TUNE-YARDS (2014)
23. Visions - GRIMES (2012)
24. Have you in my wilderness - JULIA HOLTER (2015)
25. No cities to love - SLEATER-KINNEY (2015)
26. Blues funeral - MARK LANEGAN BAND (2012)
27. Bloom - BEACH HOUSE (2012)
28. Ring - GLASSER (2010)
29. Currents - TAME IMPALA (2015)
30. The agent intellect - PROTOMARTYR (2015)
31. I will be - DUM DUM GIRLS (2010)
32. Treats - SLEIGH BELLS (2010)
33. More light - PRIMAL SCREAM (2013)
34. M B V - MY BLOODY VALENTINE (2013)
35. Untethered moon - BUILT TO SPILL (2015)
36. The suburbs - ARCADE FIRE (2010)
37. Anna Calvi - ANNA CALVI (2011)
38. Shrines - PURITY RING (2012)
39. Masseduction - ST. VINCENT (2017)
40. Past life martyred saints - EMA (2011)
41. Adore life - SAVAGES (2016)
42. Is the is are - DIIV (2016)
43. Human performance - PARQUET COURTS (2016)
44. Indigo meadow - THE BLACK ANGELS (2013)
45. They want my soul - SPOON (2014)
46. Do to the beast - THE AFGHAN WHIGS (2014)
47. Purgatory / Paradise - THROWING MUSES (2013)
48. Push the sky away - NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS (2013)
49. I am easy to find - THE NATIONAL (2019)
50. The underside of power - ALGIERS (2017)
51. Kill for love - CHROMATICS (2012)
52. Ivy tripp - WAXAHATCHEE (2015)
53. Rips - EX HEX (2014)
54. Tell me how you really feel - COURTNEY BARNETT (2018)
55. Holiday destination - NADINE SHAH (2017)
56. Plunge - FEVER RAY (2017)
57. Blackstar - DAVID BOWIE (2016)
58. Loud city song - JULIA HOLTER (2013)
59. U.F.O.F. - BIG THIEF (2019)
60. 7 - BEACH HOUSE (2018)
61. Schlagenheim - BLACK MIDI (2019)
62. Everything in between - NO AGE (2010)
63. Attack on memory - CLOUD NOTHINGS (2012)
64. Silver age - BOB MOULD (2012)
65. Blunderbuss - JACK WHITE (2012)
66. Expo 86 - WOLF PARADE (2010)
67. We are the 21st century ambassadors of peace and magic - FOXYGEN (2013)
68. Sun structures - TEMPLES (2014)
69. Waiting for something to happen - VERONICA FALLS (2013)
70. Platform - HOLLY HERNDON (2015)
71. Leaving meaning - SWANS (2019)
72. Purple Mountains - PURPLE MOUNTAINS (2019)
73. Remind me tomorrow - SHARON VAN ETTEN (2019)
74. All mirrors - ANGEL OLSEN (2019)
75. Why hasn't everything already disappeared? - DEERHUNTER (2019)
76. Run The Jewels 3 - RUN THE JEWELS (2017)
77. King night - SALEM (2010)
78. The glowing man - SWANS (2016)
79. The hope six demolition project - P.J. HARVEY (2016)
80. Modern kosmology - JANE WEAVER (2017)
81. Hot thoughts - SPOON (2017)
82. Relatives in descent - PROTOMARTYR (2017)
83. Wide awaaaaake! - PARQUET COURTS (2018)
84. Freedom's goblin - TY SEGALL (2018)
85. All nerve - THE BREEDERS (2018)
86. Rock n roll consciousness - THURSTON MOORE (2017)
87. Damage and joy - THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN (2017)
88. Benji - SUN KIL MOON (2014)
89. A deeper understanding - THE WAR ON DRUGS (2017)
90. Damn. - KENDRICK LAMAR (2017)
91. Reflektor - ARCADE FIRE (2013)
92. Inform - Educate - Entertain - PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING (2013)
93. Requiem - GOAT (2016)
94. Heads up - WARPAINT (2016)
95. Teen dream - BEACH HOUSE (2010)
96. Sisterworld - LIARS (2010)
97. Grinderman 2 - GRINDERMAN (2010)
98. Goat Girl - GOAT GIRL (2018)
99. Songs of praise - SHAME (2018)
100. Joy as an act of resistance - IDLES (2018)
12. Wild Flag - WILD FLAG (2011)
13. Shaking the habitual - THE KNIFE (2013)
14. Silence yourself - SAVAGES (2013)
15. High violet - THE NATIONAL (2010)
16. My woman - ANGEL OLSEN (2016)
17. Hunter - ANNA CALVI (2018)
18. Only in dreams - DUM DUM GIRLS (2011)
19. Manipulator - TY SEGALL (2014)
20. Hope downs - ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER (2018)
21. Warpaint - WARPAINT (2014)
22. Nikki nack - TUNE-YARDS (2014)
23. Visions - GRIMES (2012)
24. Have you in my wilderness - JULIA HOLTER (2015)
25. No cities to love - SLEATER-KINNEY (2015)
26. Blues funeral - MARK LANEGAN BAND (2012)
27. Bloom - BEACH HOUSE (2012)
28. Ring - GLASSER (2010)
29. Currents - TAME IMPALA (2015)
30. The agent intellect - PROTOMARTYR (2015)
31. I will be - DUM DUM GIRLS (2010)
32. Treats - SLEIGH BELLS (2010)
33. More light - PRIMAL SCREAM (2013)
34. M B V - MY BLOODY VALENTINE (2013)
35. Untethered moon - BUILT TO SPILL (2015)
36. The suburbs - ARCADE FIRE (2010)
37. Anna Calvi - ANNA CALVI (2011)
38. Shrines - PURITY RING (2012)
39. Masseduction - ST. VINCENT (2017)
40. Past life martyred saints - EMA (2011)
41. Adore life - SAVAGES (2016)
42. Is the is are - DIIV (2016)
43. Human performance - PARQUET COURTS (2016)
44. Indigo meadow - THE BLACK ANGELS (2013)
45. They want my soul - SPOON (2014)
46. Do to the beast - THE AFGHAN WHIGS (2014)
47. Purgatory / Paradise - THROWING MUSES (2013)
48. Push the sky away - NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS (2013)
49. I am easy to find - THE NATIONAL (2019)
50. The underside of power - ALGIERS (2017)
51. Kill for love - CHROMATICS (2012)
52. Ivy tripp - WAXAHATCHEE (2015)
53. Rips - EX HEX (2014)
54. Tell me how you really feel - COURTNEY BARNETT (2018)
55. Holiday destination - NADINE SHAH (2017)
56. Plunge - FEVER RAY (2017)
57. Blackstar - DAVID BOWIE (2016)
58. Loud city song - JULIA HOLTER (2013)
59. U.F.O.F. - BIG THIEF (2019)
60. 7 - BEACH HOUSE (2018)
61. Schlagenheim - BLACK MIDI (2019)
62. Everything in between - NO AGE (2010)
63. Attack on memory - CLOUD NOTHINGS (2012)
64. Silver age - BOB MOULD (2012)
65. Blunderbuss - JACK WHITE (2012)
66. Expo 86 - WOLF PARADE (2010)
67. We are the 21st century ambassadors of peace and magic - FOXYGEN (2013)
68. Sun structures - TEMPLES (2014)
69. Waiting for something to happen - VERONICA FALLS (2013)
70. Platform - HOLLY HERNDON (2015)
71. Leaving meaning - SWANS (2019)
72. Purple Mountains - PURPLE MOUNTAINS (2019)
73. Remind me tomorrow - SHARON VAN ETTEN (2019)
74. All mirrors - ANGEL OLSEN (2019)
75. Why hasn't everything already disappeared? - DEERHUNTER (2019)
76. Run The Jewels 3 - RUN THE JEWELS (2017)
77. King night - SALEM (2010)
78. The glowing man - SWANS (2016)
79. The hope six demolition project - P.J. HARVEY (2016)
80. Modern kosmology - JANE WEAVER (2017)
81. Hot thoughts - SPOON (2017)
82. Relatives in descent - PROTOMARTYR (2017)
83. Wide awaaaaake! - PARQUET COURTS (2018)
84. Freedom's goblin - TY SEGALL (2018)
85. All nerve - THE BREEDERS (2018)
86. Rock n roll consciousness - THURSTON MOORE (2017)
87. Damage and joy - THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN (2017)
88. Benji - SUN KIL MOON (2014)
89. A deeper understanding - THE WAR ON DRUGS (2017)
90. Damn. - KENDRICK LAMAR (2017)
91. Reflektor - ARCADE FIRE (2013)
92. Inform - Educate - Entertain - PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING (2013)
93. Requiem - GOAT (2016)
94. Heads up - WARPAINT (2016)
95. Teen dream - BEACH HOUSE (2010)
96. Sisterworld - LIARS (2010)
97. Grinderman 2 - GRINDERMAN (2010)
98. Goat Girl - GOAT GIRL (2018)
99. Songs of praise - SHAME (2018)
100. Joy as an act of resistance - IDLES (2018)
Sunday, February 09, 2020
It's the new thing! New decade, new blog!
It is now official! After 12 years on blogger, Cool Music Central will continue its online journey at a new home on tumblr! Update your bookmarks and visit us here:
For the official launch, we have photos and video from the recent Membranes gig at Temple Club, the return of the band to Athens after 33 years (their previous visit was in April 1987 - I still have that poster!). The new site will be simpler and more frequently updated with links to our favorite new music, "Best Of" lists and of course all the live music action coming our way. Check out below a shot from the front lines of Membranes gig at Temple Club on February 6, 2020, and go here for more.
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| Membranes, live @ Temple Club (Athens, Feb. 6, 2020) |
To close the curtains here, we are preparing a list with our favorite albums of the '10s, a decade of great music which we had the pleasure of sharing with you on this website! Stay tuned for that list, coming in the next few weeks. In the meantime, see you on tumblr!
Monday, January 06, 2020
Top 50 Tracks of 2019
Happy New Year everybody and welcome to the '20s! We are closing our 2019 account with the selection of our Top 50 Tracks of the Year, a collection of outstanding songs from albums, singles and EPs released in the past 12 months that sum up our listening habits and set the benchmark of excellence for the music we care about.
To help us in the difficult task of narrowing down a year's worth of great new music to just 50 tracks, we are sticking to the rule of choosing just one song from each artist or band (usually one of their singles), although in many cases even that choice proved difficult.
However, there was no doubt about what song should be honored with C.M.C.'s Track of the Year title, as "Not" by Big Thief is that rare piece of music that hits you immediately with its intense emotional power and haunts you long after the end of the six wonderful minutes of tearful joy it offers. The greatest moment yet in Adrianne Lenker's magnificent songbook and one for the list of The Best Songs of the '10s! More on this subject soon, but first here are our Top 50 Tracks of 2019:
Top 50 Tracks of 2019
1. Not - BIG THIEF
2. Blankenship - DIIV
3. Seventeen - SHARON VAN ETTEN
4. The barrel - ALDOUS HARDING
5. All my happiness is gone - PURPLE MOUNTAINS
6. Rylan - THE NATIONAL
7. Big - FONTAINES D.C.
8. Green & Blue - THE MURDER CAPITAL
9. In the capital - ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER
10. All mirrors - ANGEL OLSEN
11. This life - VAMPIRE WEEKEND
12. I want your dreams - PETER PERRETT
13. Woman - KAREN O & DANGER MOUSE
14. High Alice - JENNY HVAL
15. Deadzone - LADYTRON
16. Future love - RIDE
17. Element - DEERHUNTER
18. White stuff - ROYAL TRUX
19. Rechargeable - SNAPPED ANKLES
20. Ducter - BLACK MIDI
21. Feet - FAT WHITE FAMILY
22. Summon the fire - THE COMET IS COMING
23. Stitch it up - MARK LANEGAN BAND
24. Sketch artist - KIM GORDON
25. Not the news - THOM YORKE
26. Hurry on home - SLEATER-KINNEY
27. The 20 teens - WIVES
28. Shiny new model - BODEGA
29. Wasted nun - CHERRY GLAZERR
30. Tough enough - EX HEX
31. Jesus’ son - PRIESTS
32. The one - MARIKA HACKMAN
33. Red Bull & Hennessy - JENNY LEWIS
34. Walking away from love - STEVE MASON
35. The hunger - BAT FOR LASHES
36. On the Luna - FOALS
37. Daddy issues - PIP BLOM
38. Got you - AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS
39. On graveyard hill - PIXIES
40. Warranty - MEAT PUPPETS
41. Addicted to the day - BLUE ORCHIDS
42. Lineas en hojas - LORELLE MEETS THE OBSOLETE
43. Lost heads - MOON DUO
44. Future shade - BLACK MOUNTAIN
45. Help me stranger - THE RACONTEURS
46. Taste - TY SEGALL
47. Lost faith - BOB MOULD
48. Falling down the stairs of your smile - THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
49. LPs - JEFFREY LEWIS & THE VOLTAGE
50. Sunglasses - BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD
7. Big - FONTAINES D.C.
8. Green & Blue - THE MURDER CAPITAL
9. In the capital - ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER
10. All mirrors - ANGEL OLSEN
11. This life - VAMPIRE WEEKEND
12. I want your dreams - PETER PERRETT
13. Woman - KAREN O & DANGER MOUSE
14. High Alice - JENNY HVAL
15. Deadzone - LADYTRON
16. Future love - RIDE
17. Element - DEERHUNTER
18. White stuff - ROYAL TRUX
19. Rechargeable - SNAPPED ANKLES
20. Ducter - BLACK MIDI
21. Feet - FAT WHITE FAMILY
22. Summon the fire - THE COMET IS COMING
23. Stitch it up - MARK LANEGAN BAND
24. Sketch artist - KIM GORDON
25. Not the news - THOM YORKE
26. Hurry on home - SLEATER-KINNEY
27. The 20 teens - WIVES
28. Shiny new model - BODEGA
29. Wasted nun - CHERRY GLAZERR
30. Tough enough - EX HEX
31. Jesus’ son - PRIESTS
32. The one - MARIKA HACKMAN
33. Red Bull & Hennessy - JENNY LEWIS
34. Walking away from love - STEVE MASON
35. The hunger - BAT FOR LASHES
36. On the Luna - FOALS
37. Daddy issues - PIP BLOM
38. Got you - AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS
39. On graveyard hill - PIXIES
40. Warranty - MEAT PUPPETS
41. Addicted to the day - BLUE ORCHIDS
42. Lineas en hojas - LORELLE MEETS THE OBSOLETE
43. Lost heads - MOON DUO
44. Future shade - BLACK MOUNTAIN
45. Help me stranger - THE RACONTEURS
46. Taste - TY SEGALL
47. Lost faith - BOB MOULD
48. Falling down the stairs of your smile - THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
49. LPs - JEFFREY LEWIS & THE VOLTAGE
50. Sunglasses - BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD
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