2010 Will Be the Greatest Year in Music for The Decade

[Lumenskir]

Now, I probably know what you're thinking. "Lummy, I hate to break it to ya, but 1) the decade just started and 2) this year isn't even half-done, so stop making stupid prognostications, stupid."

To you I say, "There are only two things that a man can be absolutely sure of in this life: 1) the proper way to shorten my name is 'Lumenskir' and 2) if there is a way for 2011-2019 to surpass 2010's musical output in awesomeness, I fear that it would probably tip some sort of cosmic scale over and doom us all to a blissed life of musical perfection, because right now it appears that 2010 is straddling the line of how much good music you can morally and ethically release in one year."

Don't believe me? Just look at Wiki's page for albums released this year. Broken Social Scene put out a record that's tied for either their first or second best, The National put out either their best or tied for first record, ane great outputs from (partial list because these are just my personal highlights so far) LCD Soundsystem, Besnard Lakes, Band of Horses, Hold Steady, Gorillaz, She & Him, MGMT, Owen Pallet (nee Final Fantasy), and the Magnetic Fields. Plus, Sleigh Bells and Fang Island (and Fang Island isn't even on the Wiki-list, which makes me wonder what else they're missing) put out absolutely stunning debuts, and even Top 40 radio is somewhat bearable, provided you hit a string of songs lite on the Black Eyed Peas and loaded with Ke$ha.

And guys, that's just the first 5 months. Look at that list of soon-to-be-released albums. Sure, some will suffer delays that might preclude them from being released this year, but still: Coldplay! Portishead AND Radiohead! Arcade Fire!! Interpol! Lupe Fiasco! Fleet Foxes, Panda Bear, and Beastie Boys, ohmy! Guys, there's so much more but I'm hitting the upper limit on exclamation points!!!

So yeah, this is a thread for talking about what you've like so far this year, and what you are looking forward to in this, the greatest musical year of the decade.