Contact Risk's 40 best records of 2010 so far

1. Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me


2. Beach House – Teen Dream


3. Wu Lyf – Concrete Gold / Heavy Pop 12”


4. Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma


5. How to Dress Well – Can’t See My Own Face EP


6. Wavves – King of the Beach


7. Baths – Cerulean


8. These New Puritans – Hidden


9. Damien Jurado – Saint Barlett


10. Cloud Nothings – Turning On LP


11. The National – High Violet


12. Gayngs – Relayted


13. Twin Sister – Color Your Life


14. Liars – Sisterworld


15. Wildbirds & Peacedrums – Rivers


16. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today


17. Best Coast – Crazy For You


18. Pavement – Quarantine the Past


19. jj – jj n° 3


20. Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Dark Night of the Soul

21. Tame Impala – Innerspeaker
22. Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record
23. Spoon – Transference
24. Women – Public Strain
25. Lonely Galaxy – EP One
26. Johnny Cash – Ain’t No Grave
27. Zola Jesus – Stridulum EP
28. Julian Lynch – Mare
29. Green Gerry – Odd Tymes
30. Herzog - Search

31. Wild Nothing – Gemini
32. Best Coast – Something in the Way 7”
33. Wolf Parade – Expo 86
34. Roky Erickson with Okkervil River – True Love Cast Out All Evil
35. Cults – Go Outside 7”
36. Pocahaunted – Make It Real
37. Small Black – Small Black EP
38. LA Vampires & Zola Jesus – LA Vampires & Zola Jesus
39. The Magic Lantern – Platoon
40. The Besnard Lakes – Are the Roaring Night

Watch: Wavves, Wildbirds & Peacedrums and Baths

Last week was a great week for discovering new music. I heard some new albums that will appear somewhere the coming months, and discovered three that could become some of my favourites this year. So I'd really like to share them with you. I found some nice videos by these three bands and they certainly deserve some exposure here.

First up is a cool video by Yours Truly. They made some shots at a Wavves instore and did an interview on their upcoming album, King of the Beach. This record seriously holds some killer tunes, and once you get the chance make sure to give it a listen. Especially if you're into bands like The Thermals and Cloud Nothings. Here's the video:

Yourstru.ly Presents: Wavves "King of the Beach" from Yours Truly on Vimeo.

Secondly, here is a beautiful video for Wildbirds & Peacedrums' new single Bleed Like There Was No Other Flood, which is also the opening track for their new album Rivers. Their sound might demand a couple of listens, but it's definitely worthwhile:

Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Bleed Like There Was No Other Flood from Leaf Label on Vimeo.

Last, a video shot by Pitchfork in collaboration with Yours Truly for their 'Tunnelvision' series. Apologetic Shoulder Blades is the opening track of Baths' forthcoming album Cerulean. If you're into Flying Lotus, then you'd probably really enjoy this too:

Baths - Maximalist (video)

Van Baths verwacht ik de komende tijd heel veel. In juni komt Cerulean uit op Anticon, het label van o.a. Why? en Son Lux. Baths klinkt zowel als Washed Out en Flying Lotus, en weet het geluid van nu dus goed te vangen.

BATHS 'maximalist' from ben sifel on Vimeo.

Luister verder:
Baths - Maximalist
Baths - Hall