What are your favourite indie albums of each year of the 2010s? no cheating, only 1 allowed

 

mine:

2010

The National - High violet

2011

Ben Howard - Every Kingdom

2012

Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

2013

Daughter - If you Leave

2014

Damien Rice - My favourite faded fantasy

2015

Sufjan Stevens - carrie & Lowell

2016

Lisa Hannigan - At swim

2017

Julien Baker - Appointments

2018

Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps

2019

Lana del Rey - Normal Rockwell

 

Nice idea! Are we going specifically indie or indie, rock, alternative?

Edited December 21, 20195 yr by Burns

A few years there I haven't listened to any albums from :P

Always have to check my records for these things so I'm try to post when I check my personal charts.

meaning rock, alternative, folk, singer-songwriter, indie, and being zero strict

Haha just read through the other 'top 3 indie songs of the year' thread and looks like everyone has their own interpretation of what 'indie' is! It is really such an umbrella term like 'urban' isn't it, in 2019.

 

Will have a proper think about this. I know my 2010 and 2019 albums for sure though.

This is difficult

 

2010 - Beach House - Teen Dream (The National super close too)

2011 - Trial Kennedy - Living Undesigned

2012 - Silversun Pickups - Neck Of The Woods

2013 - Still Corners - Strange Pleasures

2014 - The Dø - Shake, Shook, Shaken

2015 - Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love (but I also kind of want to give it to the UNDERTALE soundtrack which is so indie by definition and just loaded with banger after banger)

2016 - Cymbals Eat Guitars - Pretty Years

2017 - Wolf Alice - Visions Of A Life

2018 - Camp Cope - How To Socialise & Make Friends (shout out to Mitski as well)

2019 - FKA twigs - MAGDALENE (I've heard so little from this year but by no means a weak pick)

Edited December 21, 20195 yr by Dircandydircane

Haha just read through the other 'top 3 indie songs of the year' thread and looks like everyone has their own interpretation of what 'indie' is! It is really such an umbrella term like 'urban' isn't it, in 2019.

 

Will have a proper think about this. I know my 2010 and 2019 albums for sure though.

 

Yeh it's like most genres - I mean Pop can be anything too!

The National - High Violet

Ben Howard - Every Kingdom

Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man

Public Service Broadcasting - Inform. Educate. Entertain.

How To Dress Well - What Is That Heart?

Jamie xx - In Colour

Frightened Rabbit - Painting of a Panic Attack

Wolf Alice - Visions of a Life

DMA's - For Now

FONTAINES D.C. - Dogrel

 

2015 incredible album year. Another Eternity, Currents, My Love Is Cool all nailed on top 10 of the decade.

Edited December 22, 20195 yr by RabbitFurCoat

I'm probably missing a glaringly obvious album I loved but here goes:

 

2010 - The Pretty Reckless "Light Me Up"

Highlight track: "Just Tonight"

(Other notable albums from: Two Door Cinema Club, Kings of Leon)

 

2011 - Gotye "Making Mirrors"

Highlight track: "Somebody That I Used To Know"

(Other notable albums from: blink-182)

 

2012 - alt-J "An Awesome Wave"

Highlight track: "Matilda"

(Other notable albums from: Jessie Ware, fun., Michael Kiwanuka, The Lumineers)

 

2013 - Arctic Monkeys "AM"

Highlight track: "Do I Wanna Know"

(Other notable albums from: Fall Out Boy, Capital Cities, Imagine Dragons, Bastille, CHVRCHES, The 1975)

 

2014 - Damien Rice "My Favourite Faded Fantasy"

Highlight track: "It Takes A Lot To Know A Man"

(Other notable albums from: alt-J, Vance Joy, The Kooks, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Paolo Nutini, Bombay Bicycle Club, Jessie Ware, Coldplay)

 

2015 - Jamie xx "In Colour"

Highlight track: "Gosh"

(Other notable albums from: Fall Out Boy, Mumford & Sons, Years & Years, Sufjan Stevens)

 

2016 - The Lumineers "Cleopatra"

Highlight track: "Ophelia"

(Other notable albums from: The 1975, Michael Kiwanuka, Christine and the Queens, Bon Iver)

 

2017 - Linkin Park "One More Light"

Highlight track: "Heavy"

(Other notable albums from: Imagine Dragons, The xx, Portugal. The Man)

 

2018 - Razorlight "Olympus Sleeping"

Highlight track: "Carry Yourself"

(Other notable albums from: Arctic Monkeys, James Bay, The Kooks, The 1975, Capital Cities, Christine and the Queens)

 

2019 - Foals "Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1"

Highlight track: "Exits"

(Other notable albums from: Bon Iver, FKA twigs, Michael Kiwanuka, Sam Fender, blink-182, Cigarettes After Sex, Foals, The Lumineers)

 

2011 was the hardest. My album of the year (and decade) was Chase & Status "No More Idols" and other than Adele "21" nothing else came close but I did enjoy the Gotye one having discovered him when he hit number 1 in Australia. On the pop front I also loved "Blue Neighbourhood" by Troye Sivan, "1989" by Taylor Swift, "Teenage Dream" by Katy Perry and "Joanne" by Lady Gaga a lot.

Edited December 22, 20195 yr by Burns

I'm glad you like 'Olympus Sleeping' fantastic album for me.

2011: The Vaccines - What Did You Expect from The Vaccines?

 

2012: Imagine Dragons - Night Visions

 

2013: The 1975 - The 1975

 

2014: Catfish and the Bottlemen - The Balcony

 

2015: Bring Me the Horizon - That's the Spirit

 

2016: The 1975 - i like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it

 

2017: Neck Deep - The Peace and The Panic

 

2018: The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships

 

2019: Bring Me the Horizon - amo

This is based mostly on last.fm scrobbles...

 

2010: Foals | Total Life Forever

2011: WU LYF | Go Tell Fire To The Mountain

2012: Grimes | Visions

2013: CHVRCHES | The Bones Of What You Believe

2014: Bombay Bicycle Club | So Long, See You Tomorrow

2015: Tame Impala | Currents

2016: David Bowie | Blackstar

2017: LCD Soundsystem | American Dream

2018: Young Fathers | Cocoa Sugar

2019: FKA twigs | Magdalene

I'm glad you like 'Olympus Sleeping' fantastic album for me.

Yes they were proper back on form for their comeback! It was all a bit of a coincidence for me, earlier in the year I'd been revisiting all their singles and listened to them a lot wishing they'd come back with something new, and then suddenly it happened, it was the right time for me!

I just was curious to see what they sounded like together again and loved what I heard lol

2010: Los Campesinos! Romance Is Boring

2011: Active Child | You Are All I See

2012: Grizzly Bear | Shields

2013: Arcade Fire | Reflektor

2014: How To Dress Well | "What Is This Heart?"

2015: Jamie xx | In Colour

2016: The Radio Dept. | Running Out Of Love

2017: The War On Drugs | A Deeper Understanding

2018: Against All Logic | 2012 - 2017

2019: Angel Olsen | All Mirrors

 

Women do in fact make more amazing music than my list would suggest.

Edited December 24, 20195 yr by Harve

How To Dress Well - What Is That Heart?

Amazing and choice and also reminding me that is in fact from 2014 not 2015 oops.

2010: Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

2011: Infected Rain - Asylum

2012: The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing - This May Be The Reason Why The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing Cannot Be Killed By Conventional Weapon

2013: Savages - Silence Yourself

2014: Eagulls - Eagulls

2015: Demob Happy - Dream Soda

2016: Birdeatsbaby - Tanta Furia

2017: Creeper - Eternity In Your Arms

2018: Still Patient? - Zeitgeist Weltschmerz

2019: Desperate Journalist - In Search Of The Miraculous