To further augment my list of 2010’s Best Albums, here’s a list of artists that didn’t release a new album in the past year, but still dominated a fair amount of my attention. As usual, Tom Waits tops this list. The rest are noteworthy for either having heard the artist for the first time, a renewed interest or getting into them more than ever before. Here goes… (and thanks last.fm for the information)
- Tom Waits
- Scott Walker
- Sebadoh
- Galaxie 500
- Smog / Bill Callahan
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
- The Beatles (hey, finally listened to the early albums)
- Harry Nilsson
- The Olivia Tremor Control
- Big Black (and Shellac)
- XTC
- Jonathan Richman
- John Zorn
- Os Mutantes
- OutKast
- Big Star (RIP Alex Chilton)
- Miles Davis (digging deeper!)
- Wu-Tang Clan (and its members’ solo joints)
- Saint Etienne
- Daniel Johnston
- Jacques Brel
- The Dismemberment Plan (can’t get enough of your love, babe)
- Sparklehorse (RIP Mark Linkous)
- Randy Newman (only within the past week -126 track listens)
- Arthur Russell
