3.26.2010 | 2:51 pm

Cokemachineglow’s Top 100 Albums of the Decade

CokemachineglowCokemachineglow, the last word in online music writing (and not just because I went to SXSW for ‘em), has dropped its top 100 albums of the decade list. What’s great about CMG vs. other sites whose tastes have changed or expanded in recent years is that the Glow – despite a raft of new writers – has retained its identity. Its list is the work of critics who take pop music seriously and have spent the last 10 years grappling, indefatigably, with bands and artists striving for perfect sound forever. I suggest you join them — and yes, that’s my byline under album No. 64.

  • Jay

    Love your blog and love CMG but genuinely curious about one thing: their #1 album of the year didn't even appear in your top 100. Just a massive difference of opinion or what?

  • Jay

    Er, of the decade.

  • http://www.rawkblog.net/ David Greenwald

    The vast majority of what I listen to, for better or worse, is white people with pretty voices playing guitars. The Glow's list skews more to beat-oriented stuff – rap, ambient, etc. Thus, the differences.

  • M S

    CMG is the best. Better taste and better (and more challenging) writing than Pitchfork or anybody else I know of. Great stuff on their top-100 that everyone else misses: David Thomas Broughton, Ulrich Schnauss, Supersilent…

    But no Clientele? That hurts. The Violet Hour is one of the greatest things ever; I'm only slightly exaggerating.

  • http://www.rawkblog.net/ David Greenwald

    Yeah, would've been nice to see Strange Geometry on there. Can't win 'em all.

  • M S

    CMG is the best. Better taste and better (and more challenging) writing than Pitchfork or anybody else I know of. Great stuff on their top-100 that everyone else misses: David Thomas Broughton, Ulrich Schnauss, Supersilent…

    But no Clientele? That hurts. The Violet Hour is one of the greatest things ever; I'm only slightly exaggerating.

  • http://www.rawkblog.net/ David Greenwald

    Yeah, would've been nice to see Strange Geometry on there. Can't win 'em all.