Due to time restraints and being on a bit of a vacation at the moment – I have a couple of posts donated from friends, bloggers and musicians to keep this Slowcoustic train moving along. Today we have a musician who is a personal favourite due to her ability to create some of the best music I have heard (and still has an album in my all time best of list with her “China Mountain” album). Today Lotte Kestner (Anna-Lynne Williams who is Lotte Kestner and one half of Trespassers William) lists her best albums of 2010 along with her favourite track from each.
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1. Damien Jurado – Saint Bartlett
Favourite Track: “Beacon Hill”
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2. Kent – En Plats I Solen
Favourite Track: “Varje Gang Du Moter Min Blick”
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3. Beach House – Teen Dream
Favourite Track: “10 Mile Stereo”
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4. The National – High Violet
Favourite Track: “Conversation 16”
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5. Eels – End Times
Favourite Track: “In the Beginning”
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6. Sarah Jaffe – Suburban Nature
Favourite Track: “Better Than Nothing”
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7. Charlotte Gainsbourg – Irm
Favourite Track: “Time of the Assassins”
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8. John Grant – Queen of Denmark
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9. Breathe Owl Breathe – Magic Central
Favourite Track: “Own Stunts”
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10. CocoRosie – Grey Oceans
Favourite Track: “Lemonade”
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There you have it – a list of favourite albums from Anna-Lynne. You get the full range here; Singer-Songwriter, electro, Fringe, Indie Rock and all! Definitely someone who enjoys music for music, if I had to say. Thanks again to Ms. Williams for her contribution to Slowcoustic – you can see her original post on her personal blog HERE. Be sure to keep an eye out for her new music label “Saint Loop” as I have a feeling you will want to see where that goes (visit them on Facebook).
*Just in case you need a reminder for Lotte Kestner: “Compasses”, from 2008’s “China Mountain”. Available on Silber Records here.
~Smansmith