Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Is Dubstep Taking Over?

Today, you can't seem to escape dubstep remixes of popular pop songs like the popular remix of Nelly Furtado's "Turn off the Light" in "Magical Word" by Bassnectar. This music is high energy and exciting, but I can see it being short lived. There is not much differentiation in the way to add massive amounts of bass to song. I think of it as techno on acid. It's fun to dance to, but eventually the listeners are going to want something different and it will be a thing of the past...like disco.

Any thoughts on this matter?

Best Albums of 2010



1. Sigh No More- Mumford and Sons
2. Gorilla Manor- Local Natives
3. Broken Bells- Broken Bells
4. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy- Kanye West
5. The Suburbs- Arcade Fire
6. Recovery- Eminem
7. Contra- Vampire Weekend
8. Teen Dream- Beach House
9. High Violet- The National
10. Catching a Tiger- Lissie


I had trouble picking out 10 albums from this year that were good enough to go on this list. Have my music picking skills been lacking in 2010 or has the quality of music gone down?