WATCH: GvB's Top 12 Music Videos of 2010

Shabazz Palaces - Belhaven Meridian from Sub Pop Records on Vimeo.

Flying Lotus - Kill Your Co-Workers from beeple on Vimeo.

See the rest here.

UPDATE: This Is Head, The Black Keys & Top RYM Albums of 2010!

I've been away on tour with the excellent This Is Head and will post up something on the tour and the band as soon as I have the energy! For now though, go give their incredible debut album a listen on Spotify. For fans of krautrock, early U2, New Order, Ennio Morricone and everything in between!

Whilst I've been gone, The Black Keys released their unofficial official video for the next single off their upcoming album, 'Brothers':



I've also just been looking at the latest 2010 rankings on RYM and think it's shaping up pretty nicely! Although RYM lists often features a few too many metal albums for my liking, this list is pretty damn varied and includes Flying Lotus, Erykah Badu, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti (which I've been listening to a lot this past week!), The Tallest Man On Earth, The National, Beach House and LCD Soundsystem in the top 20.

That's all for now, but look out for the This Is Head post!

New: Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part II (Return of the Ankh) (2010)

Erykah Badu's new album is now up on Spotify, for those of you with accounts! I'm a third of the way through on my first listen and things are sounding very Badu. It has the same chilled out, late night vibe of her earlier albums and early reviews have been very good!

Pop Matters Review

Sputnik Music Review

Meta Critic

AV Club Review

NEW: Erykah Badu - Strawberry Incense (2010)

Erykah Badu just posted up a new Madlib produced track from her forthcoming album. Click here to listen!

New Erykah Badu track! Window Seat!

After sharing a non-album, web-only track with us last week ('Jump In the Air (Stay There)'), Erykah Badu has just posted up 'Window Seat' on her Twitter, which will be the 2nd track on her upcoming album, 'New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh'. The file can be downloaded here and is produced by Badu and Grammy award winning James Poyser, who has written and produced for artists including Al Green, D'Angelo and Common. Poyser also received a Grammy for his work on Common and Badu's 'Love of My Life'.The track also features The Roots' ?uestlove on drums. Poyser has also worked on Badu's 'Mama's Gun' and 'Worldwide Underground' and this track definitely harks back to Badu's earlier albums and her late night neo-soul sound.

Listen to 'Baduizm' in Spotify (1997)

Listen to 'Mama's Gun' in Spotify (2000)

Listen to 'Worldwide Underground' in Spotify (2003)

Listen to 'New Amerykah, Part One (4th World War)' in Spotify (2007)

New Erykah Badu Coming Soon - New Amerykah Part II (Return of the Ankh) (2010)

 Erykah Badu's follow-up to 2008s funk-inspired 'New Amerykah Part I (4th World War)' is due to be released February 23rd and Erykah posted a little teaser on her website, that features the final version of the web-only song 'Jump In The Air (and Stay There)' which features Lil' Wayne. Also, after seeing the inclusion of Madlib, Dilla and 9th Wonder on production duties, it can't be bad! I can't wait for this album!

The latest tracklisting is:

1. "20 Feet Tall" (Produced by Erykah Badu and 9th Wonder)
2. "Window Seat" (Produced by Erykah Badu and James Poyser
3. "Agitation" (Produced by Erykah Badu and Shafiq Husayn of SA-RA Creative Partners)
4. "Get Money" (Produced by Erykah Badu and Karieem Riggins (drums), Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner (bass), James Poyser (keys), Tommy Trajlio (guitar), Mike "Chav" Chavarria (mooger fooger) (Contains an interpolation of "Can't Turn Me Away," by Sylvia Striplin)
5. "Don't Be Long" (Produced by Erykah Badu and Ta'Raach)
6. "Love" (Produced by Erykah Badu and J Dilla)
7. "Umm Hmm" (Produced by Erykah Badu and Madlib)
8. "Fall in Love" (Produced by Erykah Badu and Karieem Riggins) (Contains a sample of "Intimate Friends" by Eddie Kendricks)
9. "Incense" (Instrumental) (Produced by Erykah Badu and Madlib featuring Kirsten Agnesta (harp))
10. "Out My Mind Just in Time (Part 1) (Undercover Over-Lover)" (Produced by Erykah Badu featuring James Poyser (keys))
11. "Out My Mind Just in Time (Part 2)" (Produced by Erykah Badu and Georgia Anne Muldrow)
12. "Out My Mind Just in Time (Part 3)"