Gorilla Vs Bear is known as a 'highly relevant' mp3 blog that has some of the 'most respected taste in mp3s' in the 'history of the indiesphere.' It is a breeding ground for emerging buzzbands and genres, and known as 'one of the most authentic mp3 blogs on the planet.'

It seems like they made their annual 'best of the year' list, and Beach House won, a bunch of relevant buzzbands 'placed well', and most importantly, Kanye West was 'nowhere to be found' on this list. While GVB does tend to appreciate music by African American artists, the blog editor opted to 'bypass' Kanye and instead include Big Boi and Erykah Badu as being more relevant/noteworthy in 2010.

This seems like it is a great 'branding strategy' to differentiate itself from Pitchfork as Pitchfork goes 'directly after the African American audiences', indie fans can find 'safe haven' / 'indie asylum' on gorillavsbear.net.

Here is the blog's 'controversial' list of the best albums of 2k10.

GORILLA VS. BEAR’s ALBUMS OF 2010

01 Beach House – Teen Dream
02 Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today
03 Shabazz Palaces – Of Light/Shabazz Palaces
04 James Blake – CMYK/Klavierwerke
05 Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me
06 Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
07 Lower Dens – Lower Dens
08 Games – That We Can Play
09 White Denim – Last Day of Summer
10 Girls – Broken Dreams Club
11 Toro y Moi – Causers of This
12 Earl Sweatshirt – EARL
13 Twin Sister – Color Your Life / Alternates
14 Big K.R.I.T. – wuz here
15 Dum Dum Girls – I Will Be
16 Grimes – Geidi Primes
17 The Samps – The Samps
18 Harlem – Hippies
19 Forest Swords – Dagger Paths
20 Twin Shadow – Forget
21 Frankie Rose & the Outs – Frankie Rose & the Outs
22 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
23 Tennis – Tennis (cassette)
24 The Walkmen – Lisbon
25 Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part II: Return of the Ankh
26 Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
27 Mount Kimbie – Crooks & Lovers
28 Caribou – Swim
29 Shackleton – Fabric 55
30 Ty Segall – Melted

Reactions based on this list:

• Beach House has earned 'alternative tenure', becoming one of indie's 'heavy hitters'
• Ariel Pink is finally 'indie mainstream' enough to be better than a quirky 5-15 range pick
• Joanna Newsom's album 'blows'
• Big Boi is better than Kanye West
• Twin Sister and Twin Shadow had 'amazing' debut years
• Toro Y Moi 'did well' but deserves to feel 'disappointed'
• Arcade Fire is too mainstream indie for GVB
• Kanye West did not deserve a 10.0
• Caribou shoulda had another 'hit' besides "Odessa" 2 get a higher ranking
• Deerhunter 'flopped'
• Didn't WAVVES and Best Coast come out this year? Guess they flopped rlly hard even though they get blggd abt
• Need to listen to ~40% of these bands because they are either 'too black' or 'too indie lofi' 4 me

Is Gorilla Vs Bear's list 'right'?
Do u think it was 'sweet' that GVB 'shafted' Kanye West to differentiate the blog brand from Pitchfork?
Is Kanye 'automatically going to win' p4k's album of the year?
Has Beach House 'made it'?
What 'stands out' abt this list?
What should be 'the album of the year'?

Gorilla Vs. Bear

Blog

Gorilla Vs. Bear is an influential MP3 blog that blogs abt lofi, fuzzy buzzy, chillwave, and authentic African American music.

Lists: Texans, Record Label Owners, chillwave, blogs and magazines

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Beach House

Buzzband

Beach House is a relevant buzzband who has 'tons of indie cred.' Lead singer Victoria LeGrand is known as 1 of the sexiest women in indie.

Lists: received above a 9 from Pitchfork, Members of Beach House, 2k10 buzzbands

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