SONGS of the YEAR - 2010


Here’s a list of my favorite songs of 2010, with no artist appearing more than once. Otherwise Titus Andronicus would have 3 songs in the top ten. Hope you like the same music as me in the exact same order:

1. Titus Andronicus

“A More Perfect Union” (mp3)

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2. The Tallest Man on Earth

“Love is All”

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3. Sleigh Bells

“Rill Rill”

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4. LCD Soundsystem

“All I Want”

LCD Soundsystem - All I Want (Live) from Big Ass Lens on Vimeo.

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5. Kanye West

“Runaway (ft. Pusha T)”

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6. Arcade Fire

“The Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)”

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7. The Radio Dept.

“Heaven’s On Fire” (mp3)

The Radio Dept. - Heaven's On Fire from Thal on Vimeo.

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8. Four Tet x The xx

“VCR (Four Tet remix)”


The xx - VCR (Four Tet remix) by Four Tet

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9. French Kissing

“Oh Suzanne” (mp3) (Year in Review guest post)

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10. Broken Social Scene

“Meet Me in The Basement”

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11. Deerhunter

“Helicopter”

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12. Tennis

“Marathon” (mp3)

TENNIS - MARATHON from Chocolate Bobka on Vimeo.

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13. Botany

“Feeling Today” (mp3) (Year in Review guest post)

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14. The Walkmen

“Angela/Surf City”

The Walkmen Angela Surf City [1 of 3] from Ray Concepcion on Vimeo.

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15. Japandroids

“Younger Us” (mp3)

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16. Joanna Newsom

“Baby Birch”

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17. Janelle Monae

“Tightrope (ft. Big Boi)”

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18. Great Elk

“Bow Echo” (mp3)

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19. Weekend

“Coma Summer” (mp3)

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20. Frog Eyes

“A Flower in a Glove” (mp3)

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21. The Black Keys / “She’s Long Gone”

22. Beach House / “Walk In the Park” (video)

23. Cee-Lo Green / “Fuck You” (video)

24. No Age / “Glitter” (mp3)

25. Why Write? / “Burning Holes” (mp3)

26. Women / “Eyesore” (mp3)

27. The War on Drugs / “The History of Plastic” (mp3)

28. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti / “Round and Round” (mp3)

29. The National / “Terrible Love” (video)

30. Phosphorescent / “The Mermaid Parade” (mp3)

31. Justin Townes Earle / “Harlem River Blues” (mp3)

32. Vampire Weekend / “Taxi Cab”

33. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists / “The Mighty Sparrow” (mp3)

34. Spoon / “Trouble Comes Running”

35. Big Boi / “Shutterbug (ft. Cutty)” (video)

36. Shearwater / “Castaways” (mp3)

37. Best Coast / “The End”

38. Marah / “Within the Spirit Sagging” (video)

39. Sam Amidon / “Relief” (mp3)

40. The New Pornographers / “The Crash Years”

41. Earl Pickens & Family / “True Too”

42. Soft Black / “We Scatter Light” (mp3)

43. Suuns / “Organ Blues”

44. Millionyoung / “Calrissian” (mp3 – follow link)

45. Crystal Castles / “Not in Love (ft. Robert Smith)”

46. La Sera / “Never Come Around” (mp3) (video)

47. James Blake / “CMYK”

48. Here We Go Magic / “Collector” (mp3)

49. Seapony / “Dreaming” (mp3)

50. David Shane Smith / “Creatures” (mp3)

51. Girls / “Heartbreaker” (mp3)

52. Evenings / “Still Young” (mp3)

53. The Roadside Graves / “Liv Tyler” (mp3)

54. David Dondero / “Wherever You Go” (mp3)

55. Wild Nothing / “Summer Holiday” (mp3)

56. Cotton Jones / “Glorylight & Christie” (mp3)

57. How to Dress Well / “Decisions (ft. Yuksel Arslan)” (mp3)

58. Neon Indian “ “Sleep Paralysist” (mp3)

59. The Drums / “Let’s Go Surfing” (mp3)

60. ceo / “Come With Me” (mp3)

61. The Spend / “Gills (Dry)” (mp3) (Year in Review guest post)

62. The Vaccines / “Wreckin’ Bar (Ra Ra Ra)” (video)

63. Frankie Rose & The Outs / “Little Brown Haired Girls” (mp3)

64. Sharon Van Etten / “Love More” (mp3)

65. Pantha du Prince / “Lay In A Shimmer”

66. Disappears / “Magics”

67. Banjo or Freakout / “Left it Alone” (mp3)

68. Das Rascist / “hahahaha jk?” (mp3)

69. Magic Kids / “Summer” (mp3)

70. Wakey! Wakey! / “Got It All Wrong”

71. Delorean – “Stay Close” (mp3)

72. Perfume Genius / “Learning” (mp3)

73. M.I.A. – “It Takes A Muscle”

74. Beach Fossils / “Youth” (mp3)

75. Coma Cinema / “Her Sinking Sun” (mp3)

76. Harlem / “Friendly Ghost” (mp3)

77. Reading Rainbow / “Wasting Time” (mp3)

78. Tokyo Police Club / “Breakneck Speed”

79. Wynn Walent / “Eating an Ocean” (mp3)

80. The Capstan Shafts / “Quiet Wars” (mp3)

81. Free Energy / “Bang Pop” (video)

82. Meursault / “Crank Resolutions” (mp3)

83. Male Bonding / “Year’s Not Long” (mp3)

84. Secret Knives / “Black Hole” (mp3)

85. Bikini / “American Mourning” (mp3)

86. Damien Jurado / “Arkansas” (mp3)

87. Dum Dum Girls / “Jail La La” (mp3)

88. jj / “Let Go” (mp3)

89. Toro Y Moi / “Leave Everywhere” (mp3)

90. The Hold Steady / “The Sweet Part of the City”

91. J. Tillman / “Diamondback” (mp3)

92. Out Like Lambs / Bred to Bug (mp3)

93. Kurt Vile / “In My Time” (mp3)

94. Los Campesinos! / “Romance is Boring”

95. The Acorn / “Restoration” (mp3)

96. Memoryhouse / “Lately (Deuxieme)”

97. Quiet Ligts / “Twice Today” (mp3)

98. Slow Animal / “theFUNsun” (mp3)

99. Paper the Operator / “The Pendulum” (mp3)

100. Stars / “Fixed”

101. Grant Gilman – “Homewrecker” (mp3)

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3 comments:

cj said...

I was flattered to see your comment. Needless to say I'm an avid follower of Pop Headwound. Can't wait to delve through all this good music. Thank you!

Johnamoroso said...

I love Banjo or Freakout. Really nice!

James said...

Aw shit, Wolf parade, "Yulia" in there somewhere...maybe the 40s?