Best of 2010

It's the most wonderful time of the year.

There were about four zillion records I should've heard this year that I didn't, but the following list - organized in no particular order - includes some of my favorites.

Surfer Blood - "AstroCoast"
Woods - "At Echo Lake"
Spoon - "Transference"
Arcade Fire - "The Suburbs"
The Radio Dept. - "Clinging to a Scheme"
The National - "High Violet"
The Apples In Stereo - "Travellers In Space and Time"
Tracey Thorn - "Love and Its Opposite"
Vampire Weekend - "Contra"
Belle & Sebastian - "Write About Love"

Honorable Mention:
Free Energy - "Stuck On Nothing"
Fyfe Dangerfield - "Fly Yellow Moon"
Best Coast - "Crazy For You"
Standard Fare - "The Noyelle Beat"
Band of Horses - "Infinite Arms"

Best Jamz of 2010
CeeLo - "Fuck You"
Surfer Blood - "Anchorage"
Boston Spaceships - "Come On Baby Grace"
Band of Horses - "Laredo"
Standard Fare - "Philadelphia" (I reserve the right to like an above-average song more than it deserves solely on the basis that I lived in the city it's named for).
DJ Khaled - "All I Do Is Win" (for serious.)

Can't wait for 2011...
New Decemberists LP (it's great!)
New Strokes LP
um...some other stuff...