My Favourite Music of 2010

This seems pretty superfluous now, given the number of 'best of' lists already out there, however, here are my personal favourites of 2010! I think I've played all of these on the show at one point or another.

I think I knew the 'race' for album of the year was over in January when I first heard Heartland by Owen Pallett. This was a terrific year for concept records, but this is one of the few that works in both concept and execution. I think I've listened to each song fifty times.

What's missing? Leave comments, I would appreciate the feedback! - Chris

Top Ten of 2010
1. Owen Pallett - Heartland
2. Land of Talk - Cloak and Cipher
3. The Books - The Way Out
4. Swans - My Father Will Guide Me From a Rope in the Sky
5. Beach House - Teenage Dream
6. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
7. Caribou - Swim
8. Frog Eyes - Paul's Tomb: A Triumph
9. Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
10. Katherine Calder - Are You My Mother?

Honourable mentions: Jonsi, Go; Sharron Van Etten, epic; Tallest Man on Earth, The Wild Hunt; PS I Love You, Meet me at the Muster Station

Favourite Songs
1. Joanna Newsom - Good Intentions Paving Company (from Have One on Me)
2. Deerhunter - Helicopter (from Halcyon Digest)
3. The Vaselines - I Hate the 80s (from Sex with an X)
4. Caribou - Leave House (from Swim)
5. Buke & Gass - Medulla Oblongata (from Riposte)
6. Big Boi - Shutterbug (from Sir Luscious Leftfoot...)
7. No Age - Glitter (from Everything in Between)
8. Wavves - King of the Beach (from King of the Beach)
9. Superchunk - Digging for Something (from Majesty Shredding)
10. Swans - Eden Prison (from My Father Will Guide me...)