Yep, it's that time. Two observations: 1) Not surprisingly Blitzen Trapper's album generated several favourites. I just really enjoy their sound--an amalgam of folk, rock, pop, and alt country with a dash of spaciness. 2) Scottish bands held more than a couple slots. Toss in several Irish, Britts, Scandinavians, Australians, Canadians, a New Zealander or two, and at least one Estonian (#129), and it was a rather nifty year in music. Yay!
1. "Squealing Pigs" - Admiral Fallow
2. "VCR" - the xx
3. "Evening Star" - Blitzen Trapper
4. "Bloodbuzz Ohio" - the National
5. "Apple Pie Bed" - Lawrence Arabia
6. "Tithe" - Menomena
7. "Swim Until You Can't See Land" - Frightened Rabbit
8. "Vacation" - Beach Fossils
9. "Four Days Straight" – Scattered Trees
10. "The Ghost Inside" - Broken Bells
11. "I Can Change" - LCD Soundsystem
12. "Take It In" - Hot Chip
13. "Sleeping Bag" - Blind Man's Colour
14. "One in a Million Does" – Hancock Basement
15. "What Time Is It Now?" - the Consulate General
16. "Weathervanes and Chemicals" - Team Me
17. "Anyone's Ghost" - the National
18. "The High Road" - Broken Bells
19. "Ambling Alp" - Yeasayer
20. "Slow Poison" - the Bravery
21. "Sprawl II (Mountains beyond Mountains)" – Arcade Fire
22. "Love Is a Chain Store" - the Ropes
23. "Wait" - Alexi Murdoch*
24. "Islands" - the xx
25. "Nun" - I Am Arrows
26. "White Knuckles" - OK Go
27. "Dirty Cartoons" - Menomena
28. "The Other Side" - AM
29. "The Tree" - Blitzen Trapper
30. "Destroyer of the Void" - Blitzen Trapper
31. "Audience" - Cold War Kids
32, "Red Hands and White Knuckles" - the Bravery
33. "Drunk Girls" - LCD Soundsystem
34. "Swim" - Surfer Blood
35. "Readers and Writers" - Idlewild
36. "Winter Winds" - Mumford & Sons
37. "The Suburbs" - Arcade Fire
38. "In My Younger Days" - eels
39. "Christmas Bird" - the Farewell Circuit
40. "To Build a Home" – the Cinematic Orchestra*
41. "Eclipse (All Yours)" – Metric
42. "Home" - LCD Soundsystem
43. "Claws Off" – Margot & the Nuclear So & So’s
44. "Heavy in Your Arms" - Florence + the Machine
45. "Us vs. Them" - Common Prayer
46. "A Story of Nashville" - Oblio
47. "Madder Red" – Yeasayer
48. "Licenses to Hide" – the Posies
49. "Run from the Gun" – Dead Confederate
50. "Runaway" - the National
51. "Flashing Red Light Means Go" – the Boxer Rebellion
52. "Moves" - the New Pornographers
53. "Shark's Tooth" - Archie Bronson Outfit
54. “RFWK” – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
55. "Will You Love Me Forever" – Margot & the Nuclear So & So’s
56. "Gay Human Bones" – Harlem
57. "The Un-American" – Matt Morris
58. "Trap Doors" - Broken Bells
59. "I Walked" – Sufjan Stevens
60. "It Will Never Slip" - Marching Band
61. "Twenty-two" - Wakey! Wakey!
62. "Own Stunts" - Breathe Owl Breathe
63. "I Got Tamed" - One for the Team
64. "Love and Hate" - Blitzen Trapper
65. "Banned (by the Man)" - Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
66. "Starting" - Matt Pond PA
67. "Conversation 16" - the National
68. "Love Is a Dirty Word" - Jason Collett
69. "Below the Hurricane" – Blitzen Trapper
70. "Compliments" - Band of Horses
71. "Bullets" - Tunng*
72. "One Day Like This" - Elbow*
73. "The Dead Dog" - Portugal the Man
74. "October" - Broken Bells
75. "Heaven and Earth" - Blitzen Trapper
76. "Stole My Heart" - Little and Ashley
77. "Mirror Mirror" - Dr. Dog
78. "Crash Years" - the New Pornographers
79. "The Curse" - Josh Ritter
80. "Take Everything" - Greg Laswell
81. "Unsophisticated Heart" - Joe Pug
82. "Paved with a Little Pain" - Dot Allison
83. "Modern Man" – Arcade Fire
84. "Dragon’s Song" – Blitzen Trapper
85. "Ours" – the Bravery
86. "Death of the Americas, Part 2" – Hello Dragon
87. "Skinny Little Bitch" – Hole
88. "The A.B.C. of L.O.V.E." - Pravda*
89. "Not in Love" – Crystal Castles featuring Robert Smith
90. "White on White" - Fredrik
91. "By Some Miracle" – Philip Selway
92. "Oil and Lacquer" – Bear Bones
93. "Airplane" – the Legendary Lightness
94. "World News" - Local Natives
95. "Five Little Rooms" – Menomena
96. "For the Ashes" – the Posies
97. "Norway" - Beach House
98. "Work" – the Mommyheads
99. "Chapel Doors" – Endor
100. "Rococo" - Arcade Fire
101. "Laredo" - Band of Horses
102. "All My Real Friends Live in Buffalo" – Hello Dragon
103. "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" – Pinback
104. "A Token of Gratitude" – the Radio Dept.
105. "Futile Devices" – Sufjan Stevens
106. "Solid Ground" - Maps and Atlases
107. "Mongrel Heart" - Broken Bells
108. "Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk" – the New Pornographers
109. "Let’s Paint Our Teeth Green" – Margot & the Nuclear So & So’s
110. "Death by Diamonds and Pearls" - Band of Skulls
111. "Everytime I’m With You" – Dangermouse and Sparklehorse with Jason Lytle
112. "Suicide Policeman" - Yuck
113. "Saturday Sun" – Crowded House
114. "City with No Children" – Arcade Fire
115. "Hide It Away" - Retribution Gospel Choir
116. "You Were a Kindness" – the National
117. "I’m a Hummingbird" – eels
118. "The Cave" - Mumford & Sons
119. "Precious Stone" – Pete Yorn
120. "Castles in the Snow" - Twin Shadow
121. "The Beautiful Young Crew" - Lawrence Arabia
122. "New Inheritors" – Wintersleep
123. "Taos" – Menomena
124. "Airplanes" – Local Natives
125. "Hard as Nails" - Peter Wolf Crier
126. "Secret Language" – Ghosty
127. "Come Home" – Chappo
128. "The Oh Song" – Wakey! Wakey!
129. "Ones and Zeros" – Hello Dragon
130. "Circles in the Stars" - Idlewild
131. "Your Hands (Together)" – the New Pornographers
132. "We Used to Wait" - Arcade Fire
133. "Afraid of Everyone" - the National
134. "Astronaut" - Iiris
135. "This Fucking Job" – Drive-By Truckers
136. "Sink/Let It Sway" - Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
137. "Silver State" – the Sleep-Ins
138. "Car Crash" – Telekinesis!
139. "Chunk" – Archie Bronson Outfit
140. "Little Lion Man" – Mumford & Sons
141. "Holiday" – Fran Healy
142. "In Ruins" – Fol Chen
143. "Mix Tape" – Tift Merritt
144. "Fears" – Fox in the Henhouse
145. "Microlite" – Trophy Wife
146. "Super Television" - the Cascade
147. "Giving Up the Gun" - Vampire Weekend
148. "Ghost" – Spring Summer
149. "Bees" – Jonah
150. "Let the Whiskey Take the Reins" – Old 97’s
151. "Hercules" – Guster
152. "Coasts and Continents" – Hello Dragon
153. "Wide-Eyed, Legless" – Laura Viers
154. "The Loneliness and the Scream" - Frightened Rabbit
155. "Hollywood" - Marina and the Diamonds
156. "Perfect World" - the Kickdrums
157. "Well Alright" - Peasant
158. "Secrets" - One Republic
159. "Just War” – Dangermouse and Sparklehorse with Gruff Rhys
160. "Eire" - Foxtrot
161. “Empire” - Jukebox the Ghost
162. "Rill Rill" - Sleigh Bells
163. “Please Baby Please” – Devo
164. “Summer Day” – Sheryl Crow
165. “Some Hypnotic Flash” – Birds and Batteries
* released sometime prior to 2010, but it's my list so I can make the rules, ha ha!
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