My Year In Lists: The Top 50 Songs of 2010

2010 was an interesting year on a song level. While most popular singles followed the same heavily produced, glossy, and manufactured formula, there was a groundswell of great songs being made by bands on the mid to low level spectrum. 2010 had albums from indie stalwarts such as Arcade Fire, The National, and to some extent, Kanye West. While these great albums spawned great songs, there were also bands that I did not expect to have such a profound effect with simply amazing songs. Bands that I had not even heard of, such as Titus Andronicus. Bands that I had forgotten about, such as Caribou, The Tallest Man on Earth, and Damien Jurado. It was a year of comebacks in a way for me, and this list reflects that.

50. Apparat - Sayulita




49. ceo - Illuminata
48. The Soft Pack - Answer To Yourself
47. The Morning Benders - Excuses
46. Avi Buffalo - What's It In For?
45. Les Savy Fav - Sleepless in Silverlake




44. Vampire Weekend - Holiday
43. The Apples In Stereo - Dream About The Future
42. Damien Jurado - Arkansas
41. Los Campesinos! - This is a Flag, There is No Wind

My Year In Lists: My Top Albums of 2010 According to Last.fm

Same rules apply as artists: Everything counts, not just 2010 albums.

10. The Replacements - Let it Be (185 Plays)

The Replacements' best album. This is the album where it all worked in unison for them. It mixed their early works punk aesthetic as well as their later albums pop sensibilities.

9. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More (210 Plays)

An emotionally devastating album. Maybe not in the sense of a complete loss of hope like, for example, The Antlers' Hospice, but more in a sense of not being able to have what you want. A study in broken hearts and busted promises.

My Year In Lists: My Top Artists of 2010 According To last.fm

I thought I would kick off my music lists by showing everyone what I actually listened to this year. This is in no way my top artists/songs/etc of 2010, it is just the raw stats of what I actually listened to during the year. Because of this is will not be secluded to just artists who were relevant in 2010. But still, an interesting way to look at what I was actually listening to a lot in 2010.

10. Japandroids (265 Plays)

Japandroids had a pretty cool 2010, even though there debut album came out in 2009. They began a singles series that produced three really good songs ("Art Czars", "Younger Us", and "Heavenward Grand Prix"). They played a bunch of live shows as well, including Bonnaroo, where I got a chance to see them. For only having two members they generate an intense amount of sounds. They are the spiritual successors to Death From Above 1979.

My Year In Lists: The Best TV Shows of 2010

Thanks to the invention of the DVR, I have been able to watch more shows that I am usually accustomed too. So here's my top 10 TV shows of the past year.

BUT FIRST: Shows I didn't watch that are probably awesome:
-Breaking Bad
-Justified
-Louie
-Parks and Recreation
-Fringe
-Dexter
-Sons of Anarchy

10. Archer (FX)

A nice little show that ended up being better than I expected. It doesn't hurt that one of my favorite voice actor/comedian's H. John Benjamin does the voice of lead character Sterling Archer. While the humor is somewhat juvenile, it works because the show is animated.