Staff's Best of 2010

The Boss

Albums

01. Beach House - Teen Dream

Beach House - Silver Soul (Buy)

02. The Love Language - Libraries 

The Love Language - Heart To Tell (Buy)

03. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening

LCD Soundsystem - I Can Change (Buy)

04. Kanye West - My Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West - Power (posted a remix so we don't get sued :D) (Buy)

05. Vampire Weekend - Contra

Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun (Buy)

06. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountain) (Buy)

07. MGMT - Congratulations

MGMT - Congratulation (Buy)

08. Avi Buffalo - S/T 

Avi Buffalo - What's In It For? (Buy)

09. Washington Square Park - S/T 

Washington Square Park - Believing (Buy)

10. Miniature Tigers - Fortress

Miniature Tigers - Bullfighter Jacket (Buy)

11. River City Extension - The Unmistakeable Man

River City Extension - Holy Cross (Buy)

12. Best Coast - Crazy

Best Coast - Our Deal (Buy)

13. Fitz & The Tandrums - Songs For A Breakup 

Fitz & The Tandrums - MoneyGrabber (Buy)

14. Bruce Springsteen - The Promise 

Bruce Springsteen - Ain't Good Enough For You

15. Margot & The Nuclear So and So's - Buzzard

Margot & The Nuclear So and So's - New York City Hotel Blues (Buy)

16. Girl Talk - All Day

Girl Talk - Let It Out (Free)

17. Wavves - King of the Beach

Wavves - King of the Beach (Buy)

18. The Front Bottoms - Slow Dance To Soft Rock

The Front Bottoms - Legit Tattoo Gun (Buy)

19. Big Troubles - Worry

Big Troubles - Slouch (Buy)

20. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor 

Titus Andronicus - A More Perfect Union (Buy) 

Songs

01. Bad Books - Baby Shoes (Buy)
02. LCD Soundsystem - All I Want (Buy)
03. Fitz & The Tandrums - MoneyGrabber (Buy)
04. Kanye West - Power (posted a remix so we don't get sued :D)
05. The Love Language - Heart To Tell (Buy)
06. Beach House - Silver Soul (Buy)
07. LCD Soundsystem - I Can Change (Buy)
08. Miniature Tigers - Bullfighter Jacket (Buy)
09. Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountain) (Buy)
10. Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun (Buy)
11. Twin Shadow - Slow (Buy)
12. Cults - Go Outside (Buy)
13. Titus Andronicus - A More Perfect Union (Buy) 
14. The Love Language - This Room (Buy)
15. Local Natives - Airplanes (Buy)
16. Best Coast - Our Deal (Buy)
17. Chappo - Come Home (Buy)
18. Wavves - King of the Beach (Buy)
19. Washington Square Park - Believing (Buy)
20. Girl Talk - Let It Out (Free)

Brian Reilly

Albums

1. Crime In Stereo - I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone

2. Magnetic Man - Self-Titled

3. Crystal Castles - Self-Titled II

4. Black Milk - Album of the Year

5. Murder By Death - Good Morning, Magpie

6. Castevet - Mounds of Ash

7. Freelance Whales - Weathervanes

8. Chambers - Old Love

9. Suburban Scum - Internal War

10. Daughters - Self-Titled

Terrance Pryor 

Albums

1. The Narrative - The Narrative
2. Man Overboard - Real Talk
3. Suburban Scum - Internal War
4. Washington Square Park - Washington Square Park
5. Landmine Marathon - Sovereign Descent
6. Close Your Eyes - We Will Overcome
7. Exit She Calls - Out of Reach
8. Where The Ocean Meets The Sky - Empires
9. Ludacris - Battle of the Sexes
10. A Hero A Fake - Let Oceans Lie

Songs

1. General Larry Platt - Pants on The Ground
2. Paramore - Careful
3. Enter Shikari - Destabalise
4. Cee-Lo Green - Fuck You
5. Close Your Eyes - The Body
6. Coheed and Cambria - Here We Are Juggernaut
7. Cash Cash-Red Cup (I Fly Solo)
8. The Narrative - Fade
9. Hey Monday - I Don't Wanna Dance
10. Dead Ringer - Coffee and The Music Industry

Dan Bassini

Albums

10. Four Year Strong – Enemy Of The World
9. Washington Square Park – Washington Square Park
8. The Chariot – Long Live
7. True Things – Alone in My Room
6. Koji – Spring Song Vol. 1
5. Man Overboard – Real Talk
4. Transit – Keep This To Yourself
3. The Menzingers – Chamberlain Waits
2. Tigers Jaw – Two Worlds
1. The Wonder Years – The Upsides

Songs

5. Handguns – Fingers Crossed
4. Tigers Jaw – Static
3. Such Gold – So Close
2. Balance and Composure – Kaleidoscope
1. Caleb Lionheart – Make Believe

Best Live Bands

5. The Wonder Years
4. The Dillinger Escape Plan
3. Title Fight
2. Such Gold
1. The Chariot

Kiani Angus-Torres

Albums

1. Avi Buffalo – Avi Buffalo
2. River City Extension - The Unmistakable Man
3. Aloe Blacc – Good Things
4. Warpaint – The Fool
5. Brian Bonz – The Triborough Odyssey

Songs

1.  I Can Change – LCD Soundsystem, from This Is Happening
2.  Framing You In – Emily Arin, emilyarin.com subscription series
3.  New York Is Killing Me – Gil Scott-Heron, from I’m New Here
4.  185 Drop – Brick + Mortar, from 7 Years in the Mystic Room (EP)
5.  Swimming Pool – The Front Bottoms, from Slow Dancing To Soft Rock (EP)

James McGrath

Albums

10. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor

9. Hellogoodbye - Would It Kill You?

8. Transit - Keep This To Yourself

7. My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys

6. Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life

5. Man Overboard - Real Talk

4. YMAEWK - Some Things Don't Wash Out

3. The Hold Steady - Heaven is Whenever

2. Sleigh Bells - Treats

1. The Wonder Years - The Upsides

Songs

10. Girl Talk - Oh No

9. The Morning Of - Tell Me I'm Wrong

8. Motion City Soundtrack - The Weakends

7. Titus Andronicus - A More Perfect Union

6. My Chemical Romance - Destroya

5. The Limousines - Very Busy People

4. Sleigh Bells - Tell 'Em

3. The Wonder Years - Washington Square Park

2. YMAEWK - A Little Bit More

1. The Hold Steady - The Weekenders

Best Lyrics of 2010

Craig Finn, The Hold Steady, "The Weekenders" - "She said the theme of this party was the industrial age / and you came in dressed like a trainwreck."

Clara Hung

Albums

1. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
2. No Age - Everything In Between
3. The Love Language - Libraries
4. Free Energy - Stuck on Nothing
5. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
6. Dr. Dog - Shame Shame
7. Vampire Weekend - Contra
8. Harlem - Hippies
9. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
10. Semi Precious Weapons - You Love You

Songs

 
1. Titus Andronicus - A Pot In Which to Piss
2. No Age - Glitter
3. Bright Eyes - Shell Games
4. The Babies - Meet Me In The City
5. The Love Language - Pedals
6. The So So Glos - Fred Astaire
7. Deerhunter - Coranado
8. Wild Nothing - Chinatown
9. Ducktails - Hamilton Road
10. Deer Tick - 20 Miles

Comments

[Kiani]

Good call with the favorite lyrics, James! Those were my favorite too! The Hold Steady came close for me, but didn't make the final cut.

[Ben]

Titus should be higher on all of your lists!

[Pie]

Nice call on the CIS record. Great record. Surprised they broke up just after putting out such a good album.

[Todd]

Contra & The Monitor are way overrated. Harlem's record is way underrated.

[beebs]

didn't ke$ha put out an album this year?

[Nicole D.]

Best Coast = Best Album of the Year!