Here are my favorite albums for the first 9 months of 2010.  
Rather than monthly editions, I am doing a quarterly update 
LPs
- Mumford & Sons- Sigh No More 
- Local Natives- Gorilla Manor 
- Dr. Dog- Shame, Shame 
- Josh Ritter- So Runs the World Away 
- The National- High Violet 
- Damien Jurado- Saint Bartlett 
- Minus the Bear- Omni 
- Band of Horses- Infinite Arms 
- Shearwater- The Golden Archipelago 
- Rocky Votolato- True Devotion 
- J. Tillman- Singing Ax 
- Sun Kil Moon- Admiral Fell Promises 
- RA Scion- Victor Shade 
-  Vampire Weekend- Contra 
- Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin- Let it Sway 
- Jonsi- Go 
- Ratatat- LP4 
- The Weakerthans- Live at Burton Cummings Theatre 
- Hoquiam (Damien Jurado)- Hoquiam 
- The Morning Benders- Big Echo 
- Broken Bells- Broken Bells 
- Beach House- Teen Dream 
- Matt Pond PA- The Dark Leaves 
- Drew Danburry- Goodnight Dannii 
- Spoon- Transference 
- Drew Danburry- Goodnight Gary 
- Sufjan Stevens- The Age of Adz 
- Arcade Fire- The Suburbs 
- Ra Ra Riot- The Orchard 
- Daniel Johnston- Beam me Up 
- Galactic- Ya-Ka-May 
- Ben Foldsand Nick Hornby - Lonely Avenue 
- Jimmy Eat World- Invented 
- Rogue Wave- Permalight 
EPs
- Sufjan Stevens- All Delighted People 
 
- Shark Speed- Education 
- Japandroids- Art Czars , Younger Us and Heavenward Grand Prix 7" singles 
 
- Cold War Kids - Behave Yourself 
- The Get Up Kids- Simple Science 
- Bright Eyes& Neva Dinova - One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels (Reissue with new tracks) 
- Sun Kil Moon- I'll Be There 
- Junip- The Rope and Summit 
