Best Albums of 2010 (Part 4 of 4)

Best Albums of 2010

Although there are still a few weeks left, I think this will be my final list.  Check out the previous quarterly installments of this list to see how things have moved and evolved.

The top 10-15 are ordered deliberately, after that I can't necessarily say which I like better.

LPs

1. Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More 
2. Local Natives - Gorilla Manor
3. Dr. Dog - Shame, Shame
4. Josh Ritter - So Runs the World Away
5. The National - High Violet
6. Damien Jurado - Saint Bartlett 
7. Band of Horses - Infinite Arms  
8. Shearwater - The Golden Archipelago
9. Rocky Votolato - True Devotion
10. J. Tillman - Singing Ax 
11. Domo - With Friends Like These ... We Need New Friends
    
12. Sun Kil Moon - Admiral Fell Promises
13. RA Scion - Victor Shade
14. Minus the Bear - Omni
15. Vampire Weekend - Contra
16. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Let it Sway
17. Beach House - Teen Dream
18. Jonsi - Go 
19. Ratatat - LP4
20. The Weakerthans - Live at Burton Cummings Theatre
21. Hoquiam (Damien Jurado) - Hoquiam 
22. Drew Danburry - Goodnight Gary
23. The Morning Benders - Big Echo
24. Matt Pond PA - The Dark Leaves
25. Drew Danburry - Goodnight Dannii
26. Spoon - Transference
27. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
28. Ra Ra Riot - The Orchard  
29. Gospel Claws - C-L-A-W-S
30. Broken Bells - Broken Bells
31. Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
32. The Apache - The Apache
    
33. Daniel Johnston - Beam me Up
34. Galactic - Ya-Ka-May
35. Ben Folds and Nick Hornby - Lonely Avenue
36. Jimmy Eat World - Invented
37. Rogue Wave - Permalight

EPs / Singles

1. Sufjan Stevens - All Delighted People
   
2. Shark Speed - Education
3. Iron & Wine - Walking Far From Home / Summer in Savannah / Biting Your Tail single
   
4. Owen - Abandoned Bridges /  I'm Always in Love single
5. Japandroids - Art Czars, Younger Us and Heavenward Grand Prix 7" singles
   
6. John K. Samson - Provincial Road 222
   
7. Kinch - The Economic Chastisement
   
8. Grand Archives - Villains (demos)
   
9.  Rocky Votolato - Chad Price Split 7"
10. Cold War Kids - Behave Yourself
11. The Get Up Kids - Simple Science
12. Bright Eyes & Neva Dinova - One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels (Reissue with new tracks)
13. Sun Kil Moon - I'll Be There
14. Junip - The Rope and Summit

Selling my Vinyl Collection?

I am thinking about selling my vinyl collection.  I would like to sell it all together.  Feel free to comment or email if you would like to make an offer.  Here is the full catalog: 

http://musicsnobsanonymous.blogspot.com/2010/06/my-vinyl-collection-june-2010-update.html

New Get Up Kids album announced - These Are Rules

 Head over to stereogum.com's Progress Report for a full report on the new Get Up Kids album, due early 2011, which reportedly will be "bizarre and unlike anything [they have] ever done before."

The write-up also does a good job of explaining TGUK's odd position of having been at the forefront of a genre that in later years has taken some HORRIBLE turns.

The Get Up Kids - Regent's Court [mp3]

New Decemberists Song! Down by the Water

 

4 New Grand Archives Songs!!! For FREE!!!

Head on over to grandarchives.com to download 4 new demos from their upcoming LP, Villains.

Or, click below to listen:

Grand Archives - Hey Hey Heart Attack [mp3]

Grand Archives - Villains [mp3]

Grand Archives - West of Worry [mp3]

Grand Archives - Are We Coming to Get You? [mp3]

Longtime blog readers will recall that Grand Archives' debut LP was one of my favorite albums of 2008.  It had so many great tracks and promised BIG things for the band.  Unfortunately, their 2009 followup, Keep in Mind Frankenstein was not one of my favorites.  Quite disappointing, to be honest.  These 4 new demos, however, are VERY promising!  Wow.  What a return to form!  These make so very excited for their next full length. 

Rate You Music, anyone?

Anyone out there on Rate Your Music?  It is a great site where you can build your catalog, rating albums and writing reviews.  For this blog's archive, check out our profile.

See you there!