Randy's Best of 2010

Randy’s Holiday Listomania for 2010

Top 10 albums for 2010 (# of 5 star songs)
1. Arcade Fire - Suburbs (10)
2. Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record (6)
3. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today (6)
4. Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
5. Richard Thompson – Dream Attic (5)
6. Free Energy - Stuck On Nothing
7. Yeasayer – Odd Blood (4)
8. Best Coast – Crazy For You (4)
9. Surfer Blood – Astro Coast (4)
10. Beach House – Teen Dream (4)

Honorable Mention
1. Spoon – Transference
2. Wolf Parade – Expo 86
3. Blitzen Trapper – Destroyer of the Void
4. Joy Formidable – A Balloon Called Moaning
5. Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 – Propellor Time
6. Dr Dog – Shame Shame
7. Roots – How I Got Over
8. Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo
9. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dar Twisted Fantasy
10. Nada Surf – If I Had a Hi-Fi


Favorite Songs of Year
1. Arcade Fire -Sprawl II
2. Yeasayer – Madder Red
3. Broken Social Scene – World Sick
4. Arcade Fire – We Used to Wait
5. Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
6. The Dum Dum Girls – Jail La La
7. Wolf Parade – Pobody’s Nerfect
8. Broken Social Scene – Art House Director
9. Surfer Blood – Twin Peaks
10. Richard Thompson – If Love Whispers Your Name

Favorite Songs – Honorable Mention
1. Deerhunter – Coronado
2. Free Energy – Wild Winds
3. Arcade Fire – Empty Room
4. Best Coast – Each and Every Day
5. Blitzen Trapper – Laughing Lover
6. Yeasayer – O.N.E.
7. The Joy Formidable – The Last Drop
8. Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 – Ordinary Millionaire
9. Spoon – I Saw The Light
10. Nada Surf – Love and Anger



10 Great traditional and Americana tracks from 2010 in no particular order
1. The Walkmen - Juveniles
2. Teenage Fanclub – Baby Lee
3. Sun Kil Moon – You Are My Son
4. Roky Erickson (W/ Okkervil River) – Goodbye Sweet Dreams
5. Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 – Primitive
6. Graham Parker – Broken Skin
7. Midlake – Acts of Man
8. Matt Pond Pa – Remains
9. Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Troublesome Houses
10. Richard Thompson – The Money Shuffle

10 Greats from the Female lead singers in 2010
1. The New Pornographers – Crash Years
2. The Joy Formidable – Last Drop
3. Camera Obscura – The Sweetest Thing
4. Best Coast – Goodbye
5. Bettie Serveert – Waiting For Control
6. Beach House – Norway
7. Arcade Fire – Empty Room
8. Sambassadeur – Days
9. The Like – Release Me
10. Broken Social Scene – All To All

10 Great tracks from the world of Indie Electronic and Experimental
1. Yeasayer – Love Me Girl
2. Deerhunter - Revival
3. Sleigh Bells – Rill Rill
4. Beach House – Walk in The Park
5. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Reminiscences
6. LCD Sound System - Home
7. Broken Social Scene – Sentimental X’s
8. Suuns – Arena
9. Tamaryn – Love Fade
10. Yeasayer – O.N.E.


10 Tracks from 2010 from Contemporary Indie Rock – Accessible for all ears
1. Arcade Fire – Modern Man
2. Spoon – The Mystery Zone
3. The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio
4. Nada Surf – Love Goes On
5. Deer Tick – Twenty Miles
6. Surfer Blood – Catholic Pagans
7. Badly Drawn Boy – Too Many Miracles
8. Broken Social Scene – Ungrateful Little Father
9. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – Bottled in Cork
10. Dr Dog – Where’d All The Time Go


10 Songs that will have you wondering what decade this is
1. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Round and Round
2. Free Energy – Young Hearts
3. Malachai – Snowflake
4. The Roots – How I Got Over
5. The Like – Release Me
6. The Drums – Best Friend
7. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Bright Lit Blue Skies
8. Blitzen Trapper – Destoyer of the Void
9. Beach House – Norway
10. Dr Dog – Shame Shame