I only have seven songs I could think of without falling into a panic of stress pressure so I am probably bogusing up the theme but this is how I roll

My Top Songs of this year. Not necessarily from this year, just of this year. You know what I fucking mean.



Lavender Diamond 'Open Your Heart'



Neko Case 'Middle Cyclone' (please ignore this terrible video- just listen)



Yeasayer 'Tightrope'



Jay Z '99 Problems'




Florence and the Machine 'Cosmic Love'



Ryan Adams 'To Be Young'



Mountain Man 'Animal Tracks'


2010: a bass odyssey






here's how my ears felt about the year.


t--e--s' Top 10 Live Shows of 2010
10. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes - Sunset Junction (aug)
09. Hercules & Love Affair - Echoplex (jul)
08. Matthew Dear - Vanguard (nov)
07. Four Tet - Echoplex (feb)
06. DJ Koze - Heaven (nov)
05. Jonsi - The Wiltern (oct)
04. The XX - Music Box (jun)
03. Hot Chip - Hollywood Bowl (oct)
02. LCD Soundsystem - Hollywood Palladium (jun)
01. LCD Soundsystem - Hollywood Bowl (oct)



t--e--s' Top 3 Songs from the Internet
03. Justin Beiber - U Smile (-800%)
02. The Gregory Brothers feat. Yosemite Bear - The Double Rainbow Song
01. Antoine Dodson feat. The Gregory Brothers - Bed Intruder Song



t--e--s' Top 10 Releases Exclusive to Vinyl
10. DJ Qu - Party People Clap (Levon Vincent remix)
09. Sound Stream - #5
08. Ripperton - Nocturnal Reflection #1
07. Storm Queen - Look Right Through
06. Isolee - The Fantastic Researches of Yushin Maru
05. Oni Ayhun - OAR #4
04. DVS1 - Love Under Pressure
03. Shackleton - Man on a String pts. 1& 2
02. Moodymann - Ol' Dirty Vinyl
01. Portable - Life Magically Is



t--e--s' Top 3 Least Favourite Individual Pieces of Music from 2010
02. (tie) ke¢ha - tik-tok
02. (tie) katy perry - california girls (identical songs written/produced by one guy)
01. phoenix - lisztomania



t--e--s' Top 10 Individual Pieces of Music from 2010
10. Matthew Dear - (Little People) Black City
09. Kanye West - Runaway
08. Caribou - Odessa
07. Martyn - Is This Insanity? (Ben Klock remix)
06. Apparat - Interlude
05. Oni Ayhun - OAR #4 A1
04. DVS1 - Pressure
03. DJ Food - All Covered in Darkness (Mr. P remix suite) (pt. 2 in 3)
02. Art Department - Without You
01. The Crystal Ark - The City Never Sleeps



to commemorate 2010 i woke up this morning and condensed it into 80 minutes of sonic raw power

d--o--w--n--l--o--a--d

sound cloud link: 2010: a bass odyysey

tracklisting:
01 - apparat - interlude
02 - dj food - all covered in darkness (mr p remix suite) (pt. 2 in 3)
03 - the xx - vcr (matthew dear remix)
04 - florence & the machine - dog days (jamie jones remix)
05 - storm queen - look right through (dub)
06 - storm queen - look right through (vox)
07 - the chemical brothers - swoon (lindstrom & prins thomas remix)
08 - caribou - odessa (dj koze campfire remix)
09 - caribou - odessa
10 - matthew dear - (little people) black city
11 - art department - without you
12 - the crystal ark - the city never sleeps
13 - martyn - is this insanity? (ben klock remix)
14 - oni ayhun - oar #4 A1
15 - portable - life magically is
16 - nicolas jaar - time for us

2010 in Top 10s

Shall we do this??? Perusing the usual rags' Tops was a bore (insert Kanye dig here). Let's see what made CD nerds tick in 0-Ten -- Round 'em up!
I'll start it off...

Nathan's Top 10 Albums of 2010:
10. Salem - King Night
9. Yeasayer - Odd Blood
8. Jeff The Brotherhood - Heavy Days
7. Delphic - Acolyte
6. Abe Vigoda - Crush
5. Zola Jesus - Stridulum
4. Typhoon - Hunger and Thirst
3. Robyn - Body Talk
2. Caribou - Swim
1. Glasser - Ring

Nathan's Top 10 Single Tracks of 2010 (not from Top 10 albums):
10. Total Babe - Bearbones
9. Erase Errata - Damaged
8. Diana Joy - ∆∆∆
7. The Good Natured - Your Body Is A Machine
6. Tamaryn - Love Fade
5. Tu Fawning - The Felt Sense
4. The Spirit Spout - October
3. Wet Look - Ride
2. Light Asylum - Shallow Tears
1. Crystal Castles - Not In Love (feat. Robert Smith)

Nathan's Top 10 Live Shows of 2010:
10. Joy Formidable - Bootleg Theatre
9. Broken Bells - Bootleg Theatre
8. Jasmine Ash / Marina and the Diamonds - Troubador
7. Haim - Echo
6. Typhoon - Spaceland
5. Cold Cave - Echoplex
4. Belle Brigade / Whispertown (Morgan Nagler) - Bootleg Theatre
3. Laurie Anderson - Royce Hall
2. Light Asylum - Show Cave
1. Figurine - Pehrspace