Top 20 Albums of 2010

# Artist Album Label 1. Beach House Teen Dream Sub Pop |Listen|Buy| 2. Manic Steet Preachers Postcards From A Younger Man Columbia |Listen|Buy| 3. Band Of Horses Infinite Arms Fat Possum |Listen|Buy| 4. National High Violet 4AD |Listen|Buy| 5. Jenny & Johnny I’m Having Fun Now Warner Bros. |Listen|Buy| 6. Laura Veirs July Flame Raven Marching Band |Listen|Buy| 7. New Pornographers Together Matador |Listen|Buy| 8. Frightened Rabbit Winter Of Mixed Drinks Fat Cat |Listen|Buy| 9. Broken Social Scene Forgiveness Rock Record Arts & Craft |Listen|Buy| 10. Best Coast Crazy For You Mexican Summer |Listen|Buy| 11. Vampire Weekend Contra XL |Listen|Buy| 12. Arcade Fire The Suburbs Merge |Listen|Buy| 13. Twin Shadow Forget Terrible |Listen|Buy| 14. Black Keys Brothers Nonesuch |Listen|Buy| 15. Les Savy Fav Root For Ruin Frenchkiss |Listen|Buy| 16. Yeasayer Odd Blood Secretly Canadian |Listen|Buy| 17. Dum Dum Girls I Will Be Sub Pop |Listen|Buy| 18. Broken Bells Broken Bells Columbia |Listen|Buy| 19. Four Tet There Is Love In You Domino |Listen|Buy| 20. Stars The Five Ghosts Vagrant |Listen|Buy| Honorable Mention:

Sun Kil Moon – Admiral Fell Promises – Caldo Verde

Avi Buffalo – Avi Buffalo – Sub Pop

Posies – Blood/Candy – Rykodisc

Pernice Brothers – Goodbye, Killer – Ashmont

Nada Surf – If I Had A Hi-Fi – Mardev

Marnie Stern – Marnie Stern – Kill Rock Stars

Sarah Harmer – Oh Little Fire – Zoe

Bettie Serveert – Pharmacy Of Love – Second Motions

Freedy Johnston – Rain On The City – S/R

Teenage Fanclub – Shadows – Merge

Matt Pond PA – The Dark Leaves – Megaforce

Neil Young – Le Noise – Reprise

Local Natives – Gorilla Manor – Frenchkiss

Playlist: Best Songs of 2010

Below is a playlist featuring some of the best tracks off the albums listed on my Top 20 list of 2010.  If you do not see the embedded playlist below please follow this link.