The Best of 2010 - Music (subject to revision)

Top 10:

1. Reign of Kindo - This is What Happens

2. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

3. Local Natives - Gorilla Manor

4. White Denim - last day of summer

5. The National - High Violet

6. Sufjan Stevens - Age of Adz

7. The Morning Benders - Big Echo

8. Owen Pallett - Heartland

9. Efterklang - Magic Chairs

10. Beach House - Teen Dream

Honorable Mentions:
Blitzen Trapper - Destroyer of the Void
Yeasayer - Odd Blood
Janelle Monae - The Archandroid

Best EP:
Kilimanjaro - EP 2

Best Folk Records (Because I like folk, and none of my Top 10 were folk):
First Aid Kit - The Big Black & The Blue
Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me

Biggest Disappointment:
Menomena - Mines

Best of 2009 that I didn't know about until 2010:
Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More

Could do without it:
Vampire Weekend - Contra