The past 365 days have played host to quite the amount of amazing new music. Some of these records made the list for being satisfying follow-up efforts while some made it for being awesome new bands in general. In both of these categories, this year has turned out many treats for the ear.
Vampire Weekend – Contra
Beach House – Teen Dream
Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz
Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
Local Natives – Gorilla Manor
Ray LaMontagne – God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise
Deer Tick – The Black Dirt Sessions
Sleigh Bells – Treats
Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
She & Him – Volume Two
First Aid Kit – The Big Black &the Blue
Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
Best Coast – Crazy For You
Band of Horses – Infinite Arms
The National – High Violet
The Ruby Suns – Fight Softly
Dr. Dog – Shame, Shame
M.I.A. – Maya
The Black Keys – Brothers
Yeasayer – Odd Blood
The Weepies – Be My Thrill
Belle & Sebastian – Write About Love
Glasser – Ring
Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Caribou – Swim
Who would you have included or excluded from the list? Please share!
Peace,
La Vie Boston 
solid! also:
Champ – Tokyo Police Club
The Legend of Mr. Rager – Kid Cudi
Pink Friday – Nicki Minaj (mwauhahaha)
Sidewalks – Matt & Kim
Body Talk – Robyn
King of the Beach – Wavves
Help me get into Tokyo Police Club. I feel like I’m missing out! Send me your faves of them!
Oh you are missing out! “Centennial”, “Juno”, “Tessellate”, and “Your English Are Good” are my favourites, all from their previous album Elephant Shell. “Wait Up” from the new album is great too, though! See them live if you get the chance; I saw them open for Passion Pit last summer, and – while obviously nothing could compare when waiting for Michael Angelakos to get onstage – they were pretty good!
Great list! We have a lot in common. You have a few I haven’t listened to though, so I will definitely check them out!
Here’s mine: http://mwazloves.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-favorite-music-of-2010.html
great list! i would include edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros too!
happy new year! -marissa
Lydia’s break-up album Assailants and the debut from super-group Tired Pony (basically Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody, REM, and Zooey Deschanel and M Ward and a few others all making music together) called The Place We Ran From were also quitee amazing. Just saying.