My Belated Top Records in 2010

Ok, so this is a little late. And not in the format I originally set out to do. And most of you probably don't care. But none of that's going to stop me.

I always love reading favorite records of the year lists. They're a great way of discovering new artists and, let's be honest, I like to feel cool when something I like is on someone's list. Anyways, I thought that since I'm doing this whole blog thing an really trying to crank out more updates (really shooting for daily!) that I'd make my own top ten list of my favorite records of the year.

I had no idea how hard paring down to ten would be. I considered doing a few lists. I considered twenty. I considered abstaining from the records that seemed to be on all the lists. In the end, I just couldn't pare it down and time was still ticking. So I just went with a list of my fave records of this year with no limit. Maybe next year I'll allow myself more time and discipline myself to ten. Or twenty.

So, in no particular order:

Kanye West-My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Sufjan Stevens-The Age of Adz/All Delighted People
Jonsi-Go
The National-High Violet
Arcade Fire-The Suburbs
Deerhunter-Halcyon Digest
Beach House-Tenn Dream
Spoon-Transference
The Walkmen-Lisbon
Neil Young-Le Noise
Quasi-American Gong
Broken Bells-Broken Bells
Land of Talk-Cloak and Cipher
Sarah Jaffe-Suburban Nature
LCD Soundsystem-This Is Happening
Sharon Van Etten-Epic
Zoe Keating-Into the Trees
Titus Andronicus-The Monitor
Flying Lotus-Cosmogramma
Marnie Stern-Marnie Stern
Antony and the Johnsons-Swanlights
Sleigh Bells-Treats
Janelle Monae-The ArchAndroid
Erykah Badu-New Amerykah, Pt 2: Return of the Ankh
Brad Laner-Natural Selections
The Seven Fields of Aphelion-Periphery
Four Tet-There is Love in You
Joanna Newsom-Have One on Me
Wolf Parade-Expo 86
Surfer Blood-Astro Coast
Local Natives-Gorilla Manor
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma-Love is a Stream
Best Coast-Crazy for You
Buke and Gass-Riposte
Vampire Weekend-Contra
The Radio Dept-Clinging to a Scheme
Julian Lynch-Mare
Wild Nothing-Gemini
Delorean-Subiza
Tame Impala-Innerspeaker
The Roots-How I Got Over
Mumford & Sons-Sigh No More
Toro Y Moi-Causers of This
ceo-White Magic
John Legend & the Roots-Wake Up!
Big Boi-Sir Lucious Left Foot...The Son of Chico Dusty
The Amazing-Wait for a Light to Come
Gungor-Beautiful Things

Well, there ya go! A huge, ineffectual list! :) Please feel free to suggest more cause I'm always on the lookout for new stuff!