1.) Local Natives - Gorilla Manor
Songs to Look for:
Airplanes
World News
Warning Sign
2.) Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
Songs to Look for:
Sigh No More
Little Lion Man
Thistle & Weeds
Dustbowl Dance
3.) Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Songs to Look for:
The Suburbs
Ready To Start
Empty Room
Month Of May
We Used To Wait
4.) Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks
Songs to Look for:
Swim Until You Can't See Land
Skip The Youth
Not Miserable
Living In Colour
Fun Stuff
5.) The Black Keys - Brothers
Songs to Look for:
Everlasting Light
Next Girl
Tighten Up
The Only One
6.) Elsinore - Yes Yes Yes
Songs to Look for:
Body of Water
Lines
Chemicals
The General
Yes Yes Yes
7.) John Legend & The Roots - Wake Up!
Songs to Look for:
Hard Times
Wake Up Everybody
Little Ghetto Boy
Wholy Holy
Shine
8.) The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang
Songs to Look for:
Bring It On
The Diamond Church Street Choir
The Queen of Lower Chelsea
Boxer
Orphans
9.) Band Of Horses - Infinite Arms
Songs to Look for:
Factory
Way Back Home
Infinte Arms
Dilly
10.) Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart
Songs to Look for:
The Hair Song
Rollercoaster
Buried By The Blues
Wilderness Heart
Sadie
11.) Josh Ritter - So Runs The World Away
Songs to Look for:
The Curse
Southern Pacifica
Folk Bloodbath
Lark
Long Shadows
12.) Alcoholic Faith Mission - Let This Be The Last Night We Care
Songs to Look for:
Put the Virus In You
My Eyes to See
Sobriety Up and Left
Education
Honeydrip
13.) Delta Spirit - History From Below
Songs to Look for:
Bushwick Blues
White Table
Randsom Man
Devil Know's You're Dead
14.) Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Songs to Look for:
Power
All Of The Lights
Monster
So Appalled
Blame Game
15.) Villagers - Becoming a Jackal
Songs to Look for:
I Saw The Dead
Ship Of Promises
Home
Pieces
16.) Kings Of Leon - Come Around Sundown
Songs to Look for:
The End
Radioactive
Beach Side
Birthday
Mi Amigo
17.) Shout Out Louds - Work
Songs to Look for:
1999
Play the Game
Throwing Stones
Moon
Too Late, Too Slow
18.) Spoon - Transference
Songs to Look for:
Before Destruction
The Mystery Zone
Written in Reverse
Out Go the Lights
Got Nuffin
19.) The New Pornographers - Together
Songs to Look for:
Moves
Your Hands (Together)
Up In The Dark
We End Up Together
20.) 10 Years - Feeding The Wolves
Songs to Look for:
Shoot It Out
Fix Me
Dead In The Water
Waking Up The Ghost
Silhouette Of A Life
Other Notable Albums of 2010:
Alter Bridge - AB III
Alkaline Trio - This Addiction
Beach House - Teen Dream
Belle And Sebastian - Write About Love
Broken Bells - Broken Bells
Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
Coheed and Cambria - Year Of The Black Rainbow
The Damned Things - Ironiclast
The Dead Weather - Sea Of Cowards
Drake - Thank Me Later
David Gray - Foundling
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
Eminem - Recovery
Flobots - Survival Story
Grace Potter &the Nocturnals - Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
Interpol - Interpol
Jimmy Eat World - Invented
Jack Johnson - To The Sea
Jakob Dylan - Women and Country
Korn - Remember Who You Are
Lee DeWyze - Live It Up
Lifehouse - Smoke and Mirrors
Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns
Metric - Fantasies
The Morning Benders - Big Echo
My Chemical Romance - Danger Days
Minus The Bear - OMNI
The National - High Violet
Neon Trees - Habits
Ra Ra Riot - The Orchard
The Roots - How I Got Over
Sarah Mclachlan - Laws of Illusion
The Script - Science and Faith
She & Him - Volume Two
Stars - The Five Ghosts
Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
The Thermals - Personal Life
Trapt - No Apologies
Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
Vampire Weekend - Contra
VersaEmerge - Fixed At Zero
We Are Scientists - Barbara
The Weepies - Be My Thrill
Wolf Parade - Expo 86
Xiu Xiu - Dear God, I Hate Myself
Young Heretics - We Are The Lost Lovers
Yeasayer - Odd Blood
(I tried to listen to as many albums as I could this year. If there is an album or a band I didn't list that you like please let me know, I'll be glad to listen to them.)
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