Here’s my list of 25 best, favorite, most resounding albums/releases of 2010.
1) Jonsi, Go (XL)
2) Das Racist, Sit Down, Man (no label)
3) Autre Ne Veut, Autre Ne Veut (Olde English Spelling Bee)
4) Efdemin, Chicago (Dial)
5) James Blake, CMYK (R&S)
6) LCD Soundsystem, This Is Happening (Capitol)
7) Sam Amidon, I See the Sign (Bedroom Community)
8) Thomas Koner, Nunatak / Teimo / Permafrost (Type)
9) Traversable Wormhole, Vol. 01-05 (CLR)
10) Various Artists, Shangaan Electro (Honest Jon’s)
11) Superpitcher, Kilimanjaro (Kompakt)
12) Walter Gibbons, Jungle Music: Mixed with Love, Essential & Unreleased Remixes 1976-1986 (Strut)
13) Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Before Today (4AD)
14) Shackleton, Fabric 55 (Fabric)
15) Ryuichi Sakamoto, Playing the Piano / Out of Noise (Decca)
16) No Age, Everything in Between (Sub Pop)
17) The Radio Dept., Clinging to a Scheme (Labrador)
18) Actress, Splazsh (Honest Jon’s)
19) Matthew Dear, Black City (Ghostly International)
20) Ramadanman, Ramadanman EP (Hessle Audio)
21) Teengirl Fantasy, 7AM (True Panther)
22) Mount Kimbie, Crooks & Lovers (Hotflush)
23) Deadbeat, Radio Rothko (The Agriculture)
24) Beach House, Teen Dream (Sub Pop)
25) Oneohtrix Point Never, Returnal (Mego)