Best of 2010: Albums Of The Half-Year
Spoon / photo by David Greenwald
2010’s halfway done, which means it’s time to take stock of this year’s best albums. Find 20 of them after the jump.
1. The Radio Dept. – Clinging To A Scheme | Review
>> “Never Follow Suit”: mp3
2. Tokyo Police Club – Champ
Tokyo Police Club – Boots Of Danger (Wait Up) by rawkblog
3. Beach House – Teen Dream | Review
>> “Norway”: mp3
4. Avi Buffalo – s/t
>> “What’s In It For”: mp3
5. Spoon – Transference | Review
Spoon – Written In Reverse by rawkblog
6. Wild Nothing – Gemini | Review
>> “Chinatown”: mp3
7. Miles Kurosky – The Desert of Shallow Effects | Review | Interview
8. The New Pornographers – Together | Review
>> “Your Hands (Together)”: mp3
9. Sally Seltmann – Heart That’s Pounding | Photos
>> “Harmony to My Heartbeat”: mp3
10. The National – High Violet | Review
>> “Afraid of Everyone”: mp3
11. Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me | All Posts
12. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today | Review
>> “Round and Round”: mp3
13. Sleigh Bells – Treats | Review
>> “Rill Rill”: mp3
14. Summer Darling – s/t | All Posts
>> “Hungry Bees”: mp3
15. Arms – EP | Review
>> “Heat & Hot Water“: mp3
16. Toro Y Moi – Causers Of This | Interview
>> “Blessa”: mp3
17. Jim O’Rourke – All Kinds of People Love Burt Bacharach | Review
18. Lucky Soul – A Coming Of Age
19. Laura Veirs – July Flame | Review
20. The Morning Benders – Big Echo | Photos
Related: Rawkblog & TwentyFourBit Present: 2010 Half-Year Mixtape | Lists Archive