This year, sadly, I felt I haven’t been as focused with my music discovery as years past but when I started thinking about this list – names and songs came flooding in. The criteria is that all of the songs had to have been on albums released in 2010 (duh). Oh, and be awesome to my ears. This time – I start with my most favorite. Enjoy.

Top 30 Songs of 2010

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1. The National | Vanderlyle Cry Baby Cry

“All the very best of us, string ourselves up for love”

The National – Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks \ High Violet

2. Foals | Blue Blood

“Of all the people, I hoped it’d be you. To come and free me, take me away. To show me my home.”

Foals – Blue Blood \ Total Life Forever

3. Holly Miranda | Slow Burn Treason

“And in between there’s always someone -they don’t get you but you reach and smile And maybe this slow burn treason is better than the crash of a quick rise”

Holly Miranda – Slow Burn Treason \ The Magician’s Private Library

4. Sufjan Stevens | I Walked

“It’s my fault -I should not be so lost But I’ve got nothing left to love”

Sufjan Stevens – I Walked \ The Age of Adz

5. Hundreds in The Hands | Commotion

“Irritation.Expectation. Bridge to break Still time to make it. Rile me up. And you make me wait”

The Hundreds in The Hands – Commotion \ The Hundreds in the Hands

6. Suckers | Save Your Love for Me

“If your voice begins to irritate I’ll need to be alone, but don’t you take it the wrong way, save your love for me”

Suckers – Save Your Love For Me \ Wild Smile

7. Yeasayer | I Remember

“You’re stuck in my mind all the time”

Yeasayer – I Remember \ Odd Blood

8. Arcade Fire | Suburban War

“All my old friends they don’t know me now All my old friends are staring through me now”

Arcade Fire – Suburban War \ The Suburbs

9. Broken Social Scene | Sweetest Kill

“All the time, we get by, trying to figure out our lives Like a fade out”

Broken Social Scene – Sweetest-Kill \ Forgiveness Rock Record

10. Crystal Castles | Not in Love (Ft Robert Smith)

“And we were lovers now we can’t be friends Fascination ends”

Crystal Castles – Not in Love \ Crystal Castles II

11. Vampire Weekend | Diplomat’s Son

“To offer it to you would be cruel When all I want to do is use, use you”

Vampire Weekend – Diplomat’s Son \ Contra

12. Gorillaz | Melancholy Hill

“…you can’t get what you want but you can get me”

Gorillaz – Melancholy Hill \ Plastic Beach

13. Sharon Van Etten | Love More

“I thought that we were fine then the day was night You were high when I was doomed and dying for with no light”

Sharon Van Etten – Love More \ Epic

14. Mumford & Sons | Little Lion Man

“Take all the courage you have left wasted on fixing all the problems that you made in your own head”

Mumford & Sons – Little Lion Man \ Sigh No More

15. Four Tet | Angel Echoes

Four Tet – Angel Echoes \ There is Love in You

16. Angus & Julia Stone | Draw Your Swords

“So come on Love, draw your swords,shoot me to the ground You are mine, I am yours – let’s not fuck around”

Angus & Julia Stone – Draw Your Swords \ Down the Way

17. The Knife | Colouring of Pigeons

“The delight of once again being home.”

The Knife – Colouring of Pigeons

18. James Blake | I Only Know What I Know Now

James Blake – I only know what I know now \ Klavierwerke

19. Tanlines – Real Life

“For a minute I was lost, I looked away. I was looking for a home”

Tanlines – Real Life

20. Flying Lotus (Ft Thom Yorke) | And The World Laughs With You

“I need to know you’re out there Need to know you’re listening”

Flying Lotus – And The World Laughs w/You\ Cosmogramma

21. Spoon | Written in Reverse

“And I wanna show you how I love you but there’s nothing there”

Spoon – Written In Reverse

22. Toro y Moi | Minors

“When I live in the newer places I’ll make sure I’m further from you”

Toro Y Moi – Minors \ Causers of This

23. LCD Soundsystem | I Can Change

“Love is an open book to a verse of your bad poetry”

LCD Soundsystem – I Can Change \ This is Happening

24. Caribou | Jamelia

“Did I not do enough to save the two of us? What more could I give her?”

Caribou – jamelia \ Swim

25. The Jezabels | A Little Piece

“Perfect hips, perfects tits she was. Perfect lips, pieces of your heart, Splattered on the cliff.”

The Jezabels – A little Piece \ Dark Storm

26. Wolf Parade | Semi-Precious Stone

“…you can keep your kiss. You should save your energy For the new apocalypse”

Wolf Parade- Semi-Precious Stone \ Single

27. The Black Keys | Howlin’ For You

I must admit I can’t explain Any of these thoughts racing through my brain, it’s true Baby I’m howling for you

The Black Keys – Howlin’ For You \ Brothers

28. The Drums | Down by The Water

“If they stop loving you I won’t stop loving you If they stop needing you, I’ll still need you, my dear”

Drums – Down by the Water \ The Drums

29. Beach House | Norway

“He’s a hunter for a lonely heart”

Beach House – Norway \ Teen Dream

30. Jonsi | Tornado

“I wonder if I’m allowed just ever to be”

Jonsi – Tornado\ Go

Honorable Mentions:

Hot Chip – I Feel Better

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