Best Sets Of 2010:
10.Deas Vail at Off Broadway on September 5th
9.The Junior Varsity at Dublin Pub on July 30th
8.Motion City Soundtrack at The Pageant on October 26th
7.Sleeping At Last at The Luminary Center For The Arts on April 14th
6.Park at The Hilton on November 6th
5.Kevin Devine at The Firebird on April 9th
4.Portugal. The Man at The Gargoyle on February 27th
3.Fun. at The Firebird on October 8th
2.Something Corporate at The Pageant on August 4th
1.Minus The Bear at The Firebird on July 12th
Best Singles Of 2010:
20.Bad Books-”You Wouldn’t Have To Ask”
19.Portugal. The Man-”The Dead Dog”
18.Jarrod Gorbel-”Ten Years Older”
17.Neon Trees-”Animal”
16.Lakes-”Back In Your Head”
15.Travie McCoy-”Billionaire”
14.The Audition-”You Ruined This”
13.Mumford And Sons-”Little Lion Man”
12.The Rocket Summer-”Hills And Valleys”
11.VersaEmerge-”Fixed At Zero”
10.The Gaslight Anthem-”American Slang”
9.Hellogoodbye-”When We First Met”
8.The Spill Canvas-”Our Song”
7.Motion City Soundtrack-”Her Words Destroyed My Planet”
6.Envy On The Coast-”Head First In The River”
5.Minus The Bear-”My Time”
4.Coheed And Cambria-”The Broken”
3.The Graduate-”Don’t Die Digging”
2.Jimmy Eat World-”My Best Theory”
1.Circa Survive-”Get Out”
Best Songs Of 2010:
25.The Hold Steady-”Soft In The Center”
24.Rufio-”This I Swear”
23.Frightened Rabbit-”Skip The Youth”
22.Lakes-”The Feeling”
21.Number One Gun-”Big Machines”
20.Travie McCoy-”Superbad (11:34)”
19.The Rocket Summer-”Of Men And Angels”
18.Hellogoodbye-”You Sleep Alone”
17.Anberlin-”We Owe This To Ourselves”
16.Circa Survive-”The Longest Mile”
15.Rocky Votolato-”What Waited For Me”
14.The Spill Canvas-”Good Graces, Bad Influence”
13.Jarrod Gorbel-”Impressions”
12.The Gaslight Anthem-”Bring It On”
11.Lovedrug-”We Were Owls”
10.Minus The Bear-”Secret Country”
9.Bad Books-”I Begged You Everything”
8.The Graduate-”Halfway There”
7.Colour Revolt-”8 Years”
6.VersaEmerge-”Mind Reader”
5.The Great Outdoors-”Old Bones”
4.Envy On The Coast-”Southern Comfort”
3.Good Old War-”That’s Some Dream”
2.Dessa-”Mineshaft II”
1.The Audition-”He’s All You Want”
Best EPs Of 2010:
5.Mae-”(A)fternoon”
4.The Spill Canvas-”Abnormalities”
3.Lovedrug-”Part I”
2.Neon Trees-”Habits”
1.The Great Outdoors-”Board Up Our Homes”
Best CDs Of 2010:
50.The Wonder Years-”The Upsides
49.Chiodos-”Illuminaudio”
48.Just Surrender-”Phoenix”
47.The Hold Steady-”Heaven Is Whenever”
46.Analog Rebellion-”Ancient Electrons”
45.Ivoryline-”Vessels”
44.The Bled-”Heat Fetish”
43.Max Bemis And The Painful Splits-”Max Bemis And The Painful Splits”
42.Pierce The Veil-”Selfish Machines”
41.Cary Brothers-”Under Control”
40.Band Of Horses-”Infinite Arms”
39.The Classic Crime-”Vagabonds”
38.Sufjan Stevens-”The Age Of Adz”
37.The Reign Of Kindo-”This Is What Happens”
36.Valencia-”Dancing With A Ghost”
35.Fair-”Disappearing World”
34.House Of Heroes-”Suburba”
33.Underoath-”Ø (Disambiguation)”
32.Coheed And Cambria-“Year Of The Black Rainbow”
31.Frightened Rabbit-“The Winter Of Mixed Drinks”
30.Rufio-“Anybody Out There”
29.Colour Revolt-“The Cradle”
28.Anberlin-“Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place”
27.Motion City Soundtrack-“My Dinosaur Life”
26.The Rocket Summer-“Of Men And Angels”
25.I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody’s Business-“The World We Know”
24.Number One Gun-“To The Secrets & Knowledge”
23.Four Year Strong-“Enemy Of The World”
22.Punchline-“Delightfully Pleased”
21.Mumford And Sons-“Sigh No More”
20.Steel Train-“Steel Train”
19.Jarrod Gorbel-“Devil’s Made A New Friend”
18.The Audition-“Great Danger”
17.Mt. St. Helens Band-“Where The Messengers Meet”
16.Rocky Votolato-“True Devotion”
15.VersaEmerge-“Fixed At Zero”
14.Lakes-“The Agreement”
13.Good Old War-“Good Old War”
12.Bad Books-“Bad Books”
11.Ludo-“Prepare The Preparations”
10.The Tallest Man On Earth-“The Wild Hunt”
9.Jimmy Eat World-“Invented”
8.Dessa-“A Badly Broken Code”
7.The Graduate-“Only Every Time”
6.Circa Survive-“Blue Sky Noise”
5.Portugal. The Man-“American Ghetto”
4.Envy On The Coast-“Lowcountry”
3.The Gaslight Anthem-“American Slang”
2.Minus The Bear-“Omni”
1.Hellogoodbye-“Would It Kill You?”
Throughout 2010, I listened to a lot of albums & went to a lot of concerts. I tried to highlight my favorites from the world of music from the past year. Keep in mind that this list is my personal opinion. I hope that everyone can come away from this list with some new bands/albums/songs/live shows that they would like to check out in the near future. If you would like to listen to any of these albums/songs, then I would be more than happy to send them to you. Here’s to hoping that 2011 has some great music in store for us as well. I hope you enjoy the list.
