featuring Michael Keefe as my special guest! This was the third year of our countdown show. We hope you enjoyed it.
Scroll down a bit for our lists. Feel free to post your own in the comments!
HOUR ONE:
Deerhunter – Memory Boy – Halcyon Digest (4AD, 2010)
Joanna Newsom – Autumn – Have One On Me (Drag City, 2010)
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Down Home Country Blues – A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: There is No C) (Bordello, 2010)
LCD Soundsystem – You Wanted A Hit – This Is Happening (DFA, 2010)
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – Money – I Learned The Hard Way (Daptone, 2010)
Broken Bells – Mongrel Heart – Broken Bells (Columbia, 2010)
Free Energy – Bang Pop – Stuck On Nothing (DFA, 2010)
Kristin Hersh – Crooked – Crooked (Throwing Music, 2010)
HOUR TWO:
The Scruffs – Conquer Me – Conquest (Ardent Music, 2010)
John Wesley Harding – Good For The Ratings – Sings To A Small Guitar Volume 1 (self, 2010)
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 – The Afterlight – Propellor Time (Yep Roc, 2010)
Arcade Fire – Suburban War – The Suburbs (Merge, 2010)
Joanna Newsom – Soft As Chalk – Have One On Me (Drag City, 2010)
The Soft Pack – Answer To Yourself – The Soft Pack (Kemado, 2010)
John Grant – Silver Platter Club – Queen Of Denmark (Bella Union, 2010)
HOUR THREE:
Laura Veirs – Life Is Good Blues – July Flame (Raven Marching Band, 2010)
Laurie Anderson – Only An Expert – Homeland (Nonesuch, 2010)
The New Pornographers – Up In The Dark – Together (Matador, 2010)
LCD Soundsystem – Pow Pow – This Is Happening (DFA, 2010)
Spoon – Nobody Gets Me But You – Transference (Merge, 2010)
Cee Lo Green – Fuck You – The Lady Killer (Elektra, 2010)
Devo – Don’t Shoot (I’m A Man) – Something For Everybody (Warner Bros, 2010)
Boston Spaceships – C’mon Baby Grace – Our Cubehouse Still Rocks (Guided By Voices, 2010)
Michael Keefe’s Top 25 Albums of 2010:
25. Tindersticks – Falling Down A Mountain
24. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
23. The Young Veins – Take A Vacation
22. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – History Of Modern
21. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today
20. Les Savy Fav – Road For Ruin
19. Vampire Weekend – Contra
18. BabyBird – Ex-Maniac
17. Superchunk – Majesty Shredding
16. Johann Sebastian Bach – Cello Suites (Zuill Bailey)
15. Spoon – Transference
14. The Vaselines – Sex With An X
13. Bobby McFerrin – Vocabularies
12. The Like – Release Me
11. Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
10. Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings – I Learned The Hard Way
09. Ray Wylie Hubbard – A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: There Is No C)
08. Cee-Lo Green – The Lady Killer
07. Free Energy – Stuck On Nothing
06. The Scruffs – Conquest
05. Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 – Propellor Time
04. Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
03. John Grant – Queen Of Denmark
02. Laurie Anderson – Homeland
01. LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
JBJ’s Top 25 Albums of 2010:
25. Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
24. The Books – The Way Out
23. Quasi – American Gong
22. Sun Kil Moon – Admiral Fell Promises
21. The Thermals – Personal Life
20. Field Music – Field Music (Measure)
19. Damien Jurado – Saint Bartlett
18. Boy Eats Drum Machine – 20 Beats
17. Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 – Propellor Time
16. Blue Cranes – Observatories
15. Sea Of Bees – Songs For The Ravens
14. Frankie Rose & The Outs – Frankie Rose & The Outs
13. Tobacco – Maniac Meat
12. Sleigh Bells – Treats
11. Blood Red Shoes – Fire Like This
10. Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
09. LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
08. Broken Bells – Broken Bells
07. Kristin Hersh – Crooked
06. John Wesley Harding – Sings To A Small Guitar Vol. 1
05. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
04. The Soft Pack – The Soft Pack
03. Laura Veirs – July Flame
02. The New Pornographers – Together
01. Spoon – Transference