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Howdy, gonna break my rules just a bit here so I can get more of this list out to all you fine music-loving folks.  Here’s the next twenty, numbers 60 to 41, from my 100 favorite tracks of 2010.  I know, I know, I know… you must be tearing your eyes out over how many year-end lists the music blogosphere has produced.  So what sets mine apart from the rest?  Listen to find out… 60. GAUNTLET HAIR: “I Was Thinking…” 59. SLEIGH BELLS: “Tell ‘Em” 58. TV GIRL: “If You Want It” 57. SMITH WESTERNS: “Weekend” 56. EMERALDS: “Candy Shoppe” 55. WALSH: “Untitled (feat. Mat Cothran)” 54. HYETAL: “Phoenix” 53. ERYKAH BADU: “Window Seat” 52. VAMPIRE WEEKEND: “Giving Up The Gun” 51. TEEN INC.: “Fountains” 50. PRIZES: “Canada” 49. YEASAYER: “O.N.E.” 48. ARCADE FIRE: “Ready To Start” 47. FREDDIE GIBBS: “National Anthem (Fuck The World)” 46. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM: “You Wanted A Hit” 45. ALICIA KEYS: “Unthinkable (Physical Therapy Real Heavy Vibe)” 44. JAI PAUL: “BTSTU” 43. FANG ISLAND: “Sideswiper” 42. BATHS: “You’re My Excuse To Travel” 41. JOKER: “Tron”

Howdy, gonna break my rules just a bit here so I can get more of this list out to all you fine music-loving folks.  Here’s the next twenty, numbers 60 to 41, from my 100 favorite tracks of 2010.  I know, I know, I know… you must be tearing your eyes out over how many year-end lists the music blogosphere has produced.  So what sets mine apart from the rest?  Listen to find out…

60. GAUNTLET HAIR: “I Was Thinking…”

59. SLEIGH BELLS: “Tell ‘Em”

58. TV GIRL: “If You Want It”

57. SMITH WESTERNS: “Weekend”

56. EMERALDS: “Candy Shoppe”

55. WALSH: “Untitled (feat. Mat Cothran)”

54. HYETAL: “Phoenix”

53. ERYKAH BADU: “Window Seat”

52. VAMPIRE WEEKEND: “Giving Up The Gun”

51. TEEN INC.: “Fountains”

50. PRIZES: “Canada”

49. YEASAYER: “O.N.E.”

48. ARCADE FIRE: “Ready To Start”

47. FREDDIE GIBBS: “National Anthem (Fuck The World)”

46. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM: “You Wanted A Hit”

45. ALICIA KEYS: “Unthinkable (Physical Therapy Real Heavy Vibe)”

44. JAI PAUL: “BTSTU”

43. FANG ISLAND: “Sideswiper”

42. BATHS: “You’re My Excuse To Travel”

41. JOKER: “Tron”

22 December 2010
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Hey boys and girls, here are my next 10 favorite albums of the year!  Just wanted to touch on some highly respectable up-and-coming artists that released albums that I thought were fantastic and innovative, but were unfortunately not included on this list: Autre Ne Veut, Gonjasufi, Guido, Infinite Body, Solar Bears, Twin Sister, Sun Araw, Fang Island, The Fresh & Onlys, Andrew Cedermark, Coma Cinema, Shabazz Palaces, and the Odd Future Collective.  Enough text, on to the list. 20. WILD NOTHING - Gemini “Summer Holiday” 19. DRAKE - Thank Me Later “Karaoke” 18. JACK ROSE - Luck In The Valley “Lick Mountain Ramble” 17. PERFUME GENIUS - Learning “Learning” 16. THE-DREAM - Love King “Turnt Out” 15. MELLOWHYPE - BlackenedWhite “Right Here” 14. BATHS - Cerulean “Plea” 13. DELOREAN - Subiza “Simple Graces” 12. ROBYN - Body Talk “Hang With Me” 11. THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH - The Wild Hunt “Love Is All”

Hey boys and girls, here are my next 10 favorite albums of the year!  Just wanted to touch on some highly respectable up-and-coming artists that released albums that I thought were fantastic and innovative, but were unfortunately not included on this list: Autre Ne Veut, Gonjasufi, Guido, Infinite Body, Solar Bears, Twin Sister, Sun Araw, Fang Island, The Fresh & Onlys, Andrew Cedermark, Coma Cinema, Shabazz Palaces, and the Odd Future Collective.  Enough text, on to the list.

20. WILD NOTHING - Gemini

“Summer Holiday”

19. DRAKE - Thank Me Later

“Karaoke”

18. JACK ROSE - Luck In The Valley

“Lick Mountain Ramble”

17. PERFUME GENIUS - Learning

“Learning”

16. THE-DREAM - Love King

“Turnt Out”

15. MELLOWHYPE - BlackenedWhite

“Right Here”

14. BATHS - Cerulean

“Plea”

13. DELOREAN - Subiza

“Simple Graces”

12. ROBYN - Body Talk

“Hang With Me”

11. THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH - The Wild Hunt

“Love Is All”

14 December 2010
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COOL THINGS I FIND presents… THE SUPER BEST OF 2010 point 5 In honor of today’s domain change… I give you my favorite stuff from the first half of this year… booyah! ALBUMS LOCAL NATIVES Gorilla Manor TAME IMPALA Innerspeaker FUTURE ISLANDS In Evening Air DELOREAN Subiza JÓNSI Go LCD SOUNDSYSTEM This Is Happening WAVVES King Of The Beach THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH The Wild Hunt FANG ISLAND Fang Island FREE ENERGY Stuck On Nothing TRACKS DOM “Living In America” THE-DREAM “Yamaha” ONRA “High Hopes (feat. Reggie B)” YEASAYER “O.N.E.” ROBYN “Dancing On My Own” JAPANDROIDS “Younger Us” LCD SOUNDSYSTEM “You Wanted A Hit” ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI “Round And Round” TANLINES “Real Life” LOCAL NATIVES “Wide Eyes” FREE ENERGY “Bang Pop” BEST COAST “Boyfriend” ACTIVE CHILD “When Your Love Is Safe” WOLF PARADE “Little Golden Age” BATHS “Plea” JAI PAUL “BTSTU” GAUNTLET HAIR “I Was Thinking…” ELITE GYMNASTICS “Is This On Me?” HOW TO DRESS WELL “Ready For The World (feat. Cokc Dokc)” TWIN SISTER “All Around And Away We Go”

COOL THINGS I FIND presents… THE SUPER BEST OF 2010 point 5

In honor of today’s domain change… I give you my favorite stuff from the first half of this year… booyah!

ALBUMS

  1. LOCAL NATIVES Gorilla Manor
  2. TAME IMPALA Innerspeaker
  3. FUTURE ISLANDS In Evening Air
  4. DELOREAN Subiza
  5. JÓNSI Go
  6. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM This Is Happening
  7. WAVVES King Of The Beach
  8. THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH The Wild Hunt
  9. FANG ISLAND Fang Island
  10. FREE ENERGY Stuck On Nothing

TRACKS

  1. DOM “Living In America”
  2. THE-DREAM “Yamaha”
  3. ONRA “High Hopes (feat. Reggie B)”
  4. YEASAYER “O.N.E.”
  5. ROBYN “Dancing On My Own”
  6. JAPANDROIDS “Younger Us”
  7. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM “You Wanted A Hit”
  8. ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI “Round And Round”
  9. TANLINES “Real Life”
  10. LOCAL NATIVES “Wide Eyes”
  11. FREE ENERGY “Bang Pop”
  12. BEST COAST “Boyfriend”
  13. ACTIVE CHILD “When Your Love Is Safe”
  14. WOLF PARADE “Little Golden Age”
  15. BATHS “Plea”
  16. JAI PAUL “BTSTU”
  17. GAUNTLET HAIR “I Was Thinking…”
  18. ELITE GYMNASTICS “Is This On Me?”
  19. HOW TO DRESS WELL “Ready For The World (feat. Cokc Dokc)”
  20. TWIN SISTER “All Around And Away We Go”
09 July 2010
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BATHS

“You’re My Excuse To Travel”

from debut album Cerulean out June 22nd on Anticon.


14 June 2010
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BATHS

“Maximalist” (download)

from forthcoming debut Cerulean out June 22nd on Anticon.


26 April 2010
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