You guys do know that there is still a few more days left in 2010?  Are you wondering why is everyone’s year-end list finished?  Well rest assured, my favorite 10 songs of the year are still right around the corner… in the mean time, enjoy numbers 20 through 11.

20. JAMES BLAKE: “I Only Know (What I Know Now)”

19. GIRLS: “Carolina”

18. AUTRE NE VEUT: “Drama Cum Drama”

17. TANLINES: “Real Life”

16. TWIN SISTER: “Lady Daydream”

15. DAS RACIST: “Rapping 2 U”

14. BEST COAST: “Boyfriend”

13. KANYE WEST: “Runaway”

12. DELOREAN: “Stay Close”

11. ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER: “Returnal (feat. Antony)”

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”

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”

THINGS THAT ARE HOT

• GAUNTLET HAIR: “I Was Thinking” (listen)
• DELOREAN: “Grow” (video from Yours Truly)
• SLEIGH BELLS: “Tell ‘Em” (listen)
• DOM | Sun Bronzed Greek Gods EP
• Witch House genre (listen) (Disaro | Tri Angle)

THINGS THAT ARE NOT

• M.I.A.: “Born Free” (listen) (however the video is super legit)
• HOLE | Nobody’s Daughter
• Anything leaked from BAND OF HORSES | Infinite Arms
• #miap4k
• Apple shutting down Lala

DELOREAN

“Moonsoon” (download)

from their Ayrton Senna EP out now on Fool House.