Top 25 Albums of 2010

#1 - The National | High Violet

#2 - Beach House | Teen Dream

#3 - Twin Shadow | Forget

#4 - The Morning Benders | Big Echo

#5 - Arcade Fire | The Suburbs

#6 - Local Natives | Gorilla Manor

#7 - Best Coast | Crazy For You

#8 - Girls | Broken Dreams Club EP

#9 - Tame Impala | Innerspeaker

#10 - Deerhunter | Halcyon Digest

#11 - Gayngs | Relayted

#12 - Ariel Pinks Haunted Graffiti | Before Today

#13 - Wolf Parade | Expo 86

#14 - Guards | Guards [EP]

#15 - Warpaint - The Fool

#16 - Toro Y Moi | Causers of This

#17 - The Walkmen | Lisbon

#18 - Big Boi | Sir Lucious Leftfoot: The Son of Chico Dusty

#19 - Foals | Total Life Forever

#20 - Kanye West | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

#21 - Spoon | Transference

#22 - Yeasayer | Odd Blood

#23 - Band of Horses | Infinite Arms

#24 - Vampire Weekend | Contra

#25 - The Black Keys - Brothers

Top 10 of the Last 10

Happy 2010 to everyone. We thought our first post of the year would breakdown our favorite albums of the last 10 years. We factored in how much play they got, how influential the album was and how well it has held up over time and this is what we came up with. We decided not to put them in any order because that would have taken even more time and I still don't think we would ever have a definitive answer. We did narrow down our absolute favorite album of the last 10 years though, that was easy. Here are our favorites....

50 Best Live Performances of 2009

#1 Grizzly Bear | The Parish 6.17.09
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#2 Janes Addiction | Playboy Party SXSW
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#3 The Mars Volta | Monolith Music Festival
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#4 Phoenix | La Zona Rosa 12.17.09
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#5 Metric | La Zona Rosa 12.1.09
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#6 Warpaint | Emo's 10.29.09
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#7 Morrissey | Bass Concert Hall 4.12.09
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#8 Kanye West | FADER Fort SXSW
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#9 St. Vincent | Austin City Limits / Mohawk 6.19/6.20.09
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#10 Depeche Mode | The Woodlands 8.30.09
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#11 Grizzly Bear | Emo's 10.2.09
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#12 Flight of the Conchords | Bass Concert Hall 5.8.09
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#13 Franz Ferdinand | La Zona Rosa 4.24.09
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#14 Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros | Monolith Music Festival
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#15 Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Monolith Music Festival
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#16 Little Dragon | Emo's 11.30.09
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#17 Of Montreal | Monolith Music Festival
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#18 DEATH | Fun Fun Fun Fest
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#19 Bat For Lashes | The Parish 8.19.09
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#20 TV On The Radio | Stubbs 5.17.09
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#21 Neon Indian | Stubbs 11.27.09
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#22 Santigold | Stubbs 6.15.09
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#23 The Antlers | Monolith Music Festival
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#24 Hockey | Filter Cedar Street Courtyard SXSW
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#25 Kanye West, Little Boots and Kid Cudi| Perez Hilton Party SXSW
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#26 Them Crooked Vultures | Austin City Limits

#27 Les Savy Fav | Fun Fun Fun Fest
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#28 Passion Pit | Emo's 6.3.09
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#29 Little Joy | The Independent 6.8.09
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#30 Spoon | Stubbs 7.9.09
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#31 Ratatat | Fun Fun Fun Fest
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#32 The xx | The Mohawk 11.19.09
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#33 Yeasayer | Fun Fun Fun Fest

#34 The Faint / Ladytron | Stubbs 4.22.09
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#35 VEGA | Fun Fun Fun Fest
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#36 Monotonix | Monolith Music Festival
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#37 White Denim | The Parish 4.19.09
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#38 Bon Iver | Austin City Limits

#39 Friendly Fires | The Mohawk 11.19.09
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#40 Lykke Li | Webster Hall
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#41 Ume La Zona Rosa | 5.5.09
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#42 Clues | The Independent 6.10.09
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#43 The Horrors | Emo's 9.26.09
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#44 The White White Lights | The Mohawk 11.14.09
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#45 Brian Jonestown Massacre | Emo's 4.14.09
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#46 Anya Marina | Emo's 5.28.09
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#47 The Golden Filter | Beauty Bar 6.10.09
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#48 Animal Collective | Stubbs 6.5.09
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#49 Crystal Castles | La Zona Rosa 4.13.09
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#50 Girl Talk | Monolith Music Festival
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