Top 10 of 2010 (music)

I've decided to put together a top 10 list of my favorite releases in music and movies this year. Normally I like to wait until the year is over and do a little recap, but I looked and there's not much that I haven't already seen or heard that I'm excited about for 2010.

To be honest, this hasn't been my favorite year for music. Don't get me wrong, there were some great albums this year, but it was kind of hard to put together a list of 10. I actually found myself picking albums that most years would end up in the bottom 20. I like a lot of genres of music, but I'm really a pop punk kid at heart (the good kind...think early 90's Lookout Records, Midwest punk, The Gainesville sound etc.) and there wasn't a whole lot from that genre that I really liked this year. In more recent years there have been a lot of hardcore albums that I was excited about, but even hardcore had very few standouts this year.

Ok! Here we go.

Full Length albums (LP):

#10 AftertheFall-Eradication

http://www.myspace.com/afterthefall518

#9 The Effort-Wartime Citizens

http://www.myspace.com/xeffortx

#8 Julian Casablancas-Phrazes For the Young

http://www.myspace.com/juliancasablancas

#7 Tigers Jaw-Two Worlds

http://www.myspace.com/tigersjaw

#6 The Weakerthans-Live at the Burton Cummings Theatre

http://www.myspace.com/theweakerthans

#5 The Dopamines-Expect the Worst

http://www.myspace.com/thedopaminesohio

#4 The Riverdales-Tarantula

http://www.myspace.com/officialriverdales

#3 Iron Chic-Not Like This

http://www.myspace.com/ironchicsmyspace

#2 Grown Ups-More Songs

http://www.myspace.com/ihategrownups

#1 Hostage Calm-Hostage Calm

http://www.myspace.com/hostagecalmct

Top 10 EPs, Singles, and Splits:

#10 Castevet-The Echo and the Light

http://www.myspace.com/romancastevet

#9 Castevet/Into It. Over It.-Snack Town Split

http://www.myspace.com/romancastevet
http://www.myspace.com/intoitoverit

#8 Into It. Over It./Koji-Split

http://www.myspace.com/intoitoverit
http://www.myspace.com/kojisaysaloha

#7 Stay Ahead of the Weather-We Better Get Goin' if We're Gonna

http://www.myspace.com/stayaheadoftheweather

#6 John K. Samson-Provincial Road 222

http://www.myspace.com/theweakerthans

#5 Balance and Composure/Tigers Jaw-Split

http://www.myspace.com/balanceandcomposure
http://www.myspace.com/tigersjaw

#4 Betrayed-Suffering

http://www.myspace.com/bestatbetrayal

#3 Lemuria-Chautauqua County

http://www.myspace.com/lemuria

#2 Bane-3:58 Los Angeles

http://www.myspace.com/banecentral

#1 Bane-6:58 Boston

http://www.myspace.com/banecentral

Well, there you have it! That's my favorite music that came out this year. If you haven't heard some of this, check out their myspace pages for some music!

Stay tuned for my favorite movies of the year coming soon!