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Top Eleven Albums of 2010

1. Spoon - Transference (Merge)

Listen to "Who Makes Your Money".

2. Menomena - Mines (Barsuk)

Watch "Taos" and "Five Little Rooms".

3. Les Savy Fav - Root For Ruin (Frenchkiss)

Listen to "Excess Energies".

4. The Ruby Doe - Getting Ahead In The Music Business (Hometown Tragedy)

Watch "Papermate".

5. Mavis Staples - You Are Not Alone (Nonesuch)

Watch "You Are Not Alone".

6. Superchunk - Majesty Shredding (Merge)

Watch "Digging For Something".

7. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Let It Sway (Polyvinyl)

Watch "Sink/Let It Sway".

8. The Bismarck - Great Plains (Pride of Dakota)

Listen to "Poor Born".

9. Devo - Something For Everybody (Warner Bros)

Watch "Fresh".

10. Rusty Willoughby - Cobirds Unite (Local 638)

Watch "Wrecker of Hearts".

11. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Def Jam)

Listen to "Hell of a Life".

Top 3 EPs of 2010

1. The Lonely Forest - The Lonely Forest E.P. (Trans-Atlantic)

Watch "Turn Off This Song And Go Outside".

2. Future Islands - Undressed (Thrill Jockey)

Watch "Evening Air" and "In The Fall".

3. Sóley - Theatre Island (Morr Music)

Listen to "Theatre Island".

Top Series of Monthly Singles of 2010

1. Half Acre Day - Lunar Singles (Right Mind Media)

Watch "Skeletons".

Top 10 Live Shows of 2010

1. Steve Martin @ Ravinia - June 12

2. Madeline @ The Grand Manor - September 9

3. Boris/Russian Circles @ The Metro - August 13

4. The Posies/Brendan Benson @ Bottom Lounge - November 6

5. Seabear/Sóley @ Schubas - April 2

6. Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings/The Heavy @ The Vic - May 21

7. Margot & The Nuclear So and So's/The Lonely Forest @ Lincoln Hall - September 19

8. Blonde Redhead @ The Vic - October 22

9. Laura Veirs/Led To Sea @ Lincoln Hall - September 27

10. TIE*: Spoon @ Aragon Ballroom - April 1

10. TIE*: Menomena/Tu Fawning @ The Metro - September 25

* This is a tie because I happen to love these bands (their respective albums were my favorites of the year), but the shows really sucked. Spoon sucked because the sound at the venue was so bad the band themselves couldn't stop commenting on it. Menomena sucked because I was beset on all sides by screeching douchebags.

Top 5 Cover Songs of 2010

1. Clem Snide - "Faithfully" (Journey)

2. Beck with Liars, St. Vincent, Os Mutantes - "New Sensation" (INXS)

3. Carolina Chocolate Drops - "Hit 'Em Up Style" (Blu Cantrell)

4. The Punch Brothers - "Poor Places" (Wilco)

5. The Shins - "Goodbye Girl" (Squeeze)

Top 15 Songs From Not-2010 of 2010

Richard Hell and the Voidoids - "Blank Generation" (1977)

E.U. - "Da Butt" (1988)

Bob Dorough - "Three Is A Magic Number" (1973)

Jimmy Cliff - "The Harder They Come" (1972)

Nilsson - "You're Breakin' My Heart" (1972)