Tim Needles Top Music of 2010

Here's my favorite songs of 2010:

1. Sleigh Bells "Crown On The Ground" [N.E.E.T. / Mom & Pop]
2. Morning Benders “Excuses” [Rough Trade Records]
3. Gorillaz "On Melancholy Hill" [Virgin]
4. Cee-Lo "Fuck You" [Elektra]
5. Arcade Fire “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)” [Merge]
6. Vampire Weekend "Giving Up the Gun" [XL]
7. Das Racist “You Oughta Know” [Greedhead / Mishka]
8. LCD Soundsystem “I Can Change” [DFA / Virgin / Parlophone]
9. Kanye West "Runaway" [Def Jam / Roc-A-Fella]
10. The Black Keys “Tighten Up” [Nonesuch]
11. Lykke Li “Get Some (Beck Remix)” [LL Recordings / Atlantic Records]
12. Warpaint “Undertow” [Rough Trade]
13. April Smith and the Great Picture Show “Wow and Flutter” [Little Roscoe]
14. Broken Bells “The High Road”
15. Electric Wire Hustle “They Don’t Want”
16. Gold Panda “You”
17. Tokyo Police Club “Breakneck Speed”
18. Preservation Hall Jazz Band “Nobody Knows You When Youre Down and Out”
19. Avi Buffalo “What’s In It For”
20. Mumford and Sons “Little Lion Man”
21. The Walkmen “Angela Surf City”
22. Delorean “Real Love”
23. Ray LaMontagne “Beg Steal Or Borrow”
24. Delta Spirit “Bushwick Blues”
25. Band Of Horses “Factory”

and here are my favorite albums of 2010:

1. Sleigh Bells Treats [N.E.E.T. / Mom & Pop]
2. Arcade Fire The Suburbs [Merge]
3. Vampire Weekend Contra [XL]
4. LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening [DFA / Virgin / Parlophone]
5. Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy [Def Jam / Roc-A-Fella]
6. Preservation Hall Jazz Band Preservation [Preservation Hall Records]
7. Gorillaz Plastic Beach [Virgin]
8. The Black Keys Brothers [Nonesuch]
9. Das Racist Shut Up, Dude [Greedhead / Mishka]
10. Flying Lotus Cosmogramma [Warp]
11. April Smith and the Great Picture Show Songs For A Sinking [Little Roscoe]
12. The Walkmen Libson [Fat Possum]
13. Morning Benders Big Echo [Rough Trade Records]