Best Of 2010

Albums

Holy Fuck – Latin
Marnie Stern – Marnie Stern
Outer Limits Recordings – Foxy Baby
Altar Eagle – Mechanical Gardens
Supersilent – 10
High On Fire – Snakes for the Divine
Luke Abbott – Holkham Drones
Chancha Vía Circuito – Río Arriba
Thomas Hammann & Gerd Janson – Live at Robert Johnson
The Black Dog – Music for Real Airports
Sightings – City Of Straw
Oneohtrix Point Never – Returnal
Yussuf Jerusalem – A Heart Full of Sorrow (Born Bad)
Janelle Monáe – The Archandroid
Celeste – Morte(s) Nee(s)
Emeralds – Does It Look Like I’m Here? (Editions Mego)
Pekko Käppi – Vuonna ‘86
Nina Nastasia – Outsider
Autre Ne Veut – Autre Ne Veut (Olde English Spelling Bee)
Philip Jeck – An Ark For the Listener
Matthew Dear – Black City (Ghostly International)
High Wolf – Ascension (Not Not Fun)
Vava Kitora – The Spinning Song
Josephine Foster & The Victor Herrero Band – Anda Jaleo
Minoru Sato/Asuna – One as Two (senufo edition)

Compilations & Mixtapes

The Sound of Siam: Leftfield Luk Thung, Jazz and Molam from Thailand 1964 -1975 (Soundway)
To Scratch Your Heart: Early Recordings From Istanbul (Honest Jons)
Omar Khorshid – Guitar El Chark (Sublime Frequencies)
Fabolous – There Is No Competition 2 (The Funeral Service)
Resident Advisor – RA 215: Magda
Wolf + Lamb – Love Someone (Wolf + Lamb)
Angola Soundtrack – The Unique Sound Of Luanda (1968-1976) (Analogue Africa)
Anibal Velasquez y Su Conjunto – Carruseles (Mambo Loco) (Analogue Africa)
Syl Johnson: Complete Mythology (The Numero Group)
Dom Thomas –  Synthetic Soul & Other Junk  (Brutal Music)

Re-Releases

Ilyas Ahmed – Between Two Skies/Towards The Night
Saint Etienne – Tales From Turnpike House
Royal Trux – (The First Album) (Domino)
Refused – The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombination in 12 Bursts
Glenn Branca – The Ascension (Fortissimo Records)
Arthur Russell & The Flying Hearts – Ballad Of The Lights ft. Allen Ginsberg  (Presspop Music)
T.R. Mahaligam  Mali: Essential Recordings of Carnatic Bamboo Flute  (EM)
Svarte Greiner – Penpals Forever And Ever
Brainbombs – Obey (Armageddon Label)
Richard Youngs – Beyond the Valley Of Ultrahits (Jagjaguwar)

Singles

Gorillaz – Stylo
Black Mountain – Old Fangs
Janelle Monáe – Tightrope
Best Coast – Boy (Blackest Rainbow)
Loops Haunt – Impact Omnihammer
MMM – Nous Sommes MMM
Aloe Blacc – Femme Fatale
Pariah – Detroit Falls
WU LYF – Heavy Pop
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Round and Round
James Blake – Limit To Your Love
Cee-Lo Green – Fuck You
Psychic Ills – Mantis (Juan Atkins Remix)
Yuck – Rubber
Matthew Dear – Little People (Ghostly International)
Hot Chip – One Life Stand (EMI)
Girl Unit – Wut
Broadcast & The Focus Group – Familiar Shapes And Noises (Ghost Box)
Robert Wyatt – Laura
Villagers – Becoming A Jackal (Domino)
Wiz Khalifa & Curren$y – Huey Newton
Toro Y Moi – Leave Everywhere (Carpark)
DELS – Trumpalump (Big Dada)
Forest Swords – Rattling Cage (No Pain In Pop)
Nicolas Jaar – Mi Mujer