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KEXP Adds music charts for 2010
Week: 12/03/2010 - 12/09/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
 Apex Manor | The Year of Magical Drinking | Merge | |
| Millionyoung | Replicants | Rix/Old Flame | |
| Wild Nothing | Golden Haze | Captured Tracks | |
| The Radio Dept. | Passive Aggressive | Labrador | |
| (Various) | Songs From A Sonic Land | Reverb | |
| Ryan Adams | Cardinals III/IV | Pax-Am | |
| (Various) | Angola Soundtrack | Analog Africa | |
| Legendary Oaks | Legendary Oaks | Self-released | |
| Radio Citizen | Hope and Despair | Ubiquity | |
| Vusi Mahlasela | Say Africa | ATO | |
| silOHs | Shed Your Summer Shell | Self-released | |
| Tabi Bonney | Fre$h | iHipHop | |
| Violens | Amoral | Friendly Fire | |
| Maserati | Pyramid of the Sun | Temporary Residence Ltd. | |
| Shigeto | Full Circle | Ghostly International/Moodgadget | |
| Wires Under Tension | Light Science | Western Vinyl | |
| Lemolo | Whale Song/Open Air | Self-released | |
| (Soundtrack) | Tron Legacy | Walt Disney | |
| Sunol | Ohlone | Self-released | |
| (Various) | The Sound of Siam | Soundway | |
| Iron & Wine | Walking Far From Home | Warner Bros. | |
| Royksopp | Senior | MB3 | |
| Drew Grow & the Pastors' Wives | The Comfort Feel | Amigo/Amiga | |
| Tumble Dry | Color of Sky EP | Self-released |
Week: 11/26/2010 - 12/02/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Parting Gifts | Strychnine Dandelion | In the Red | |
| Charles Bradley | No Time For Dreaming | Daptone | |
| Kay Kay and his Weathered Underground | Introducing Kay Kay and his Weathered Underground | Bombs Over Bellevue | |
| Dark Party | Light Years | Old Tacoma | |
| No Joy | Ghost Blonde | Mexican Summer | |
| Tamaryn | The Waves | Mexican Summer | |
| Wild Wild Geese | Sorry, Earth | Odessa | |
| A Sunny Day in Glasgow | Autumn, Again | Self-released | |
| Kotchy | Two | Done Right | |
| Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3 | Northern Aggression | Yep Roc | |
| Empresarios | Sabor Tropical | Fort Knox | |
| Games | That We Can Play | Hippos in Tanks | |
| DJ Nphared | Red October EP | Self-released | |
| AC Berkheimer | We Tell Them Tonight | Subroutine | |
| Olof Arnalds | Innudir Skinni | One Little Indian | |
| Tristeza | Paisajes | Sanity Muffin | |
| Sleepover | The Sun EP | Circuitree | |
| Hanssen | Choke EP | Innerflight | |
| Sun City Girls | Funeral Mariachi | Abduction | |
| Zach Hill | Face Tat | Sargent House | |
| Simian Mobile Disco | Delicacies | Delicacies/Wichita | |
| Apparakt | DJ Kicks | !K7 | |
| Soft Circle | Shore Obsessed | Post Present Medium | |
| Head Like A Kite | Dreams Suspend Night | Roll Call | |
| Tony Cook | Back to Reality | Stones Throw |
Week: 11/12/2010 - 11/18/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanye West | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | Def Jam | |
| Girls | Broken Dreams Club EP | True Panther Sounds/Matador | |
| Velella Velella | Atlantis Massif | Self-released | |
| Eux Autres | Broken Bow | Bon Mots | |
| The Greenhornes | **** | Third Man | |
| Sub Swara | Triggers | Low Motion | |
| Two Cow Garage | Sweet Saint Me | Suburban Home | |
| Shit Robot | From the Cradle to the Rave | DFA | |
| Kisses | The Heart of the Nightlife | This Is Music | |
| Chad Valley | EP | Cascine | |
| LCD Soundsystem | London Sessions | DFA | |
| (Various) | Tradi-Mods vs Rockers | Crammed Discs | |
| Jim Sullivan | U.F.O. | Light in the Attic | |
| See Me River | Where Did We Go Wrong | Aviation/Don't Stop Believin' | |
| Blixaboy | Kliks & Politiks | Astroblaque | |
| Giant Sand | Blurry Blue Mountain | Fire | |
| My Dry Wet Mess | Irrational Alphabet | Magical Properties | |
| I Can Lick Any SOB In the House | The Sounds of Dying | Suburban Home | |
| Sports | Sports | Self-released | |
| (Various) | The Reconstruction of Fives | n5MD | |
| Scuba | Triangulation Interpretations | Hotflush | |
| Bruce Springsteen | The Promise | Columbia | |
| Thunderball | 12 Mile High | ESL | |
| (Various) | Groove Merchant 20 | Luv N' Haight | |
| Rustie | Sunburst EP | Warp | |
| Cassandra Wilson | Silver Pony | Blue Note | |
| Syd Barrett | An Introduction to Syd Barrett | Capitol | |
| Laura Marling | Blues Run the Game | Third Man | |
| Tensnake | In the House | Defected | |
| Les Sins | Lina | Carpark |
Week: 11/05/2010 - 11/11/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cee Lo Green | The Lady Killer | Elektra | |
| Surf City | Kudos | Fire | |
| The Fresh & Onlys | Play It Strange | In the Red | |
| Phil Wilson | God Bless Jim Kennedy | Slumberland | |
| Hollerado | Record in a Bag | Royal Mountain | |
| Tyvek | Nothing Fits | In the Red | |
| THEESatisfaction | Transitions | Self-released | |
| Ill Cosby | Collected Works, Vol. 1 | n/a | |
| British Sea Power | Zeus EP | Rough Trade | |
| El Ten Eleven | It's Still Like A Secret | Fake Record Label | |
| Kimnusico Trio | EP | Self-released | |
| Stag | These Times Are Made For All Of Us | Self-released | |
| The Duke Spirit | Kusama EP | Shangri-La | |
| Elder Mason | We Will Still Be Here When You're Gone | Self-released | |
| Brian Eno | Small Craft on a Milk Sea | Warp | |
| Mystery Twin | Mystery Twin | Sensory Projects | |
| Jed and Lucia | Superhuman Heart | Ubiquity |
Week: 10/22/2010 - 10/28/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekend | Sports | Slumberland | |
| Matt and Kim | Sidewalks | FADER | |
| Solvents | Forgive Yr. Blood | Bee Resin | |
| Bryan Ferry | Olympia | Astralwerks | |
| Syl Johnson | Complete Mythology | The Numero Group | |
| Macklemore/Ryan Lewis | The Vs. Re-Release | Self-released | |
| Chico Mann | Analog Drift | Wax Poetics | |
| Pretty Lights | Glowing in the Darkest Night | Pretty Lights Music | |
| Jonquil | 100 Suns | Dovecote | |
| Eleven Tigers | Clouds Are Mountains | Soul Motive | |
| Caulfield and His Magical Violin | Caulfield and His Magical Violin | Self-released | |
| Joseph Giant | Joseph Giant | Self-released | |
| Lyrics Born | As U Were | Decon | |
| The Good Ones | Kigali Y' Izahabu | Dead Oceans | |
| Stephen Ray Leslie & the Crooked Mile | Stephen Ray Leslie & the Crooked Mile | demo | |
| Mesita | Mesita | Self-released | |
| Sister Crayon | Bellow | Manimal Vinyl | |
| (Various) | New York Tropical | Dutty Artz | |
| Japandroids | Heavenward Grand Prix 7" | Polyvinyl | |
| DVAS | Society | Upper Class | |
| Jane Birkin | Di Doo Dah | Light in the Attic |
Week: 10/15/2010 - 10/21/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Airway | Nocture of Exploded Crystal Chandelier | Dead Oceans | |
| Cloud Nothings | Turning On | Carpark | |
| Warpaint | The Fool | Rough Trade | |
| Gold Panda | Lucky Shiner | Ghostly | |
| Daniel G. Harmann & the Trouble Starts | Risk | Burning Building | |
| Bob Dylan | The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 (The Bootleg Series Vol. 9) | Columbia/Legacy | |
| Small Black | New Chain | Jagjaguwar | |
| The High Dials | Anthems for Doomed Youth | Rainbow Quartz | |
| Kings of Leon | Come Around Sundown | RCA | |
| Wild Orchid Children | The Wild Orchid Children Are Alexander Supertramp | Equal Vision | |
| Zola Jesus | Valusia | Sacred Bones | |
| John Wesley Coleman | Bad Lady Goes to Jail | Goner | |
| Avey Tare | Down There | Paw Tracks | |
| Wooden Wand | Death Set | Young God | |
| Mark McGuire | Living With Yourself | Editions Mego | |
| Silje Nes | Opticks | Fatcat | |
| Hazelwood Motel | Long Way Down EP | Self-released | |
| Witch | Introduction | Normal | |
| Tirogo | Float | Normal | |
| Jimi Hendrix | West Coast Seattle Boy | Experience Hendrix/Legacy |
Week: 10/08/2010 - 10/14/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| How To Dress Well | Love Remains | Lefse | |
| Pariah | Safehouses EP + Detroit Falls/Orpheus | R & S | |
| Cuarto Poder | In Tha House | Nacional | |
| Houses | All Night | Lefse | |
| Belle and Sebastian | Write About Love | Matador | |
| Depedro | Nubes De Papel | Nat Geo | |
| Summer Babes | Babe Summer | Self-released | |
| The Demon's Claws | The Defrosting Of… | In the Red | |
| James Blake | Klavierwerke EP / CMYK EP / The Bells Sketch EP | R & S | |
| Sharon Van Etten | Epic | Ba Da Bing! | |
| The Tallest Man On Earth | Sometimes the Blues is Just A Passing Bird | Dead Oceans | |
| Midday Veil | Eyes All Around | Translinguistic Other | |
| The Extra Lens | Undercard | Merge | |
| Woozy Viper | Rock & Roll | Self-released | |
| Teengirl Fantasy | 7AM | True Panther | |
| Melaena Cadiz | Rattle the Windows | Self-released | |
| Les Shelleys | Les Shelleys | Fatcat | |
| (Various) | The Cold Jungle: A Cairo Compilation | Cairo | |
| Super XX Man | Vol. XIII: White Bed | Self-released | |
| PUJOL | Black Rabbit | Third Man |
Week: 10/01/2010 - 10/07/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Das Racist | Sit Down, Man | Mad Decent/Greedhead/Mishka | |
| The Russian Futurists | The Weight's on the Wheels | Upper Class | |
| Three Mile Pilot | The Inevitable Past is the Future Forgotten | Temporary Residence Ltd. | |
| Kelley Stoltz | To Dreamers | Sub Pop | |
| (Various) | Radioclit presents: The Sound of Club Secausse Vol. 1 | Crammed Discs | |
| Wolf People | Steeple | Jagjaguwar | |
| Belleruche | 270 Stories | Tru Thoughts | |
| Antony and the Johnsons | Swanlights | Secretly Canadian | |
| Truckasauras | Quarters | Fourthcity | |
| Ebo Taylor | Love and Death | Strut | |
| Michael Gross and the Statuettes | Telepath | Sonata Cantata | |
| Allo Darlin' | Allo Darlin' | Fortuna Pop! | |
| Suuns | Zeroes QC | Secretly Canadian | |
| Pomegranates | One of Us | Afternoon | |
| The Black | Sun in the Day Moon At Night | Moon | |
| Lovers | Dark Light | Badman | |
| The Avett Brothers | Live, Volume 3 | American | |
| Tricky | Mixed Race | Domino | |
| Cloudland Canyon | Fin Eaves | Holy Mountain | |
| Bird By Snow | Common Wealth | Gnome Life | |
| Saroos | See Me Not | Anticon | |
| Breathe Owl Breathe | Magic Central | Hometapes |
Week: 9/24/2010 - 9/30/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salem | King Night | IAMSOUND | |
| Sufjan Stevens | The Age of Adz | Asthmatic Kitty | |
| Glasser | Ring | True Panther | |
| Diamond Rings | Special Affections | Secret City | |
| Mark Ronson & the Business Intl. | Record Collection | RCA | |
| The Little Penguins | Shapes and Shadows | Self-released | |
| Fistful of Mercy | As I Call You Down | HOT | |
| Monareta | Fried Speakers | Nacional | |
| Working for a Nuclear Free City | Jojo Burger Tempest | Melodic | |
| Jon McMillion | Jon McMillion | Nuearth Kitchen | |
| Marnie Stern | Marnie Stern | Kill Rock Stars | |
| Highlife | Best Bless | The Social Registry | |
| Elvis Costello | National Ransom | Hear Music | |
| Benoit Pioulard | Lasted | Kranky | |
| The Horde and the Harem | Harvest | Self-released | |
| The Swans | My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky | Young God | |
| Whitey Morgan and the 78's | Whitey Morgan and the 78's | Bloodshot | |
| Botany | Feeling Today | Western Vinyl | |
| Pena | Pena | Secret Stash | |
| Beach House | 10 Mile Stereo + iTunes EP | Sub Pop |
Week: 9/17/2010 - 9/23/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deerhunter | Halcyon Digest | 4AD | |
| The Corin Tucker Band | 1000 Years | Kill Rock Stars | |
| Spoek Mathambo | Mshini Wam | BBE | |
| Neil Young | Le Noise | Reprise | |
| Husky Rescue | Ship of Light | Catskills | |
| (Various) | Ninja Tune XX | Ninja Tune | |
| Tom Ze | Estudando a Bossa: Nordeste Plaza | Luaka Bop | |
| The Fabulous Ginn Sisters | You Can't Take A Bad Girl Home | Lonesome Day | |
| John Legend & the Roots | Wake Up! | Good Music/Columbia | |
| Frikstailers | Bicho de Luz EP | ZZK | |
| Clinic | Bubblegum | Domino | |
| Toubab Krewe | TK2 | Nat Geo | |
| Shad | TSOL | Black Box Recordings | |
| Flying Lotus | Pattern + Grid World | Warp | |
| The Secret Sisters | The Secret Sisters | Beladroit/Universal Republic | |
| Prince Rama | Shadow Temple | Paw Tracks | |
| (Various) | Selected Label Works 2 | Permanent Vacation | |
| Keith Canisius | This Time It's Our High | Darla | |
| David Vandervelde | Summer Time Hits | Secretly Canadian | |
| (Various) | Salsa Explosion: The New York Salsa Revolution 1969-1979 | Strut | |
| Spiral Stairs/The Long Winters | Dreams They Guide Us/Connections in Nashville | Mt. Fuji | |
| Robyn | Body Talk Pt. 2 | Konichiwa | |
| Venice Is Sinking | Sand & Lines | One Percent Press |
Week: 9/10/2010 - 9/16/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grinderman | 2 | Anti- | |
| The Moondoggies | Tidelands | Hardly Art | |
| No Age | Everything In Between | Sub Pop | |
| Maximum Balloon | Maximum Balloon | DGC | |
| Old 97's | The Grand Theatre Volume One | New West | |
| Adam Haworth Stephens | We Live on Cliffs | Saddle Creek | |
| Whole Sky Monitor | Twisted Little Piggies | Firebomb Radio | |
| Sonny Boy | The Barfly Theory | Self-released | |
| Wow & Flutter | Equilibrio! | Mt. Fuji | |
| Nobunny | First Blood | Goner | |
| (Various) | Shake the Shack Rockabilly Ball #7 | Shake the Shack | |
| Mark Ronson & the Business Intl. | Record Collection | RCA | |
| Sisters | Ghost Fits | Narnack | |
| Roots Manuva meets Wrongtom | Duppy Writer | Big Dada | |
| Owen Pallett | A Swedish Love Story EP | Domino | |
| Chromeo | Business Casual | Big Beat/Atlantic | |
| Beats Antique | Blind Threshold | Self-released | |
| Shine 2009 | Associates EP | Cascine | |
| (Various) | Total 11 | Kompakt | |
| Underworld | Barking | Om | |
| Skream | Outside the Box | Tempa | |
| Dalot | Loop Over Latitudes | n5MD | |
| Pezzner | The Tracks Are Alive | Freerange |
Week: 9/03/2010 - 9/09/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junip | Fields | Mute | |
| Bilal | Airtight's Revenge | Plug Research | |
| Fences | Fences | Onto | |
| Mavis Staples | You Are Not Alone | Anti- | |
| El Guincho | Pop Negro | XL | |
| Amusement Parks on Fire | Road Eyes | Filter | |
| Forest Swords | Dagger Paths | Olde English Spelling Bee | |
| Revolver | Music For A While | Astralwerks | |
| Viper Creek Club | Letters | Self-released | |
| Dirty Projectors | Bitte Orca (Expanded Edition) | Domino | |
| Vir | Gillespie | Vibraphone | |
| Joan Soriano | El Duque de la Bachata | iASO | |
| Sebastian Blanck | Alibi Coast | Rare Book Room | |
| Massy Ferguson | Hard Water | Spark & Shine | |
| Keaton Collective | Time & Pressure | Self-released | |
| C'est La Mort | Empty Words Fill Lonely Spaces | Self-released | |
| Orgone | The Killion Vaults | Ubiquity | |
| Clinic | I'm Aware | Domino |
Week: 8/27/2010 - 9/02/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hundred in the Hands | The Hundred in the Hands | Warp | |
| Abe Vigoda | Crush | Post Present Medium | |
| Black Mountain | Wilderness Heart | Jagjaguwar | |
| Astral | Forever After | Vibraphone | |
| Frankie Rose and the Outs | Frankie Rose and the Outs | Slumberland | |
| (Various) | The Roots of Chicha 2: Psychedelic Cumbias From Peru | Barbes | |
| Gold Motel | Summer House | Good As Gold | |
| Dungen | Skit I Allt | Mexican Summer/Kemado | |
| The Meligrove Band | Shimmering Lights | Last Gang | |
| Wildbirds & Peacedrums | Rivers | The Control Group | |
| Interpol | Interpol | Matador | |
| Antony and the Johnsons | Thank You For Your Love | Secretly Canadian | |
| Wormburner | Placed By the Gideons | Dive | |
| Megafaun | Heretofore | Hometapes | |
| The Chapin Sisters | Two | Lake Bottom | |
| Department of Eagles | Archive 2003-2006 | American Dust | |
| The Books | The Way Out | Temporary Residence Ltd. | |
| Land of Talk | Cloak and Cipher | Saddle Creek | |
| Khaira Arby | Timbuktu Tarab | Clermont | |
| (Various) | Levi's Pioneer Sessions 2010 Revival Recordings | Levi's | |
| Past Prayers | Past Prayers | Self-released | |
| (Various) | Ball of Wax Volume 21: Summer 2010 | Ball of Wax | |
| Mohammed Alidu and the Bizung Family | Land of Fire | Black Eye Watching |
Week: 8/13/2010 - 8/19/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fitz & the Tantrums | Pickin' Up the Pieces | Dangerbird | |
| Twin Shadow | Forget | Terrible | |
| Chocolate Genius Incorporated | Swansongs | One Little Indian | |
| Les Savy Fav | Root For Ruin | Frenchkiss | |
| Aloe Blacc | Good Things | Stones Throw | |
| Nathan Wade and the Dark Pioneers | The Gospel of Rust | Self-released | |
| Restless People | Restless People | IAMSOUND | |
| Matthew Dear | Black City | Ghostly International | |
| Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. | Horse Power EP | Quite Scientific | |
| The First Times | The First Times | Self-released | |
| Ra Ra Riot | The Orchard | Barsuk | |
| Sunday Evening Whiskey Club | Andesite | Self-released | |
| Eels | Tomorrow Morning | E Works | |
| Women | Public Strain | Jagjaguwar | |
| Candy Claws | Hidden Lands | twosyllable | |
| PVT | Church With No Magic | Warp | |
| The Glass Notes | Dust and Hours | Roam | |
| Jammer | Jahmanji | Big Dada | |
| Blue Sky Black Death | Third Party | Fake Four Inc. |
Week: 8/06/2010 - 8/12/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| !!! | Strange Weather, Isn't It? | Warp | |
| Magic Kids | Memphis | True Panther | |
| The Walkmen | Lisbon | Fat Possum | |
| The Posies | Blood/Candy | Rykodisc | |
| Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan | Hawk | Vanguard | |
| The Lonely Forest | The Lonely Forest EP | Trans | |
| Air 2 A Bird | Crow Hill | Youngstown | |
| Clubfeet | Gold on Gold | Plant Music | |
| Dylan LeBlanc | Paupers Field | Rough Trade | |
| Jon Langeford & Skull Orchard | Old Devils | Bloodshot | |
| Charlie Musselwhite | The Well | Alligator | |
| Sol | Dear Friends, Vol. II | Self-released | |
| The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger | Jardin du Luxembourg | Chimera | |
| Luisa Maita | Lero-Lero | Cumbancha | |
| Relcad | Capitol Island | Pleasure Boat | |
| Drew Grow & the Pastors' Wives | Drew Grow & the Pastors' Wives | Amigo/Amiga | |
| Loden | Buggy | Mush | |
| Richard Thompson | Dream Attic | Shout! Factory | |
| Four Tet | Angel Echoes + Remixes | Domino | |
| (Various) | The Sound of Rhythm & Culture | Rhythm & Culture | |
| JJ Grey & Mofro | Georgia Warhorse | Alligator | |
| Max Richter | Infra | Fatcat | |
| The Starlings | Bright Light | Self-released | |
| (Various) | Roots of OK Jazz | Crammed Discs |
Week: 7/30/2010 - 8/05/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Six | KEXP | |
| The Young Evils | Enchanted Chapel | Self-released | |
| Chief | Modern Rituals | Domino | |
| Ten Kens | For Posterity | Last Gang | |
| Reporter | Time Incredible | Holocene | |
| Pretty Lights | Spilling Over Every Side | Pretty Lights Music | |
| Revolver | Revolver EP | Astralwerks | |
| El-P | Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3 | Gold Dust | |
| Rakaa | Corwn of Thorns | Decon | |
| ceo | White Magic | Sincerely Yours/Modular | |
| Kelli Scarr | Piece | Silence Breaks | |
| The Preservation | Cosmic American Music | Self-released | |
| Cloud Cult | Light Chasers | Earthology | |
| Hedzoleh Soundz | Hedzoleh Soundz | Soundway | |
| Sweet Talks | The Kusum Beat | Soundway | |
| The Acorn | No Ghost | Bella Union | |
| Lights Out Asia | In the Days of Jupiter | n5MD | |
| Brite Futures | Glistening Pleasure 2.0 | Team Swan | |
| Jenny and Johnny | I'm Having Fun Now | Warner Bros. |
Week: 7/23/2010 - 7/29/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | |
| Best Coast | Crazy For You | Mexican Summer | |
| Versus | On the Ones and Threes | Merge | |
| Lower Dens | Twin-Hand Movement | Gnomonsong | |
| Bottomless Pit | Blood Under the Bridge | Comedy Minus One | |
| (Various) | Cumbia Beat Vol. 1 | Vampisoul | |
| Tears Run Rings | Distance | Clairecords | |
| Cotton Jones | Tall Hours in the Glowstream | Suicide Squeeze | |
| (Various) | Afro-Beat Airways: West African Shock Waves Ghana & Togo 1972-1978 | Analog Africa | |
| Charanjit Singh | Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat | Bombay Connection | |
| Herr Jazz | Herr Jazz | Masa | |
| Smile Brigade | Do You Come Here Often? | Tilton House | |
| Mahjongg | The Long Shadow of the Paper Tiger | K | |
| The Charity Stripe | Pink Corvette | Self-released | |
| Armed With Legs | Armed With Legs | Self-released | |
| (Various) | Brownswood Electric | Brownswood | |
| Christopher Willits | Tiger Flower Circle Sun | Ghostly | |
| The Hot Toddies | Get Your Heart On | Asian Man | |
| Emancipator | Safe in the Steep Cliffs | Emancipator Music | |
| The Quit | Stars Invisible By Day | Self-released |
Week: 7/16/2010 - 7/22/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Bare Jr. | A Storm - A Tree - My Mother's Head | Thirty Tigers | |
| Tom Jones | Praise & Blame | Lost Highway | |
| The Budos Band | III | Daptone | |
| J. Roddy Walston and the Business | J. Roddy Walston and the Business | Vagrant | |
| Holy Ghost! | Static on the Wire EP | DFA | |
| Sepalcure | Love Pressure EP | Hotflush Recordings | |
| The Foxymorons | Bible Stories | Self-released | |
| Stornoway | Beachcomber's Windowsill | 4AD | |
| Los Lobos | Tin Can Trust | Shout! Factory | |
| Your Skull My Closet | Let's Get Acquainted | Marriage Broker Ltd. | |
| Mount Kimbie | Crooks & Lovers | Hotflush Recordings | |
| El Guincho | Piratas de Sudamerica | Young Turks/XL | |
| Mt St Helens Vietnam Band | Where the Messengers Meet | Dead Oceans | |
| Frazey Ford | Obadiah | Nettwerk | |
| Dominant Legs | Young at Love and Life | Lefse | |
| J. Tillman | Singing Ax | Western Vinyl | |
| (Various) | Lefse Records/Waaga Records | Lefse/Waaga | |
| Shawn Lee | Sing A Song | Ubiquity | |
| Gotham Green & Quickie Mart | Haze Diaries Vol. 3 | Self-released | |
| Paper Tiger | Made Like Us | Doomtree | |
| Fading Collection | Attakk | Self-released | |
| Deru | Say Goodbye to Useless | Mush | |
| Grasscut | 1 Inch: 1/2 Mile | Ninja Tune |
Week: 7/09/2010 - 7/15/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wavves | King of the Beach | Fat Possum | |
| Menomena | Mines | Barsuk | |
| Wild Nothing | Gemini | Captured Tracks | |
| Eli "Paperboy" Reed | Come and Get It! | Capitol | |
| Guns For Radios | Losses and Gains | Rockin' Stan | |
| Beat Connection | Surf Noir EP | Self-released | |
| Emeralds | Does It Look Like I'm Here | Editions Mego | |
| Dirty Projectors & Bjork | Mount Wittenberg Orca | Self-released | |
| Scissor Sisters | Night Work | Downtown | |
| Zola Jesus | Stridulum EP | Sacred Bones | |
| Dean & Britta | 13 Most Beautiful: Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests | Double Feature | |
| (Various) | Hip Hop En Espanol | Boa | |
| Moresounds | SNAFU EP | Car Crash Set | |
| The Devil Whale | Young Wives | Kilby | |
| (Various) | LAMC 2010 | LAMC | |
| David Karsten Daniels & Fight the Big Bull | I Mean to Live Here Still | Fatcat | |
| Cochemea Gastelum | The Electric Sound of Johnny Arrow | MOWO! | |
| Ben Gilmer & the Sidearms | Heart That Burns | Self-released | |
| Lorn | Nothing Else | Brainfeeder | |
| Bill Frisell | Beautiful Dreamers | Savoy Jazz | |
| Endless Boogie | Full House Head | No Quarter | |
| Panda Bear | Tomboy 7" | Paw Tracks | |
| (Various) | Crybaby Studios Comp 2010 | Crybaby Productions | |
| FaltyDL | All in the Place EP | Rush Hour Recordings | |
| (Various) | Proximity One | Proximal | |
| Sugar Sugar Sugar | Can't Get Enough | Self-released | |
| (Various) | 8 Singles 8 Weeks | Adult Swim |
Week: 7/02/2010 - 7/08/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Boi | Sir Lucious Left Foot… The Son of Chico Dusty | Def Jam | |
| M.I.A. | Maya | N.E.E.T./XL/Interscope | |
| Satchel | Heartache and Honey | Self-released | |
| Jail | That's How We Burn | Sub Pop | |
| Baths | Cerulean | Anticon | |
| Nina Nastasia | Outlaster | Fatcat | |
| Hollywood Gossip | Dear As Diamonds | Self-released | |
| These United States | What Lasts | United Interests | |
| (Various) | PDX Pop Now! 2010 | PDX Pop Now! | |
| Carissa's Weird | They'll Only Miss You When You Leave: Songs 1996-2003 | Hardly Art | |
| Butcher Holler | A Tribute to Loretta Lynn | Signature Sounds | |
| Calibro 35 | Ritornano Quelli Di | Nublu | |
| Brad | Best Friends? | Monkeywrench | |
| Robert Pollard | Moses On A Snail | Guided By Voices Inc. | |
| (Various) | Bustin' Out 1982: New Wave to New Beat Volume 2 | Year Zero | |
| Gold Panda | You EP | Ghostly International |
Week: 6/25/2010 - 7/01/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Roots | How I Got Over | Def Jam | |
| The Love Language | Libraries | Merge | |
| School of Seven Bells | Disconnect From Desire | Ghostly International | |
| Perfume Genius | Learning | Matador | |
| Noddy | Remora, Remora | Self-released | |
| Dan Sartain | Lives | One Little Indian | |
| Homeboy Sandman | The Good Sun | High Water Music | |
| (Various) | Palenque Palenque: Champeta Criolla & Afro Roots in Colombia 1975-91 | Soundway | |
| Hillbilly Casino | Tennessee Stomp | Hobolight | |
| Admiral Radley | I Heart California | The Ship | |
| Koes Plus | Dheg Dheg Plas & Volume 2 | Sublime Frequencies | |
| James Pants | New Tropical EP | Stones Throw | |
| (Various) | Next Stop Soweto Vol. 3 | Strut | |
| DM Stith | Heavy Ghost Appendices | Asthmatic Kitty | |
| (Soundtrack) | Babylon Central | ESL Music | |
| Faded Paper Figures | New Medium | Shorthand | |
| (Soundtrack) | 180 South: Conquerors of the Useless | Brushfire |
Week: 6/18/2010 - 6/24/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Capstan Shafts | Revelation Skirts | Rainbow Quartz | |
| Scuba | Triangulation | Hotflush | |
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Self-released | |
| Vieux Farka Toure | Live | Six Degrees | |
| The Goodnight Loving | The Goodnight Loving Supper Club | Dirtnap | |
| Laurie Anderson | Homeland | Nonesuch | |
| Blue Giant | Blue Giant | Vanguard | |
| Colin Spring | Highballs for the Lowbrow | Self-released | |
| Alex B | Moments | Elm&Oak | |
| Rusty Willoughby | Cobirds Unite | Spark & Shine | |
| Black Helicopter | Don't Fuck with the Apocalypse | Ecstatic Peace! | |
| Fat Freddy's Drop | Dr Boondigga & the Big BW | The Drop | |
| Maps & Atlases | Perch Patchwork | Barsuk | |
| Active Child | Curtis Lane EP | Filter US | |
| Here We Go Magic | Pigeons | Secretly Canadian | |
| Splatinum | Love For Those Hustlers EP | Bass Drop Music/Street Ritual | |
| Procedure Club | Doomed Forever | Slumberland | |
| Villagers | Becoming A Jackal | Domino | |
| To Rococo Rot | Speculation | Domino | |
| Casiokids | Topp Stemning Pa Lokal Bar | Polyvinyl | |
| Devo | Something For Everybody | Warner Bros. | |
| Regina | Puutarhattrilogia | Friendly Fire |
Week: 6/10/2010 - 6/17/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Chemical Brothers | Further | Astralwerks | |
| Orgone | Cali Fever | Ubiquity | |
| Tame Impala | InnerSpeaker | Modular | |
| Starkey | Ear Drums and Black Holes | Planet Mu | |
| Trentemoller | Into the Great Wide Yonder | In My Room | |
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs (Sampler) | Merge | |
| Sky Parade | Intoxicated | Custom Made | |
| Tender Trap | Dansette Dansette | Slumberland | |
| Hot Hot Heat | Future Breed | Dangerbird | |
| Alejandro Escovedo | Street Songs of Love | Fantasy | |
| J. Shogren | Bird Bones & Muscle | JAHA! | |
| Etran Finatawa | Tarkat Tajje/Let's Go! | Riverboat/World Music Network | |
| Kele | The Boxer | Glassnote | |
| Justin Rutledge | The Early Widows | Six Shooter | |
| Black Nite Crash/Sky Parade | Limited Edition Split EP | Custom Made | |
| Robert Randolph & the Family Band | We Walk This Road | Warner Bros. | |
| Shlohmo | Camping EP | FoF | |
| The Pinker Tones | Modular | Nacional | |
| M.I.A. | XXXO: The Remixes | N.E.E.T./XL/Interscope |
Week: 6/03/2010 - 6/10/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Drums | The Drums | Downtown | |
| Wolf Parade | Expo 86 | Sub Pop | |
| Keepaway | Baby Style | Lefse | |
| Lindsay Fuller | The Last Light I See | Self-released | |
| Junip | Rope & Summit EP | Mute | |
| Fred Eaglesmith | Cha Cha Cha | Lonesome Day | |
| (Various) | Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine | Oh Boy | |
| Steve Mason | Boys Outside | Domino | |
| Peter Case | Wig! | Yep Roc | |
| (Various) | Be Yourself | Grass Roots | |
| Marsmobil | (Why Don't You Take) The Other Side? | Compost | |
| Health | Disco2: You Will Love Each Other | Lovepump United | |
| (Soundtrack) | Eclipse | Summit Ent/Chop Shop/Atlantic | |
| Stripmall Architecture | Feathersongs for Factory Girls | Self-released | |
| The Non | Tadaima | Self-released |
Week: 5/28/2010 - 6/03/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| State of the Artist | Seattlecalifragilisticextrahelladopeness | Members Only | |
| Suckers | Wild Smile | Frenchkiss | |
| Math and Physics Club | I Shouldn't Look As Good As I Do | Matinee | |
| Ratatat | LP4 | XL | |
| The Gaslight Anthem | American Slang | Side One Dummy | |
| Tokyo Police Club | Champ | Mom + Pop | |
| Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse | Dark Night of the Soul | Capitol | |
| Trus'me | In the Red | Fat City/Prime Numbers | |
| Blitzen Trapper | Destroyer of the Void | Sub Pop | |
| The Moondoggies | You'll Find No Answers Here | Hardly Art | |
| Ikonika | Contact, Love, Want, Have | Hyperdub | |
| The Drums | The Drums | Downtown | |
| Teenage Fanclub | Shadows | Merge | |
| The Pernice Brothers | Goodbye, Killer | Ashmont | |
| Shinyribs | Well After Awhile | Nine Mile | |
| Light Pollution | Apparitions | Carpark | |
| Solvent | Subject to Shift | Ghostly International | |
| The Prids | Chronosynclastic | Velvet Blue | |
| (Various) | Twistable Turntable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein | Sugar Hill | |
| Jeremy Jay | Splash | K | |
| (Various) | Made in Iceland 3 | Icelandic Music Export | |
| Bill Kirchen | Word to the Wise | Proper | |
| Chief | Night & Day | Domino | |
| Kurt Vile | Square Shells EP | Matador |
Week: 5/21/2010 - 5/27/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foals | Total Life Forever | Sub Pop | |
| Stars | The Five Ghosts | Vagrant | |
| Mash Hall | They La Soul | Self-released | |
| Crash City Saints | Glow in the Dark Music | Quince | |
| Deer Tick | The Black Dirt Sessions | Partisan | |
| Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti | Before Today | 4AD | |
| Karen Elson | The Ghost Who Walks | Third Man/XL | |
| Yuni In Taxco | EP | Self-released | |
| The Physics | Three Piece EP | Self-released | |
| B.Dolan | Fallen House Sunken City | Strange Famous | |
| James Apollo | Til Your Feet Bleed | No Alternative | |
| The Hundred in the Hands | This Desert EP | Warp | |
| FM Belfast | How to Make Friends | Kimi/World Champion | |
| Ty Segall | Melted | Goner | |
| Olafur Arnalds | …And They Have Escaped the Weight of Darkness | Erased Tapes | |
| No Kids | Judy at the Grove EP | Tomlab | |
| The Glitch Mob | Drink the Sea | Glitch Mob Unlimited/Glass Air | |
| (Various) | Five Years of dirtybird | dirtybird | |
| Hooray for Earth | Momo EP | Dovecote | |
| The Samps | EP | Mexican Summer | |
| Funki Porcini | On | Ninja Tune | |
| Elite Gymnastics | Real Friends EP | Psychedelic Surf Club | |
| Twilight | Still Loving You | Luv n' Haight |
Week: 5/14/2010 - 5/20/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janelle Monae | The ArchAndroid | Bad Boy/Wondaland | |
| Damien Jurado | Saint Bartlett | Secretly Canadian | |
| Bettye LaVette | Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook | Anti- | |
| The Depreciation Guild | Spirit Youth | Kanine | |
| Born Anchors | Colorize the Grey | Self-released | |
| Explone | Dreamers/Lovers | Self-released | |
| Band of Horses | Infinite Arms | Columbia | |
| Stereo Total | Baby Ouh! | Kill Rock Stars | |
| Rachid Taha | Bonjour | Knitting Factory | |
| Sleepy Sun | Fever | ATP | |
| Chico Trujillo | Chico de Oro | Barbes | |
| The Pains of Being Pure At Heart | Say No To Love | Slumberland | |
| Blk Jks | Zol! | Secretly Canadian | |
| Mates of State | Crushes: The Covers Mixtape | Self-released |
Week: 5/07/2010 - 5/13/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleigh Bells | Treats | Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. | |
| LCD Soundsystem | This Is Happening | DFA/Virgin | |
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | |
| Ceremony | Rocket Fire | Killer Pimp | |
| See Me River | The One That Got A Wake | Aviation/Don't Stop Believin' | |
| Jack Wilson | Jack Wilson | Self-released | |
| The Poison Control Center | Sad Sour Future | Afternoon | |
| Unbunny | Moon Food | A Hidden Agenda | |
| Grupo Fantasma | El Existential | Nat Geo | |
| The Purrs | Tearing Down Paisley Garden | Self-released | |
| Neverever | Angelic Swells | Slumberland | |
| The Joy Formidable | A Balloon Called Moaning | Black Bell | |
| Dusty 45s | Fortunate Man | Self-released | |
| Anibal Velasquez Y Su Conjunto | Mambo Loco | Analog Africa | |
| Take | Only Mountain | Alpha Pup | |
| CocoRosie | Grey Oceans | Sub Pop | |
| The Futureheads | The Chaos | Dovecote |
Week: 4/30/2010 - 5/06/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National | High Violet | 4AD | |
| Holy Fuck | Latin | XL | |
| The Redwood Plan | Racing Toward the Heartbreak | Fish the Cat | |
| Club 8 | The People's Record | Labrador | |
| Jamie Lidell | Compass | Warp | |
| Woods | At Echo Lake | Woodsist | |
| Tobacco | Maniac Meat | Anticon | |
| Ships | Compulsory Listening | Self-released | |
| The Dead Weather | Sea of Cowards | Third Man/Warner Bros. | |
| Safe Francis | Li(f)e | Anti- | |
| Jahcoozi | Barefoot Wanderer | Bpitch Control | |
| (Varios) | Absolute Belter | B-Music | |
| Solex vs. Cristina Martinez + Jon Spencer | Amsterdam Throwdown, King Street Showdown! | Bronzerat | |
| Declaime | Fonk | Othaship Connect | |
| Macklemore x Ryan Lewis | The Vs. EP | Self-released | |
| The Satellite 4 | Call Your Girl | Soul Union | |
| Kris Kristofferson | Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends | Light in the Attic | |
| Great Waves | At the Bottom of the Well | Self-released | |
| Robyn | Body Talk Pt. 1 | Konichiwa/Cherry Tree/Interscope | |
| Lazer Crystal | MCMLXXX | Thrill Jockey | |
| Trentemøller | Sycamore Feeling | In My Room |
Week: 4/23/2010 - 4/29/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The New Pornographers | Together | Matador | |
| Crystal Castles | Crystal Castles (II) | Fiction | |
| Male Bonding | Nothing Hurts | Sub Pop | |
| Pearly Gate Music | Pearly Gate Music | Barsuk | |
| S | I'm Not As Good At It As You | Own | |
| Lindstrom & Christabelle | Real Life Is No Cool | Smalltown Supersound | |
| Flying Lotus | Cosmogramma | Warp | |
| The Sadies | Darker Circles | Yep Roc | |
| Typhoon | Hunder & Thirst | Tender Loving Empire | |
| Small Black | Small Black EP | Jagjaguwar | |
| Hank III | Rebel Within | Sidewalk | |
| Clogs | The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton | Brassland | |
| Vitamin D | Born Day EP | Self-released | |
| WD4D | Post-Hyphy-Romanticrunk EP | Self-released | |
| The Jayhawks | The Jayhawks (aka The Bunkhouse Album) | Lost Highway | |
| Annuals | Sweet Sister | Banter |
Week: 4/16/2010 - 4/22/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hold Steady | Heaven Is Whenever | Vagrant | |
| Phosphorescent | Here's To Taking It Easy | Dead Oceans | |
| The Fall | Your Future Our Clutter | Domino | |
| (Various) | Horizon Line/Ghostly By Night | Ghostly International | |
| J.Pinder | Code Red EP | Self-released | |
| (Various) | Nigeria Special: Vol. 2 Modern Highlife, Afro Souns & Nigerian Blues 1970-6 | Soundway | |
| Michael Fakesch | Exchange | Musik Aus Strom | |
| Lali Puna | Our Inventions | Morr | |
| Twinkranes | Spektrum Theatre Snakes | B-Music | |
| The Lodger | Flashbacks | Slumberland | |
| Sugar & Gold | Get Wet! | Antenna Farm | |
| Nada Surf | If I Had A Hi-Fi | Mardev | |
| Sin Ropas | Holy Broken | Shrug | |
| Yarn | Come On In | United For Opportunity | |
| Tracey Thorn | Love and Its Opposite | Merge | |
| Booka Shade | More! | Kammermeirer & Merziger | |
| Drew Grow & the Pastors' Wives | Do You Feel It/Bon Voyage Hymn | Amigo/Amiga | |
| The Unthanks | Here's to the Tender Coming | Rough Trade |
Week: 4/09/2010 - 4/15/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broken Social Scene | Forgiveness Rock Record | Arts & Crafts | |
| Head Like A Kite | Dreams Suspend Night | Self-released | |
| The Henry Clay People | Somewhere on the Golden Coast | tbd | |
| Dark Time Sunshine | Vessel | Fake Four Inc. | |
| The Radio Dept. | Clinging to a Scheme | Labrador | |
| OC Notes | Dap Confuser | Self-released | |
| What What Now | Fingers & Toes | Self-released | |
| Shake Some Action! | Fire and Ice | Satellite 451 | |
| Two Door Cinema Club | Tourist History | Glassnote | |
| Mux Mool | Skulltaste | Ghostly International | |
| Tony Allen | Secret Agent | World Circuit/Nonesuch | |
| Secret Cities | Pink Graffiti | Western Vinyl | |
| Blunt Mechanic | World Record | Barsuk | |
| Gotan Project | Tango 3.0 | XL | |
| The Amazing | Wait For A Light To Come | Subliminal Sounds | |
| UNKLE | Where Did the Night Fall | Surrender All | |
| Trombone Shorty | Backatown | Verve Forecast | |
| Free the Robots | Ctrl Alt Delete | Alpha Pup | |
| Pickwick | Hacienda Motel/When Rosa Speaks | Self-released | |
| The Method Actors | This Is Still It | Acute |
Week: 4/02/2010 - 4/08/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | |
| Laura Marling | I Speak Because I Can | Virgin | |
| Ana Tijoux | 1977 | Nacional | |
| Future Islands | In Evening Air | Thrill Jockey | |
| Kings Go Forth | The Outsiders Are Back | Luaka Bop | |
| Erykah Badu | New Amerykah Part 2: Return of the Ankh | Universal Motown | |
| Delorean | Subiza | Fool House | |
| Avi Buffalo | Avi Buffalo | Sub Pop | |
| (Various) | Casual Nostalgia Fest | Sub Pop | |
| Disappears | Lux | Kranky | |
| (Various) | Gilles Peterson presents Havana Cultura | Brownswood | |
| Unnatural Helpers | Cracked Love & Other Drugs | Hardly Art | |
| Solvents | Madonica | Self-released | |
| Jason & the Scorchers | Halcyon Times | Courageous Chicken | |
| Roky Erickson with Okkervil River | True Love Cast Out All Evil | Anti- | |
| Horse Feathers | Thistled Spring | Kill Rock Stars | |
| Stanton Moore | Groove Alchemy | Telarc | |
| Black Francis | Nonstoperotik | Cooking Vinyl | |
| MGMT | Congratulations | Columbia | |
| David Byrne & Fatboy Slim | Here Lies Love | Nonesuch | |
| The Globes | Sinter Songs | Manito | |
| Foxes in Fiction | Swung From the Branches | Orchid Tapes |
Week: 3/26/2010 - 4/01/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Shade | Victor Shade | Self-released | |
| The Secret History | The World That Never Was | Le Grand Magistery | |
| Harlem | Hippies | Matador | |
| Cornershop | Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast | Ample Play | |
| Sam Amidon | I See the Sign | Bedroom Community | |
| Balkan Beat Box | Blue Eyed Black Boy | National Geographic | |
| Pretty Lights | Making Up A Changing Mind | Self-released | |
| Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings | I Learned the Hard Way | Daptone | |
| Black Tambourine | Black Tambourine | Slumberland | |
| Wooden Shjips | Vol. 2 | Sick Thirst | |
| Mary Gauthier | The Foundling | Razor & Tie | |
| The Besnard Lakes | The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night | Jagjaguwar | |
| Rafter | Animal Feelings | Asthmatic Kitty | |
| Mark Sultan | $ | Last Gang | |
| Very Be Careful | Escape Room | Barbes | |
| Rose's Pawn Shop | Dancing on the Gallows | Self-released | |
| Caetano Veloso | zii e zie | Nonesuch | |
| Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & the Cairo Gang | The Wonder Show of the World | Drag City | |
| Matt Pond PA | The Dark Leaves | Altitude | |
| THEESatisfaction | Loves the Sa-Ra Creative Partners | Self-released | |
| Mulatu Astatke | Mulatu Steps Ahead | Strut | |
| Yawn | EP | Self-released | |
| Kasper Bjørke | Standing On Top of Utopia | HFN | |
| (Various) | Mexican Summer Compilation | Mexican Summer | |
| Deceptikon | Mythology of the Metropolis | Daly City | |
| Trans Am | Thing | Thrill Jockey | |
| Black Prairie | Feast of the Hunters' Moon | Sugar Hill | |
| (Various) | Elevator Music Vol. 1 | Fabric |
Week: 3/19/2010 - 3/25/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jónsi | Go | XL | |
| Let's Wrestle | In the Court of the Wrestling Let's | Merge | |
| Clorofila | Corridos Urbanos | Nacional | |
| Gabriel Mintz | Volume One | Self-released | |
| Hoquiam | Hoquiam | St. Ives | |
| Dr. Dog | Shame, Shame | Anti- | |
| Absolute Monarchs | Absolute Monarchs | Self-released | |
| Voyager One | Geography EP | Tokyoidaho | |
| Mi Ami | Steal Your Face | Thrill Jockey | |
| Salmon Thrasher | What Gives | Self-released | |
| Ralph White | The Mongrel's Hoard | Monofonous Press | |
| The Small Change | Every Line In My Head | Unsmashable | |
| Goldfrapp | Head First | Mute | |
| Arctic Monkeys | My Propeller | Domino |
Week: 3/12/2010 - 3/18/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The White Stripes | Under Great White Northern Lights | Third Man/Warner Bros. | |
| Love Is All | Two Thousand and Ten Injuries | Polyvinyl | |
| The Tallest Man On Earth | The Wild Hunt | Dead Oceans | |
| The Mynabirds | What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood | Saddle Creek | |
| Sleepy Eyes of Death | Toward A Damaged Horizon | Sleep Capsule | |
| Double Dagger | Masks | Thrill Jockey | |
| Cock & Swan | Unrecognize | Dandelion Gold | |
| Monster Movie | Everyone Is A Ghost | Graveface | |
| Splatinum | Der Schplatz! | Daly City | |
| Foscil | Residential | Journal of Popular Noise | |
| Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs | Medicine County | Transdreamer | |
| Seabear | We Built A Fire | Morr | |
| The Knife with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock | Tomorrow, In A Year | Mute | |
| She & Him | Volume Two | Merge | |
| Jonas Reinhardt | Powers of Audition | Kranky | |
| Crookers | Tons of Friends | Southern Fried | |
| jj | N°3 | Secretly Canadian | |
| Little Boots | Hands | Elektra |
Week: 3/05/2010 - 3/11/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gorillaz | Plastic Beach | Virgin | |
| Dum Dum Girls | I Will Be | Sub Pop | |
| The Lights | Failed Graves | Wantage | |
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Beat the Devil's Tattoo | Vagrant | |
| Seasick Steve | Man From Another Time | Rykodisc/Atlantic | |
| Broken Bells | Broken Bells | Columbia | |
| Free Energy | Stuck On Nothing | DFA/Astralwerks | |
| Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars | Rise & Shine | Cumbancha | |
| Jason Collett | Rat A Tat Tat | Arts & Crafts | |
| Trampled By Turtles | Palomino | Banjodad/Thirty Tigers | |
| Slow Club | Yeah So | Moshi Moshi | |
| Archie Bronson Outfit | Coconut | Domino | |
| Serena Maneesh | #2: Abyss in B Minor | 4AD | |
| Bonobo | Black Sands | Ninja Tune | |
| (Various) | Nigeria Afrobeat Special | Soundway | |
| Bright Eyes/Neva Dinova | One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels | Saddle Creek | |
| Eddy Current Suppression Ring | Rush to Relax | Goner | |
| Tunng | And Then We Saw Land | Thrill Jockey | |
| The Notekillers | We're Here to Help | Naction | |
| Okapi | Love Him | Illegal Art | |
| Jimi Hendrix | Valleys of Neptune | Experience Hendrix/Legacy | |
| Amanaz | Africa | QDK Media |
Week: 2/26/2010 - 3/04/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frightened Rabbit | The Winter of Mixed Drinks | Fatcat | |
| Drive-By Truckers | The Big To-Do | ATO | |
| Quadron | Quadron | Plug Research | |
| Strange Boys | Be Brave | In the Red | |
| Tanlines | Settings EP | True Panther | |
| Fang Island | Fang Island | Sargent House | |
| Liars | Sisterworld | Mute | |
| Gonjasufi | A Sufi and a Killer | Warp | |
| Happy Birthday | Happy Birthday | Sub Pop | |
| (Various) | Afro-Rock Volume 1 | Strut | |
| Lou Bond | Lou Bond | Light in the Attic | |
| MillionYoung | Be So True EP | Arcade Sound Ltd. | |
| (Soundtrack) | No One Knows About Persian Cats | Milan | |
| Johnny Dowd | Wake Up the Snakes | Munich | |
| Letting Up Despite Great Faults | Letting Up Despite Great Faults | Self-released | |
| BeanOne | Short Circuit | Self-released | |
| Transient Songs | Cave Syndromes | Indian Casino | |
| Nightmare Air | Nightmare Air | Self-released | |
| The Graze | Give/Sell | J Shirt | |
| What What Now | What What Now | Self-released | |
| Memoryhouse | The Years EP | Arcade Sound Ltd. | |
| Jack Rose | Luck in the Valley | Thrill Jockey | |
| The Splinters | Kick | Double Negative | |
| Another Electronic Musician | States of Space | n5MD | |
| John Hiatt | The Open Road | New West | |
| Shelby Lynne | Tears, Lies, and Alibis | Everso | |
| Future Islands | Tin Man | Thrill Jockey | |
| Lemonade | Pure Moods EP | True Panther |
Week: 2/19/2010 - 2/25/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Leo and the Pharmacists | The Brutalist Bricks | Matador | |
| Titus Andronicus | The Monitor | XL | |
| The Morning Benders | Big Echo | Rough Trade | |
| These New Puritans | Hidden | Domino | |
| Javelin | No Mas | Luaka Bop | |
| Sambassadeur | European | Labrador | |
| Joanna Newsom | Have One On Me | Drag City | |
| High Places | High Places vs. Mankind | Thrill Jockey | |
| Cary Ann Hearst | Are You Ready To Die | Filter US | |
| Baltic Cousins | Baltic Cousins | demo | |
| The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt | I love you! I love you! I love you and I'm in love with you! | Luaka Bop | |
| Robert Pollard | We All Got Out of the Army | Guided By Voices Inc. | |
| Elder Mason | We Will Still Be Here When You're Gone | Self-released | |
| Gospel Gossip | Drift | Guilt Ridden Pop | |
| World Atlas | World Atlas | Magic Marker | |
| (Various) | Pomegranates | B-Music | |
| Parenthetical Girls | Privilege Pt. 1: On Death & Endearments | Slender Means Society | |
| Witch | Lazy Bones!! | QDK Media |
Week: 2/12/2010 - 2/18/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dinosaur Feathers | Fantasy Memorial | Self-released | |
| Choc Quib Town | Oro | Nacional | |
| The Ruby Suns | Fight Softly | Sub Pop | |
| Jaguar Love | Hologram Jams | Fat Possum | |
| Golden Triangle | Double Jointer | Hardly Art | |
| Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate | Ali and Toumani | World Circuit/Nonesuch | |
| Holly Miranda | The Magician's Private Library | XL | |
| Charlie Hunter | Gentlemen, I Neglected To Inform You You Will Not Be Getting Paid | Spire Artists | |
| Carolina Chocolate Drops | Genuine Negro Jig | Nonesuch | |
| Razia | Zebu Nation | Cumbancha | |
| The Holmes Brothers | Feed My Soul | Alligator | |
| A Sunny Day in Glasgow | Nitetime Rainbows | Mis Ojos Discos | |
| (Various) | Minimal Wave Tapes | Stones Throw |
Week: 2/05/2010 - 2/11/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Various) | Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox | Merge | |
| Lightspeed Champion | Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You. | Domino | |
| Hurricane Lanterns | Hymns for the Misguided | Self-released | |
| Freeway & Jake One | The Stimulus Package | Rhymesayers | |
| Massive Attack | Heligoland | Virgin | |
| Pepper Rabbit | Shakes + Clicks | Dag Shaq | |
| Washed Out | Life of Leisure EP | Mexican Summer | |
| Rocky Votolato | True Devotion | Barsuk | |
| Miles Kurosky | The Desert of Shallow Effects | Majordomo | |
| David Starfire | Bollywood Bass | Six Degrees | |
| Moon Duo | Escape | Woodsist | |
| The Go Find | Everybody Knows It's Gonna Happen Only Not Tonight | Morr | |
| Art Museums | Rough Frame | Woodsist | |
| Jaga Jazzist | One Armed Bandi | Ninja Tune | |
| The Souljazz Orchestra | Rising Sun | Strut | |
| Golden Ages | Tradition | Deerhaus Collective | |
| Overnight Lows | City of Rotten Eyes | Goner | |
| (Various) | Preservation | Preservation Hall | |
| White Hills | White Hills | Thrill Jockey | |
| Quakers on Probation | Every Living Thing | Self-released | |
| Ravenna Woods | Demons and Lakes | Self-released | |
| ent | Welcome Stranger | n5MD | |
| Midnight Masses | Rapture Ready, I Gazed at the Body | Team Lo | |
| Good Luck Dark Star | You'll Need It | Shangri-La | |
| Field Music | Measure | Memphis Industries | |
| Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore | Dear Companion | Sub Pop | |
| The White Stripes | Under Great White Northern Lights | Third Man/Warner Bros | |
| (Various) | Cumulus Music Festival 2010 | none | |
| Strong Arm Steady | In Search of Stoney Jackson | Stones Throw | |
| Nneka | Concrete Jungle | Yo Mama/Decon/Epic | |
| Jookabox | Dead Zone Boys | Asthmatic Kitty | |
| Bei Bei & Shawn Lee | Into the Wind | Ubiquity | |
| (Various) | Bob Blank: Blank Tapes NYC 1975-1985 | Strut |
Week: 1/29/2010 - 2/04/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Various) | Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox | Merge | |
| Lightspeed Champion | Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You. | Domino | |
| Hurricane Lanterns | Hymns for the Misguided | Self-released | |
| Freeway & Jake One | The Stimulus Package | Rhymesayers | |
| Massive Attack | Heligoland | Virgin | |
| Pepper Rabbit | Shakes + Clicks | Dag Shaq | |
| Washed Out | Life of Leisure EP | Mexican Summer | |
| Rocky Votolato | True Devotion | Barsuk | |
| Miles Kurosky | The Desert of Shallow Effects | Majordomo | |
| David Starfire | Bollywood Bass | Six Degrees | |
| Moon Duo | Escape | Woodsist | |
| The Go Find | Everybody Knows It's Gonna Happen Only Not Tonight | Morr | |
| Art Museums | Rough Frame | Woodsist | |
| Jaga Jazzist | One Armed Bandi | Ninja Tune | |
| The Souljazz Orchestra | Rising Sun | Strut | |
| Golden Ages | Tradition | Deerhaus Collective | |
| Overnight Lows | City of Rotten Eyes | Goner | |
| (Various) | Preservation | Preservation Hall | |
| White Hills | White Hills | Thrill Jockey | |
| Quakers on Probation | Every Living Thing | Self-released | |
| Ravenna Woods | Demons and Lakes | Self-released | |
| ent | Welcome Stranger | n5MD | |
| Midnight Masses | Rapture Ready, I Gazed at the Body | Team Lo | |
| Good Luck Dark Star | You'll Need It | Shangri-La | |
| Field Music | Measure | Memphis Industries | |
| Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore | Dear Companion | Sub Pop | |
| The White Stripes | Under Great White Northern Lights | Third Man/Warner Bros | |
| (Various) | Cumulus Music Festival 2010 | none | |
| Strong Arm Steady | In Search of Stoney Jackson | Stones Throw | |
| Nneka | Concrete Jungle | Yo Mama/Decon/Epic | |
| Jookabox | Dead Zone Boys | Asthmatic Kitty | |
| Bei Bei & Shawn Lee | Into the Wind | Ubiquity | |
| (Various) | Bob Blank: Blank Tapes NYC 1975-1985 | Strut |
Week: 1/22/2010 - 1/28/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Chip | One Life Stand | Astralwerks | |
| Past Lives | Tapestry of Webs | Suicide Squeeze | |
| Charlotte Gainsbourg | IRM | Elektra | |
| Pantha du Prince | Black Noise | Rough Trade | |
| Glass Rock | Tall Firs Meet Soft Location | Ecstatic Peace! | |
| The Spy From Cairo | Secretly Famous | Wonderwheel | |
| Toro Y Moi | Causers of This | Carpark | |
| Citay | Dream Get Together | Dead Oceans | |
| Reporter | Time Incredible | demo | |
| Freedy Johnston | Rain on the City | Bar/None | |
| Gigi | Maintenant | Tomlab | |
| Phantogram | Eyelid Movies | Barsuk | |
| Corinne Bailey Rae | The Sea | Capitol | |
| Malachai | Ugly Side of Love | Domino | |
| Youssou N'Dour | I Bring What I Love | Nonesuch | |
| RJD2 | The Colossus | RJ's Electrical Connections | |
| Alpha Yaya Diallo | Imme | Jericho Beach | |
| Patty Griffin | Downtown Church | Credential | |
| The Album Leaf | A Chorus of Storytellers | Sub Pop |
Week: 1/15/2010 - 1/21/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian | |
| Four Tet | There Is Love In You | Domino | |
| Gil Scott-Heron | I'm New Here | XL | |
| Fucked Up | Couple Tracks | Matador | |
| (Various) | Casual Victim Pile | Matador | |
| Galactic | ya-ka-may | Anti- | |
| Pierced Arrows | Descending Shadows | Vice | |
| Clem Snide | The Meat of Life | 429 (Four-Two-Nine) | |
| Midlake | The Courage of Others | Bella Union | |
| (Various) | Sweetheart 2010 | Starbucks | |
| Blockhead | The Music Scene | Ninja Tune | |
| Dessa | A Badly Broken Chord | Doomtree | |
| Pit er Pat | The Flexible Entertainer | Thrill Jockey | |
| Eastern Grip | The Flailure EP | Self-released | |
| Oh No Ono | Eggs | Friendly Fire | |
| Post Harbor | They Can't Hurt You If You Don't Believe In Them | Burning Building | |
| Underworld vs. The Misterons | Athens | !K7 | |
| (Various) | ZEVolution: Ze-Records Re-Edited | Strut | |
| Liars | Sisterworld | Mute | |
| Slow Six | Tomorrow Becomes You | Western Vinyl | |
| Findlay Brown | Love Will Find You | Verve Forecas |
Week: 1/08/2010 - 1/14/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop | |
| Magnetic Fields | Realism | Nonesuch | |
| Owen Pallett | Heartland | Domino | |
| The Soft Pack | The Soft Pack | Kemado | |
| Chris Joss | Monomaniacs Volume 1 | ESL | |
| Spoon | Transference | Merge | |
| Jeff the Brotherhood | Heavy Days | Infinity Cat | |
| Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba | I Speak Fula | Next Ambiance/Sub Pop | |
| World's Greatest Ghosts | No Magic | Lucky Madison | |
| Tindersticks | Falling Down A Mountain | Constellation | |
| Mulatu Astatke/The Heliocentrics | Inspiration Information | Strut | |
| Richmond Fontaine | We Used to Think the Freeway Sounded Like A River | Arena Rock | |
| Themselves | CrownsDown | Anticon | |
| Shlohmo | The Shlomoshun Deluxe | FoF Music | |
| Wild Yaks | 10 Ships/Don't Die Yet | Ernest Jenning Record Co. | |
| Olof Arnalds | Vio og Vio | One Little Indian | |
| Nick Curran and the Lowlifes | Reform School Girl | Eclecto Groove | |
| Jes Raymond | Even the Trees | Self-released | |
| (Various) | Bearded Ladies Volume One | Finders Keepers/B-Music | |
| The Dynamics with Jimmy Hanna | 1960-1965 | Seafair-Bolo |
Week: 1/01/2010 - 1/07/2010
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vampire Weekend | Contra | XL | |
| Retribution Gospel Choir | 2 (Two) | Sub Pop | |
| King Midas Sound | Waiting For You | Hyperdub | |
| Eels | End Times | Vagrant | |
| silOHs | Silos L.P. | Self-released | |
| Editors | In This Light and On This Evening | Fader | |
| (Various) | Steppas' Delight 2 | Soul Jazz | |
| Eighteen Individual Eyes | Slightly Frightened, Mostly Happy | Scissor City Sound | |
| Terri Tarantula | Terri Tarantula | Skok | |
| You Say Party! We Say Die! | XXXX | Paper Bag | |
| (Various) | Gozalo! Bugalu Tropical Vol. 3 | Vampisoul | |
| Mr. Chop | For Pete's Sake | Now-Again | |
| (Various) | Cazumbi: African Sixties Garage Vol. 2 | No Smoke | |
| Paris Spleen | Like Love | Self-released | |
| Gavin Guss | Mercury Mine | Obsolte Media | |
| (Various) | Ball of Wax Vol. 18 | Ball of Wax | |
| The New Law | High Noon | Self-released |