Happy nearly new year, everyone! Wednesday night DJ e"f"d here. As in years past, I have conducted an extensive computer analysis of my playlists from the past year to see which songs and albums I played the most in 2010. Then, I re-arranged the computerized results based on how much I actually liked everything (since, for various reasons, sometimes the records and CDs that I end up playing the most may not always be the ones I liked the most). This year, though, I found myself leaning on the number of plays per album as a tie-breaker more than in the past . And frankly I could have listed pretty much everything from #10 to #20 in the best full-length list as a tie for #10. Ranking these lists is hard!
Releases are grouped into four categories: new full-length albums; singles and EPs; various artist compilations; and reissues/collections by a single artist. Take a look, and please leave your thoughts and faves at the bottom of this post!
(All listen links are pop-up players from the WFMU Archives. You can also hear songs from the top 10 in each category on my radio show from Wednesday, Dec. 29. Check out all the Best of 2010 lists!)
Evan "Funk" Davies's Top 20+10 of 2010
1. Conspiracy Of Owls Self-titled (Burger) Listen to "Raving Mad" |
2. White Hills Self-titled (Thrill Jockey) Listen to "Three Quarters" |
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3. Adam WarRock |
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4. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists |
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5. Electric Six |
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6. Unnatural Helpers |
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7. Black Angels |
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8. Soft Tags |
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9. Everybody Was In The French Resistance... Now! |
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10. Turzi |
(the rest are after the jump, along with singles/EPs, collections and re-issues)
11. Nothing People - Soft Crash (S-S)
12. Pernice Brothers - Goodbye, Killer (Ashmont)
13. Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby - Two-Way Family Favourites (Southern Domestic)
14. Magic Kids - Memphis (True Panther)
15. Hank IV - III (Siltbreeze)
16. Cute Lepers - Smart Accessories (1-2-3-4-go!)
17. The Limiñanas - self-titled (Trouble In Mind)
18. Bare Wires - Seeking Love (Castle Face)
19. Pleasure Kills - Bring Me A Match (Polypore)
20. Apache - Radical Sabbatical (Burger)
21. Boston Spaceships - Our Cubehouse Still Rocks (Guided By Voices Inc.)
22. The Intelligence - Males (In The Red)
23. The Sights - Most Of What Follows Is True (Alive)
24. Moonhearts - self-titled (Tic Tac Totally)
25. Japanther - Rock & Roll Ice Cream (Wantage USA)
26. The Brought Low - 3rd Record (Smallstone)
27. Tie: Tone Tank & Scott Thorough - Scott & Tone / Junk Science - A Miraculous Kind Of Machine (Modern Shark)
28. Grass Widow - Past Time (Kill Rock Stars)
29. Cheap Time - Fantastic Explanations (And Similar Situations) (In The Red)
30. Kid Icarus - Imaginary Songs And Aluminum Hits (Summersteps)
Favorite Singles/EPs of 2010
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1. The Limiñanas "Je Ne Suis Pas Trés Drogue" 7" single (Trouble In Mind) Listen to "Je Ne Suis Pas Trés Drogue" |
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2. The Laureates No Kontrol EP (Funambulist) |
3. Superhuman Happiness /CSC Funk Band |
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4. Tropical Sleep |
5. RVIVR- "Derailer" 7" single (Rumbletowne)
6. First Base - She's Boy Crazy 7" EP (Play Pinball!)
7. Devil Eyes - "Rip My Heart Out" 7" single (Signed By Force)
8. Modey Lemon - "Wandering Eye" 7" single (These Are Not Records)
9. Straightshooter - "Straightshooter" 7" single (Sing Sing)
10. Holy Cobras - "Feed Yr Head" 7" single (Telephone Explosion)
11. Pop. 1280 - split 7" single with Hot Guts (Bad Master)
12. Fungi Girls - "Turquoise Hotel" 7" single (Hozac)
13. Junkers - No Goodbye 7" EP (Gen Pop)
14. Spider - "Back To The Wall" 7" single (Sing Sing)
15. Mantles - Pink Information 12" EP (Mexican Summer)
16. Wetdog - "Lower Leg" 7" single (Captured Tracks)
17. Davila 666 - s/t 12" EP (Rob's House)
18. Boston Spaceships - Camera Found The Ray Gun 7" EP (Jackpot)
19. A-Bones - "Shallow Grave" 7' single (Norton)
20. Big Troubles - Bad People 7" EP (Olde English Spelling Bee)
Favorite Various Artist Compilations of 2010
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1. Idealistic Youth - 80's U.S. Mod Revival Volume 1: California (MND) Listen to "Round And Round" by The Corsairs |
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2. Kamp Holland (Enfant Terrible) |
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3. Nippon Girls: Japanese Pop, Beat & Bossa Nova 1966-70 |
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4. Mixed Up Minds, Part 1: Obscure Rock & Pop From The British Isles 1970 to 1973 |
5. Le Beat Bespoke vol. 4 (Circle)
6. Westbound: Detroit Northern Soul (Kent)
7. [Disqualified due to last-minute discovery that it was actually released in 2008!]
8. Bustin' out 1982: New Wave to New Beat vol. 2 (Year Zero)
9. Family Album (People's Potential Unlimited)
10. Backstreet Brit Funk (Z)
Favorite Reissues/Collections of 2010
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1. The Endtables self-titled (Drag City) Listen to "White Glove Test" |
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2. Chin Chin Sound Of The Westway (Mississippi/Slumberland) |
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3. Method Actors |
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4. Agent Side Grinder |
5. Jameson Raid - Just As The Dust Has Settled (Shadow Kingdom)
6. Scattered Order - Prat Culture Plus (Klang Galerie)
7. Adam & The Ants - Dirk Wears White Sox (Columbia)
8. MC Shan - Born To Be Wild (Cold Chillin')
9. The Quick - Mondo Deco (Radio Heartbeat)
10. The Poppees - Pop Goes The Anthology (Bomp)
and lastly, for the third straight year:
Best Trash Emptyer at WFMU
1. Tom Scharpling
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