1. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
2. Robert Plant – Band of Joy
3. Plan B – The Defamation of Strickland Banks
4. Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can
5. Vampire Weekend – Contra
6. John Grant – Queen of Denmark
7. Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
8. The National – High Violet
9. Paul Weller – Wake Up the Nation
10. MGMT – Congratulations
11. The Black Keys – Brothers
12. Gil Scott-Heron – I’m New Here
13. Beach House – Teen Dream
14. Hot Chip – One Life Stand
15. Yeasayer – Odd Blood
16. Foals – Total Life Forever
17. John Legend & The Roots – Wake Up!
18. Manic Street Preachers – Postcards from a Young Man
19. Grinderman – Grinderman 2
20. Take That – Progress
21. Band of Horses – Infinite Arms
22. Corinne Bailey Rae – The Sea
23. LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
24. Bryan Ferry – Olympia
25. Kings of Leon – Come Around Sundown
26. Klaxons – Surfing the Void
27. Midlake – The Courage of Others
28. Avi Buffalo – Avi Buffalo
29. Interpol – Interpol
30. Brandon Flowers – Flamingo
31. The Chemical Brothers – Further
32. The Drums – The Drums
33. Tricky – Mixed Race
34. The Dead Weather – Sea of Cowards
35. Man Alive – Everything Everything
36. The Roots – How I Got Over
37. The Coral – Butterfly House
38. Janelle Monae – The Archandroid
39. I Am Kloot – Sky at Night
40. Peter Gabriel – Scratch My Back
41. Belle and Sebastian – Write About Love
42. Tom Jones – Praise & Blame
43. Skream – Outside the Box
44. Villagers – Becoming a Jackal
45. Cherry Ghost – Beneath This Burning Shoreline
46. Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
47. Two Door Cinema Club – Tourist History
48. Edwyn Collins – Losing Sleep
49. Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
50. Steve Mason – Boys Outside
I’m working.
Thanks for the thoughts on schools rf. I need to go back and re-read your post when I have a few minutes.
Donatella;
Did you happen catch the WSJ’s special write-up about the energy sector yesterday? A breath of fresh air, imo.
Me too. I don’t know any of them.
Cobblehiller;
That’s 10 more than I know!
DH, I only know about 10 of those artists/bands. : (
I’m working (but I’m cheating, since I’m in San Jose).
so bored – i wish i had a cool job
Q Magazine’s top 50 albums of 2010 – fyi
1. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
2. Robert Plant – Band of Joy
3. Plan B – The Defamation of Strickland Banks
4. Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can
5. Vampire Weekend – Contra
6. John Grant – Queen of Denmark
7. Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
8. The National – High Violet
9. Paul Weller – Wake Up the Nation
10. MGMT – Congratulations
11. The Black Keys – Brothers
12. Gil Scott-Heron – I’m New Here
13. Beach House – Teen Dream
14. Hot Chip – One Life Stand
15. Yeasayer – Odd Blood
16. Foals – Total Life Forever
17. John Legend & The Roots – Wake Up!
18. Manic Street Preachers – Postcards from a Young Man
19. Grinderman – Grinderman 2
20. Take That – Progress
21. Band of Horses – Infinite Arms
22. Corinne Bailey Rae – The Sea
23. LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
24. Bryan Ferry – Olympia
25. Kings of Leon – Come Around Sundown
26. Klaxons – Surfing the Void
27. Midlake – The Courage of Others
28. Avi Buffalo – Avi Buffalo
29. Interpol – Interpol
30. Brandon Flowers – Flamingo
31. The Chemical Brothers – Further
32. The Drums – The Drums
33. Tricky – Mixed Race
34. The Dead Weather – Sea of Cowards
35. Man Alive – Everything Everything
36. The Roots – How I Got Over
37. The Coral – Butterfly House
38. Janelle Monae – The Archandroid
39. I Am Kloot – Sky at Night
40. Peter Gabriel – Scratch My Back
41. Belle and Sebastian – Write About Love
42. Tom Jones – Praise & Blame
43. Skream – Outside the Box
44. Villagers – Becoming a Jackal
45. Cherry Ghost – Beneath This Burning Shoreline
46. Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
47. Two Door Cinema Club – Tourist History
48. Edwyn Collins – Losing Sleep
49. Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
50. Steve Mason – Boys Outside
I’m working…
nobody here but us mice….