Tracks of 2010

The songs that made me go moist in my nether regions in 2010

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1. HOT CHIP: ONE LIFE STAND

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPXPIx1LlPY

2. EVERYTHING EVERYTHING: MY KZ, UR BF

3. AVI BUFFALO: WHAT'S IN IT FOR

4. BEACH HOUSE: ZEBRA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-wfb25WmV4&feature=channel

5. GRUF RHYS: SHARK RIDDEN WATERS

6. JOHN GRANT: TC AND THE HONEYBEAR (never released as a single but gorgeous melody and production)

7. THE MOMENTS AND THE WHATNAUTS (a major cheat, this, as it's from 1973, but boy did this song give me goosebumps all year long!!!!)

8. JANELLE MONAE: TIGHTROPE (the most exciting new voice of the year)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwnefUaKCbc

9. TWIN SISTER: ALL AROUND AND AWAY WE GO

10. DARWIN DEEZ: CONSTELLATION (simply the most unfortunate hipster do in memory, but just the claps themselves redeem him. tune!)

I must say rather a vintage year in singles. Every one of them is destined to be a SNTF office classic!

The Albums of 2010

I know, I know, it's way late but a certain bug that's been going around this part of the world kept me laid up on my back for weeks. It's never too late to reminisce about the good tunes of the recent past, though.

So, here it is, what you've all been waiting for: the albums that made me go "Oooh" in 2010

1. John Grant: Queen of Denmark

2. Janelle Monae: The ArchAndroid

3. She and Him: Volume Two

4. Caribou: Swim

5. Gorillaz: Plastic Beach

6. Beach House: Teen Dream

7. Music Go Music: Expressions

8. Massive Attack: Heligoland

9. Gil Scott-Heron: I'm New Here

10. Plan B: The Defamation of Strickland Banks

Discuss!