top five albums of 2010

1. kanye west – my beautiful dark twisted fantasy

this is pretty much a given.  i’m completely obsessed with this.  his best to date, maybe one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time.  completely insane and insanely great.  listen to it thirty times in a day like i do.

2. frightened rabbit – the winter of mixed drinks

i absolutely adored frightened rabbit’s the midnight organ fight, but i think the winter of mixed drinks might be even better.  they’ve done an excellent job of balancing the melancholy and the hopeful on this one.  if organ fight is the breakup, then mixed drinks is the closure.

3. mumford and sons – sigh no more

fox’s ill-fated “lonestar” actually introduced me to these guys.  they were featured heavily in the pilot, directed by marc webb, whose cinematography can make you fall in love with any band.  i think “propulsive” is the best way to describe this one.  yeah, that works.

4. superchunk – majesty shredding

superchunk are just fun.  i really missed that awesome 90′s indie rock sound and majesty totally delivered.  “learned to surf” has been my wake-up song for months now.  keep being awesome, superchunk!

5. childish gambino – cul de sac

donald glover is kind of my hero.  the dude is ridiculous at everything he does and childish gambino is no different.  the first couple of mixtapes were cool but cul de sac really blew me away.  donald 4 spiderman!

-srd