My Top Ten Albums of 2010

BY KRIS, AFTERNOON DJ AT 92/9

1. Band of Horses – Infinite Arms

2. Broken Social Scene –

Forgiveness Rock Record

3. Menomena – Friend Or Foe

4. Against Me – White Crosses

5. The Black Angels –

Phosphene Dream

6. Delorean – Subiza

7. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs

8. The New Pornographers – Together

9. Fitz & The Tantrums – Pickin’ Up The Pieces

10. Sleigh Bells – Treats

Ten Albums You Can Shake to Besides LCD Soundsystem’s This Is Happening

BY ETHAN BARRONS, SOURCE CD REVIEWER

1. Sleigh Bells – Treats

2. Hot Chip – One Life Stand

3. Robyn – Body Talk

4. Twin Shadow – Forget

5. Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz

6. Club 8 – The People’s Record

7. Caribou – Swim

8. Lindstrom & Christabelle

– Real Life Is No Cool

9. Vampire Weekend – Contra

10. Free Energy – Stuck On Nothing

Top Ten Albums You Told People About and Felt 30 Percent Cooler for Doing So

BY ETHAN BARRONS

1. Free Energy – Stuck On Nothing

2. Agalloch – Marrow of the Spirit

3. High on Fire – Snakes for the Divine

4. The Radio Dept. – Clinging to a Scheme

5. Robyn – Body Talk

6. Janelle Monáe – The ArchAndroid

7. Twin Shadow – Forget

8. The Tallest Man on Earth – The Wild Hunt

9. Sonny & the Sunsets – Sonny & the Sunsets

10. Alcest – Écailles de Lune

This article appears in Dec 30, 2010 – Jan 5, 2011.

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Top Ten Albums of 2010

by Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon
December 29, 2010

<h1>Top Ten Albums of 2010</h1> <p class="byline">by Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />December 29, 2010</p> <p><strong>My Top Ten Albums of 2010</strong></p> <p>BY KRIS, AFTERNOON DJ AT 92/9</p> <p> 1. Band of Horses - Infinite Arms</p> <p>2. Broken Social Scene -</p> <p>Forgiveness Rock Record</p> <p>3. Menomena - Friend Or Foe</p> <p>4. Against Me - White Crosses</p> <p>5. The Black Angels -</p> <p>Phosphene Dream</p> <p>6. Delorean - Subiza</p> <p>7. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs</p> <p>8. The New Pornographers - Together</p> <p>9. Fitz &amp; The Tantrums - Pickin&apos; Up The Pieces</p> <p>10. Sleigh Bells - Treats</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Ten Albums You Can Shake to Besides LCD Soundsystem&apos;s This Is Happening</strong></p> <p> BY ETHAN BARRONS, SOURCE CD REVIEWER</p> <p>1. Sleigh Bells - Treats</p> <p>2. Hot Chip - One Life Stand</p> <p>3. Robyn - Body Talk</p> <p>4. Twin Shadow - Forget</p> <p>5. Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz</p> <p>6. Club 8 - The People&apos;s Record</p> <p>7. Caribou - Swim</p> <p>8. Lindstrom &amp; Christabelle</p> <p> - Real Life Is No Cool</p> <p>9. Vampire Weekend - Contra</p> <p>10. Free Energy - Stuck On Nothing</p> </p> <p><strong>Top Ten Albums You Told People About and Felt 30 Percent Cooler for Doing So</strong></p> <p>BY ETHAN BARRONS</p> <p> 1. Free Energy - Stuck On Nothing</p> <p>2. Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit</p> <p>3. High on Fire - Snakes for the Divine</p> <p>4. The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a Scheme</p> <p>5. Robyn - Body Talk</p> <p>6. Janelle Mon&aacute;e - The ArchAndroid</p> <p>7. Twin Shadow - Forget</p> <p>8. The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt</p> <p>9. Sonny &amp; the Sunsets - Sonny &amp; the Sunsets</p> <p>10. Alcest - Écailles de Lune</p> </p></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/music/top-ten-albums-of-2010-2136844/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=18649&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/music/top-ten-albums-of-2010-2136844/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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