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Woah, 2010 was a pretty awesome year for music.

This here post is evidence of that fact. What follows is a compilation of all the tracks that have been stuck in my head all year long. Definitely check out the top 20 tracks, but also make sure you scroll through the whole list. Perhaps there is something down there that you missed (maybe)? Or to put it in terms that are “so 2010″, these songs are full of epic win.

This is my largest year end list yet (last year’s list is here), added up this list is over SEVEN HOURS of music. It was really difficult to edit down (it started with around 190 tracks). FYI: the Top 20 tracks should fit nicely onto a CD-R (if you still use that particular technology).

Did I miss something totally awesome? Then leave a comment and let me know. Have fun listening/downloading.

Here are the Top 20 Downloadables of the year (in order):

1. USA BOYS (mp3) by HEALTH
2. Glitter (mp3) by No Age
3. Friendly Ghost (mp3) by Harlem
4. Ambling Alp (mp3) by Yeasayer
5. Odessa (mp3) by Caribou
6. Four Fires (mp3) by ADULT THEMES
7. Magic Child (mp3) by True Womanhood
8. I’ve Gotta Get (mp3) by Woven Bones
9. Tell ‘Em (mp3) by Sleigh Bells
10. M.B.T. (mp3) by Susu
11. Sung (Not Said) (mp3) by Magnetic Island
12. IMHO (mp3) by Wonder Wheel
13. Drifting (mp3) by Young Adults
14. Message From Limbo (mp3) by Marie Stella
15. Diamond Way (mp3) by JEFF The Brotherhood
16. Summer Friends (mp3) by Junk Culture
17. Yellow Wings (mp3) by Keepaway
18. Not In Love (ft. Robert Smith) (mp3) by Crystal
         Castles
19. I Do (mp3) by Screaming Females
20. Revival (mp3) by Deerhunter

And here is every single other song that you absolutely must download right now in alphabetical order (by artist).

Airbrushed (mp3) by Anamanaguchi

Shake Shake Shake (Single Edit) (mp3) by Antimagic

Brussels Truffles (mp3) by Archers

CGI Fridays (mp3) by Back to the Future The Ride

Clamor (mp3) by Balmorhea

When I’m With You (mp3) by Best Coast

Ace (Demo) (mp3) by The Big Sleep

Modern Disbelief (mp3) by Blackbird Blackbird

Heat & Depression (mp3) by Blank Dogs

Here Sometimes (mp3) by Blonde Redhead

Never Mine (mp3) by Brilliant Colors

Medulla Oblongata (mp3) by Buke And Gāss

Gonna Listen To T Rex (All Night Long) (mp3) by Burnt Ones

Royal Orange (mp3) by Campfires

Even If It Worked Out (mp3) by Cloud Nothings

Dogma Sheen (mp3) by Coin Under Tongue

Doubt (mp3) by The Corin Tucker Band

Pollution Shampoo (mp3) by Coyote Clean Up

Shake The Shackles (mp3) by Crystal Stilts

Go Outside (mp3) by Cults

Teenage Whore (mp3) by Dinosaur Feathers

Phone Home from the Edge (mp3) by Dinowalrus

Burn Bridges (mp3) by DOM

Pillow Talk (mp3) by Double Dagger

MIRRORIMAGE (mp3) by Ducktails

Jail La La (mp3) by Dum Dum Girls

Handle (mp3) by Dunes

All the Things (Demo) (mp3) by Endless Endless Endless

Ouija Boarding (mp3) by Erase Errata

Daisy (mp3) by Fang Island

The Awkward Circuit Boards (Or: Look Out! I Think I’m Going
      To FEEL!) (mp3) by THE FIELD RECORDINGS

Rebuilt Leer (mp3) by Firebrand Boy

The Ghosts That Wake You (mp3) by Follow That Bird!

Lovers With Iraqis (MP3 version) (mp3) by Foot Village

You Won’t Be Happy (mp3) by The Forgery Series

Steady Hand (Feat. Andrew Thiboldeux) (mp3) by The Forms

Candy (mp3) by Frankie Rose And The Outs

i am the least of your problems (demo) (mp3) by Future Of The Left

Out, Don’t (mp3) by Gauntlet Hair

In Your Room (mp3) by Ghost Animal

Self Awakening (mp3) by Ernest Gonzales

Francis (mp3) by Gray Goods

Hold (mp3) by Hands

Memo to the Man (mp3) by Zach Hill

Hot Tub Freaks Like You (mp3) by The Hood Internet

Form (mp3) by Hooray for Earth

I Don’t Believe It (mp3) by Idle Times

Art Czars (mp3) by Japandroids

Vibrationz (mp3) by Javelin

In My Time (mp3) by Kurt Vile

Never Come Around (mp3) by La Sera

Remember (mp3) by Lali Puna

Transparency Is the New Mystery (mp3) by Marnie Stern

Latin Lover (mp3) by Mi Ami

Devil in Your Eyes (mp3) by MiniBoone

Rano Pano (mp3) by Mogwai

Fort Awesome (mp3) by Motico

See Waves (mp3) by Nice Nice

Blackout Sex (mp3) by Night Manager

Hawaii (mp3) by No Joy

Fog (Jamie xx Remix) (mp3) by Nosaj Thing

Maria Sabina (Retrograde Mix) (mp3) by Pollination

Vermont (mp3) by Procedure Club

Lizard Queen (mp3) by Quilty

Party With Children (mp3) by Ratatat

Wasting Time (mp3) by Reading Rainbow

Crushing Limbs (mp3) by Anni Rossi

Caesar (mp3) by Ty Segall

Virginia Reel (mp3) by SHAPERS

Shark? (mp3) by Shark?

Highway Scratch (mp3) by Sisters

Polylith (mp3) by Sleepies

Warm Regards (mp3) by Seth Smith

Throw Yourself Apart (mp3) by SOARS

C’mon (mp3) by The Soft Pack

Wanderings (mp3) by Spirituals

Years (Five – Eight) (mp3) by Starscream

Mountain (mp3) by Su

Lock And Key (mp3) by Super Wild Horses

Neon Beams (mp3) by Take

Real Life (mp3) by Tanlines

I Was Denied (mp3) by Thee Oh Sees

I Don’t Believe You (mp3) by The Thermals

No Room to Live (mp3) by Times New Viking

Fresh Hex (feat. Beck) (mp3) by TOBACCO

Leave Everywhere (mp3) by Toro Y Moi

Magical Date Night (mp3) by Total Slacker

4312 (mp3) by Tyvek

I Hate The 80′s (mp3) by The Vaselines

The History of Plastic (mp3) by The War On Drugs

Undertow (mp3) by Warpaint

End Times (mp3) by Weekend

Born Stoked (mp3) by Wet Illustrated

Chinatown (mp3) by Wild Nothing

Eyesore (mp3) by Women

With Fangs (mp3) by YVETTE

Oh, and be sure to check out the rest of our of best of posts.

Additionally, if you like what you hear you should probably purchase music from the above artists at any of these fine online retailers (or your local independent record store):

Insound | Amazon MP3 | eMusic | Other Music

Also, If you want to download all (or most of) the tracks in this post, you should probably think about installing the DownThemAll! or FlashGot Firefox extensions.

Zach Hill has been drumming since 1995 with among others Hella, Holy Smokes, Nervous Cop, Team Sleep, Wavves, Goon Moon, Marnie Stern, Crime in Choir, Bygones, CHLL PLL, and Flössin. On his second solo metal/noise/prog/punk/shred effort, Hill is working with Devendra Banhart, Guillermo Scott Herren (a/k/a Prefuse 73), No Age, Deerhoof, and umm… Hella. The album is called Face Tat. Listen.

Downloadable: The Primitives Talk (mp3)

Streamable: The Primitives Talk (youtube)

You can also stream the whole album via the Bandcamp widget below.

Streamable: Face Tat (bandcamp)

According to Hill:

I have friends with facial tattoos who are some of the most positive people I know, and have friends & family without facial tattoos that have taken their own lives within this past year. I found that idea very interesting and metaphorical on many levels — whether true or not — and began using my personal thoughts on this as a muse/concept that could be applied to many different contexts.
(source)

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BONUS: Memo to the Man (mp3)

OK, let’s start with some music. Here is our CMJ2010 Mixtape presented for not apparent reason in reserve alphabetical order.

Downloadables:

Confetti (mp3) by Young Mammals

Drifing (mp3) by Young Adults

Roadrunner (Modern Lovers Cover) (mp3) by Yo La Tengo

Your Way With My Life (mp3) by Woven Bones

Last Rites (mp3) by True Womanhood

These Condos Don’t Belong (mp3) by Total Slacker

Stoned Again (mp3) by Street Chant

theFUNsun (mp3) by Slow Animal

Polylith (mp3) by Sleepies

White Light Machine Gun (mp3) by Senryu

Nothing At All (mp3) by Screaming Females

Restless (mp3) by Reading Rainbow

Older Brother (mp3) by Pepper Rabbit

Cold Spark (mp3) by Octant

o0Oo0Oo (mp3) by Oberhofer

Heedless (mp3) by No Joy

Message From Limbo (mp3) by Marie Stella

Never Come Around (mp3) by La Sera

Form (Oh No Ono Remix) (mp3) by Hooray For Earth

Grounds for Termination (Phil Gone Mix) (mp3) by Gary War

Able To (mp3) by Eternal Summers

Actually (mp3) by Dinowalrus

Medulla Oblongata (mp3) by Buke And Gass

Waterparker (mp3) by Botany

Freudian Slips (mp3) by Big Troubles

Crushing Limbs (mp3) by Anni Rossi

Four Fires (mp3) by Adult Themes

If you want to download all (or most of) the tracks in this post, you should probably think about installing the DownThemAll! or FlashGot Firefox extensions.

Now let’s talk shows. Here is our abbreviated preview of some of the awesomeness of this year’s CMJ Marathon. Have fun.

Tuesday October 19 Daytime

The Music Slut Party @ Pianos

The Lineup:
Brahms (6 pm)
Washington (5:30 pm)
Young The Giant (5 pm)
Zowie (4:30 pm)
Oberhofer (4 pm)
Electric Tickle Machine (3:30 pm)
Pearl & The Beard (3 pm)
Senryu (2:30 pm)
Hooray For Earth (2 pm)
Bikini (1:30 pm)
Yukon Blonde (1 pm)

Doors: 12 pm
FREE

vs

Paper Garden & Ampeater Showcase @ The Living Room

The Lineup:
Motel Motel (5:30 pm)
Kidstreet (4:45 pm)
SAADI (4 pm)
FREEDOM OR DEATH (3:15 pm)
Emanuel & the Fear (2:30 pm)
Alcoholic Faith Mission (1:45 pm)
Young Mammals (1 pm)

Doors: 1 pm
FREE (RSVP)

Tuesday October 19 Evening

Panache Showcase @ Cakeshop

The Lineup:
Gary Wilson and The Blind Dates (12:40 am)
O’Death (11:50 pm)
The Billy Nayer Show (11 pm)
Janka Nabay (10:10 pm)
Onra (9:20 pm)
Dinowalrus (8:30 pm)
Audacity (7:40 pm)

Doors: 7 pm
$$TBA

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Friendship Bracelet x Rose Quartz Unofficial Showcase @ Bruar Falls

The Lineup:
Gary War (11:15 pm)
Big Troubles (10:30 pm)
Total Slacker (9:45 pm)
Greatest Hits (9:00 pm)
Tonstartssbandht (8:15 pm)
Woodsman (7:30 pm)

Doors: 6 pm
$8

vs

MOG CMJ Party @ Brooklyn Bowl

The Lineup:
DâM-FunK (DJ Set) (12 pm)
Yo La Tengo (10.15 pm)
DOM (9:15 pm)
Screaming Females (8:15 pm)

Doors: 6 pm
FREE

Wednesday October 20 Daytime

TERRORBIRD Day Party @ Cakeshop

The Lineup:
Marnie Stern (6 pm)
Baths (5:10 pm)
Revolver (4:30 pm)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. (3:45 pm)
Kyle Andrews (3 pm)
Botany (2:15 pm)
Dark Dark Dark (1:30 pm)
Prince Rama (12:45 pm)
Kordan (12 pm)

w/ DJ sets from Summer Bros, DJ Mon Amie, Sodapop, and Spindler

Doors: 12 pm
FREE

oh man… there’s also the free This Is Not A CMJ Show presented by Chocolate Bobka @ Pianos

Wednesday October 20 Evening

a show not associated with any blog/label/promoco @ Shea Stadium

The Lineup:
Alaskas
Adult Themes
Yvette
No Joy
Happy New Year

Doors: ??
$$TBA

Thursday October 21 Daytime

NYC TAPER Day Party @ Cakeshop

The Lineup:
ArpLine (6 pm)
Keepaway (5:30 pm)
Diamond Rings (5 pm)
She Keeps Bees (4:30 pm)
True Womanhood (4 pm)
The Rest (3:30 pm)
Common Prayer (3 pm)
Brit and The Cavalry (2:30 pm)
Unicycle Loves You (2 pm)
Soft Black (1:30 pm)
Jounce (1 pm)
Courtesy Tier (12:30 pm)

Doors: 12 pm
FREE

vs

AAM CMJ Assembly @ Arlene’s Grocery

The Lineup:
Adult Themes
La Sera
True Womanhood
Kitten
Chapel Club

Doors: 2 pm
FREE (RSVP)

vs

IMPOSE presents The CMJ Imposition @ THE WOODS
Pop Loves Punk Curated by Pop Jew

The Lineup:
Allo Darlin (UK) (6 pm)
Dream Diary (5 pm)
Hedgehog (China) (4 pm)
Sleepies (3 pm)
Bright Lights (2 pm)
The Othermen (1 pm)

w/ DJ sets from Pop Jew

Doors: 12 pm
FREE

oh man… there’s also the free FLOATING FEST (with free beer) @ Pianos

Thursday October 21 Evening

Deli CMJ Showcase (DIY Instruments + Folksy) @ The Living Room

The Lineup:
Strand of Oaks (12:15 am)
La Strada (11:30 pm)
McAlister Drive (10:45 pm)
Anni Rossi (10 pm)
Daniel Wayne (9 pm)
Kendra Morris (8:30 pm)
Buke And Gass (7:45 pm)
Octant (7 pm)

Doors: 7 pm
$$TBA

Friday October 22 Daytime

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted Showcase Day 1 @ Cakeshop

The Lineup:
Shrag (6 pm)
Funeral Party ( 5:15 pm)
True Womahood (4:30 pm)
Pepper Rabbit (3:45 pm)
We Are Trees (3 pm)
Rooftop Vigilantes (2:15 pm)
Your Youth (1:30 pm)
A Classic Education (12:45 pm)
Yellow Ostrich (12 pm)

Doors: 12pm
FREE (RSVP)

vs

Sippy Cup Everything Showcase @ Spike Hill

The Lineup:
Pretty & Nice (5:10 pm)
Young Mammals (4:20 pm)
Slow Animal (3:30 pm)
Young Adults (2:40 pm)
Big Big Bucks (1:50pm)
Little Racer (1 pm)

Doors: 12:30 pm
FREE (RSVP)

Friday October 22 Evening

Microphone Memory Emotion x Rose Quartz Unofficial Showcase @ Shea Stadium

The Lineup:
Andrew Cedermark
Family Portrait
Street Chant
Ecstatic Sunshine
Fluffy Lumbers
Pigeons
Nude Beach

w/ Live Visuals by e.suber + DJ sets from Peace Sampras & Chicago Slime + more TBA

Doors: 8 pm
$7 (RSVP)

Saturday October 23

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted Showcase Day 2 @ Cakeshop

The Lineup:
Ava Luna (6 pm)
Soars (5:15 pm)
Slow Animal (4:30 pm)
Reading Rainbow (3:45 pm)
Sisters (3 pm)
Sunglasses (2:15 pm)
Family Trees (1:30 pm)
Tooth Ache (12:45 pm)
Les Vinyl (12 pm)

Doors: 12 pm
FREE (RSVP)

vs

I Rock I Roll + Nachos NY CMJ Day Party! @ The Delancey

The Lineup:
Philadelphia Grand Jury (4:15 pm Downstairs)
Young The Giant (3:30 pm Downstairs)
Red Wire Black Wire (2:45 pm Downstairs)
Pretty & Nice (2 pm Downstairs)
Marie Stella (1:15 pm Downstairs)
New Numbers (12:30 pm Downstairs)

Dinowalrus (5 pm Middle Floor)
Milagres (4 pm Middle Floor)
MillionYoung (3 pm Middle Floor)
Arpline (2 pm Middle Floor)
Funeral Party (1 pm Middle Floor)

Miracles of Modern Science (5-ish Upstairs)
Savoir Adore (4-ish Upstairs)
Ravens and Chimes (3-ish Upstairs)
[TBA] (2-ish Upstairs)
[TBA] (1-ish Upstairs)

w/ DJ sets from PHDJ (Purple Sneakers), Matt Heart Spade and SamFTW! + Free chips + BK Salsa + Quesadillas and Nachos from El Maguey Y Latuna + FREE BEER AT NOON

Doors: 12 pm
FREE (RSVP)

or maybe spend the whole day at…

CAPESHOK and Inflated Records Showcase @ Bruar Falls

The Lineup:
Woven Bones (11:30 pm)
Eternal Summers (11 pm)
Reading Rainbow (10:15 pm)
Big Troubles (9:40 pm)
Flight (8:50 pm)
Rooftop Vigilantes (7:50 pm)
Oberhofer (7 pm)
Little Girls (6:15 pm)
Sweet Bulbs (5:30 pm)
Mathemagic (4:40 pm)
Dead Gaze (3:50 pm)
Shrag (UK) (3 pm)

Doors: 2 pm
$10

Sunday October 24th

If you have any energy left, you can check out FMLY‘s $6 post-CMJ party, fucking party (peace out cmj) @ Shea Stadium

And it seems obvious, but I feel like I should say all this info is subject to change (in fact it may already be outdated).

You should probably also check out the official CMJ Survival Guide… here.

Finally, a little online publication called Pitchfork (maybe you have heard of it) is having what is either a massive unofficial CMJ showcase or their own separate music festival at Brooklyn Bowl from the 21st to the 23rd of October. It is called the #OfflineFestival. Get the deets here, here, and here.

It’s time for the next installment of the Best Downloadables series. You can stream all the songs in this mix using the Yahoo media player at the bottom of the page or download any of the tracks at your leisure. Listen.

Downloadables:

Highway Scratch (mp3) by Sisters

Eyesore (mp3) by Women

The Stroller (mp3) by Jaill

I Don’t Mind It (mp3) by Screaming Females

Handle (mp3) by Dunes

Scream White Noise (mp3) by Future Ghost

Airbrushed (mp3) by Anamanaguchi

For Ash (mp3) by Marnie Stern

Revival (mp3) by Deerhunter

Bombay (mp3) by El Guincho

Throw Yourself Apart (mp3) by SOARS

Vermont (mp3) by Procedure Club

We are the Goer (mp3) by We Are Hex

Whirlpool (mp3) by Mermaids

Intervales Theme (Steinski Remix) (mp3) by Javelin

Glitter (mp3) by No Age

Doubt (mp3) by The Corin Tucker Band

The Everlasting Evening (mp3) by Guilty Ghosts

Turns (mp3) by Big Spider’s Back

I’ve Gotta Get (mp3) by Woven Bones

Golden Town (mp3) by Super Wild Horses

Concussus (mp3) by Lobisomem

Be sure to check out the rest of the year’s Best Downloadables:

Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | Vol. 3 | Vol. 4 | Vol. 5

Additionally, if you like what you hear you should probably purchase music from the above artists at any of these fine online retailers (or your local independent record store):

Insound | Amazon MP3 | eMusic | Other Music

Also, If you want to download all (or most of) the tracks in this post, you should probably think about installing the DownThemAll! or FlashGot Firefox extensions.

It’s time to listen to the tracks I have not posted recently. Here is the next NOT POSTED mix. These are some of the songs that would get their own individual posts here on GIMME TINNITUS, if I only had the time. This mix starts out all punk rocky and ends with remix bliss. Listen.

Downloadables:

Upside Down (mp3) by OFF!

Heavenward Grand Prix (mp3) by Japandroids

Would You Wait For Me Too? (mp3) by Bad Sports

Coma Summer (mp3) by Weekend

Head Bugs (mp3) by Weird Wives

TRANSPARENCY IS THE NEW MYSTERY (mp3) by Marnie Stern

Same Mistakes (mp3) by Cinema Red And Blue

DREAM CARGOES (mp3) by True Womanhood

Sung (Not Said) (mp3) by Magnetic Island

I am the Ocean (mp3) by Gentle

Nude Tilt (mp3) by Teams

Phone Home from the Edge (mp3) by Dinowalrus

Empire (Freelance Whales Remix) (mp3) by Jukebox the Ghost

Comin’ Through (mp3) by The War On Drugs

I Will Not Fall (mp3) by Celebration

Snow & Taxis (mp3) by Gold Panda

FM Tan Sexy (mp3) by El Guincho

Enceladus (Daso Remix) (mp3) by Mux Mool

Throwing Shade (Max Tundra Remix) (mp3) by Abe Vigoda

Bikes (PEPEPIANO Remix) (mp3) by Houses/Teen Daze

Be sure to check out the other NOT POSTED mixes.

And if you like what you hear you should probably purchase music from the above artists at any of these fine online retailers (or your local independent record store):

Insound | Amazon MP3 | eMusic | Other Music

Also, If you want to download all (or most of) the tracks in this post, you should probably think about installing the DownThemAll! or FlashGot Firefox extensions.