GIMME TINNITUS

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.

Bandcamp, Mediafire, and sometimes a little good old fashioned web hosting have made it easier than ever for bands to make the decision to share their music with new audiences around the world without charging for it. That said, it is important to support the artists who are giving away their music. Do they tour? Go see them perform live. Do they have merch for sale? Buy something. Do they have a paypal link on their website? Throw some $$ their way. Check out the samples below and then make with the downloading. These are the free recordings or collections there of that have stood out for us this year. If we missed something really good drop us a note in the comments. Listen.

1. All Day by Girl Talk

   

   Listen: Oh No (mp3) [free album d/l]




2. Day of the Woman by Day of the Woman

   

   Listen: Kill Screen (Pollination Remix) (mp3) [free album d/l]




3. Summer Singles from Anamanaguchi

   

   Listen: Aurora (Meet Me in the Stars) (mp3) [free singles d/l]




4. Reunions by Tan Dollar

   

   Listen: Full Bloom (mp3) [free album d/l]




5. Guilty Ghosts by Guilty Ghosts

   

   Listen: Everyone Around Me (mp3) [free album d/l]




6. The BreakThru Radio Ampeater Compilation

   

   Listen: Confetti (mp3) by Young Mammals [free album d/l]




7. Cyanide Sisters EP by Com Truise

   

   Listen: Slow Peels (mp3) [free album d/l]




8. Bedroom Databank Vols. 1-4 by Atlas Sound

   

   Listen: This Wheel’s On Fire (Dylan) (mp3) [free album d/l]




9. Shattered Darlings & Liquid Kisses by Shattered Darlings & Liquid Kisses

   

   Listen: Lindsey Six (mp3) [free album d/l]




10. The Мишка Presents Artificially Sweetened Mixtape by The Death Set

    

    Listen: Grinding Halt (The Cure) (mp3) [free album d/l]




11. Weekend Recovery by girls in the eighties

    

    Listen: Awake But Not Aware (mp3) [free album d/l]




12. The WW Presents Compilation

    

    Listen: Never in Love (mp3) by Wonder Wheel and the Warriors
    [free album d/l]




13. Ghost Animal’s Bandcamp by Ghost Animal

    

    Listen: California Summer pt. 1 (mp3) [free d/ls]




14. Qids by Slothbear

    

    Listen: Little Qid (mp3) [free album d/l]




15. Troubleshooters by Milks & Rectangles

    

    Listen: Wink And A Gun (The Jury’s Hung) (mp3) [free album d/l]




16. Turns by Big Spider’s Back

    

    Listen: Turns (mp3) [free album d/l]




17. Aphids On The Lettuce: Beck Remixed & Mashed Up by Big Pauper

    

    Listen: feel like a piece of shit (mp3) [pay-what-you-want d/l]




18. Slow Animal by Slow Animal

    

    Listen: theFUNsun (mp3) [free album d/l]




19. Why I’d Try by Grandfather

    

    Listen: AWOL (mp3) [free album d/l]




20. railcars rmxs by railcars

    

    Listen: castles (no age remix) (mp3) [free album d/l]

21. Hidden Trees by kohwi

    

    Listen: Hobbies (ft. Mutual Benefit) (mp3) [free album d/l]

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.

Next up in our best of 2010 coverage is our list of favorite remixes. Enjoy.

1. Crawl Back In (Baths Remix) (mp3) by Brad Laner
2. Wide Eyes (Suckers Remix) (mp3) by Local Natives
         (d/l the stems @ stems.heroku.com)
3. Silverfish (Junk Culture Remix) (mp3) by Signals
4. I’d Be Insane To Say It (Ape School Remix) (mp3) by Day of the Woman
         (d/l Day of the Woman @ bandcamp)
5. some lonesome street corner (USF remix) (mp3) by cars & trains
         (d/l the roots, the remix @ Circle Into Square)
6. Excuse Me (Memory Tapes Remix) (mp3) by Gucci Mane
         (d/l Diplo Presents: Free Gucci @ MAD DECENT)
7. Intervales Theme (Steinski Remix) (mp3) by Javelin
8. Tell ‘Em (Kingdom Remix) (mp3) by Sleigh Bells
9. Sun (Pollination Remix) (mp3) by Caribou
         (d/l the stems @ Soundcloud)
10. Want You Back (Phaseone Remix) (mp3) by Nite Jewel
11. Suicide Dream 2 (Spirituals Remix) (mp3) by How to Dress Well
12. Always (Run Roc Remix) (mp3) by JUNIP
13. Wax Rose Saturday (Remux Edit) (mp3) by Mux Mool
14. Napping Captain (Dark Party Remix) (mp3) by Jogger
15. You (worriedaboutsatan remix) (mp3) by Gold Panda
16. We Can Make It Out (Yppah Remix) (mp3) by Spokes
17. The Hunt (Shooting Spires Remix) (mp3) by WOOM
          (d/l most of Muu’s Way Remixed @ Soundcloud)

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.

We are kicking off our best of 2010 coverage with the best music videos we have seen this year. Enjoy.

1. Streamable: Meat Step Lively (vimeo) by Thee Oh Sees

   Downloadable: Meat Step Lively (mp3)




2. Streamable: I’ve Got Friends (vimeo) by Shark?

   Downloadable: I’ve Got Friends (mp3)




3. Streamable: Throw Yourself Apart (vimeo) by SOARS

   Downloadable: Throw Yourself Apart (mp3)




4. Streamable: Some Sun (Stenographer Edit) (vimeo) by Pollination

   Downloadable: Some Sun (Stenographer Edit) (mp3)




5. Streamable: Golden Town (vimeo) by Super Wild Horses

   Downloadable: Golden Town (mp3)




6. Streamable: Fried Egg (vimeo) by Grass Widow

   Downloadable: Fried Egg (mp3)




7. Streamable: Urination (Live @ Bar Meoldy) (vimeo) by Foot Village




8. Streamable: I Don’t Mind It (vimeo) by Screaming Females

   Downloadable: I Don’t Mind It (mp3)




9. Streamable: Lovely Bloodflow (vimeo) by Baths

   Downloadable: Lovely Bloodflow (mp3)




10. Streamable: Odessa (vimeo) by Caribou

    Downloadable: Odessa (mp3)




11. Streamable: USA BOYS (Uncensored Version) (vimeo) by HEALTH

    Downloadable: USA BOYS (mp3)




12. Streamable: Your Way With My Life (vimeo) by Woven Bones

    Downloadable: Your Way With My Life (mp3)




13. Streamable: Guns In The Sky (INXS Cover) (vimeo) by Beck’s Record Club

Oh, and be sure to check out 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.

POLLINATION threw an old EP up on the soundcloud servers the other day. You might recognize the first track as Quartz Controller. The whole thing clocks in at 15:08. Prefect for spacing out on a Sunday. Listen.

Downloadable: Entheogen EP (mp3)

Streamable: Entheogen EP (soundcloud)

Hopefully, we will get some news about some new recordings in the near future.

Oh, and here is the free download widget of his Inca Orange EP. If you have not yet, d/l that, like now.

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