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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.

And now, here are our Favorite Albums of 2010. Sorry Kanye, Sorry Arcade Fire, Sorry Sufjan, y’all are getting enough attention elsewhere. These are the albums that we really loved this year. Listen to the tracks below, (and if you have not already) fall in love and go buy some albums. Listen.

1. Everything in Between by No Age

   

   Listen: Fever Dreaming (mp3) [purchase]




2. ODD BLOOD by Yeasayer

   

   Listen: O.N.E. (mp3) [purchase]




3. Sisterworld by Liars

   

   Listen: Scissor (mp3) [purchase]




4. Hippies by Harlem

   

   Listen: Gay Human Bones (mp3) [purchase]




5. In And Out and Back Again by Woven Bones

   

   Listen: Your Way With My Life (mp3) [purchase]




6. Castle Talk by Screaming Females

   

   Listen: I Don’t Mind It (mp3) [purchase]




7. Treats by Sleigh Bells

   

   Listen: Infinity Guitars (mp3) [purchase]




8. ::DISCO2 by HEALTH

   

   Listen: IN HEAT (JAVELIN RMX) (mp3) [purchase]




9. Swim by Caribou

   

   Listen: Sun (mp3) [purchase]




10. Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter

    

    Listen: Helicopter (mp3) [purchase]




11. % by Dinowalrus

    

    Listen: BEAD (mp3) [purchase]




12. Crystal Castles by Crystal Castles

    

    Listen: Baptism (mp3) [purchase]




13. Riposte by Buke And Gass

    

    Listen: Your Face Left Before You (mp3) [purchase]




14. Past Time by Grass Widow

    

    Listen: Fried Egg (mp3) [purchase]




15. Spirituals by Spirituals

    

    Listen: City With Soul (mp3) [purchase]




16. There Is Love In You by Four Tet

    

    Listen: Angel Echoes (mp3) [purchase]




17. Causers Of This by Toro y Moi

    

    Listen: Blessa (mp3) [purchase]




18. No Más by Javelin

    

    Listen: Moscow 1980 (mp3) [purchase]




19. Fifteen by Super Wild Horses

    

    Listen: Golden Town (mp3) [purchase]




20. Black Hole by Young Adults

    

    Listen: Bummer Summer (mp3) [purchase]




21. Future Weather by The War On Drugs

    

    Listen: Comin’ Through (mp3) [purchase]

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.

It’s time again to look back and reflect. What were we listening to one year ago?

Listen to the December 2009 Mix to find out…

Downloadables:

1. Crown On The Ground (mp3) by Sleigh Bells
2. Jetpack Blues, Sunset Hues (mp3) by Anamanaguchi
3. Gravity in Terms of Space-Time (mp3) by Starscream
4. Dreams (The Cranberries Cover) (mp3) by railcars
5. Friendly Ghost (mp3) by Harlem
6. Racer X (Big Black Cover) (mp3) by Japandroids
7. C’mon (mp3) by The Soft Pack
8. Time (mp3) by Beach Fossils
9. I’m Going (mp3) by I’m Turning Into
10. Four Score And Seven (mp3) by Titus Andronicus
11. Even Heroes Have To Die (mp3) by Ted Leo + The Pharmacists
12. Make You Mine (mp3) by Best Coast
13. Glorious Dawn (Cosmos Remixed) (mp3) by Carl Sagan and
          Stephen Hawking
14. Feel It All Around (Toro y Moi Remix) (mp3) by Washed Out
15. Good Night (HEALTH remix) (mp3) by OJ Da Juiceman feat.
          Gucci Mane (d/l the ATL RMX comp @ Adult Swim)
16. Rising 5 (mp3) by Hudson Mohawke
17. Which One Of You Jerks Drank My Arnold Palmer? (mp3) by Blockhead
18. Glow Wreath (mp3) by Aa

If you haven’t done it already, make sure you check out the other monthly mixes.

And if you like what you hear you should probably purchase music from the above artists at any of these fine online retailers:

Insound | Amazon MP3 | eMusic | Other Music

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

So, remember the report that the blogtastic Toro y Moi was going to put out one electronic album and one album in 2011? Well, that’s not going to happen. Chaz Bundick told p4k: “by the time where I was going to write the second album, I was in a different phase and was into different stuff at the time.”

The new album, Underneath the Pine was home-recorded between tours (but not home-mastered). It will be released via Carpark Records on February 22 next year. Listen.

Downloadable: Still Sound (mp3)

Upcoming NYC show:

January 19th @ Mercury Lounge w/ Cloud Nothings

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It’s time to listen to the tracks I have not posted recently. Here is the next NOT POSTED mix. These are just some of the songs that would get their own individual posts here on GIMME TINNITUS, if I only had the time. This mix is just all over the place. Listen.

Downloadables:

1. Hawaii (mp3) by No Joy
2. I Can See (mp3) by XBXRX
         (pay-what-you-want for their self released album Un Usper)
3. Undertow (Blackbird Blackbird Remix) (mp3) by Warpaint
         (source)
4. Impact (Keepaway Remix) (mp3) by Juliette Commagere
5. Mindlessnesslessness (mp3) by Hot Panda
6. Virginia Reel (mp3) by SHAPERS
7. Found Love in a Graveyard (mp3) by Veronica Falls
8. A Place We Like (mp3) by Hooray For Earth vs Twin Shadow
         (source)
9. I Can Live Forever If I Slowly Die (Excerpt) (mp3) by Chris Schlarb
10. By Some Miracle (mp3) by Philip Selway
11. Lizard Queen (mp3) by Quilty
          (pay-what-you-want for the Black Hole Single – Halloween ’10 digital 7″)
12. Fax Shadow (Shlohmo Remix) (mp3) by Toro Y Moi
13. I Hurt So Much (mp3) by Daytime Television
          (d/l their Worst Download World EP)
14. Cut Your Hair (Pavement Cover) (mp3) by Mutual Benefit
          (source)
15. ROT MY BRAIN AWAY (mp3) by Wise Blood
          (source)
16. Dreaming (mp3) by Seapony
          (source)
17. It Was Never Meant to Be This Way (Games Remix) (mp3) by CFCF
          (source)
18. Paranoid Video (mp3) by Total Control
          (source)
19. Brasilia Girl (Sampler Edit) (mp3) by French Horn Rebellion
          (d/l the The Infinite Music of French Horn Rebellion Sampler)
20. ohhhh my bounce (mp3) by Shark?
21. Meanwhile (mp3) by Shores
22. Look on the Bright Side (mp3) by Levek
23. Anniversary (Karuna Remix) (mp3) by Mon Khmer
24. Tides (mp3) by Ghost/Light
          (props to ampeater)

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.