Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Daytime DJs Pick the best albums of 2010

Another year is practically in the books, and with it comes time to recapture our favorite moments in music from the past year. I sought to get a large number of Daytime deejays to give us their favorite albums of the past year. And what a year it was! Below is the collection of great albums as decided by a great deal of Daytime deejays. See you next year!

Just John

1. Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
2. Beach House - Teen Dream
3. Future Islands - In Evening Air
4. Caribou - Swim
5. Sharon Van Etten - Epic

May Day

1. Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
2. Beach House - Teen Dream
3. Vampire Weekend- Contra
4. Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt
5. Twin Shadow - Forget




DJ Elly May

1. Bob Dylan - The Original Mono Recordings
2. The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream
3. Dark Dark Dark - Wild Go
4. Spoon - Transference
5. Jimi Hendrix - Valleys of Neptune

LOLCait

1. Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues
2. Various Artists - Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: The Songs of John Prine
3. John Prine - In Person & On Stage
4. Megafaun - Heretofore
5. Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt


N!cole

1. Cotton Jones - Tall Hours in the Glowstream
2. Y La Bamba - Lupon
3. Breathe Owl Breathe - Magic Central
4. Casiokids - Topp Stemning På Lokal Bar
5. Harlem - Hippies

DJ Jacoblivion

1. Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More
2. The National - High Violet
3. Ratatat - LP4
4. Bassnectar - Timestretch
5. Jaga Jazzist - One-Armed Bandit


SarahNade

1. Local Natives - Gorilla Manor
2. Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More
3. The Black Keys - Brothers
4. Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
5. Yeasayer - Odd Blood


Anastassia

1. LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening
2. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
3. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles II
4. Warpaint - The Fool
5. Phantogram - Eyelid Movies


Professor X

1. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
2. Owen Pallett - Heartland
3. The Books - The Way Out
4. Beach House - Teen Dream
5. Yeasayer - Odd Blood


Hurricane Julia

1. Peggy Sue - Fossils and Other Phantoms
2. Tallest Man on Earth - Sometimes the Blues Is Just a Passing Bird
3. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
4. Bonnie "Prince" Billy and the Cairo Gang - Wonder Show of the World
5. Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas - Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas

DJ Ones
The National - High Violet

1. The National - High Violet
2. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
3. The Black Keys - Brothers
4. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
5. Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More


Agent Orange

1. Yeasayer - Odd Blood
2. Hot Chip - One Life Stand
3. Caribou - Swim
4. Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
5. Twin Shadow - Forget

DJ Mensch

1. The National - High Violet
2. Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
3. Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks
4. Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More
5. Ra Ra Riot - The Orchard

DJ Ray

1. Beach House - Teen Dream
2. Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
3. Sharon Van Etten - Epic
4. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
5. Julian Lynch - Mare

Hot Tamale

1. Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt
2. The Black Keys - Brothers
3. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
4. The National - High Violet
5. Blair - Die Young

The DONoftime

1. Tame Impala - Inner Speaker
2. Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo
3. MGMT - Congratulations
4. Spoon - Transference
5. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

Mollypop

1. Crooked Still - Some Strange Country
2. Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More
3. Steeldrivers - Reckless
4. Chatham County Line - Wildwood
5. Darren Hanlon - I Will Love You At All

DJ Kligz
The Tender Fruit - Floatsam and Krill

1. The Tender Fruit - Flotsam and Krill
2. Future Islands - In Evening Air
3. Sharon Van Etten - Epic
4. Beach House - Teen Dream
5. Sleigh Bells - Treats


Lovely Lucia

1. The Love Language - Libraries
2. Future Islands - In Evening Air
3. Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt
4. Phantogram - Eyelid Movies
5. MGMT - Congratulations


Riff Raff

1. Future Islands - In Evening Air
2. Beach House - Teen Dream
3. The Morning Benders - Big Echo
4. Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
5. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach


Monsieur Mêmes

1. Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
2. Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo
3. Yeasayer - Odd Blood
4. Bear Hands - Burning Bush Supper Club
5. Four Tet - There Is Love in You

Tommyboy

1. Future Islands - In Evening Air
2. Beach House - Teen Dream
3. Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
4. Caribou - Swim
5. Four Tet - There is Love in You


Goof

1. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
2. LCD SoundSystem - This is Happening
3. Beach House - Teen Dream
4. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
5. Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt

Major Tom

1. Matt and Kim - Sidewalks
2. Suckers - Wild Smile
3. Future Islands - In Evening Air
4. Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner
5. Band of Horses - Infinite Arms

Synthesiser Patel

1. LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening
2. Broken Bells - Broken Bells
3. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
4. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
5. Maximum Balloon - Maximum Balloon

AndyQ

1. Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More
2. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
3. Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt
4. Vampire Weekend - Contra
5. Broken Bells - Broken Bells

Chuck

1. Salem - King Night
2. Beach House - Teen Dream
3. The National - High Violet
4. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
5. Zola Jesus - Stridulum/Valusia

Jacob

1.  Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
2.  Mavis Staples - You Are Not Alone
3.  Free Electric State - Caress
4.  Various Artists - Scott Pilgrim VS the World
5.  Royal Baths - After Death





What are some of your favorite albums of 2010? Leave your comments in the comment section below.

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