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Best Releases of 2010

2010 was a dull year for discovering new bands; caught between over hype and under hype, the ripe atmosphere for discovery is quickly diminishing. The Cults signed to Columbia Records, Tennis played their first New York show at the large capacity Terminal 5, Blackberry got maximum coverage out of a Tune Yards song, Best Coast and Wavves annoyed the half of us with their money-friendly philosophy on selling out. So I stuck to, for the most part, old favorites who made great new releases. As far as releases go, that Future Islands put out their first proper full length, and that Lower Dens became a band, were probably the highlights for me. I wonder whatever happened to Yellow Fever’s release, though — their new songs seemed ready to go pretty early in the year! But here it is, the top 10.

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Monday Mix, Vol 6

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Sun-soaked new music* for making your Monday Morning smell like salt.

1. “When They Fight They Fight” by Generationals
2. “Lifted” by Lemonade
3. “Bigg Boy” by Quiet Hooves
4. “Endless Spring” by Houses
5. “Real Love” by Delorean
6. “Grip” by Hume
7. “Tea Lights” by Lower Dens
8. “Long Long Time To Go” by Wet Dog
9. “Tell” by Brazos
10. “All That Shit Again” by Squirrelhouse

*and the occasional old

Monday Mix, Vol 4

Jelly-bean hot-spring new* music to paint your Monday Morning a sugar-toothed yellow. Download the twinkie.

1. “Lemonade” by Braids (Native Speaker)
2. “A Cold Freezin’ Night” by The Books (The Way Out)
3. “Safety” by Tune Yards (Bird-Brains)
4. “Hospice Gates” by Lower Dens (Twin-Hand Movement)
5. “Most Wanted” by Cults (Cults 7″)
6. “Lawn Knives” by Gobble Gobble (Secret 7″)
7. “Medulla Oblongata” by Buke and Gass
8. “Apple Option Fire” by Hot Lava (Lavalogy)
9. “South Dakota” by Magic Man (Real Life Color)
10. “De Vienne A Paris” by Ödland (Ottocento)

*and the occasional old