Fright Glove Top 100 Records of 2010
December 6, 2010 Leave a comment
Apologies for the lack of updates this month. I have been insanely busy. Anyway, here for your perusal are my top 100 records of this year.
100. The Wave Pictures – Susan Rode The Cyclone
99. U.S Girls – Go Grey
98. M.I.A – MAYA
97. Cinema Red & Blue – Cinema Red & Blue
96. Ra Ra Riot – The Orchard
95. Salem – King Knight
94. Knight School – Revenger
93. Dom – Sun Bronzed Greek Gods
92. Ratatat – LP4
91. Zola Jesus – Stridulum II
90. Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me
89. LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
88. Coolrunnings – Babes Forever E.P
87. Alasdair Roberts – Too Long In This Condition
86. Local Natives – Gorilla Manor
85. Reading Rainbow – Prism Eyes
84. Frankie Rose & the Outs – Frankie Rose & the Outs
83. Apples in Stereo – Travellers in Space and Time
82. Andrew Graham & Swarming Branch – Andrew Graham’s Good Word
81. Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday
80. Las Robertas – Cry Out Loud
79. The Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
78. The Secret Sisters – The Secret Sisters
77. Cloud Nothings – Turning On
76. Balam Acab – See Birds
75. The Corin Tucker Band – 1000 Years
74. Darwin Deez – Darwin Deez
73. Maximum Balloon – Maximum Balloon
72. Fang Island – Fang Island
71. Gold Panda – Lucky Shiner
70. These New Puritans – Hidden
69. Owen Pallet – Heartland
68. Male Bonding – Nothing Hurts
67. The Fresh & Onlys – Play It Strange
66. Prince Rama – Shadow Temple
65. Art Museums – Rough Frame
64. Toro Y Moi – Causers of This
63. Harlem – Hippies
62. Lemonade – Pure Moods
61. Nobunny – First Blood
60. Sage Francis – Li(f)e
59. The Living Sisters – Love To Live
58. Rustie – Sunburst
57. Magic Kids – Memphis
56. Emeralds – Does It Look Like I’m Here?
55. Skream – Outside The Box
54. Happy Birthday – Happy Birthday
53. Turner Cody – Gangbusters!
52. Woods – At Echo Lake
51. Jonquil – One Hundred Suns
50. Sourpatch – Crushin’
49. The New Pornographers – Together
48. The National – High Violet
47. Sleigh Bells – Treats
46. Band Of Horses – Infinite Arms
45. Tanlines – Volume On
44. Tony Sly – 12 Song Program
43. Belle & Sebastian – Write About Love
42. Active Child – Curtis Lane E.P
41. Dum Dum Girls – I Will Be
40. Teen Daze – Beach Dream
39. Gospel Music – Duettes
38. Bad Banana – Crushfield
37. Crocodiles – Sleep Forever
36. Teen Daze – Four More Years
35. Owen Pallett – A Swedish Love Story
34. Robyn – Body Talk Pt. 3
33. Lil Wayne – I Am Not A Human Being
32. Eternal Summers – Silver
31. Avey Tare – Down There
30. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
29. Janelle Monae – The ArchAndroid
28. Starflyer 59 – Changing Of The Guard
27. Best Coast – Crazy For You
26. Wild Nothing – Gemini
25. Crusaders Of Love – Never Grow Up
24. Tallest Man On Earth – Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird
23. Jackson Browne & David Lindley – Love Is Strange
22. Star Slinger – Volume 1
21. Beach House Teen Dream
20. of Montreal – False Priest
19. Surfer Blood – Astro Coast
18. Robyn – Body Talk Pt. 2
17. Steel Train – Steel Train
16. Jonsi – Go
15. Jenny & Johnny – I’m Having Fun Now
14. Baths – Cerulean
13. Chad Valley – Chad Valley E.P
12. Wavves – King Of The Beach
11. Yeasayer – Odd Blood
10. Harper Simon – Harper Simon
9. Hot Chip – One Life Stand
8. Buck 65 – 20 Odd Years
7. Robyn – Body Talk Pt. 1
6. Darren Hanlon – I Will Love You At All
5. Free Energy – Stuck On Nothing
4. The Drums – The Drums
3. Tallest Man On Earth – The Wild Hunt
2. Adam Green – Minor Love
1. Vampire Weekend – Contra
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More of his glorious work can be seen 
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Musically, Star Slinger falls somewhere between the frantic sampling of UK producer 
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