Since the bossman already had his stab at a non-local music best of 2010 list in the paper, I figured I could go ahead and chime in with mine here on the blog.
I found myself listening to more new music in 2010 than I have since I was a teenager. (Working part-time in a record shop facilitated this as much anything.) And while most of the stuff I discovered this year was only new to me — i.e., not released in 2010 — there was still quite a lot of music that came out this year to get excited about. So, without further ado, I present:
Top 5 Records of 2010 (with song samples)
1. The Posies Blood/Candy (Ryko)
Seattle power-pop mainstays (and latter-day Big Star members) Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow deliver their finest collection of songs since 1993’s Frosting on the Beater.
