Nialler9’s Top 100 songs of 2010
My 100 favourite songs of the year with links to places you can hear them along with Youtube & Spotify playlists.
100. Kavinsky – Nightcall
99. Fucked Up – Year of the Ox
98. Blackbird Blackbird – Fade to White
97. Rubberbandits – Horse Outside
96. Jay-Z – On To The Next One
95. Groove Armada & Bryan Ferry – Shameless
94. Joanna Newsom – 81
93. Caribou – Sun
92. Magic Kids – Hey Boy
91. The Knocks – Dancing With the DJ
90. Crystal Fighters – In The Summer
89. Toro y Moi – Low Shoulders
88. Gayngs – The Gaudy Side of Town
87. Baths – Lovely Bloodflow
86. Wild Nothing – Chinatown
85. Tennis – Marathon
84. Civil Civic – Fuck Youth
83. Zola Jesus – Sea Talk
82. Young Montana – Hot Heathrr
81. Rihanna – Rude Boy
80. Wildbirds and Peacedrums – Fight For Me
79. Erykah Badu — Jump Up In The Air ft Lil Wayne
78. Letherette – Blad
77. Flying Lotus – Nose Art
76. Zinja Hlungwani – N’wagezani My Love
75. Starslinger – Mornin
74. Tieranniesaur – Sketch!
73. Theophilus London – Flying Overseas
72. The Sandwitches – Back to the Sea
71. Beat Connection – In The Water
70. Factory Floor – A Wooden Box
69. Joy Orbison – So Derobe
68. Mount Kimbie – Before I Move Off
67. Glasser – Home
66. James Blake – Limit To Your Love
65. Cults – Go Outside
64. Foals – Spanish Sahara
63. Squarehead – Fake Blood
62. Big Boi – General Patton
61. Best Coast – Crazy for You
60. Mountain Man – Animal Tracks
59. Cee Lo Green – Fuck You
58. Computer Magic – Science Channel 9
57. Gold Panda – Same Dream China
56. Blakroc – Ain’t Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo) feat. Jim Jones & Mos Def
55. James Vincent McMorrow – Red Dust
54. Museum Of Bellas Artes – Who Do You Love
53. Feed the Bears – Compete & Wrestle
52. The Count & Sinden feat. Mystery Jets – After Dark
51. Robyn – Don’t Fucking Tell Me What to Do
50. The Redneck Manifesto – Black Apple
49. The National – Afraid Of Everyone
48. Sun Airway – Waitin’ On You
47. Halves – Growing & Glow
46. Sleigh Bells – Tell Em
45. Not Squares – Asylum
44. iamamiwhoami – T
43. Beach House – Zebra
42. Adebisi Shank – (-_-)
41. Chromeo – Hot Mess
40. Delorean – Stay Close
39. Kele – Tenderoni
38. Warpaint – Undertow
37. Tinie Tempah – Pass Out
36. The Morning Benders – Excuses
35. Solar Bears – Dolls
34. The Cast of Cheers – Auricom
33. PVT – Window
32. Lite – Image Game
31. Summer Camp – Ghost Train
30. Shit Robot – Take Em Up
29. R.S.A.G. – The Roamer
28. Dam Funk – Hood Pass Intact (Vocal version)
27. Glasser – Apply
26. Gorillaz – Stylo
25. Massive Attack – Splitting the Atom
24. Villagers – Becoming a Jackal
23. James Blake – CMYK
22. Twin Sister – All Around And Away We Go
21. Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
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