This will be the final Top 5 of 2010, so it seems appropriate that it would be a “best of” list. I don’t really think this one requires much explanation. You post your 5 most favorite songs of 2010 as your mood today dictates it to you. I know narrowing the year down to a mere 5 songs is a monumental task but with a little work, I believe you can do it.
Here are mine in alphabetical order:
American Graveyard - Common Ones
Glossary - Through The Screen Door
Tim Barry - Thing of the Past
Two Cow Garage - Jackson
and my favorite song of 2010:
Joe Pug - Not So Sure
I was thinking about making a ninebullets.net readers Top 10 of 2010 comp/post together. I’ll take your comments on this thread until 12/30. After that, I’ll tally the votes and put up the comp in early January. So start commenting.
5. mark cutler – cousin mary’s car
4. black dub – silverado
3. superchunk – my gap feels weird
2. joe pug – not so sure
1. joanna newsom – good intentions paving company
5. Bushwick Blues – Delta Spirit
4. The Dog Bites – Powder Mill
3. Rattlesnake – American Aquarium
2. Birthday Boy – DBT
1. Save Your Money For The Weekend – Glossary
5. Direction of the Wind – Ryan Bingham
4. No Better Than This – John Mellencamp
3. Boxer – The Gaslight Anthem
2. Bend With the Breeze – Glossary
1. Bluegrass State – Truckstop Darlin’
Bluegrass State was so close to making my Top 5.
number 1: Feelings Like This – Jayke Orvis
the rest in no order:
Landlady – Tom VandenVond
West – Lucky Tubb & Wayne Hancock
Lookin For a Mountain – Hank III
In no particular order
1. Against Me! – Ache With Me
2. Glossary – Save your Money For The Weekend
3. Langhorne Slim – Boots Boy
4. Two Cow Garage – What Dying is For
5.Frank Turner – Heartless Bastard Mutherfucker
May not be songs of 2010, but were in heavy roatation in 2010 and especially as of late
Without thinking too hard:
Glossary – Pretty Things
Doc Dailey & Magnolia Devil – Let Me Down
Two Cow Garage – Lucy & The Butcher Knife
Kelly Kneiser – Happiness Looks Good On You
13Ghosts – Stella (ok not officially released, but it’s a kickass song regardless)
Otis Gibbs – Something More
The Fox Hunt – Sinners Like Me
The .357 String Band – Rags To Rags
Justin Townes Earle – Wanderin’
Two Cow Garage – Jackson Don’t You Worry
(and pretty much every other tune on Sweet Saint Me)
In no order:
1. “I was a Photograph” by Kasey Fucking Anderson
2. “Not So Sure” by Joe Pug
3. “Save Your Money for the Weekend” by Glossary
4. “Four Horses” by The Fox Hunt
5. “Postcards” by The Sadies
Wait, Kasey’s album didn’t come out this year, did it?
#1: Glossary – Save your money for the weekend
Rest of the top five (in no particular order):
Austin Collins & the Rainbirds – Frailer Ground (I hope this is 2010)
Frank Turner – I Still Believe (very catchy, although the hater in me says that some of his stuff sounds a little too much like Dashboard Confessional)
Hellbound Glory – Be My Crutch
Doc Dailey – Let me Down (definitely my favorite “new find” of the year)
Glossary – Save Your Money for the Weekend
Tim Barry – Thing of the Past
J Roddy Walston and the Business – I Don’t Wanna Hear It
The Fox Hunt – The Only Sounds I Hear
The Black Keys – Next Girl
YES Bluegrass State! That Truckstop Darlin’ album is definitely in my Top 5 Listened to Straight Through Albums of the Year.
dang it! i forgot J. Roddy. knew i was forgetting something. if you haven’t checked out Powder Mill – Marbles Dust and Chalk, do yourself a favor and get it. Missouri’s version of DBT mixed with a touch of 80’s hard rock….sounds weird but its really good and their live show is great. thank me later 😉
In no particular order:
Kasey Anderson – I Was A Photograph
Joe Pug – The Sharpest Crown
Ryan Bingham – Depression
Spoon – Written in Reverse
The Black Keys – Unknown Brother
Oh wait! 28th & Stonewall was 2010, not late 2009? Dammit!
I probably listened to (memento mori) more than any other tune. Fuckin’ great song, album, and dude (most probably)!
Glossary- Trembling Boy
Magnolia Mountain- Redbird Green
Joey Kneiser- The Big Ocean
Steeldrivers- Reckless Side of Me
Drag the River- Here’s to the Losers
1 boxer – gaslight anthem
2 Harlem river blues – jte
3 bloodbuzz Ohio – national
4. Heathen child – grinderma
5 sprawl 2 – arcade fire
I’ll add a couple of locals to the list as well
halfway – tell them I called
the Wilson pickers – come back to my love.
These are both from Brisbane Australia. And wrote some cracking tracks this year
Hmm…No particular order…
The Steeldrivers – Ghosts of Mississippi
Drive-By Truckers – After The Scene Dies
The Fox Hunt – No Penance
American Graveyard – Common Ones
Two Cow Garage – Jackson, Don’t You Worry
The Steeldrivers – Where Rainbows Never Die
The New Madrids – Cold Hearted Alaska (unreleased?
– live version on youtube)
The Trishas – Trouble About My Soul
Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three – La La Blues
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – I Learned the Hard Way
Two Cow Garage – My Great Gatsby
The Black Keys – Tighten Up
Glossary – Save Your Money for the Weekend
Magnolia Mountain – Redbird Green
Superchunk – Digging for Something
5. J. Roddy & The Business- I Don’t Wanna Hear It (party)
4. Two Cow Garage- Soundtrack To My Summer (An MDD reference)
3. Gaslight Anthem- Old Haunts (makes me cry)
2. Titus Andronicus- Theme From “Cheers” (for young alcoholics)
1. Gaslight Anthem- The Diamond Church Street Choir (should be a smash hit on commercial radio)
So many songs…at this moment (while america is dreaming and I start to work) 1. American Graveyard: Hallelujahland 2. Tim Barry: (memento mori) 3. Root Jack: 30 days 4. Otis Gibbs: where only the graves are real 5. Gill Landry: Careless love
save your money for the weekend-glossary
brave man’s death-j. roddy walston and the business
harlem river blues-justin townes earle
rattlesnake-american aquarium
I really loved Javi Garcia and the Cold Cold Ground’s double album so I’m gonna pick one from each.
In no particular order
1.Lose Control- Javi Garcia Disc 1
2. 14 Days- Javi Garcia Disc 2
3. Good Bye Princess- Chase 56 Come to find out they recorded in my home town but I found out about em here.
4. Jackson Don’t Worry- TCG
5. My Morning Song- Black Crowes Its an acoustic version of an earlier song but I love it
Wow… Late to the party on this post, 26 comments already.
lets see……
5.The Roots-Dear God 2.0
4.Ray Lamontagne-God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise
3.The Black Keys- The Go Getter, and the fav album of 2010
2.Mat D- Three A.M.
and for the #1. slot got to go with The Hold Steady- The Weekenders which was hands down the most played track of the year… Cheers!
5. The Steeldrivers – Can You Run
4. ICLASOBITH – Ghost
3. Josh Ritter – Lantern
2. Frightened Rabbit – Living In Colour
1. Joe Pug – Messenger
1. The Menzingers – Time Tables
2. Against Me! – Because of the Shame
3. Justin Townes Earle – Christchurch Woman
4. The Gaslight Anthem – The Queen of Lower Chelsea
5. Against Me! – Bamboo Bones
I have a top 11 songs of the year I will be posting next week sometime, but the top 5 will end up looking like this:
5. You Won’t Let Me Down Again – Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan
4. Through The Screen Door – Glossary
3. Slippin’ And Slidin’ – Justin Townes Earle
2. Tell Her What I Said – The Sadies
1. I Was A Photograph (Blake’s Song) – Kasey Anderson (this has been song of the year since last year!)
1 Tallest Man On Earth – Kids On the Run http://soundcloud.com/auxtv/09-kids-on-the-run
2 Angus & Julia Stone – Big Jet Plane http://soundcloud.com/nettwerkmusicgroup/angus-julia-stone-big-jet-plane
3 Otis Gibbs – Something More http://soundcloud.com/wirralaudio/otis-gibbs-something-more
4 Grinderman – Heathen child http://soundcloud.com/muterecords/heathen-child
5 Victor Démé – Teban Siyala http://soundcloud.com/wirralite/victor-deme-teban-siyala
1. Save Your Money for the Weekend – Glossary
2. Shanghai Cigarettes – Caitlin Rose
3. We Don’t Live Here Anymore – Jakob Dylan
4. Father’s Son – Fistful of Mercy
5. Christchurch Woman – Justin Townes Earle
Rogers Park – Justin Townes Earle
I Don’t Care If There’s Cursing – Phosphorescent
Shanghai Cigarettes – Caitlin Rose
The Road – Travel By Sea
Wild Folk – Jim Bryson And The Weakerthans
1. Joe Pug “Not So Sure”
2. Two Cow Garage “Jackson, Don’t You Worry”
3. Alejandro Escovedo- “Down In the Bowery”
4. Kasey Anderson “All Lit Up”
5. Cary Ann Hearst “The Thread”
Ryan Bingham – Hallelujah
The Black Keys – Tighten Up
Turnpike Troubadours – Every Girl
Rodney Parker & 50 Peso Reward – Guitars
Kings of Leon – Pickup Truck
1. Mat D – Ford Marriage
2. American Graveyard – Common Ones
3. Mat D – Dishwater Bourbon
4. Truckstop Darlin’ – King Of The Highway
5. Chase Fifty Six – Ready Tonight
1. Jason and the Scorchers – Beat on the Mountain
The rest (no order)
American Graveyard – Common Ones
Hellbound Glory – Another Bender Might Break Me
The Molenes – Good Luck Charm
Whitey Morgan and the 78s – Buick City
Honorable Mention: Hayshaker – The Dilemma
Hmmmm
Caitlin Rose – Shanghai Cigarettes
Gaslight Anthem – Orphans
John K Samson – The Last And
Justin Townes Earle – ChristChurch Woman
Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans – Metal Girls
Against Me! – Bamboo Bones
Murder by Death – As Long as There is Whiskey in the World
Cee-Lo Green – Fuck You
Tim Barry – Will Travel
Adam Haworth Stephens – Cities That You’ve Burned