Hey there! If you don’t know who I am, I’m your friendly KZSC Station Manager, Jessica Strassman. You may listen to my indie pop/rock show, Pop Molecule, on Mondays from 2pm-4pm. I’ve listened to every new release this year that I could get my hands on. I started by re-listening to 75 of my favorite albums from this year (a lot, I know). I’ve been hard at work putting together my favorite new releases for 2010, and here is the final product. Thirty of my favorite albums from 2010. Enjoy!
30. Diamond Rings- Special Affections
Recommended Tracks: All Yr Songs, Wait & See, Something Else
29. Male Bonding- Nothing Hurts
Recommended Tracks: Year’s Not Long, All Things This Way, Weird Feelings
28. Small Black- New Chain
Recommended Tracks: Search Party, Photojournalist, Goons
27. Harlem- Hippies
Recommended Tracks: Someday Soon, Friendly Ghost, Gay Human Bones
26. Dum Dum Girls- I Will Be
Recommended Tracks: Bhang Bhang, I’m a Burnout, Jail La La, Yours Alone
25. Abe Vigoda- Crush
Recommended Tracks: Dream Of My Love (Chasing After You), Throwing Shade, Crush
24. Jónsi- Go
Recommended Tracks: Go Do, Animal Arithmetic, Boy Lilikoi
23. Broken Bells- Broken Bells
Recommended Tracks: Vaporize, The Ghost Inside, October
22. Yeasayer- Odd Blood
Recommended Tracks: Ambling Alp, O.N.E., Rome
21. The Black Angels- Phosphene Dream
Recommended Tracks: Haunting at 1300 McKinley, River of Blood, Telephone
20. Surfer Blood- Astro Coast
Recommended Tracks: Floating Vibes, Take It Easy, Twin Peaks
19. Deerhunter- Halcyon Digest
Recommended Tracks: Revival, Desire Lines, Helicopter
18. Flying Lotus- Cosmogramma
Recommended Tracks: Clock Catcher, …And The World Laughs With You, Do The Astral Plane
17. Big Boi- Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
Recommended Tracks: Tangerine (feat. T.I.), You Ain’t No DJ (feat. Yelawolf), Shine Blockas (feat. Gucci Mane)
16. Caribou- Swim
Recommended Tracks: Odessa, Found Out, Leave House
15. The Drums- The Drums
Recommended Tracks: Me And The Moon, Let’s Go Surfing, Skippin’ Town
14. Sleigh Bells- Treats
Recommended Tracks: Kids, Rill Rill, Crown On The Ground
13. Wavves- King of Beach
Recommended Tracks: King Of The Beach, Post Acid, Green Eyes
12. School of Seven Bells- Disconnect from Desire
Recommended Tracks: Windstorm, Heart Is Strange, Babelonia
11. The Radio Dept.- Clinging to a Scheme
Recommended Tracks: Heaven’s On Fire, This Time Around, David
10. Toro Y Moi- Causers of This
Recommended Tracks: Blessa, Talamak, Low Shoulder
9. Delorean- Subiza
Recommended Tracks: Stay Close, Real Love, Grow
8. Tobacco- Maniac Meat
Recommended Tracks: Fresh Hex (feat. Beck), Mexican Icecream, Sweatmother
7. Hot Chip- One Life Stand
Recommended Tracks: Alley Cats, We Have Love, Take It In
6. Wild Nothing- Gemini
Recommended Tracks: Chinatown, Live In Dreams, Summer Holiday
5. LCD Soundsystem- This Is Happening
Recommended Tracks: Dance Yrself Clean, One Touch, I Can Change
4. Best Coast- Crazy For You
Recommended Tracks: Boyfriend, Crazy For You, When I’m With You
3. Two Door Cinema Club- Tourist History
Recommended Tracks: Undercover Martyn, Something Good Can Work, Come Back Home
2. The National- High Violet
Recommended Tracks: Anyone’s Ghost, Afraid of Everyone, Lemonworld
1. Twin Shadow- Forget
Recommended Tracks: Castles In The Snow, Slow, I Can’t Wait
About the author
Station Manager - Valerie enjoys music (duh), her cat, reading true crime novels and indulging in the art of relaxation.