I had every intention of doing a better job on boots and comps in 2010. But I got a real job which was going swimmingly until about June, then it all went to hell along with my mood and capability of feeling enthusiasm for anything except for red wine and codeine. But, I think things are going to look up in 2011. Seriously, that's not optimism but rather the result of a lot of hard work and Machiavellian scheming. So anyway, we're down to the wire on this year in music and it was definitely the best year in Canadian music (for me anyway) in a very long time. A particularly large appreciation and shout out to the city of Hamilton for birthing Young Rival, Cowlick, Huron and (sort of) Luke Doucet. They also own the rights to the magnificent Forgotten Rebels and Teenage Head. I can truly say that it is the first time I've ever uttered the words "I wish I lived in Hamilton". So without further ado, here's my Top 50 albums of 2010 and a Best-Of Canadian music compilation. Technically, there's one track (Christmas in Hell by NQ Arbuckle) that's from 2005 but I just heard it this year so what the hell. So once more I've got to give it up for Cowlick for releasing my favourite album and song ("Wires") in 2010, also let's face facts, its kismet that they released a track called 'White Russians' to boot. Cheers!
Top 50
01. Cowlick - Wires
02. Young Rival - LP
03. Sweet Thing - Sweet Thing
04. Gertrudes - Dawn Time Riot
05. Luke Doucet & The White Falcon - Steel City Trawler
06. Huron - Huron
07. The Beauties - The Beauties
08. Slowcoaster - Darkest of Discos
09. The Soft Pack - The Soft Pack
10. Kings of Leon - Come Down Sundown
11. Mother's Children - That’s Who!
12. Spoon - Transference
13. Zeus - Say Us
14. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
15. The Hold Steady - Heaven is Whenever
16. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)
17. Flash Lightin'- Flash Lightin'
18. The High Dials - Anthem for Doomed Youth
19. Elvyn - The Decline
20. Drive-By Truckers - The Big To Do
21. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
22. PS I Love You - Meet Me At the Muster Station
23. Macy Gray - The Sellout
24. The Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards
25. Kathryn Calder - Are You My Mother?
26. The Black Keys - Brothers
27. The Roots - How I Got Over
28. The Paperbacks - Lit from Within
29. The New Pornographers - Together
30. Izzy Stradlin - Waves of Heat
31. Spoon River - Kingdom of the Burned
32. Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
33. The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang
34. Marah - Life is a Problem
35. C'mon - Beyond the Pale Horse
36. The National - High Violet
37. Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
38. Via Audio - Animalore
39. Happy Birthday - Happy Birthday
40. Neil Young - Le Noise
41. The pack AD - We Kill Computers
42. Land of Talk - Cloak and Cipher
43. The Whigs - In the Dark
44. Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart
45. 7 Walkers - 7 Walkers
46. Drink Up Buttercup - Born and Thrown on a Hook
47. The 88 - The 88
48. Proud Mary - Ocean Park
49. 1973 - Bye Bye Cellphone
50. Electric 6 - Zodiac
Canadiana Mix Part 1
1. Wires - Cowlick
2. Chase Scene - Broken Social Scene
3. Big World - The Novaks
4. Those were the Days - Elvyn
5. Teenage Love Made Me Insane - The High Dials
6. Lazy Susan - Sweet Thing
7. You Got a Mouth - Flash Lightnin'
8. Quarry Hymns - Land Of Talk
9. King and Country - Huron
10. Fashion Blues - The Beauties
11. Fool - Spoon River
12. Dirty, Dirty Blonde - Luke Doucet & The White Falcon
13. Crash Years - The New Pornographers
14. Shaky Sue - Mother's Childre
15. The Ocean - Young Rival
16. Darkest of Discos - Slowcoaster
17. How Does It Feel - Zeus
18. Illness As Metaphor - The Paperbacks
19. Castor and Pollux - Kathryn Calder
20. Something Else - Diamond Rings
21. 2012 - P.S. I Love You
22. Sailor - Gertrudes
1. Change of Seasons - Sweet Thing
2. Marching Through Your Head - Zeus
3. Lotta Lies - Elvyn
4. Your Hands (Together) - The New Pornographers
5. Forced to Love - Broken Social Scene
6. Chinese Boxes - The High Dials
7. B.Y.O. Life - Slowcoaster
8. No Sympathy - Flash Lightnin'
9. Bad Side of Town - Mother's Children
10. Patron Saint of Atheists - The Paperbacks
11. Ghost In the Park - Young Rival
12. Ronnie Hawkins - Gertrudes
13. Emmanuel - Spoon River
14. The East Wind - Gord Downie And The Country Of Miracles
15. Sooner or Later - The Novaks
16. A Day Long Past It's Prime - Kathryn Calder
17. Sex - Cowlick
18. Corktown - Huron
19. Love and a Steady Hand - Luke Doucet & The White Falcon
20. You and Me - The Beauties
21. Christmas In Hell - NQ Arbuckle
