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

Canadiana Mix Part 1

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

Canadiana Mix Part 2