My Top Albums of 2010

To tell you the truth, I didn't really listen to that much new music in 2010. I was more preoccupied with discovering and re-discovering older music rather than going out and buying new albums. For instance, (for those who know me this will be no surprise) this year after my inspiring trip to Iceland I discovered the quirky Icelandic musician Bjrk and I soon developed quite the obsession with Iceland's most well known person. At another point in the year I "re-discovered" Canadian power-pop icon Sloan. I may have possibly set some kind of record for listening to their song "Snowsuit Sound" over 20 times in one day. Later on in 2010 I discovered the band which may have changed my entire life. My obsession with this band has continued on into this year and I sit here right now typing this obsessively listening to all their albums on repeat. For those who know me, you will of course know that I am talking about Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós. I'm not sure what happened during my trip to Iceland in August, but I somehow developed an odd attraction to anything Icelandic.

I did however listen to some new albums that came out in 2010. Here is a list of some of my favourites (in no particular order) with a link to my favourite song from that album:

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs; favourite song: "We Used to Wait" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLjrQ3cwzJ4&ob=av2nm

Vampire Weekend - Contra; favourite song: "Holiday" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vraoiVCDdaM

Stars - The Five Ghosts; favourite song: "Dead Hearts" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfYK8wvvU90

Jónsi (lead singer of Sigur Rós!) - Go; favourite song: "Go Do" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYb2Q3DvLNE

The National - High Violet; favourite song: "Bloodbuzz Ohio" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfySK7CLEEg

Now I've gotta go back to listening to some more Sigur Rós (I hear that they might have a new album coming out this year)!