the top 25'ish of 2010 in no order

1. Black Tusk - Taste the Sin
2. Howl - Full of Hell
3. Grinderman - Grinderman 2
4. Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues
5. Phosphorescent - Here’s to Taking it Easy
6. Sleigh Bells - Treats
7. Stnnng - Smoke of My Will
8. Torche - Songs for Singles
9. Sweet Cobra - Mercy
10. The Sword - Warp Riders
11. Strand of Oaks - Pope Killdragon
12. Yakuza - Of Seismic Consequence
13. The Ocean - Anthropocentric
14. Kylesa - Spiral Shadow
15. Johnny Cash - American VI: Ain’t No Grave
16. James Blackshaw - All is Falling
17. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
18. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
19. Salem - King Night
20. Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - III/IV
21. Twilight - Monument to Time End
22. Ceiling Stars - All the Fallen Parts
23. Vampire Hands/Daughters of the Sun - Skull Judge
24. The National - High Violet
25. Beck/Record Club

Velvet Underground & Nice
Songs of Leonard Cohen
Skip Spence - Oar
INXS - Kick