Video: Sleigh Bells - Tell 'Em

So I've been wracking my brain over this list all week and am pretty stoked to get it posted. Instead of doing the standard "Top 103, I'm going to do 10 albums from '10 that I think matter. These, for some reason or another, have stuck with me more than anything else I've listened to over the past 12 months. I know I'm missing other amazing and important albums, but this is my post, get your own. 10. Shad - T.S.O.L The beginning of the Summer dropped one of my most anticipated albums of the year. [...]

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I've been slacking on listening to new music this year. I think it's because so many of my favorite artists released new albums earlier this year, and they were mostly disappointments. I'm looking at you, MGMT, Gogol Bordello, New Pornographers, the Hold Steady and the National (though I think those last two will grow on me with a few more listens.) But, inspired by BeckEye's recent post at The Pop Eye , I decided to get caught up this weekend. I downloaded 21 albums, the majority of which came from the NPR list of the top [...]